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How Families Are Made
Dr Amir Khan; Illustrated by Aaron Marin
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R221
Discovery Miles 2 210
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Come on a journey with award-winning GP DR AMIR KHAN to discover
how families begin and how you became part of your family. Our
EXPERTS are famous for their incredible know-how and passion for
their subjects, and now they have made it their mission to share
that knowledge with you in LITTLE EXPERTS: the inspirational
non-fiction series for six- to nine-year-olds. This jaw-dropping
non-fiction journey has bold, colourful artwork throughout by Aaron
Marin. Little Experts is an unmissable series that will empower and
inspire a new generation of experts. Also available in the LITTLE
EXPERTS series: Building a Home by GEORGE CLARKE, an architect,
writer, lecturer and TV presenter. Superhero Animals by CHRIS
PACKHAM CBE, one of the UK’s leading naturalists and an
award-winning conservationist, who began his TV career presenting
children’s series The Really Wild Show. Why Money Matters by
DEBORAH MEADEN, entrepreneur, Dragons’ Den investor and host of
the BBC Radio 5 Live’s The Big Green Money Show podcast. Amazing
Bodies by DR RONX, award-winning trans non-binary emergency doctor
and TV presenter. Marvellous Vehicles by JAMES MAY, a writer and
broadcaster who is best known for co-presenting Top Gear and The
Grand Tour.
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What Is My Name? (Hardcover)
Bridget Yiadom; Illustrated by Amir Amir Khan; Edited by Miraponte Press
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R443
Discovery Miles 4 430
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Where Am I From? (Hardcover)
Bridget Yiadom; Edited by Miraponte Press; Illustrated by Amir Khan
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R453
Discovery Miles 4 530
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This book presents close-readings of seven post-millennial comedic
films: Up in the Air, Tropic Thunder, JCVD, Winnebago Man, The
Trotsky, Be Kind Rewind, and Hamlet 2. It is a sequel to Stanley
Cavell's 1981 landmark study of the comedic genre, Pursuits of
Happiness, where he examines seven comedies of Hollywood's "Golden
Age." Khan puts forward the idea that comedies, once centred on the
conventional "happy ending," are no longer interested in detailing
the steps to any ending we might call happy. Instead, the agenda of
most culturally serious comedies today is to "spoof," to make all
that is fair foul. The seven films presented here risk a type of
cultural nihilism-spoofing for the sake of spoofing and nothing
else, indicative not of film's promise but its failure. By equating
the failure of film with the failed national politics of Canada (or
the failed politics of nationalism and community more generally),
this study shows that comedy has less to do with happiness and more
to do with the grotesque. The films analysed represent
hyper-realized forms of comic irony and move towards what theatre
knows as tragedy, or a tragic vision.
This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have
contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle
heterogeneities and their relation to the thermo-chemical state of
Earth's mantle, which ultimately holds the key to unlocking the
secrets of the evolution of our planet. This series of topical
reviews and original contributions address 4 themes. Theme 1 covers
topics in geophysics, including global and regional seismic
tomography, electrical conductivity and seismic imaging of mantle
discontinuities and heterogeneities in the upper mantle, transition
zone and lower mantle. Theme 2 addresses geochemical views of the
mantle including lithospheric evolution from analysis of mantle
xenoliths, composition of the deep Earth and the effect of water on
subduction-zone processes. Theme 3 discusses geodynamical
perspectives on the global thermo-chemical structure of the deep
mantle. Theme 4 covers application of mineral physics data and
phase equilibrium computations to infer the regional-scale
thermo-chemical structure of the mantle.
'Full of the compassion, humanity and mischievous sense of fun you
would expect from Dr Amir. This is a complete delight from a born
storyteller.' - Lorraine Kelly He’s the perfect catch (according
to his mother). Yousef is the golden child to his strict Pakistani
parents, overshadowing his younger sister, Rehana. As he finishes
his medical degree in London, Yousef’s life appears to be mapped
out for him: become a doctor, marry a suitable girl of his
parents’ choosing and, above all, make his family proud. Then
Yousef meets Jess. A fellow medical student, Jess presents a
complication to the plan. Suddenly, Yousef finds himself torn
between two worlds – keeping each a secret from the other. Then,
as graduation day looms, Yousef’s mother informs him that she’s
started looking for his wife . . . From Dr Amir Khan, How (Not) To
Have an Arranged Marriage is a timely, heartfelt novel which looks
at all aspects of modern arranged marriages. Praise for How (Not)
to Have an Arranged Marriage: 'Heartwarming, hilarious and
incredibly insightful. Writing with poignant honesty about the
messy nature of life, Dr. Amir Khan is definitely an author I’ll
be looking out for in the future.' - J F Murray, author of Fling
AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW Following his retirement from the sport
in May 2022, in Fight For Your Life: The Autobiography Khan looks
back on his exhilarating boxing career that spanned 27 years from
his first fight to his last. A role model for his Pakistani
heritage, his Bolton upbringing and the best of British sport, Khan
also reveals for the first time the full story of his life outside
of the ring. Told with his trademark warmth, humour and honesty,
Khan relives his highs and lows. He shares never-before-told
stories about his greatest fights and rivalries. He reflects on his
Muslim faith and how his family forged him. He reveals dramatic
details of a shocking armed robbery attempt when he was held up at
gunpoint with his wife Faryal, along with the ups and downs of
their marriage. He describes his charity efforts to help Pakistan's
devastating floods, and he gleefully recounts the hilarious and
heart-warming antics of his everyday life as a husband and father
of three children, made popular in the acclaimed BBC Three TV
series 'Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton'. The book, which will be
written in 12 chapters and 12 rounds, shares Khan's relatable and
hard-won life advice so that readers can learn from his triumphs
and mistakes.
