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The Really Useful Grandparents' Book
by
Eleo Gordon and Tony Lacey, is a fun-filled
practical guide on how to keep the grandchildren
entertained. It's packed with information on the things kids
love to know about and brimming with suggestions of outings
and activities that wont cost a penny - particularly useful
now we're all starting to feel the pinch of the credit
crunch. The
perfect book to share with your
grandchildren and help you plan your time
with them.
Format : Hardback, ISBN:
9780670917884
Size : 235 x 159mm
Pages : 320 Published : 25
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ERIC DELANEY...
a remarkable musician ...a remarkable
showman ...a remarkable person ...a
remarkable life Now, at last, Eric has given
his blessing to a book about him and made
his files and r ecords
available. Within these pages just a little
of his dynamic life and his bands is
revealed. He himself has a few words to say
and so do his many friends and colleagues.
"I think he's one of England's greatest
performers" - - Kenny Ball "The greatest
showman without a doubt." - Elkie Brooks
".showman and musician supreme." - Tony
Fisher "I've admired his musicianship and I
admire him as a person." - Terry Lightfoot
"Technically he is superb, one of the great
showmen." - Humphrey Lyttelton "He's just
fantastic." - Alan Skidmore "An artist, an
absolute showman." - Sheila Southern That's
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Paperback: 332 pages
Publisher: Upfront Publishing (13 Jun
2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1844264300
ISBN-13: 978-1844264308
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The Contented Retirement
By Stephen McAdam
Size: 234mm x 156 mm Pages: 260
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 1-905226-76-4
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The Contented Retirement is written for readers who are about to retire, or are already retired, and wish to be pleasantly occupied with a mind pastime. It offers a medley of intelligent interests for all ages and tastes to mention but a few:
- Look back at the origins of mankind and some of the great prehistoric civilizations, and visit archaeological sites in exotic places.
- Meet new faces to play bridge, chess or Go, an ancient and exciting Asiatic board game.
- Trace your roots and widen family links to build your family tree.
- Take on computer skills to know more, and communicate with friends, via the internet.
MelroseBooks.com
http://www.melrosebooks.com/detail.php?isbn=1905226764# |
Britannia Panopticon
Music Hall is 150 Years old! And to
celebrate “Stan Laurel and Other Stars of the
Panopticon – The Story of The Britannia Music Hall”
(published by Birlinn) is now available in most good
bookshops.
It’s crammed full of pictures and
anecdotes from the Britannia Panopticon archives.
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From
Music Hall to chicken farm, this building on
Glasgow’s Trongate boasts a unique history
which included performances by Dan Leno,
Jack Buchanan, Harry Lauder, Archie Leech
(Cary Grant) and famously the debut of a 16
year-old Stan Laurel.
With freaks-shows, wax works and carnival in
the attic and zoo in the basement, “Stan
Laurel and Other Stars of the Panopticon...”
is an entertaining romp through music hall
and popular entertainment history. |
For more information contact Judith Bowers on:
judith@britanniapanopticon.fsnet.co.uk
or 07766775055
SHAPING UP IS FOR LIFE, NOT JUST FOR SUMMER,
say TV Doctor Alan Maryon Davis & Age Concern
Dr Alan's new book – Feeling Good!, Easy Steps to Staying Healthy is published by Age Concern and peppered with quirkily charming illustrations by Quentin Blake. This is a practical, fun-to-read guide that collapses myths about healthy living in later life; provides tips and advice; supplies simple step-by-step home exercise programmes; and summarises exactly what you need to do
leaving you with no excuses!
He suggests small lifestyle changes in all of the following areas:
· Being more active – and how to get started
· Eating well – know your antioxidants from your anti-depressants
· Stressing less – how to overcome the stresses of relationship worries, money problems, health
concerns, bereavement
· Playing safe – the truth about smoking, alcohol, travel and sex
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Feeling Good! by Dr Alan Maryon Davis costs £9.99 and is available from all good bookshops or direct from the publisher at Age Concern Books (Tel: 0870 44 22 120 / Web:
www.ageconcern.org.uk/bookshop).
Title: Feeling Good!
Subtitle: Easy steps to staying healthy
Author: Dr Alan Maryon Davis
ISBN: 978-0-86242-423-7
Price: £9.99
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It is a compendium of good practice for tutors, other professionals and carers who are using older people’s memory work in a learning context. It includes many examples of projects and learning situations where, beginning with the sharing of memories, older people have gone on to develop skills in forming and sustaining relationships, oral and written communication, arts and crafts and literacy, and the use of modern information technology.
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The Essential Carer's Guide
By Mary Jordan. Foreword by Philip Wroughton, Vice
President of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers
240 pp ?14.99
ISBN: 1-905140-07-X
Launched in collaboration with the Princess Royal Trust
for Carers
www.carers.org
A practical guide for carers of elderly and disabled
relatives and friends, bringing together the many
aspects (physical, emotional, social and financial) that
most carers struggle to discover for themselves.
Illustrated throughout with case histories and personal
experiences, the book emphasises that every relationship
between carer and cared-for is different.
Paupers Progress
By Joe Harris
General Secretary of NPC
(110pp with illustrations)
Price ?3.50 NPC Order Form
Paupers Progress
charts the exclusion and degradation of older people over the last seven centuries and, in doing so, exposes the roots of the present paternalistic and demeaning attitudes towards older people and the inadequacies of public pensions. The case for public risk pooling for old age was made in Britain as early as the Thirteenth Century and periodically reiterated over the years. As Joe Harris shows, older people were identified as the deserving poor in the Nineteenth Century, partly due to the work of Charles Booth, and then ensured the long campaign for a decent pension. The campaign continued and, indeed, still does today.
Alan Walker Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology University of Sheffield
Great book - A must read for everyone -
John Lynch of Seniors Network
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This is
the story of Grandparents Apart Groups
campaign and of the injustices suffered
by families and how all of this affects
children. Easy to read and understand
without all the legal jargon that puts
you off with references to this and that
and big words like huge.
(Jimmy
doesn't know big words anyway). It is
called
'Grandparents Speak Out For
Vulnerable Children'.
The price
has been kept to a minimum as they are
more interested in highlighting the
problem than making money. ?4.00p + UK
P&P ?1.00. Overseas P&P ?2.00. To- G.A.S.H. Scotland, 22 Alness Crescent, Glasgow, G52 1PJ.
See their new forum
http://www.grandparentsapart.co.uk/forum/
Mention
Seniors Network |
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Wheelchair Champions:
A History of Wheelchair
Sports
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Our price:
$12.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 134
ISBN: 0-595-38522-2
Published: Apr-2006
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The history of
wheelchair sports in the U.S. is
well told in Wheelchair
Champions
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This would be exciting and informative
enough if it simply described the growth
of organized sports for the handicapped
or described sports careers of men and
women who are paraplegics and it does.
What it adds is a great deal of
information about attitudes toward the
handicapped and facts about their
capabilities.
Bulletin Center for Childrens Books
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100 Years of State Pension -
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