A frank up-to-the-minute guide to boys growing up issues. The Boy Files offers friendly advice practical tips & support to help boys navigate the physical & mental rollercoaster of puberty & guide them gently through the potential pitfalls. From willy worries shaving & body hair to girls spots bullying & staying safe in a cyber world The Boy Files chatty big-brotherly style is a feel-good reference source for tweens & young teens. ...

In straightforward yet humorous language Wendy Darvill & Kelsey Powell discuss the changes that happen at puberty. This book is a guide for children & teenagers full of up-to-date information about themselves their bodies & growing up. In simple straightforward language it discusses the changes that happen at puberty sex & sexuality health & looking after yourself relationships pregnancy & birth. The authors recognise the primary role of parents & carers in the sexual education of their children but this book is written for children rather than parents. It is illustrated throughout with witty & informative cartoons & all of the questions that are used are based on the kinds of questions that children & teenagers everywhere ask all the time. ...

Have you ever noticed now that you are growing up that your parents want to sit you down & have these embarrassing kinds of conversations with you about sex? Or they leave those educational books about growing up lying around the house? Or youve got some questions about whats happening to your body but you just cant hack the idea of talking about it with your mum? Well Puberty Boy sidesteps embarrassing conversations & gives the full low down on what it means to be growing up. & its written just for you. In this book real men & boys share their stories about puberty. This light-hearted plain speaking & honest book tells you what puberty is when it happens & how your body will change. It explores the thinking & emotional changes that are happening alongside the physical & even tackles how to talk to girls! Theres a brain shift happening inside you at puberty & Geoff price makes sure that you know about it & are equipped to handle it. ...

Psst want a whole new approach to puberty? Puberty Girl is here to help! Whether or not youve started seeing the signs of your body changing this fab book will bring new meaning & understanding to a young girls teen years. Yes it can be a confusing & emotional time
- but with Puberty Girl by your side you wont need to go through puberty alone. Puberty Girl is smart intelligent fun colourful & factual & tells it like it is. It talks about the big M the V word (yep
- Vagina!) the period costume PMS puberty power & even the B word
- breasts! This beautifully illustrated book lets you know what to expect physically & emotionally as you tread the path to becoming a woman.


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Sue Townsends The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman" (Aged 55 ) is a wonderful collection of non-fiction pieces giving us an insight into Sues hilarious world. Sue Townsend is the much-loved comic author who brought us the bestselling " Adrian Mole" series. Enter the world of Susan Lilian Townsend
- sun-worshippers work-shy writers garden centre lovers & those in search of a good time are all welcome... This sparkling collection of Sue Townsends hilarious non-fiction covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants from writers block to slug warfare from slob holidays to the banning of beige. These funny perceptive & touching pieces reveal Sue ourselves & the nation in an extraordinary new light. Sit back & chortle away as one of Britains most popular & acclaimed writers takes a feather to your funny bone. " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 )" is Sue Townsends brilliantly witty collection on non-fiction pieces. " Anyone who loved " The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" will enjoy this collection of witty & sharply observed jottings from the inimitable Sue Townsend. Great stuff" ("OK!"). " Full of homely hilarious asides on the absurdities of domestic existence... What a fantastic advertisement for middle-age
- it cant be bad if its this funny" (" Heat") "A welcome addition to any bookshelf" (" Hello!"). " Its as if Townsend has caught our idiosyncrasies on candid camera & is showing a rerun of all the silly clips...the ideal dip-in-&-out book" (" Time Out"). Sue Townsend is Britains favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 )" " Number Ten" " Ghost Children" " The Queen & I" " Queen Camilla" & " The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year" all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up."

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Meet the Diamond Brothers the worlds worst private-detective agency in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the Alex Rider" series. Wisecracking young Nick Diamond finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers Public Enemy No.1. His only chance of rescuing the situation is to nail master criminal the Fence. But first Nick has to get out of jail... The " Diamond Brothers" exposure is at an all-time high with br&-new covers for the entire series. Also in the " Diamond Brothers" series the four-story adventures are: " Four of Diamonds"; " South by South East" & " The Falcons Malteser"." ...

Christopher Weingarten's take on Nation Of Millions" is a nuts-&-bolts account of how the Bomb Squad produced such a singular-sounding record
- the engineering sampling scratching constructing deconstructing & reconstructing. How they re-sampled their own scratches to create " Bring The Noise" how they plundered & reconfigured their own composition for the proto-IDM splatter-collage of " Night Of The Living Baseheads". & most importantly how they played all the samples by hand
- together in a room like like a rock band
- creating a 'not quite right' tension that made the slick Reichian loops of Marley Marl look instantly dated (and by jacking a lot of the same breaks to boot). Through intense research & interviews Weingarten delves into the original songs that were sampled & recontextualized forever. He finds out which of the four Bomb Squad members had the most personal relationship with each sample. Which records came from whose crate & why? Four songs sample ' Funky Drummer' (P.E. has certainly used it more than any other artist outside of Atari Teenage Riot). What is it about its tumbling propulsion makes it their heartbeat? Were they influenced by Kool G Rap & the Ultramagnetic MC's use of it? Did they feel James Brown's vocal vamps in the original (' You don't have to do no soloing just keep what you got brother') or the nature of Stubblefield's eight-bar solo (just the same riff played over & over) predate the feel & aesthetic of sample-based hip-hop? 'A growing Alexandria of rock criticism'
- " Los Angeles Times" 2008. ' Ideal for the rock geek who thinks liner notes just aren't enough'
- " Rolling Stone". ' One of the coolest publishing imprints on the planet'
- " Bookslut". For more information on the series & on individual titles in the series check out our blog online."





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Public Health: Building Innovative Practice" examines the main challenges facing public health today & fosters an informed & creative response by practitioners. It explores effectiveness in team working communication managing change & inter-agency working ethics & reflective practice. It addresses the key areas of public health practice including: analysis & use of information to improve health & wellbeing; collaborative working to plan & implement programmes & interventions; assessing evidence of effectiveness; managing risk & reducing health inequalities; & reviewing & influencing public health policy. " Public Health: Building Innovative Practice" provides students with knowledge & skills from which to build innovative practice. It is an ideal text for courses on public health & health promotion." ...

Public Law is an advanced high quality textbook that comprehensively covers the key topics found on undergraduate public law courses. The book presents a sophisticated & accessible analysis of the law & institutions of public law & places the legal issues within the wider socio-political context within which the constitution operates. Three key themes that permeate the content allow students to approach the subject in a structured & easy to understand way & questions posed throughout the chapters give students the opportunity to provide answers that show how their knowledge has increased as the chapter progresses. The key themes are: -The significance of executive power in the contemporary constitution & the challenge of ensuring that those who wield it are held to account; -The shift in recent times from a political to a more legal constitution & the implications of this change; -The increasingly multi-layered character of the British constitution. Online Resource Centre Public Law is accompanied by a free open-access Online Resource Centre (www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/elliott thomas) which offers the following resources to support students:
- Figures from the book reproduced online
- A list of useful websites for students
- Regularly posted legal & political updates for the book
- A testbank of questions for tutors to assess students progress This book has been highly endorsed by lecturers for level of coverage accuracy & the manner in which the three themes provide an excellent backdrop to the books content. I found the book impressive & likely to be of interest & use to a great many. It is written in a style that is pitched about the right level. It was easy to understand & provides
- for me
- a good blend of black letter law & socio-political context
- David Mead; University of East Anglia Written by two experienced public law scholars Public Law is an essential new text that focuses on what students need to engage with & understand this challenging subject.






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