This book presents close-readings of seven post-millennial comedic
films: Up in the Air, Tropic Thunder, JCVD, Winnebago Man, The
Trotsky, Be Kind Rewind, and Hamlet 2. It is a sequel to Stanley
Cavell's 1981 landmark study of the comedic genre, Pursuits of
Happiness, where he examines seven comedies of Hollywood's "Golden
Age." Khan puts forward the idea that comedies, once centred on the
conventional "happy ending," are no longer interested in detailing
the steps to any ending we might call happy. Instead, the agenda of
most culturally serious comedies today is to "spoof," to make all
that is fair foul. The seven films presented here risk a type of
cultural nihilism-spoofing for the sake of spoofing and nothing
else, indicative not of film's promise but its failure. By equating
the failure of film with the failed national politics of Canada (or
the failed politics of nationalism and community more generally),
this study shows that comedy has less to do with happiness and more
to do with the grotesque. The films analysed represent
hyper-realized forms of comic irony and move towards what theatre
knows as tragedy, or a tragic vision.
Following Khan's retirement from the sport in May 2022, in Fight
For Your Life: The Autobiography Khan looks back on his
exhilarating boxing career that spanned 27 years from his first
fight to his last. A role model for his Pakistani heritage, his
Bolton upbringing and the best of British sport, Khan also reveals
for the first time the full story of his life outside of the ring.
Told with his trademark warmth, humour and honesty, Khan relives
his highs and lows. He shares never-before-told stories about his
greatest fights and rivalries. He reflects on his Muslim faith and
how his family forged him. He reveals dramatic details of a
shocking armed robbery attempt when he was held up at gunpoint with
his wife Faryal, along with the ups and downs of their marriage. He
describes his charity efforts to help Pakistan's devastating
floods, and he gleefully recounts the hilarious and heart-warming
antics of his everyday life as a husband and father of three
children, made popular in the acclaimed BBC Three TV series 'Meet
the Khans: Big in Bolton'. The book, which will be written in 12
chapters and 12 rounds, shares Khan's relatable and hard-won life
advice so that readers can learn from his triumphs and mistakes.
Over 80 delicious recipes and lifestyle advice to accompany the hit
new Channel 5 series. With a foreword by Dr Amir Khan & Trisha
Goddard When you eat well, you feel well. With 80 delicious recipes
and a whole host of feel-good advice to accompany the new hit
Channel 5 TV show, You Are What You Eat shows how the food you eat
can transform you, inside and out. Discover flavour-filled herb
salads and light lunches. Dig in to delicious, veg-packed dinners
like a Lighter Lasagne or a Magic Bean Stew. And try guilt-free
sweet treats like low-sugar chocolate fudge or super-healthy Apple
Doughnut Muffins. Packed with simple lifestyle changes and recipes
the whole family will love, You Are What You Eat will soon have you
looking and feeling your best.
This bold new study uses counterfactual thinking to enable us to
feel, rather than to explain, Shakespeare's tragedies.
Amir Khan is an experienced language professional with more than 9
years of language experience. Amir is certified by the American
Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). He has worked on
DLI funded projects in/for many prestigious institutions such as
the University of South Florida and University of Maryland.
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Where Am I From? (Paperback)
Bridget Yiadom; Edited by Miraponte Press; Illustrated by Amir Khan
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R326
R268
Discovery Miles 2 680
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Urdu is the official language of Pakistan and a widely spoken
language in India. Urdu is written in a modified Persian Arabic
script called "Abjad." This concise dictionary has approximately
13000 words and is designed in a one to one format. The Urdu
meanings are accompanied by its Romanization in English to help the
user with correct sounds. The dictionary is compiled by Amir Khan
and is available on Amazon, KTL Communications and from other major
book sellers.
English to Pashto & Pashto to English with Phonetics is a
concise dictionary that includes approx. 24000 words i.e. approx.
