Claire Alexander

Meredith, Alone

Pre-order the hottest debut of next summer! All that stands between Meredith and the world is her own front door . . . but what will it take for her to open it? ________ 'Gorgeous. I shed tears. Very, very touching, sad, sweet and hopeful' MARIAN KEYES Meredith Maggs hasn't left her house in 1,214 days. But she insists she isn't alone. She has her cat Fred. Her friend Sadie visits when she can. There's her online support group, StrengthInNumbers. She has her jigsaws, favourite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson, the internet, the Tesco delivery man and her treacherous memories for company. But something's about to change. Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door . . . Does she have the courage to overcome what's been keeping her inside all this time?

"The brilliant author of this brilliant book" will have you laughing and crying as Meredith, after spending three years inside her house, figures out how to rejoin the world one step at a time (Gillian McAllister, author of the Reese's Book Club Wrong Place Wrong Time). She has a full-time remote job and her rescue cat Fred. Her best friend Sadie visits with her two children. There's her online support group, her jigsaw puzzles and favorite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson poems. Also keeping her company are treacherous memories of an unstable childhood and a traumatic event that had sent her reeling. But something's about to change. First, two new friends burst into her life. Then her long-estranged sister gets in touch. Suddenly her carefully curated home is no longer a space to hide. Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door...

Little Bit Different

When a mean classmate in preschool wrecks Lucy's artwork, she discovers that they can be friends once he stops being jealous of her.

Lucy and the bully

While the rest of the class makes birthday cards for the principal, Stanley struggles with his words and letters.

Back to Front and Upside Down!

A Little Bit Different is a light and fun story depicting the journey from ignorance to acceptance and celebration. Meet the ploofers. The ploofers have been practicing something special that they all want to do at the exact same time—but wait! What’s that? One of them does something different! When one little ploofer goes against the usual flow of things, the rest of them turn their backs on him. But all it takes is for one person to recognize the beauty in being different to spark a change in attitude of everyone. With simple, yet striking, illustrations and a cutaway cover design that adds tactile interest, A Little Bit Different is a joyful reading experience for both you and your child, providing the opportunity to spark more meaningful discussions about people's differences and how we accept and value them.

A Little Bit Different

All the family loves the new baby. But Poppy isn't sure...Her baby brother just sleeps and eats and cries and cries! But one night, his crying suddenly stops: Poppy's baby brother reaches out to her, and holding him close, she realizes something very special. This book is a sincere and tender celebration of sibling love.

A Big Sister's Tale

That's when I Knew

Was auch immer passiert, du bist nicht allein. Seit mehr als drei Jahren hat Meredith ihr Haus nicht verlassen. Über das Warum – über das, was vor 1.214 Tagen geschah – spricht sie mit niemandem. Denn eigentlich ist doch alles in Ordnung: Sie arbeitet erfolgreich von zu Hause, bruncht am Küchentisch mit ihrer besten Freundin, liest in ihrem gemütlichen Ohrensessel und kocht Pasta Puttanesca. Aber dann tritt Tom in ihr Leben, und Meredith muss zugeben, dass sie nicht so glücklich ist wie sie vorgibt. Doch gerade als sie beginnt, sich Tom zu öffnen, holt ihre Vergangenheit sie schlagartig ein. Und Meredith begreift: Um wirklich zu leben, braucht es viel mehr als einen Schritt vor die Haustür ...

Roman - Ein großer Frauenroman für die Leser*innen von Rosie Walsh und "Der Papierpalast".

Und morgen ein neuer Tag

When you can't go outside to play, it's time to call on your imagination--and summon all the marvelous creatures you can think up. What's there to do when you're stuck inside on a rainy day? If you're like Kiki, with a big imagination, you teach your sister how to play the Think-Ups. It's easy: you take turns thinking up any animal you like (A bunny! A moose! An octopus! A koala!) and, just like that, that creature (or several of them) will appear. In a blink, your house will be overflowing with hopping, hungry, messy Think-Ups. Quick, Kiki! What are the rules for ending the game? A charming story about keeping boredom at bay, with sure appeal for little animal lovers and creative thinker-uppers.

The Think-Ups

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Stuart Hallâe(tm)s work in shaping the field of racial and ethnic studies for nearly five decades. From his groundbreaking work Policing the Crisis through to his paradigm shattering âe~New Ethnicitiesâe(tm), Hallâe(tm)s writing has redefined how race research is thought and done, while Hall himself stands as an exemplar of the public and politically engaged intellectual. This collection of essays, from established and emerging scholars, critically engages with Hallâe(tm)s legacy across this body of work, from the foundations of cultural studies as a field of enquiry, through his work on race and articulation, to his insights into âe~the politics of differenceâe(tm) and diaspora identities. These essays both reflect back on Hallâe(tm)s interventions and locate them within some of the key spaces and questions of our time âe" from the âe~political theologyâe(tm) of race in South Africa to the terrain of the contemporary city, from reflections on memory, nationhood and belonging to new ethnicities online and the formation of postcolonial subjectivities. The collection includes an in-depth conversation between Les Back and Stuart Hall, in which Hall reflects on his career and explores the challenges facing contemporary multicultural, multifaith societies in a globalised world. This book was published as a special issue of Cultural Studies.

Stuart Hall and 'race'

Images of urban deprivation have combined with fears of youth militancy to position Asian young men as the new folk devil. This text attempts to explore the contemporary Asian youth experience.

Ethnicity, Identity, Masculinity

The Asian Gang

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Stuart Hall’s work in shaping the field of racial and ethnic studies for nearly five decades. From his groundbreaking work Policing the Crisis through to his paradigm shattering ‘New Ethnicities’, Hall’s writing has redefined how race research is thought and done, while Hall himself stands as an exemplar of the public and politically engaged intellectual. This collection of essays, from established and emerging scholars, critically engages with Hall’s legacy across this body of work, from the foundations of cultural studies as a field of enquiry, through his work on race and articulation, to his insights into ‘the politics of difference’ and diaspora identities. These essays both reflect back on Hall’s interventions and locate them within some of the key spaces and questions of our time – from the ‘political theology’ of race in South Africa to the terrain of the contemporary city, from reflections on memory, nationhood and belonging to new ethnicities online and the formation of postcolonial subjectivities. The collection includes an in-depth conversation between Les Back and Stuart Hall, in which Hall reflects on his career and explores the challenges facing contemporary multicultural, multifaith societies in a globalised world. This book was published as a special issue of Cultural Studies.

Stuart Hall and ‘Race’

Bridget Byrne

William Shankley

50 years after the establishment of the Runnymede Trust and the Race Relations Act of 1968 which sought to end discrimination in public life, this accessible book provides commentary by some of the UK's foremost scholars of race and ethnicity on data relating to a wide range of sectors of society, including employment, health, education, criminal justice, housing and representation in the arts and media.

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