Habibi" based on a Middle Eastern fable tells the story of Dodola who escapes being sold into slavery & rescues an abandoned baby she names Zam. They live in isolation in an old boat in the desert. As they age their relationship shifts from mother & son to brother & sister & eventually lovers. In the meantime however Dodola is forced to prostitute herself to desert traders in order to provide for Zam. When he seeks an alternative means of income Dodola is captured by the Sultan & Zam is forced into a quest to try & rescue her. At heart Habibi is like Blankets a profound love story but it also functions as a parable about the environment & the state of the world. Set in the place where Christianity & Islam began it explores the fundamental connection between these religions & also the relationship between the first & the third world & the increasingly important battle for the earths resources. Ambitious but always deeply felt " Habibi" is a beautifully drawn & moving graphic novel that will get a huge amount of attention." ...

Auden often said that metre & rhyme led him down unexpected paths to thoughts he wouldnt otherwise have had & in this respect versification & fornication are not so different. Benjamin Britten sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera Death in Venice" seeks advice from his former collaborator & friend W H Auden. During this imagined meeting their first for twenty-five years they are observed & interrupted by amongst others their future biographer & a young man from the local bus station. You are a rent boy. I am a poet. Over the wall lives the Dean of Christ Church. We all have our parts to play. Alan Bennetts new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men & at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old on creativity & inspiration & on persisting when all passions spent: ultimately on the habit of art. In the end said Auden art is small beer. The really serious things in life are earning ones living & loving ones neighbour." ...

Habitats both small & large form fascinating topics for children to study & enjoy. From the micro-habitats in the backgarden to the deserts & jungles around the planet children find studying the animals plants structures & conservation of habitats a rewarding & enlightening experience. There are numerous opportunities to cover this topic using a cross-curricular approach & also lots of chances for large whole-school projects covering a day or even a week. Themes in this book are as follows: Plants the producers of food (factors that help them survive in a habitat & form the scaffolding for it); Minibeasts the major types (earthworm snail slug insect beetle butterfly moth flies ant spiders centipedes & millipedes); Plants as habitats (what lives on them
- especially trees); Herbivores (from habitats around the world); Carnivores (from habitats around the world); Food chains (from habitats around the world); Decomposers (plus concept of ecosystem); Habitat conservation; & World sustainability (Conserving the world habitat).
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Fay Weldons new novel takes us inside the lives of an aristocratic household in the last three months of the nineteenth century. Its a time of riot & confusion social upheaval war abroad & shortage of money. Tea gowns are still laced with diamonds; there are still nine courses at dinner but bankruptcy looms for the Dilbernes. Whilst the Earl gambler & man about town must seek a new post in government; his wife Lady Isobels solution is to marry off their son Arthur to a wealthy heiress & without delay. But how? Its the end of the season & choices are few. Theres Minnie OBrien from Chigaco
- rich enough but daughter of a stockyard baron & with a vulgar mother & dubious past. Hardly suitable.. .! Fay Weldon tells this tale of restraint & desire manners & morals with wit & sympathy
- if no small measure of mischief
- as young Minnie & Arthur thrown together by their parents strive to determine their own destiny.


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HACCP: A Practical Approach 3rd edition has been updated to include the current best practice & new developments in HACCP application since the last edition was published in 1998. This book is intended to be a compendium of up-to-date thinking & best practice approaches to the development implementation & maintenance of HACCP programs for food safety management. Introductory chapters set the scene & update the reader on developments on HACCP over the last 15 years. The preliminary stages of HACCP including preparation & planning & system design are covered first followed by a consideration of food safety hazards & their control. Prerequisite program coverage has been significantly expanded in this new edition reflecting its development as a key support system for HACCP. The HACCP plan development & verification & maintenance chapters have also been substantially updated to reflect current practice & a new chapter on application within the food supply chain has been added. Appendices provide a new set of case studies of practical HACCP application plus two new case studies looking at lessons learned through food safety incident investigation. Pathogen profiles have also been updated by experts to provide an up-to-date summary of pathogen growth & survival characteristics that will be useful to HACCP teams. The book is written both for those who are developing HACCP systems for the first time & for those who need to update refresh & strengthen their existing systems. New materials & new tools to assist the HACCP team have been provided & the current situation on issues that are still undergoing international debate such as operational prerequisite programs. All tools such as decision trees & record-keeping formats are provided to be of assistance & are not obligatory to successful HACCP. Readers are guided to choose those that are relevant to their situations & which they find are helpful in their HACCP endeavors. ...

Exploring Cassie Hacks first case Hack/ Slash: My First Maniac" the sellout Image Comics debut mini-series is collected! 16-year-old Cassie has just been forced to kill her mother the undead murderer known as the Lunch Lady! Now faced with overwhelming guilt she must decide if she can make a life with her foster parents & at her new school or if she should use her new-found slasher-killing skills to save other screaming teenagers! But does the apple fall far from the tree? It

Includes:: never-before-seen sketches & an Introduction by Allison Scagliotti star of " Sy Fys Warehouse 13"."

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MESSAGE: THIS IS THE SYSTEM OPERATOR. WHO IS USING THIS ACCOUNT? PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF.. . When Vicky's father is arrested accused of stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works she is determined to prove his innocence. But how? There's only one way
- to attempt to break into the bank's computer files. Even if Vicky is the best hacker in the world will she find the real thief before they find her?' Accept the expertise & race along with the plot' Observer
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While other books merely show how to run existing exploits Hacking: The Art of Exploitation broke ground as the first book to explain how hacking & software exploits work & how readers could develop & implement their own. In the second edition author Jon Erickson again uses practical examples to illustrate the most common computer security issues in three related fields: programming networking & cryptography. All sections have been extensively updated & expanded including a more thorough introduction to the complex low-level workings of a computer. Readers can easily follow along with example code by booting the included live CD which provides a Linux programming environment & all of its benefits without the hassle of installing a new operating system. ...

Updated for Windows 8 & the latest version of Linux The best way to stay safe online is to stop hackers before they attack
- first
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Is love a great enough power against evil? Bethany Church believes so
- after all the love of her angel siblings & her boyfriend
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