Books with author Richard Curle

The lives of the working class in West Virginia—a train engineer, an epileptic, coal miners and outlaws, the fragile and dispossessed—are explored in this powerful yet tender collection of six short stories and a novella. They depict an isolated world of hardship, human endurance, and hard-won dignity and are a lyrical rendering of times and places now largely gone—but the stirring clarity of people and landscape can persist in the reader's imagination.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

This publication offers clear and positive strategies that empower teachers and administrators to develop effective rules and consequences. Richard Curwin’s approach emphasizes student and parent engagement; schoolwide collaboration; and developing student responsibility. Curwin shows how educators and administrators at all levels can-Ensure that classroom and schoolwide rules are meaningful and significant.-Involve students to develop effective rules and appropriate consequences.-Collaborate with parents and colleagues to foster a sense of community.-Treat students fairly by enforcing consistent rules while adapting individual consequences to fit the circumstances.The strategies offered aim to make schools more harmonious and equitable environments, where students and teachers can move beyond discipline problems and get down to the real work of learning and teaching.

This publication offers clear and positive strategies that empower teachers and administrators to develop effective rules and consequences. Richard Curwin's approach emphasizes student and parent engagement; schoolwide collaboration; and developing student responsibility. Curwin shows how educators and administrators at all levels can-Ensure that classroom and schoolwide rules are meaningful and significant.-Involve students to develop effective rules and appropriate consequences.-Collaborate with parents and colleagues to foster a sense of community.-Treat students fairly by enforcing consistent rules while adapting individual consequences to fit the circumstances.The strategies offered aim to make schools more harmonious and equitable environments, where students and teachers can move beyond discipline problems and get down to the real work of learning and teaching.

The Empty Stocking - a brilliantly funny Christmas story by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb. In this fantastically funny and heartwarming story by Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually, it's Christmas Eve and there's one very important question on everyone's mind - have YOU been good this year? For twins Sam and Charlie this is a big worry. Charlie has been especially naughty and everyone is sure that she won't get any presents AT ALL. But when Santa makes a mistake, it's up to Charlie to put things right... Rebecca Cobb graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2004. She has collaborated with the Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and Orange-Prize-winner Helen Dunmore. Rebecca has been shortlisted for the 2013 Waterstones Prize and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award.

Have you ever wondered why the Owl and the Pussycat were such good friends? Or why they went to sea? And in a Pea Green boat to boot? Or what a Bong Tree is? Or how an Old Turkey came to marry them? With - of all things - a ring from a piggywig's nose? Here, at last, is the full, unexpurgated version of this incredible story, told as it's never been told before, with none of Edward Lear's confusing editing. This is the classic nonsense poem comprehensively de-abridged into its rightful short story form, and it's happily just about the perfect length for bedtime.

A snowy day, a deserted school and the teacher you least want to see. Welcome to Snow Day, the most magical day of the year . . . When Danny goes to school one quiet, snowy morning, the last thing he expects to find is a deserted school and his least favourite teacher. But that's exactly what he does find. And what starts as the worst day imaginable, ends as the most life-affirming and magical day of the year. An incredibly moving story about finding friendship in the most unexpected of places.

The Empty Stocking is a brilliantly funny Christmas story by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb. In this fantastically funny and heartwarming story by Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually, it's Christmas Eve and there's one very important question on everyone's mind - have YOU been good this year? For twins Sam and Charlie this is a big worry. Charlie has been especially naughty and everyone is sure that she won't get any presents AT ALL. But when Santa makes a mistake, it's up to Charlie to put things right... Richard Curtis is an award-winning and international film-director and scriptwriter, and the creator of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Notting Hill and Mr Bean. Rebecca Cobb graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2004. She has collaborated with the Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and Orange-Prize-winner Helen Dunmore. Rebecca has been shortlisted for the 2013 Waterstones Prize and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award.

It's Saturday morning and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura's wedding! Charles is always going to other people's weddings and he is always late. He's worried that he will never find the right person to marry. Then he meets Carrie and suddenly love is in the air! Four Weddings and a Funeral is one of the most successful British films ever made. It is a very funny tale of friendship, love and marriage in 1990s England.