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1407165593 
Paperback 
Year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Hippo, 1999 Includes index Go back to the days when people lived in caves, hunted wild animals and had never heard of table manners. Find out what Stone Age people used instead of toilet paper, why a hole in the skull is good for headaches and how to make a mummy.
139 pages, illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)
1787330567 
Hardback 
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Resource type: Physical
Note: We all have a random collection of the things that made us - photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker starts clearing out his loft, he finds a jumble of objects that catalogue his story and ask him some awkward questions: Who do you think you are? Are clothes important? Why are there so many pairs of broken glasses up here? From a Gold Star polycotton shirt to a pack of Wrigley's Extra, from his teenage attempts to write songs to the Sexy Laughs Fantastic Dirty Joke Book, this is the hard evidence of Jarvis's unique life, Pulp, 20th century pop culture, the good times and the mistakes he'd rather forget. And this accumulated debris of a lifetime reveals his creative process - writing and musicianship, performance and ambition, style and stagecraft.
355 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm (hbk)
1788168860 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Content type: Bibliography
Publisher: Profile Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Includes bibliographical references and index Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world. Whittling this high-powered and deliciously varied palette down to just five does a great disservice to the sensory experience, Sensational argues. In fact, we could have as many as fifty-three - and they could explain such mysteries as why we kiss, in what way music is a form of emotional currency, and how a dairy-rich diet strained initial Euro-Japanese relations. Ashley Ward embarks on a sensory expedition to answer all these questions and more. Why do women have a better sense of smell than men? Has the iPhone changed how we touch? Does the Danube really look blue when you're in love? From the power of cuddling to what canine bowel movements can tell us about geomagnetic fields, Sensational is a surprising look at how our brains shape the way we interpret the world.
320 pages ; 24 cm (hbk)
1800651821 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Edition: [New edition]
Publisher: CICO Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Previous edition: published as Cute & easy crochet. 2011 Includes index Nicki Trench, one of the leading figures in the revival and promotion of home crafts, has designed a series of patterns that will guide you from the initial crochet stitches to producing beautiful projects incorporating a wide range of techniques.
128 pages, illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm (pbk)
0008356696 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: William Collins
Resource type: Physical
Note: Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road? This superbly researched and lyrical journey begins by listening for their echo on the Roman road singled out by Oliver Rackham as one of the most 'eloquent' in the country, before travelling far beyond this singular lost way, across 2000 years of our history, deep into the past.
336 pages ; 24 cm (hbk)
0008588651 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English, Ukrainian
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Collins
Resource type: Physical
Note: A photographic guide to 3000 key words and phrases in Ukrainian with English translations.
248 pages, illustrations ; 16 cm (pbk)
0241415039 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Includes index Learn about architecture in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike!
336 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm (hbk)
1474616909 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Resource type: Physical
Note: We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others - enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders - the reverse was true: they discovered Europe. For them, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these Indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse - a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times.
320 pages, illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm (hbk)
1509864482 
Paperback
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bluebird Books for Life
Resource type: Physical
Note: Jessie is nine years old and looks like the perfect little girl, with red hair, green eyes and a beguiling smile. She even has a talent for drawing gorgeous and intricate pictures. But Jessie also knows how to get her own way and will lie, scream, shout and hurt to get just exactly what she wants. Her parents say they can't take her back, and her social workers struggle to deal with her destructive behaviour and wild mood swings. After her chaotic passage through numerous foster placements, Jessie has finally received a diagnosis of an attachment disorder. Attachment disorders arise when children are deprived of the all-important close bonds with trustworthy adults that allow them to develop emotionally and thrive. Finally educational psychologist Torey Hayden is called in to help.
326 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
1510472029 
Paperback
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder Education
Resource type: Physical
Note: Reinforce understanding of the content examined in A-level Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods, including education, methods in context, and theory and methods. Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help students aim for and achieve the highest grades.
96 pages ; 25 cm (pbk)