The new heartwarming novel from David M Barnett for fans of THE LIDO ELEANOR OLIPHANT & THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS 304 pages Barnett David M ...

Now anyone can have a baby With Full Life's safe & affordable healthcare plan why risk a natural birth? Just choose the colour of your pouch & its accessories Without the pouch Eva might not have been born & yet she has sacrificed her career & maybe even her relationship campaigning against Full Life's biotech baby pouches Despite her efforts everyone prefers a world where women are liberated from danger & constraint & all can share the joy of childbearing Perhaps Full Life has helped transform society for the better? But just as Eva decides to accept this she discovers that something strange is happening at Full Life Piotr hasn't seen Eva in years Not since their life together dissolved in tragedy But Piotr's a journalist who has also uncovered something sinister about Full Life What drove him & Eva apart may just bring them back together as they search for the truth behind Full Life's closed doors & face a truth of their own A beautiful story about family loss & what our future might hold The Growing Season is an original & powerful novel by a rising talent ...

Now anyone can have a baby With Full Life's safe & affordable healthcare plan the brave new world is here Without the pouch Eva might not have been born & yet she has sacrificed her career & maybe even her relationship campaigning against Full Life's biotech baby pouches Despite her efforts everyone prefers a world where women are liberated from danger & constraint & all can share the joy of childbearing Perhaps Full Life has helped transform society for the better? But just as Eva decides to accept this she discovers that something strange is happening at Full Life Piotr hasn't seen Eva in years Not since their life together dissolved in tragedy But Piotr's a journalist who has also uncovered something sinister about Full Life What drove him & Eva apart may just bring them back together as they search for the truth behind Full Life's closed doors & face a truth of their own A beautiful story about family loss & what our future might hold The Growing Season is an original & powerful novel by a rising talent ...

What separates them may just bring them together as they search for the truth about Full Life & each face a truth of their own'A compelling what-if about the female body technology & power' Guardian 320 pages Sedgwick Helen ...

The Growing Up Guide for Girls is a one-stop guide for young girls on the autism spectrum explaining all they need to know about puberty & adolescence The pre-teen & teenage years are a bumpy time when bodies change emotions are high & peers are developing at different paces Using simple literal language & delightful colour illustrations this book explains the facts about body changes such as growing hair in new places periods wearing a bra & keeping spots away! It gives cool tips on what makes a real friend what it means to have a crush on somebody & how to stay safe online Most importantly it explains that every body is beautiful & unique & encourages young girls with autism to celebrate difference! Perfect preparation for the teenage years for girls aged 9-14 ...

A revelatory & entertaining book about the pitfalls of how we measure our economy & how to correct them by an award-winning editor of The Financial Times'A near miracle' Ha-Joon Chang author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism In The Growth Delusion author & prize-winning journalist David Pilling explores how economists & their cult of growth have hijacked our policy-making & infiltrated our thinking about what makes societies work Our policies are geared relentlessly towards increasing our standard measure of growth Gross Domestic Product By this yardstick we have never been wealthier or happier So why doesn't it feel that way? Why are we living in such fractured times with global populism on the rise & wealth inequality as stark as ever? In a book that is simultaneously trenchant thought-provoking & entertaining Pilling argues that we need to measure our successes & failures using different criteria While for economic growth heroin consumption & prostitution are worth more than volunteer work or public services in a rational world we would learn how to value what makes economies better not just what makes them bigger So much of what is important to our wellbeing from clean air to safe streets & from steady jobs to sound minds lies outside the purview of our standard measure of success We prioritise growth maximisation without stopping to think about the costs In prose that cuts through the complex language so often wielded by a priesthood of economists Pilling argues that our steadfast loyalty to growth is informing misguided policies
- & contributing to a rising mistrust of experts that is shaking the very foundations of our democracy
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A revelatory & entertaining book about the pitfalls of how we measure our economy & how to correct them by an award-winning editor of The Financial Times In The Growth Delusion author & prize-winning journalist David Pilling explores how economists & their cult of growth have hijacked our policy-making & infiltrated our thinking about what makes societies work Our policies are geared relentlessly towards increasing our standard measure of growth Gross Domestic Product By this yardstick we have never been wealthier or happier So why doesn't it feel that way? Why are we living in such fractured times with global populism on the rise & wealth inequality as stark as ever? In a book that is simultaneously trenchant thought-provoking & humorous Pilling argues that we need to measure our successes & failures using different criteria While for economic growth heroin consumption & prostitution are worth more than volunteer work or public services in a rational world we would learn how to value what makes economies better not just what makes them bigger So much of what is important to our wellbeing from clean air to safe streets & from steady jobs to sound minds lies outside the purview of our standard measure of success We prioritise growth maximisation without stopping to think about the costs In prose that cuts through the complex language so often wielded by a priesthood of economists Pilling argues that our steadfast loyalty to growth is informing misguided policies
- & contributing to a rising mistrust of experts that is shaking the very foundations of our democracy
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Grudge American nurse Karen Davis (Sarah Michelle Gellar) living & working in Tokyo is drawn to an odd house & exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life & spreading to another victim Produced by Sam Raimi The Grudge sees Sarah Michelle Gellar changing tack from her & Buffy& guise in this superior chiller directed by Takashi Shimizu adapted from his own Japanese horror classic The Grudge 2 In Tokyo young Aubrey Davis (Tamblyn) is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister (Sarah Michelle Gellar in the previous film) The supernatural force which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt to unlock its secret to save their very lives Actors Sarah Michelle Gellar Jason Behr William Mapother Clea Du Vall Grace Zabriskie Bill Pullman Ted Raimi Ryo Ishibashi Yuya Ozeki Edison Chen Teresa Palmer Amber Tamblyn Arielle Kebbel Jennifer Beals Takako Fuji & Joanna Cassidy Director Takashi Shimizu Certificate 15 years & over Year 2004 ; 2006 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
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Sequel to the Japanese horror film The & Ju-on& from the first film the supernatural curse of the two murdered victims still resides in the house where they were killed When a horror film actress who has survived a car accident that killed her unborn child & put her husband in a coma films a documentary at the house the curse returns Kyoko (Noriko Sakai) watches in horror as slowly all the members of the documentary production team are killed off until only she remains It soon becomes clear that the child she thought she lost in the car accident might not be dead after all & might somehow be responsible for the awakening of the curse Actors Noriko Sakai Chiharu Niyama Yui Ichikawa Format Anamorphic PALLanguage Japanese Subtitles English Region Region 2 Aspect Ratio 169
- 1781 Number of discs 1 Classification 15 Studio Contender DVD Release Date 16 July 2007 Run Time 91 minutes
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Three interwoven stories about a terrible curse A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo; a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong; a woman with a deadly secret moves into a Chicago apartment building Actors Noriko Sakai Chiharu Niiyama Kei Horie Directors Takashi Shimizu Language Japanese Number of discs 2 ...