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Jeanne Willis; Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse
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Here's a story the sailors sing Of a tiny fish and a mighty king
Who became best friends of all strange things Beneath the ocean
waves. While all the other fish flee in terror from the
white-tipped shark, a brave pilot fish strikes up an unlikely
bargain with him - she'll clean his teeth and scratch his head, so
long as he keeps her safe and sound from the other scary beasts in
the sea. At first the shark reluctantly agrees, but very soon he
comes to discover that life with his pilot fish pal is not so bad
after all. But when the shark gets caught on a fishing line, the
two friends are pulled apart and must face life in the sea alone.
Can they find their way back to one another? Discover one of
nature's most unexpected friendships in this heart-warming
sea-shanty-inspired picture book from Jeanne Willis and Ben
Whitehouse.
A journey through the evolving cosmos, considering how human
survival will depend on otherworldly perspectives. In David
Whitehouse's most ambitious book to date he explores how human
evolution has been intertwined with the workings of the cosmos from
the very beginning, and what the far-distant future may hold, both
for the universe and for ourselves. Given enough time, Whitehouse
contends, we must communicate with intelligent aliens whose
divergent perspective will transform our understanding of the
universe. First contact may even come sooner than we think. We have
already transmitted signals towards promising exoplanets. If, say,
Gliese 581d harbours life, the return signal could reach us in
2051. Drawing the thread of human consciousness from the cave to
the cosmos, the acclaimed author of Apollo 11: The Inside Story
charts our future journey to the end of space and time, and
considers whether something of humanity could remain at the end of
it all.
'Whitehouse is a skilful, attentive writer' The Guardian BODY FOUND
AT MOSELEY BOG IS KEY WITNESS IN SHOCKING CASE When 18-year-old Ben
Renshaw is found dead in ancient city woodland, DCI Robin Lyons
finds herself at the heart of one of the most contentious cases in
Birmingham's recent history. The previous summer, at a house party
spun out of control, Renshaw and his best friend Will Laurimore
witnessed Alistair Heywood, son of a rich and influential local
family, commit an act of shocking violence against a classmate.
Their testimony resulted in Heywood's conviction - but only after a
sustained and vicious intimidation campaign. Is Ben's murder now an
act of vengeance from the powerful Heywood family or the beginning
of a bloody new chapter that will claim lives on all sides? Or is
the explanation - as the Heywoods claim - something entirely
different? To find out, Robin will have to negotiate the city's
networks of power and influence while walking dangerous lines of
her own. For her daughter, Lennie, faces legal jeopardy, too, but
protecting her may imperil the only other person Robin has ever
really loved: DCS Samir Jafferi, once her boyfriend, now her boss
at Force Homicide. It will also call into question values Robin has
held all her life. From the bestselling author of Richard &
Judy Book Club choice Before We Met, comes a compulsive, emotional
and timely new thriller, perfect for fans of Jane Casey and Susie
Steiner. 'Whitehouse is a superb storyteller, whose sleight of hand
and sly misdirections have you leaping all the wrong conclusions
from the outset' The Independent 'Whitehouse writes marvellously in
an emotionally hypersensitive, lyrical, Maggie O'Farrell sort of
way' Daily Mail
Gabi's garden needs some help. Where to begin? Gabi and her best
friend Adi use if/then statements to decide what to plant, what to
water and what to pick! These scientific thinkers find ways every
day to use computer coding concepts to make work and play more fun!
It's time to clean Adi's room! If only a computer could do it for
her! That gives Adi and her best friend Gabi an idea - think like a
coder! These scientific thinkers put on their computer coding caps
and make cleaning up easy by sorting with variables!
Paul Whitehouse and fishing expert John Bailey celebrate the
timeless joy of fishing. Paul Whitehouse and John Bailey have been
devout fishermen for longer than they care to remember. A hobby,
past time or sport – call it what you want – they have felt the
pull of the water ever since they were kids and have never missed
the chance to set up on the bank and try their luck. In this
wonderful book, the two fishermen collaborate to celebrate the rich
tapestry that is fishing – from mentors to memories; from
philosophy to modern jargon; from watercraft to becoming
self-styled ‘Fishing Detectives’. Punctuated by brilliant
stories, beautiful illustrations by Carys Reilly-Whitehouse, and
recollections from fishing day trips past, How We Fish is the
perfect tome for the veteran fisherman or the budding angler –
warm, funny and rich in the wonders of the riverbank.
