For his 2007 critically acclaimed 33 13 series title Let's Talk About Love Carl Wilson went on a quest to find his inner Celine Dion fan & explore how we define ourselves by what we call good & bad what we love & what we hate At once among the most widely beloved & most reviled & lampooned pop stars of the past few decades Celine Dion's critics call her mawkish & overblown while millions of fans around the world adore her "huge pipes" & even bigger feelings How can anyone say which side is right? This new expanded edition goes even further calling on thirteen prominent writers & musicians to respond to themes ranging from sentiment & kitsch to cultural capital & musical snobbery The original text is followed by lively arguments & stories from Nick Hornby Krist Novoselic Ann Powers Mary Gaitskill James Franco Sheila Heti & others In a new afterword Carl Wilson examines recent cultural changes in love & hate including the impact of technology & social media on how taste works (or doesn't) in the 21st century ...

A completely updated 20th anniversary edition of the definitive book on childrens' sexual health Now with expanded information on internet & texting safety birth control LGBT (gay lesbian bisexual transgender) issues & more
- this universally acclaimed classic by Robie H Harris & Michael Emberley is a cutting-edge resource for children parents teachers librarians & anyone else who cares about the well-being of pre-teens & teens Providing accurate & up-to-date information to answer young people's concerns & questions from conception & puberty to birth control & AIDS it offers everything they need
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- to make responsible decisions & stay healthy


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An updated 15th anniversary edition of the classic guide for young children on babies bodies love sex reproduction & families This clear lively information book about sex & reproduction covers all the main areas babies reproduction bodies chromosomes genes growing up love health & lots more As before the information is imparted simply & reassuringly with humorous commentary from an inquisitive bird & a squeamish bee & very friendly full-colour cartoon-strip illustrations Created by the author & illustrator of Let's Talk About Sex this forthright & funny book has been newly updated for its fifteenth anniversary ...

Let's Talk 2 Second Edition is for students at the intermediate level Features of the Student's Book include more systematic presentation & recycling of structures & vocabulary an increased focus on communication activities & new Expansion review sections after every four units The expanded self-study section now

Includes:: grammar listening & vocabulary practice offering students additional opportunities to review & consolidate the material The grammar paradigms & listening text are included on the Self-Study Audio CD packaged with the Student's Book

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Let's Talk 3 Second Edition is for students at the high-intermediate level Features of the Student's Book include more systematic presentation & recycling of structures & vocabulary an increased focus on communication activities & new Expansion review sections after every four units The expanded self-study section now

Includes:: grammar listening & vocabulary practice offering students additional opportunities to review & consolidate the material The grammar paradigms & listening text are included on the Self-Study Audio CD packaged with the Student's Book

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LET'S VISIT London explores fourteen great places to go in London from the famous Tower of London to the fascinating Natural History Museum Drawing on the geography curriculum at KS1 the Let's Visit series aims to encourage young readers aged 5-7 to find out about all the great places the UK has to offer & maybe even get out & experience them for themselves Along the way they will pick up some key geography learning ...

The Noble Collection is pleased to present the Collectors Wand series for the forthcoming Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald The only child of Corvus Lestrange & Laurena Kama A pure blood witch close school friend of Newt Scamander & the fiancee of Theseus Scamander The wand measuring Approx. 14 inches comes in a collector box ...

Anatoly Federov is a former agent of the KGB turned top lieutenant in the Russian mafia As the most dangerous smuggle of secrets vital to the US national security Federov has brokered a deal with the Triads the steal US military technology & auction them to foreign hostile governments ...

Tony Long was the best shot' the Met ever had Under the codename Echo 7' he was licenced to kill' bringing down scores of targets sometimes with deadly force In 1985 he opened fire on a suspect to save a four-year-old girl whose mother had been stabbed to death by her assailant Two years later he was involved in another high profile shooting while confronting three armed criminals On both occasions Tony was commended by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner But in the spring of 2005 coming face to face with suspected drug dealer & armed robber Azelle Rodney a volley of point blank shots would bring his career crashing to an end tarnish his reputation & leave him fighting a murder charge & possible life sentence From life or death cases & botched operations to political fallouts this book charts the controversial career from rookie seventies beat cop to Long's command of SO19
- the Met's most elite specialist firearms unit Long's personal testimony & professional insight raises serious issues about the duties pressures & responsibilities that fall on the shoulders of those we task to risk their lives & take the lives of others in our name
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Steven Seagal is lethal undercover cop Elijah Kane who along with his team are up against a new wave of criminals a militant gang trying to ignite civil unrest in Seattle; a group who call themselves the “ New Hope” Meanwhile Kane’s mysterious Black Ops past catches up with him in the form of his ex-comrade Bird who is identified as a deadly sniper terrorising the innocent people of the city With these two threats besieging the streets Kane & his undercover team must do all in their power to defend the city against these deadly enemies before it is too late ...