Your teenage years are the most emotionally charged of your life. Your body is developing at a rapid pace, your skin changes from day-to-day and your hormones are raging. Everything in your life is in total flux. Bobbi Brown's mission with TEENAGE BEAUTY is to help boost your self-esteem and confide[...]

Family structures have become increasingly diverse over recent decades. Examining contemporary theory alongside key terms and concepts, this new edition explores issues of intimacy, parenting, cohabitation and media representations. This book provides an in-depth look at the role of the family in so[...]

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Arthur Baptiste knows little of Rwanda's past and is unaware of its emerging troubles. He lives with his half-Tutsi, half-Belgian father and English mother on a flower plantation, where he talks to no one - not even the butterflies he avidly collects. Beni, the cook's granddaughter, is a child mu[...]

This groundbreaking book collects black women's personal recollections of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Using first-person narratives, collected through oral history interviews, the book emphasizes women's role in their families and comm[...]

Education is a contested topic, and not just politically. For years scholars have approached it from two different points of view: one empirical, focused on explanations for student and school success and failure, and the other philosophical, focused on education's value and purpose within the large[...]

Fans of Amanda Hocking's novel, "Wake, " will dive into this paranormal romance featuring mermaids--the killer kind--and won't come up for air
Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters pr[...]

Highlights the design, development, and cultural function of some 300 postcards, all ingenious examples of graphic art. "UK rights sold to Ashgate/Land Humphries.[...]

All parents know the frustrations of trying to work out a child's needs when they are too young to communicate with words. This easy-to-use guide helps parents teach their children basic signs, allowing the child to express themselves from as early as seven months.
An introduction explains how b[...]