Exam Board: MEI Level: A-level Subject: Mathematics First Teaching:
September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 An OCR endorsed textbook
Encourage every student to develop a deeper understanding of
mathematical concepts and their applications with textbooks that
draw on the well-known MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry)
series, updated and tailored to the 2017 OCR (MEI) specification
and developed by subject experts and MEI. - Develop
problem-solving, proof and modelling skills with plenty of
questions and well-structured exercises that build skills and
mathematical techniques. - Build connections between topics, using
real-world contexts to help develop mathematical modelling skills,
thus providing a fuller and more coherent understanding of
mathematical concepts. - Prepare students for assessment with
practice questions written by subject experts. - Ensure coverage of
the new statistics requirements with five dedicated statistics
chapters and questions around the use of large data sets. -
Supports the use of technology with a variety of questions based
around the use of spreadsheets, graphing software and graphing
calculators. - Provide clear paths of progression that combine pure
and applied maths into a coherent whole.
As heard on the HOW TO FAIL podcast with Elizabeth Day 'I was
utterly floored by the emotional depth of About A Son - a book that
reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to
be forever changed. It is an unflinching examination of grief, a
painstaking deconstruction of injustice and a dispatch from the
frontiers of the human heart' Elizabeth Day On the evening of
Halloween in 2015, Morgan Hehir was walking with friends close to
Nuneaton town centre when they were viciously attacked by a group
of strangers. Morgan was stabbed, and died hours later in hospital.
He was twenty years old and loved making music with his band, going
to the football with his mates, having a laugh; a talented graffiti
artist who dreamed of moving away and building a life for himself
by the sea. From the moment he heard the news, Morgan's father
Colin Hehir began to keep an extraordinary diary. It became a
record not only of the immediate aftermath of his son's murder, but
also a chronicle of his family's evolving grief, the trial of
Morgan's killers, and his personal fight to unravel the lies,
mistakes and cover-ups that led to a young man with a history of
violence being free to take Morgan's life that night. Inspired by
this diary, About a Son is a unique and deeply moving exploration
of love and loss and a groundbreaking work of creative non-fiction.
Part true crime, part memoir, it tells the story of a shocking
murder, the emotional repercussions, and the failures that enabled
it to take place. It shows how grief affects and changes us, and
asks what justice means if the truth is not heard. It asks what can
be learned, and where we go from here.
Best friends Adi and Gabi love to play with Adi's toy train. Round
and round it goes - choo choo! Watching it loop around the track
gives the girls an idea. These scientific thinkers use their
computer coding knowledge to put the train to work!
Exam Board: Pearson BTEC Academic Level: BTEC National Subject:
Health & Social Care First teaching: September 2016 First
Exams: Summer 2017 Ideal for classroom or independent study, this
Revision Guide with ActiveBook is the smart choice for learners
studying for the externally assessed Units 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the
new BTEC Nationals in Health & Social Care qualifications. The
Revision Guide is accompanied by an ActiveBook (eBook) so that
learners have the choice and flexibility to access materials
anytime or anywhere. The visually engaging format breaks the
content down into easily-digestible sections for students and
provides hassle-free instant-access revision for learners. Clear
specification fit, with revision activities and annotated sample
responses for each unit to show students how to tackle the assessed
tasks. Written with students in mind - in an informal voice that
talks directly to them. Designed to be used alongside the Workbook
with clear unit-by-unit correspondence to make it easy to use the
books together. Updates to this title If you purchased this title
before 3rd April 2017, you will have an older edition. In light of
updates to the qualification, there may be changes required to this
older edition, which will be outlined at
www.pearsonfe.co.uk/BTECchanges. An updated edition of this title
will release in time for the new academic year in September 2017.
This new edition will reflect updates to the qualification that
have been made. If you have the older edition and would like a copy
of the new edition, please contact our customer services team, with
proof of purchase, on 0845 313 6666 or email
[email protected]
Computer coding in the kitchen? Yes! Best friends Gabi and Adi are
baking a special birthday treat - and making a recipe is a lot like
creating a function in a computer code.
The gripping new crime thriller from the bestselling author of
Before We Met and Critical Incidents Robin Lyons is back in her
hometown of Birmingham and now a DCI with Force Homicide, working
directly under Samir, the man who broke her heart almost twenty
years ago. When a woman is found stabbed to death in a derelict
factory and no one comes forward to identify the body, Robin and
her team must not only hunt for the murderer, but also solve the
mystery of who their victim might be. As Robin and Samir come under
pressure from their superiors, from the media and from far-right
nationalists with a dangerous agenda, tensions in Robin's own
family threaten to reach breaking point. And when a cold case from
decades ago begins to smoulder and another woman is found dead in
similar circumstances, rumours of a serial killer begin to spread.
