One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that we are great defenders of human rights a free press & the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way perhaps even tragic errors of judgement such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But the prevailing view is that the West is essentially a force for good in the wider world. Why Are We The Good Guys? is a provocative challenge of this false ideology. David Cromwell digs beneath standard accounts of crucial issues such as foreign policy climate change & the constant struggle between state-corporate power & genuine democracy. The powerful evidence-based analysis of current affairs is leavened by some of the formative experiences that led the author to question the basic myth of Western benevolence: from schoolroom experiments in democracy exposure to radical ideas at home & a mercy mission while at sea; to an unexpected encounter with former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook the struggles to publish hard-hitting journalism & the founding of Media Lens in 2001. ...

In their witty & very practical book Phil Beadle & John Murphy guide teachers through the dos & don'ts of behaviour management based on their decades of experience teaching in the most challenging schools. They highlight the importance of managing your own behaviour as well as really understanding that of your students & provide practical strategies for embedding positive behaviour management techniques into teaching practice. Self-assessment questionnaires throughout the book prompt the reader to pause & reflect while the authors offer encouragement & support using humorous & often candidly honest anecdotes based on their own teaching experience. Why are you shouting at us? is essential reading for anyone preparing to work in a challenging school as well as for any teacher who wants to improve their behaviour management skills. ...

In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington an adopted child & the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story a painful past written over & repainted. It was a story of survival. This book is that story's the silent twin. It is full of hurt & humour & a fierce love of life. It is about the pursuit of happiness about lessons in love the search for a mother & a journey into madness & out again. It is generous honest & true." ...

In 1985 Jeanette Wintersons first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" was published. It tells the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents. The girl is supposed to grow up & be a missionary. Instead she falls in love with a woman. Disaster. Written when Jeanette was only twenty-five her novel went on to win the Whitbread First Novel award become an international bestseller & inspire an award-winning BBC television adaptation. " Oranges" was semi-autobiographical. Mrs Winterson a thwarted giantess loomed over that novel & its authors life. When Jeanette finally left her home at sixteen because she was in love with a woman Mrs Winterson asked her: why be happy when you could be normal? This book is the story of a lifes work to find happiness. It is a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home sitting on the doorstep all night; about a tyrant in place of a mother who has two sets of false teeth & a revolver in the duster drawer waiting for Armageddon; about growing up in an northern industrial town now changed beyond recognition part of a community now vanished; & about the Universe as a Cosmic Dustbin. It is the story of how the painful past Jeanette Winterson thought she had written over & repainted returned to haunt her later life & sent her on a journey into madness & out again in search of her real mother. It is also a book about other peoples stories showing how fiction & poetry can form a string of guiding lights a life-raft which supports us when we are sinking. Funny acute fierce & celebratory this is a tough-minded search for belonging for love an identity a home & a mother." ...

By tackling the most central ideas in chemistry Why Chemical Reactions Happen provides the reader with all the tools & concepts needed to think like a chemist. The text takes a unified approach to the subject aiming to help the reader develop a real overview of chemical processes by avoiding the traditional divisions of physical inorganic & organic chemistry. To understand how chemical reactions happen we need to know about the bonding in molecules how molecules interact what determines whether an interaction is favourable or not & what the outcome will be. Answering these questions requires an understanding of topics from quantum mechanics through thermodynamics to curly arrows". In this book all of these topics are presented in a coherent & coordinated fashion showing how each leads to a deeper understanding of chemical reactions." ...

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME...that the gurus dont always know best.. .that you dont have to get your figure back six weeks after birth.. .that you dont need to worry about the other parents at the school gates.. .that its okay to let them eat dirt.. .that you dont have to have a naughty step & most importantly.. .that you should never buy a guinea pig? Drawn from the message boards of mumsnet.com & based on the assumption that if thousands of parents have found a piece of advice to be helpful then you can be pretty sure its worth knowing this book shapes that collective wisdom into dozens of dos & donts that will lead you through the minefield that is twenty-first-century parenting. ...

When a man plunges down a cliff two adventurous young friends decide to find his killer! While playing an erratic round of golf Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes & says Why didnt they ask Evans? Haunted by these words Bobby & his vivacious companion Frankie set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger! ...

The child who dies of a terminal illness the mother of a young family killed by a drunk driver the young boy who takes his own life because he is bullied at school the children massacred when a crazed person takes a gun into their school. So many lives seem to end tragically
- world renowned medium Gordon Smith looks at why. In his work as a medium Gordon is constantly asked why a person had to die. Were they too good for this world? Did they go before their time? Why would a benevolent God let them suffer? Are they still suffering after death? For Gordon his work with the Spirit world is dedicated to healing the living. This book will answer many of the questions that torment the living when death steals away someone they love. This inspirational heart-felt book will give people a deeper understanding of the relationship between life & death & the journey we all take when we leave this life.
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With a foreword by Tim Rice this book will change the way you see the world. Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Why are showers always too hot or too cold? & what's the connection between a rugby player taking a conversion & a tourist trying to get the best photograph of Nelson's Column? These & many other fascinating questions are answered in this entertaining & highly informative book which is ideal for anyone wanting to remind themselves
- or discover for the first time
- that maths is relevant to almost everything we do. Dating cooking travelling by car gambling & even life-saving techniques have links with intriguing mathematical problems as you will find explained here. Whether you have a Ph D in astrophysics or haven't touched a maths problem since your school days this book will give you a fresh understanding of the world around you.

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EVER WONDERED.. . Why we burp? What a wotsit is? Whether lemmings really jump off cliffs? Why vomit always contains carrots? & why do farts smell like rotten eggs? No subject is too strange & no trivia too tough for Mitchell Symons who has the answer to these crazy questions & many more. ...