Health & Daily Living

Ayse Gungoer investigates art practices between art and anthropology in Turkey, as well as the implications of contemporary art for those disciplines. She discusses various approaches based on anthropological theories on the forms of relation and...

Would you rather be lost in the Sahara or the Gobi Desert? In this fun-filled non-fiction title, young adventurers will face decisions about surviving in a sandy wasteland. Readers will sharpen their decision-making skills with more than a dozen...

Where did that raindrop come from? And where is it going next? A raindrop's journey is filled with thrills, spills and chills. Pack your bags, and get ready to follow it on its incredible journey!ReviewsThis fun picture book takes kids on an exhilarating...

Recent portrayals of the private sector as the engine of poverty alleviation in Africa's agricultural growth corridors have sparked critique by scholars and activists alike. Land acquisitions by investors are the most criticized, but the private sector...

Happy birthday! Let's celebrate! All around the world people are becoming another year older. What are some ways birthdays are celebrated in Asia? Or in South America? Discover the ways people celebrate birthdays in this engaging series that develops...

Find out how to make a little cake using a rice cake, cream cheese, a banana and berries. It is good to eat! Yum, yum, yum!Book InformationISBN 9781398237582Author Anne GiulieriFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint RaintreePublisher Capstone Global...

A timely, contemporary novel challenging ideas around health - our own and our planet's - and the stigma that persists around illness, by Printz Medallist and internationally bestselling novelist, Marcus Sedgwick. Ash has lived in eight states in as...

The global loss of biodiversity is occurring at an unprecedented pace. Despite the considerable effort devoted to conservation science and management, we still lack even the most basic data on the distribution and density of the majority of plant and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912535880Author Baz GreenlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Candy Jar Books

My life had been saved...and boy, was I annoyed. Humour and attitude keep Coco going when things get grim. Her relationships with her mother, hospital staff and other injured teens sustain her when her school friendships fall apart. But although...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802279528Author Bernadette MuckianFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Publishing Push LTDPublisher Publishing Push LTDWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm)...

Voices and Books in the English Renaissance offers a new history of reading that focuses on the oral reader and the voice- or performance-aware silent reader, rather than the historical reader, who is invariably male, silent, and alone. It recovers the...

- Do we work for social media? - Why do we go into debt? - How is desire manufactured in fast fashion? - How are our diets governed? - Who owns what in the sharing economy? I-PEEL: The International Political Economy of Everyday Life provides a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062393616Author Jennifer GilmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802580211Author Jane ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 150mm * 20mm

Mixtape is a journey through one of the most exciting eras of popular music. Each chapter covers a song released between 1975 and 1985, and features in-depth research, critical assessment, and the occasional dose of snark. Some of these 21 songs will be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914399978Author Kenny TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Sparsile Books LtdPublisher Sparsile Books Ltd

The book that inspired the hit film! Sundance U.S. Dramatic Audience Award Sundance Grand Jury Prize This is the funniest book you&;ll ever read about death. It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the...

Beavers are represented by two extant species, the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) and the North American beaver (Castor canadensis); each has played a significant role in human history and dominated wetland ecology in the northern hemisphere. Their...

Moses would rather play video games than tennis. But his parents sign him up for the team anyway. His teammates are angry with Moses for his poor attitude, especially the star player, Xavier. Then Moses and Xavier get paired up for a doubles match. Can...

When Catwoman boasts that she's the best burglar in Gotham City, Harley challenges her to a criminal contest. The first one to steal the Marble of Atlantis from the Gotham City Museum wins. Trouble is, Catwoman doesn't play fair. Can Harley outwit the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735266018Author Ashley LittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

Challenges the argument that the English Pale was contracting during the early Tudor period. A key argument of this book is that the English Pale - the four counties around Dublin under English control - was expanding during the early Tudor period,...

Using both textual and iconographic sources, this richly illustrated book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. The study...

Feather Tucker has two wishes: 1)To get her mum healthy again 2) To win the Junior UK swimming championships When Feather comes home on New Year's Eve to find her mother - one of Britain's most obese women- in a diabetic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493059218Author Bruce T. GourleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 230mm...

Step back in time for a prehistoric adventure! Eager, young velociraptor Mateo Raptor has made an interesting find during his class's archaeological dig. He presents the odd, rectangular object to his uncle, Dr Raptor, an ambitious scientist. Inside the...

Lee Mingwei's artistic practice is primarily concerned with rituals of giving and receiving. His solo exhibition presented at Gropius Bau in Berlin, showcases his installations and performances from the last three decades: central to the...

Talking with Angel about Illness, Death and Survival is the moving story of a young girl battling leukaemia. She eventually realizes that she is going to die and receives hope and comfort through nightly conversations with her favourite doll, Angel, who...

Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds...

Over nearly fifty years, the author has built up an extensive collection of memorabilia from the First and Second World Wars. The author gives talks to school and adult groups about the First World War and Second World War Home Front using his collection...

Historians spend a lot of time thinking about violence: bloodshed and feats of heroism punctuate practically every narration of the past. Yet historians have been slow to subject 'violence' itself to conceptual analysis. What aspects of the past do we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913247768Author Colin ElliottFormat PaperbackImprint Kingdom PublishersPublisher Kingdom Publishers

Those of us who live their lives in a context of vulnerability are in desperate need of accessible and efficient health care, a safety net that allows them to grow, learn and change. Powerful stories and poems can offer valuable help in that. Shared...

From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril Lakin studied at Oxford, survived the First World War, and went on to become a Fleet Street editor, radio presenter and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912524068Author John FullerFormat PaperbackImprint Shoestring PressPublisher Shoestring Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847307778Author Narayan Chandra PaulFormat PaperbackImprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 168g

When two friends open the door to a library, a clawed hand pulls them inside! They awaken in a strange nest that is filled with giant eggs. When one of the eggs begins to hatch, they hurry to hide from whatever creature may emerge. A shadowy beast with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802203530Author David CluxtonFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing LtdPublisher Edward Elgar Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 156g

Big or small, thin or wide, brilliantly coloured or camouflaged - there are many types of beetles! Young readers will get the fast facts on these diverse insects, including beetle body parts, habitats and life cycles. Along the way, they will also...