In order to get to the truth Robin will need to discover where
loyalty ends and duty begins. But before she can trust, she is
going to have to forgive - and that means grappling with some
painful home truths.
The Tale of the Lady Ochikubo dates from the last quarter of the
tenth century. It is therefore one of the earliest of that long
line of monogatari which are a special part of Japanese literature
from the Heian Era. Ochikubo is the first novel: here for the first
time is a vivid and realistic chronicle of life, related with a
wealth of natural dialogue. In no story of the Heian Era are there
so few poems or an absence of descriptions of the beauties of
nature. The author keeps close to the human story he is
chronicling. It is also the first novel to attempt any kind of
characterisation. As a whole, the novel is of outstanding
importance in the history of Japanese literature.
Catholic and Protestant missionaries followed their own, competing
agendas rather than those of the colonial state. This volume
unravels these agendas and challenges received wisdom on the
histories of Rwanda and Burundi, as well as the colonial
relationship between state and mission. The archives of the White
Fathers Catholic missionary order in Rome and Paris are read
alongside primary sources produced by the British Protestant Church
Missionary Society to analyse their impact between 1900 and 1972 in
Rwanda and Burundi. The colonial state was weaker than often
assumed, and permeable by external radical influences.
Denominational competition between Catholic and Protestant
missionaries was a key motor of this radicalism. The colonial state
in both kingdoms was a weak, reactive agent rather than a
structuring form of power. This volume shows that missionaries were
more committed and influential actors, but their inability to
manage the mass demand for the education that they sought and
delivered finally undermined the achievement of their aims.
Missionaries and the Colonial State is a resource for historians of
Christianity, Belgian Africa specialists, and scholars of
colonialism.
Have the social safety nets, environmental protections, and
policies to redress wealth and income inequality enacted after
World War II contributed to declining rates of dementia today-and
how do we improve brain health in the future? Winner of the
American Book Fest Health: Aging/50+ by the American Book Fest,
Living Now Book Award: Mature Living/Aging by the Living Now Book
Awards For decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure
for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying
biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that
dementia rates have actually declined in the United States and
Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And
what does it mean for brain health in the future? In American
Dementia, Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD,
PhD, argue that the current decline of dementia may be strongly
linked to mid-twentieth century policies that reduced inequality,
provided widespread access to education and healthcare, and brought
about cleaner air, soil, and water. They also * explain why
Alzheimer's disease, an obscure clinical label until the 1970s, is
the hallmark illness of our current hyper-capitalist era; * reveal
how the soaring inequalities of the twenty-first century-which are
sowing poverty, barriers to healthcare and education, loneliness,
lack of sleep, stressful life events, environmental exposures, and
climate change-are reversing the gains of the twentieth century and
damaging our brains; * tackle the ageist tendencies in our culture,
which disadvantage both vulnerable youth and elders; * make an
evidence-based argument that policies like single-payer healthcare,
a living wage, and universal access to free higher education and
technical training programs will build collective resilience to
dementia; * promote strategies that show how local communities can
rise above the disconnection and loneliness that define our present
moment and come together to care for our struggling neighbors.
Ultimately, American Dementia asserts that actively remembering
lessons from the twentieth century which help us become a
healthier, wiser, and more compassionate society represents our
most powerful intervention for preventing Alzheimer's and
protecting human dignity. Exposing the inconvenient truths that
confound market-based approaches to memory enhancement as well as
broader social organization, the book imagines how we can act as
citizens to protect our brains, build the cognitive resilience of
younger generations, and rise to the moral challenge of caring for
the cognitively frail.
The flora is prepared at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in close
collaboration with East African Herbarium and in liaison with the
University of Dar es Salaam, the University of Nairobi and the
Makerere University. Significant contributions are also made by
specialists elsewhere. The flora is designed to a high academic
standard and should be a useful resource reference for anyone
concerned with the identification and utilization of plants in
eastern Africa. Each family is published as a separate part.
Where's My Happy Ending? asks the questions you've always wondered:
What is ‘happily ever after’? How do you make love last? Is there such
a thing as ‘the one’?
