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|isbn=1800464495B09BG8V3Q6|title= 100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: Support All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of MathsWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author=Emma SmithJustine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|genre=Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary=''Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the womb, being aware of quantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, and comprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old.'' Did you know thisWho Needs Nappies? I didn'tNot Me! How about: ''Maths ability on entry to school is a strong predictor of later achievement, double that of literacy skills.the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a solid foundation when they start schoolseries from Justine Avery. But do we think This series of fun picture books aims to take the same way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, in part because so many pain out of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising potty training children and replace it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficialwith some fun.}} {{Frontpage|isbn=B095CY7NBN|title=Autumn Camp|author=Barry Fowler|rating=4.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=It was to be Brian's last camp. He'd founded the organisation some four years ago and had done all the organisation since but he was leaving school and the time had come to hand the reins to someone else. The obvious person was Gary, who'd always been the fun element of the camps and Brian had said that on this campa worthy aim, Gary should act as the leader and he'd just be there to observe. The problem with this was that Gary wasn't really an organiser, an administrator if any frustrated parent will tell you like. He was the entertainer, the person who basked in the spotlight and made things fun - so Brian stepped in and did the organising. He handed the camp over - and then took it back. And Gary determined to have his revenge. This should have been ''his'' camp.
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|author=Bronwen JohnRichard Brook|title=CrookedUnderstanding Human Nature: Honest CriminalityA User's Guide to Life
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|genre=ThrillersLifestyle|summary=''Memories nobody but death can cheat me of... and I've always wondered if I can con him.'' The con had seemed like am a good one: tricking people into buying artwork supposedly by the new Banksy - firm believer that sometimes we choose books, and they should have made a decent profit from itsometimes books choose us. The problem was they were too successful: In my case, this is one of the marks had bought a few and then discovered that they were valuelesslatter. Henry Martin Holmes Not so very long ago, if I had fallen for a simple con and his fathercome across this book I'd have skimmed it, celebrity criminal Harry Holmesfound some of it interesting, was determined that he and his family could but it would not lose face like have 'hit home' in the way thatit does now. The grifters were going I believe it came to me not just because I was likely to pay. Ashia give it a favourable review [ 'Ash' Cox and Max full disclosure The Bookbag'Colorado' Ying needed s u.s.p. is that people chose their own books rather than getting them randomly, so there is a predisposition towards expecting to be got out of the country. In like the course of bringing this aboutbook, Luke Gaines, Asheven if it doesn't always turn out that way''s foster father] – but also because it is a book I needed to read, lost his liferight now. |isbn=18385950311800461682
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|author=Yancey Williams
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|summary=Award-winning crime writer Eddie Jablonski is getting on in years and, despite his strenuous objections and thanks to his daughter, finds himself living - or imprisoned, from Eddie's point of view - in room 315 of the Garden of Eden nursing home, with only a trusty nursing aide, Jenkins, for palatable company. Nothing is going to keep Eddie from his stock-in-trade of writing though, so here, for his readers, are his wanderings through his life's work.
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|isbn=8409290103B07GZ81J7C|title=If OnlyWhen Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Matthew TreePeter Cotton
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|genre=Literary FictionFor Sharing|summary=Twenty-one-year-old Malcolm Lowry had been sent abroad by his fatherMeet Fred. Well, actually, cottonyou're going to be meeting Fred-broker AO LowryFred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: he asked his accountant, Mr Patrick, I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to ensure that the young man got on board the boat and thereafter Patrick was warm to send him a monthly allowance. Patrick sent the money regularly He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and a correspondence - immediately became part of sorts - sprang up between the two although we hear more about what Lowry has family, to say than Patrickthe extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. It wasn't And that Lowry senior didn't care for his son, it was that he where the problem started. Fred didn't care to have him in this country where he might be a danger to his wife and other childrenany road sense. The alcohol problem was obvious even before Patrick managed to get the young man on his wayOr brakes.
