' There can be no keener revelation of a country's soul than the way it treats its children.' Nelson Mandela Childhood as a stage in human development has been steadily eroded. Children today are introduced to 21st Century adult values & behaviour at an increasingly early age long before they're developmentally ready to cope with them. We expend immense time & effort attending to their material needs while neglecting their developmental needs. In this important polemic Sue Palmer believes that if we don't get a grip on this problem soon the increase in developmental disorders behavioural difficulties & mental health problems recorded by experts over recent decades will soon roll out of control. Sue discusses challenges faced in the 21st century including: -the problems facing parents in an age of materialism -the way gender wars have intensified those problems -the debate about the 'female brain' -the reasons why contemporary culture can be so damaging for children especially girls -the challenges involved in detoxifying family life Every parent grandparent teacher & carer of girls needs to read this book. ...

This book presents a selection of the most exciting building projects in London since the year 2000. The first decade of the twenty-first century has marked out London as arguably the pre-eminent international city for innovative & ambitious architecture with the design & construction of imaginative buildings of all types. Projects range in size & budget from such landmark structures as the Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) & the forthcoming Shard (London Bridge Tower) to such cultural projects as the Young Vic theatre & the new Tate Modern extension; from offices schools & hospitals to shops & private houses. With more than 650 stunning photographs drawings & renderings & critical texts by well-known architecture writer Kenneth Powell this is a detailed & authoritative portrait
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- of a world city avid to embrace the best of the new.

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David Laws was one of the key Lib Dem MPs who negotiated the coalition deal & the book

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Everyone knows that building your product or service into a bona fide brand is the only way to stand out in today's insanely crowded marketplace. The only question is how do you do it? This is the definitive text on branding distilling complex theories & principles behind this key marketing term into in twenty-two easy-to-read vignettes including: The Law of Contraction; A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus; The Law of the Word; A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer; & The Law of Fellowship. In order to build the category a brand should welcome other brands. World-renowned marketing guru Al Ries & his daughter & business partner Laura Ries examine br&-blazing strategies from the world's best including Coca-Cola Xerox BMW Federal Express & Starbucks to provide you with the expert insight you need to build a world-class br&. ...

Although having Asperger Syndrome (AS) can make romantic relations difficult having a fulfilling relationship with an Asperger man is certainly not impossible. A woman in love with a man with AS may interpret his difficulties with communication & socialization as a lack of interest in the relationship. He may vacillate between being gentle & caring to seeming cold & distant. She may find his behaviour hard to understand resulting in feelings of loneliness isolation & confusion. This book shows how to overcome these difficulties & maintain a loving relationship with an AS partner. From an unwillingness to show affection in public or even sleep in the same bed to problems holding down a job this book looks at 22 common traits that women may discover when they are dating living with or married to a man with Aspergers Syndrome. Rudy Simone explores the complications of Aspergers relationships with honesty & understanding drawing on research & personal experience to inform & advise women with AS partners. She offers helpful tips for improving the relationship & finding fulfilment both individually & as a couple. This book will help women to understand the male Aspergers mind & equally it can help men with AS to see things from their partners perspective. It will also be of interest to counsellors working with couples where one partner has Aspergers Syndrome. ...

When vampire hunter Laura Caxton is locked up in a maximum-security prison the cop-turned-con finds herself surrounded by murderers & death-row inmates with nothing to lose.. .and time to kill. Lauras always been able to protect herself but soon she learns that an even greater danger lurks in the prison. Justinia Malvern the worlds oldest vampire has taken up residence & her power grows as she feeds her way through the inmate population. She knows how to pull Caxtons strings & issues an ultimatum that Laura cant refuse. Now Laura has just 23 hours to fight her way through a gauntlet of vampires cons & killers.. .23 hours to make one last desperate attempt at protecting the world from Justinias evil. ...

Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism" turns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world really works. In this revelatory book Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times & shows us an alternative view of the world including: there's no such thing as a 'free' market Globalization isn't making the world richer; we don't live in a digital world
- the washing machine has changed lives more than the internet; poor countries are more entrepreneurial than rich ones; higher paid managers don't produce better results; & we don't have to accept things as they are any longer. Ha-Joon Chang is here to show us there's a better way. " Lively accessible & provocative.. .read this book". (Sunday Times). "A witty & timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy". (" Observer"). " The new kid on the economics block... Chang's iconoclastic attitude has won him fans". (Independent on Sunday). " Lucid.. .audacious.. .increasingly influential.. .will provoke physical symptoms of revulsion if you are in any way involved in high finance". (" Guardian"). " Important.. .persuasive.. .an engaging case for a more caring era of globalization". (" Financial Times"). "A must-read.. .incisive & entertaining". (" New Statesman Books of the Year"). Ha-Joon Chang is a Reader in the Political Economy of Development at the University of Cambridge. He is author of " Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective" which won the 2003 Gunnar Myrdal Prize & " Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations" " Poor Policies" & the " Threat to the Developing World". Since the beginning of the 2008 economic crisis he has been a regular contributor to the " Guardian" & a vocal critic of the failures of our economic system."
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The year is 2312. Scientific advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer our only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons planets & in between. But in 2312 a sequence of events will force humanity to confront our past present & future. The first event takes place on Mercury in the city of Terminator itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. For Swan Er Hong it will change her life. Once a designer of worlds now Swan will be led into a plot to destroy them. 2312 is a bold vision of humanitys future & a compelling portrait of those individuals who will shape its events. ...

Winner of the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel The year is 2312. Scientific advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer our only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons planets & in between. But in 2312 a sequence of events will force humanity to confront our past present & future. The first event takes place on Mercury in the city of Terminator itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. For Swan Er Hong it will change her life. Once a designer of worlds now Swan will be led into a plot to destroy them. 2312 is a bold vision of humanity's future & a compelling portrait of those individuals who will shape its events. ...

Relieve the glamour days of the 80’s with this limited edition pack of 24 Sharpie permanent markers in colours to remind you ...