Nelly and the Magic Stone
Kim Hoffman
Austin Macauley Publishers
Nelly loves to play with her friends, but sometimes she doesn’t know how to be a very good friend. Come along with her as she begins to understand how her actions affect those around her. With a little bit of help from a mysterious magic stone, Nelly grows from a little girl, with no understanding of other people’s feelings into a kind, and much-loved friend.
About the Author
Kim has been married for 25 years and has three grown children. She has worked in a school support role for many years and is passionate about teaching students about social, and emotional awareness. She recognised that many children have trouble identifying body language in their peers and wishes to help them with this goal.
Journalists and Their Shadows Kindle Edition
by Patrick Lawrence published by Clarity Press
Part memoir, part social history, Journalists and Their Shadows captures the deplorable state of the American media in our time--recording its deterioration, its moments of crisis and ultimately, its transformation as seen through the eyes of a journalist engaged at its very heart through all its phases.
Shadows probes the psychological dilemma that must be understood if we are to address the current crisis. Journalists in our time are divided within themselves--driven to meet thoroughly professional but ideologically conformist standards, but on the other, subliminally struggling to breach the barriers that preclude the truths they know should be conveyed. This latter, as Jung has put it, is the journalist's shadow. Shadows' case for the reintegration of the divided journalist is striking and original.
This record of the American media's increasingly shabby betrayal of the public trust sheds light on why the American public thought and thinks the way it does, how it has become aware that the truth it seeks is absent, and where and how it may yet be able to ferret it out. Here is a guide to the future, in fact, of journalism itself
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
By Jimmy Carter published by Simon & Schuster UK
President Carter, who was able to negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt, has remained deeply involved in Middle East affairs since leaving the White House. He has stayed in touch with the major players from all sides in the conflict and has made numerous trips to the Holy Land, most recently as an observer in the Palestinian elections of 2006. In this book President Carter shares his intimate knowledge of the history of the Middle East and his personal experiences of the principal actors, and he addresses sensitive political issues many British and American officials shy from. Palestine is a challenging and provocative book. Pulling no punches, Carter prescribes steps that must be taken for the two states to share the Holy Land without a system of apartheid or the constant fear of terrorism.