13000 words in English to Pashto and 11000 in the Pashto to English
section. A concept of one-on-one meaning has been followed and a
single meaning has been provided for majority of the words while
others have explanatory meanings. The Pashto to English section has
been arranged in left-to-right order of the Pashto alphabets
(instead of right-to-left) in order to facilitate the users.
English to Pashto Dictionary with English Phonetics.
Quadrotor is a rotorcraft with four vertically oriented propellers.
Two of the propellers spin in clockwise direction and the other two
in the counter clockwise direction. For a Quadrotor Helicopter a
stabilizing controller is always needed. In this book Artificial
Neural Networks based Control Methodology to stabilize the a
Quadrotor Helicopoter, has been explained. Firstly a mathematical
model of Quadrotor is developed. A simplified approach is adopted
using momentum theory, where the gyroscopic effect and air friction
on machine's body has been neglected, resulting in a simplified
model which is useful in designing a controller to stabilize the
machine in hover state. The proposed model is nonlinear since the
rotor dynamics are function of square of motor inputs. In the
controller designing, Direct Inverse Neural Network Control
methodology is employed. For that matter 16,8,4-MLP, 16,16,4-MLP
and 16,64,4-MLP are used to control the Quadrotor plant. There
performance is compared using simulation results. Direct Inverse
Control using 16,64,4-MLP gives the best performance amongst all
the other considered.
'A wonderful book for anyone with anxiety or low self-esteem' Dr
Amir Khan We all fall over. It's knowing how to rise that matters.
Created by healthcare experts with over 45 years' clinical
experience between them, How to Rise draws on both spiritual and
psychological wisdom to create a Resilience Toolkit which tackles
even the most difficult of circumstances. Outlining what a
Resilient Mindset looks like, and drawing on years of experience
working with some of the most stressed and anxious people in the
healthcare industry, Karen Forshaw and Chrissie Mowbray have
created a highly effective and potent blend of western therapies
and eastern philosophy. Using their unique 'Resilience Gap Analysis
Tool', you'll find out how to identify the weak spots in your
armour before taking practical action to address areas of need and
build your resilience with over 60 'tools' cross-referenced to your
personalised Gap Analysis. With dozens of mindfulness,
visualisation and other practical exercises all carefully curated
to help you build a better mindset, How to Rise is a unique blend
of holism and practical techniques with proven outcome. Tried and
tested on hundreds of stressed NHS professionals, this is an
essential read for anyone struggling with issues related to stress,
self-esteem, anxiety or insecurity.
'Honest, compassionate, brave and big hearted' - LORRAINE KELLY
'Celebrates human beings in all their glorious, messy imperfection'
- CAT DEELEY Sunday Times Bestseller updated with a new chapter on
Amir's experiences during the coronavirus pandemic and being on the
frontlines of the historic vaccination effort. 60 hours a week 240
patients 10 minutes to make a diagnosis Welcome to the surgery.
Charting his 15 years working as a GP, from rookie to becoming a
partner in one of the UK's busiest surgeries, Dr Amir Khan's
stories are as much about community and care as they are about
blood tests and bodily fluids. Along the way, he introduces us to
the patients that have taught him about love, loss and family -
from the regulars to the rarities - giving him the most
unbelievable highs and crushing lows, and often in just 10 minutes.
There is the unsuspecting pregnant woman about to give birth at the
surgery; the man offering to drop his trousers and take a urine
sample there and then; the family who needs support through
bereavement, the vulnerable child who will need continuing care for
a long-term health condition; and, of course, the onset of COVID-19
that tested the surgery at every twist and turn. But, it's all in a
day's work for Amir. The Doctor Will See You Now is a powerful
story of hope, love and compassion, but it's also a rare insider
account of what really goes on behind those surgery doors.
We know William Shakespeare matters but we cannot pinpoint,
precisely, why he matters. Lacking reasons why, we do our best to
involve him in others, or involve others in him. He has been
branded many times over-as Catholic, Protestant, Materialist,
Marxist, Psychoanalytic, Feminist, Postcolonial, Popular, Cultural,
and, even, Popular-Cultural. In many ways, Shakespeare is
overwrought. Why one more 'approach' to Shakespeare? One reason is
because whatever these approaches say about tragedy in particular,
none of them help us to feel tragedy. Or, rather, they subordinate
tragedy to something else-to considerations of, say, class, race,
or gender. What these approaches manage to do is explain tragedy
away. What this book does is to help us feel tragedy first and
foremost-hence to perceive it better. The aim of Amir Khan's
counterfactual criticism of Shakespeare's tragedies, Hamlet, King
Lear, Macbeth, A Winter's Tale and Othello, then, is precisely to
reanimate the tragic effect, long since lost in some deluge of
explanation.
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