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The Famous Five:Five Have Plenty of Fun
George is not pleased when Berta, a spoilt American girl, turns up at Kirrin Cottage in the middle of the night – dressed in disguise! But George hasn’t got time to be jealous. Berta is in hiding from kidnappers, and she needs help. The Famous Five are the only ones who can protect her – but will they risk danger to themselves to help out a virtual stranger? These classic editions feature Enid Blyton’s unchanged text and Eileen A.
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Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice, 5th Edition
Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides a thorough introduction to understanding and changing health behavior, core tenets of the public health role. Covering theory, applications, and research, this comprehensive book has become the gold standard of health behavior texts. This new fifth edition has been updated to reflect the most recent changes in the public health field with a focus on health behavior, including coverage of the intersection of health and community, culture, and communication, with detailed explanations of both established and emerging theories. Offering perspective applicable at the individual, interpersonal, group, and community levels, this essential guide provides the most complete coverage of the field to give public health students and practitioners an authoritative reference for both the theoretical and practical aspects of health behavior.
A deep understanding of human behaviors is essential for effective public health and health care management. This guide provides the most complete, up-to-date information in the field, to give you a real-world understanding and the background knowledge to apply it successfully.
- Learn how e-health and social media factor into health communication
- Explore the link between culture and health, and the importance of community
- Get up to date on emerging theories of health behavior and their applications
- Examine the push toward evidence-based interventions, and global applications
Written and edited by the leading health and social behavior theorists and researchers, Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides the information and real-world perspective that builds a solid understanding of how to analyze and improve health behaviors and health.18010
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So You Think You Know the “Da Vinci Code” Paperback
This book contains over 1000 quiz questions based on Dan Brown’s bestselling thriller – the people and places, ideas and events. A chance for readers to relive the excitement and intrigue of The Da Vinci Code while testing out how much of the detail they remember. Irrestible for fans.
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Infinite Riches
In the chaotic world of his African village, the spirit-child Azaro still watches the tumultous and tender lives of the Living; of his father who has been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and of his mother who battles for justice. This final chapter in Azaro’s adventures is a explosive and haunting climax to this masterful trilogy.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
The ninth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide!
The Heffleys are off on a road trip! The chances of survival are … quite small to be honest.
Greg”s idea of a good summer is air conditioning and lounging in front of the television. But his mum has different plans, and now his family are having an “authentic” summer, trapped together on a road trip. And Greg”s soon battling petrol-station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender and a runaway pig.
But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure - and this is going to be one that the Heffleys will never forget!
WHAT”S IN DIARY OF A WIMPY KID?
50% words, 50% cartoons, 100% hilarious!
Stories that all readers can”t wait to get their hands on
Laughter guaranteed!*BRAND NEW* DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE DEEP END IS OUT NOW!
And DON”T MISS an all-new fantasy from Greg”s best friend in Rowley Jefferson”s Awesome Friendly Adventure, the follow-up to the instant #1 bestseller Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson”s Journal.
”Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children”s authors on the planet” Independent
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The Famous Five: Five Go to Billycock Hill
In book sixteen, it’s holiday time at Billycock Hill and the Famous Five make new friend – a real pilot! But when he disappears with top secret equipment, the Five begin to wonder if their new friend could be a spy, or worse, a traitor.
Whatever his motives, the gang feel duty-bound to investigate…
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The Process of Education
In this classic argument for curriculum reform in early education, Jerome Bruner shows that the basic concepts of science and the humanities can be grasped intuitively at a very early age. He argues persuasively that curricula should he designed to foster such early intuitions and then build on them in increasingly formal and abstract ways as education progresses.
Bruner’s foundational case for the spiral curriculum has influenced a generation of educators and will continue to be a source of insight into the goals and methods of the educational process.
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Plumbing: A Practical Guide for Level 2
Plumbing: A Practical Guide for Level 2 is an essential handbook for learners, apprentices, and trainees working towards their Level 2 plumbing qualification. Written in clear, accessible language, it covers all the key skills, knowledge, and safety practices required in modern plumbing.
This practical guide takes you step by step through fundamental topics such as pipework systems, hot and cold water supply, sanitation, central heating, and maintenance. With diagrams, worked examples, and real-world case studies, it helps build confidence in both theory and hands-on application.
Whether you’re starting your career in plumbing, refreshing your knowledge, or preparing for assessment, this book provides:
Comprehensive coverage of the Level 2 plumbing curriculum
Practical guidance on tools, techniques, and safe working practices
Clear explanations supported by illustrations and activities
Essential tips for workplace readiness and professional standards
Ideal for students, apprentices, and training centres, this is the go-to resource for mastering the skills and understanding needed to progress in the plumbing trade.
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Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice
Forensic Pathology is a comprehensive reference that uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. Developed in response to a severe void in the literature, the book addresses topics ranging from medicolegal investigation of death to death scene investigation, forensic autopsy, and artifacts of resuscitation as well as complications of medical therapy, forensic osteology, forensic odontology, forensic photography, and death certification. The book includes various types of cases, including sudden natural death, asphyxia, motor vehicle collisions, death in custody, child abuse and elder abuse, acute psychiatric and emotional deaths, and pregnancy. It contains sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. The concepts outlined in the text are beautifully illustrated by large, colorful photographs. There are also “Do and Don’t” sections at the end of each chapter that provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined. This work will benefit not only experienced forensic pathologists, but also hospital pathologists who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies; doctors in training; medical examiners; law enforcement personnel; crime scene investigators; attorneys; and fellows and students of the medical sciences.