Maybe you’ve just had a first date with ‘the one’, maybe you’ve been
married for ten years. Either way, it’s hard to know if they’re really
meant to be by your side until you both wear dentures. In this book
Anna Whitehouse and Matt Farquharson, authors of Parenting the Sh*t Out
of Life, set out to discover what it takes to make it to forever, by
asking our greatest questions about love.
They ask a former sex-worker and her ex-gigolo husband, celibate monks
and free-loving hippies. They ask people who never wanted kids and
people who have loads of them. They speak to couples, throuples and
singles; gay, straight and anywhere in-between.
And in asking these questions, they are forced to confront their own
relationship after a decade of marriage. Join Anna and Matt on a
searingly honest, belly-laugh inducing journey through love and
relationships, social media and small children, expert advice and
everyday exasperation, as they navigate the muddy waters of modern
romance.
Part of a series of volumes on the flora of tropical East Africa,
this text covers the Eriospermaceae family.
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Corpse Bride (DVD)
Joanna Lumley, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, …
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Animated adventure from popular director Tim Burton. Set in a 19th
century European village, the film follows the story of Victor
(voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the
underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham
Carter), while his real bride, Victoria (Emily Watson), waits
bereft in the land of the living.
Though life in the Land of the
Dead proves to be a lot more colourful than his strict Victorian
upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or
the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.
Was Jesus celibate, as the Church claims, or did he marry? If he
had a wife, was she Mary Magdalene or someone completely unknown to
us? In this knowledgeable and accessible book, Bible metaphysician,
theologian and author Maggy Whitehouse puts forward a
ground-breaking new theory; that just like any other Jew of the
time, Jesus married at the age of 14. The "missing years" in the
Bible are those he spent as a husband, raising his family. Given
that the average life-span of a woman 2000 years ago was 27 years
and two out of three women died in childbirth, Jesus was probably a
widower when he began teaching. So what happened to Jesus' wife,
this most forgotten of women? To find out, Maggy Whitehouse
examines the legends, social and economic laws of the time on
marriage and the legends of Jesus' celibacy and his marriage to
Mary Magdalene. She explores the evidence in ancient Graeco-Roman
and Pagan religions, the Gnostic gospels, the earliest known
Christian scripts, the Jewish oral tradition and the commentaries
on the Torah, demonstrating how the Christian world grew to need
both the idea of a celibate God made man and the sacred union of
male and female.
I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into
stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were
really there. I Was There... Ira Aldridge tells the exciting story
of the African-American actor, Ira Aldridge, who rose to fame on
the London stage. Brilliantly imagined, readers aged 7+ will love
this first-hand account of a child's experience of
nineteenth-century London and the vibrant life of the theatre.
Amazing black-and-white illustrations throughout bring the story to
life! Perfect stories for children who are struggling with their
reading
'Whitehouse is a skilful, attentive writer' The Guardian BODY FOUND
AT MOSELEY BOG IS KEY WITNESS IN SHOCKING CASE When 18-year-old Ben
Renshaw is found dead in ancient city woodland, DCI Robin Lyons
finds herself at the heart of one of the most contentious cases in
Birmingham's recent history. The previous summer, at a house party
spun out of control, Renshaw and his best friend Will Laurimore
witnessed Alistair Heywood, son of a rich and influential local
family, commit an act of shocking violence against a classmate.
Their testimony resulted in Heywood's conviction - but only after a
sustained and vicious intimidation campaign. Is Ben's murder now an
act of vengeance from the powerful Heywood family or the beginning
of a bloody new chapter that will claim lives on all sides? Or is
the explanation - as the Heywoods claim - something entirely
different? To find out, Robin will have to negotiate the city's
networks of power and influence while walking dangerous lines of
her own. For her daughter, Lennie, faces legal jeopardy, too, but
protecting her may imperil the only other person Robin has ever
really loved: DCS Samir Jafferi, once her boyfriend, now her boss
at Force Homicide. It will also call into question values Robin has
held all her life. From the bestselling author of Richard &
Judy Book Club choice Before We Met, comes a compulsive, emotional
and timely new thriller, perfect for fans of Jane Casey and Susie
Steiner. 'Whitehouse is a superb storyteller, whose sleight of hand
and sly misdirections have you leaping all the wrong conclusions
from the outset' The Independent 'Whitehouse writes marvellously in
an emotionally hypersensitive, lyrical, Maggie O'Farrell sort of
way' Daily Mail
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