Bird at first appears to be a traditional story-teller. But her stories are suspended in a language charged with metaphor, and most of them are built upon foundations which are familiar: fairy tale, fantasy and the bitter-sweet world of romance.

Learn how to translate the love of a parent into letters to be opened on special occasionsmaking new memories. After ten years of marriage, author Mark Button and his first wife, Ronnie, were eagerly awaiting the birth of triplets whenon Mother's Day Ronnie died without warning. In time Mark began to build a new life with Diane, whom he met through a mutual friend. The memories of how precious and delicate life can be left them filled with a desire to be there for their first child through her entire life, whether they were alive or not. So they began to write letters. The first letter was written within hours of their daughter's birth, then sealed, stamped, and mailed to her. On the back of the envelope it simply stated: ""To be opened on the day your first child is born."" The first part of The Letter Box shares the story of Mark's tragic loss and how it prompted Diane and him to develop this unique gift for their children. The second part gives readers helpful ideas on how to create their very own Letter Box for anyone they love and cherish. Included in this section is a list of appropriate milestones, with thought-provoking questions for each occasion. It also provides sample letters and tips on how to use Letter Boxes for any relationshipnot just parent and child. Letter Boxes can be used with friends, grandchildren, or spouses, or in mentoring relationships.

Eastbourne as you have never seen it, and would never wish to. Henry Wagstaff lives in the flat above his first-floor neighbours. They meet every Friday afternoon to play Scrabble. The initial impression of their lives in Eastbourne on the south coast of England is one of contentment, over a crucial period for the nation between the 24th of June 2016, the day after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and the 29th of March 2019, by which day it should have left and did not. But their shared and combined lives are in parallel with a world of dystopia, under the yoke of foreign and religious domination, during which a long past overseas work experience returns to haunt Henry. The time sequence is the same but now it identifies as taking place between the months of Ramadan 1437 and Rajab 1440. . Throughout both time sequences the threesome continues to play Scrabble once a week. Letter Boxes Are Red is the story of their parallel lives.

To any parts of the world that are influenced by English designs in architecture, Box sash windows are very familiar. Invented during the Georgian times, this style has been used ever since. In author Steve Lydfords Origin of Original Box Sash Window, he will unveil insights and interesting techniques to help anyone restore, this type of window. Invented in Holland in the late 17th century by an engineer, the Box sash windows have become one of the most significant features in buildings of the following centuries. They were most popular during the Victorian times, however their prominence slowly declined. But with their delicate proportions and sophistication, Box sash windows are again making their way to a more enjoyable revival. In Origin of Original Box Sash Window, the author reveals some important information about the box sash window. But generally, this book is a practical easy-to-follow guide on how to restore, install, or fix these windows through detailed instructions that are supplemented with vivid illustrations.

Most of us think we are about 15 per cent cleverer, nicer, more attractive and better drivers than others think we are. It seems deception begins at home. After all the most convincing liars convince themselves first. Sellers and buyers, parents and children, friends and lovers must conceal from each other the unutterable truth that they don't believe or want the same things. In this book, Ziyad Marar throws a revealing light on the many ways deception is woven into the texture of human life: our wiring leaves us easily suckered by persuasive illusions, while our contradictory desires (for sex and honesty, money and kindness, for cake and losing weight) force us to cook up self-serving stories. We manage flattering impressions with effortless skill, while pretending our sins and self-indulgences are beyond our control.Drawing on insights from philosophy, psychology and literature, Marar explores the implications for living well in the shadow of Kant's humbling thought that "out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made".

A great gift book for lovers of unsung urban decorative art and unique architectural details. Mailboxes and their chutes were once as essential to the operation of any major hotel, office, civic, or residential building as the front door. In time they developed a decorative role, in a range of styles and materials, and as American art deco architecture flourished in the 1920s and 1930s they became focal points in landmark buildings and public spaces: the GE Building, Grand Central Terminal, the Woolworth Building, 29 Broadway, the St. Regis Hotel, York & Sawyer’s Salmon Tower, the Waldorf Astoria, and many more. While many mailboxes have been removed, forgotten, disused, or painted over (and occasionally repurposed), others are still in use, are polished daily, and hold a place of pride in lobbies throughout the country. A full-color photographic survey of beautiful early mailboxes, highlighting those of the grand art deco period, together with a brief history of the innovative mailbox-and-chute system patented in 1883 by James Cutler of Rochester, New York, Art Deco Mailboxes features dozens of the best examples of this beloved, dynamic design’s realization in the mailboxes of New York City as well as Chicago, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and beyond.

In The Wedding Feast an idealistic, altruistic shoe manufacturer arrives at an employee’s wedding, with disastrous consequences. One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round features a comic plot involving academics who get high on a hash birthday cake, a recalcitrant daughter, and the appearance of an illegitimate son who is a magician. In Groupie 61-year-old Mattie Beancourt is shocked to discover her idol, the famous painter Mark Gorman, living alone in near poverty. She is sunny, he is curmudgeonly and the impact of their friendship is startling. Set against a scene of defiant old age, The Old Ones examines the eccentric rituals of old age and plays out the conflict between the optimistic and pessimistic spirit.

Holly, 12, and her sister, Beth, 9, are in their Brighton beach hut one day when there is a knock at the door. Marjorie, the little girl they meet, is somehow different, and very soon a friendship develops that mysteriously transports them to the summer of 1914 and the eve of the outbreak of war.