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|authorisbn= Martha LeighB095CY7NBN|title= Invisible Ink: A Family MemoirAutumn Camp|author=Barry Fowler|rating= 4.5|genre= BiographyGeneral Fiction|summary= It was to be Brian's last camp. Martha Leigh begins her book talking about a childhood spent in a slightly eccentric, immediately recognisable upper middle class English familyHe'd founded the organisation some four years ago and had done all the organisation since but he was leaving school and the time had come to hand the reins to someone else. Her father is a Cambridge don The obvious person was Gary, forever clacking away on his typewriter as he edits who'd always been the complete correspondence fun element of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseaucamps and Brian had said that on this camp, his lifeGary should act as the leader and he'd just be there to observe. The problem with this was that Gary wasn's workt really an organiser, an administrator if you like. Her mother is a concert pianist He was the entertainer, the person who practises for hours every day. Neither parent is hugely interested basked in the spotlight and made things fun - so Brian stepped in and did the practicalities of lifeorganising. There is love in He handed the house but also darker undercurrents that a child does not fully understand but knows is therecamp over - and then took it back. And Gary determined to have his revenge. This should have been ''his'' camp.|isbn=1800460384
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|isbnauthor=suppl_staflBronwen John|title=Supply Chain 20/20Crooked: A Clear View on the Local Multiplier Effect for Book Lovers|author=Kim StaflundHonest Criminality
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|genre=ReferenceThrillers|summary=So, you''Memories nobody but death can cheat me of... and I've finished writing your book and you think the hard work is all done? Youalways wondered if I can con him.''re convinced that all you need to do now is get it published and the money will start rolling in?
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|authorisbn=Richard Brook1800464495|title=Understanding Human Nature100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: A UserSupport All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Emma Smith|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Guide Non-Fiction|summary=''Babies seem to Lifebe born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the womb, being aware of quantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, and comprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old.'' Did you know this? I didn't! How about: ''Maths ability on entry to school is a strong predictor of later achievement, double that of literacy skills.'' I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a solid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, in part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial.}} {{Frontpage|isbn=suppl_stafl|title=Supply Chain 20/20: A Clear View on the Local Multiplier Effect for Book Lovers|author=Kim Staflund
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|genre=LifestyleReference|summary= I am a firm believer that sometimes we choose booksSo, you've finished writing your book and sometimes books choose us. you think the hard work is all done? In my case, this You're convinced that all you need to do now is one of get it published and the lattermoney will start rolling in? Wrong and wrong again. Not so very long ago, if I You presumably wrote the book because you wanted to - and you had come across this book Ia talent for delivering the written word. You knew your subject back to front. Now you'd re going to have skimmed itto get to grips with the book supply chain, found some which even parts of it interesting, the publishing industry believe to be wrong but it would not have 'hit home' in s too difficult to change and no one wants to be the way that it does nowfirst to try. I believe it came to me not just because I was likely to give it a favourable review [ Then, when you ''finally'full disclosure The Bookbag's u.s.p. is that people chose their own books rather than getting them randomly, so there is have a predisposition towards expecting to like copy of the bookin your hands, even if it doesnyou't always turn re going to have to work out that wayhow to sell it - because it '' ] – but also because it is a book I needed '' going to be down to read, right nowyou.|isbn=1800461682
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|isbn=B07GZ81J7C8409290103|title=When Fred the Snake Got Squished and MendedIf Only|author=Peter CottonMatthew Tree
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|genre=For SharingLiterary Fiction|summary=Meet Fred. WellTwenty-one-year-old Malcolm Lowry had been sent abroad by his father, cotton-broker AO Lowry: he asked his accountant, actuallyMr Patrick, you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake ensure that the young man got on board the boat and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm thereafter Patrick was to send hima monthly allowance. He arrived as Patrick sent the money regularly and a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part correspondence - of sorts - sprang up between the family, two although we hear more about what Lowry has to the extent say than Patrick. It wasn't that they would take Fred out with them when they went out Lowry senior didn't care for a walk. And his son, it was that was where the problem started. Fred he didn't care to have any road sensehim in this country where he might be a danger to his wife and other children. Or brakesThe alcohol problem was obvious even before Patrick managed to get the young man on his way.
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|isbnauthor= B09BG8V3Q6Yancey Williams|title= Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema AmjadCrosshairs of the Devil
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|genre=For SharingLiterary Fiction|summary= ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' Award-winning crime writer Eddie Jablonski is the latest release getting on in the years and, despite his strenuous objections and thanks to his daughter, finds himself living - or imprisoned, from Eddie''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series s point of view - in room 315 of fun picture books aims to take the pain out Garden of potty training children and replace it Eden nursing home, with some funonly a trusty nursing aide, Jenkins, for palatable company. ItNothing is going to keep Eddie from his stock-in-trade of writing though, so here, for his readers, are his wanderings through his life's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. work.|isbn=0986031658}} [[Category:Lists]][[Category:Self-Publishing]][[Category:Self-Publishing|*Top Ten Self-Published Books 2021]]