Best Selling Books by Richard Walker

A fully illustrated, authoritative, and completely up-to-date guide to every aspect of the adolescent mind and body.

Dazzle your friends with wacky facts about the body.

Beginning with the question "What is sex?" The Family Guide to Sex and Relationships covers the entire spectrum of human sexuality and relationships between the sexes. Here are clear explanations of every sexual topic, from gender identification to adolescent hormonal changes, from the mechanics of sex to sexual dysfunction and STDs, from menstruation to menopause - female and male. Ideal for parents wanting to talk to their children about sex or for anyone with any sex-related questions, this comprehensive reference takes the reader through the entire life cycle - from birth to old age. Many topics have special resonance for today, including single parenting; divorce; the risks posed by HIV and AIDS; contraception; teenage pregnancy; gay and lesbian parenting; and sexual offenses, such as harassment, rape, and child abuse. More than 300 color photographs, illustrations, and diagrams complement the text throughout.

Explains the various systems of the body with the help of imaginary characters known as the Brainwaves, with separate sections and gatefolds covering the muscular, digestive, and respiratory systems, and explanations on how the body fights disease.

Examines the geography, history, government, economy, culture, and people of the island nation of Japan.

The authors argue that it is crucial to develop reading programmes that are effective with the full range of children, including those from homes where there is little or no literate activity and/or where the first language or dialect is different from the language of instruction. They introduce the concentrated language encounter (CLE) approach as a well-tried way of doing that, providing the theoretical framework, a detailed description of a CLE programme, and accounts of its success in various contexts. They give guidelines on how to develop a CLE programme for primary schools, an account of large-scale implementation of such a programme in a developing country, and they discuss practical implications for classroom managemnt and for assessing children''s progress.

Historical study of agricultural policy in China from 1956 to 1962. Rural development, agrarian reform, rural cooperatives and finally communal farms were stressed. Failure brought decentralization, a wage policy to link wages to production, and freedom of the private sector for agricultural products and animal production (pigs). Statistical tables. 1 map. Bibliography pp. 102-105.

With over 100 colour illustrations, this book showcases the finest examples from the gallery''s precious but often overlooked collection of miniatures. The selection covers the period from the accession of Elizabeth I to the 18th century.

Microphotography, clear illustrations, and informative text combine to show the organs, process, and progress of human reproduction.

RICHARD WALKER, who grew up in a Northern English town "where the sheep outnumbered the people," can tell you a story or two about how he became the CEO of a thriving American tech consulting company. In his new book, he takes us on that journey - and reveals how to build a better business and a better life through the power of Relationship Equity. At York Solutions, Richard applies the principle to deliver the brightest and best talent to his corporate clients. He helps seasoned professionals develop their networking skills. He finds brilliant IT newcomers and launches them into life-changing careers. Richard''s prospects seemed limited when he was a youth, but the people he met introduced him to a broader world. Today, his mission is to pay forward the kindnesses that have come his way - and to spread the word about a way of life that will broaden your horizons and help you achieve things you may have thought to be impossible.

"Explores the killer diseases that have terrified populations throughout history and around the world"--P. [4] of cover.

This book offers a new and insightful analysis of the effectiveness of the public sector reforms that have been put in place in the UK over the last twenty years. It represents a different type of approach, in that it looks at the effects of reform by examining the actual social organization of the groups the various policy measures have impacted. It moves away from the emphasis of general writing on the New Public Managerialism which, in terms of overall assessment, either assumes that the reforms will work, or that they are entirely inappropriate and will produce changes that are uniformly poor. This book seeks a more careful appraisal in which important effects are distinguished and examined.

While caring for an injured rabbit which becomes her confidant, horoscope writer, and source of good luck, a thoughtful seventh grade girl learns to see things in more than one way.

Sous la houlette de Christian Spitz, le doc de Lonvin''Fun, un livre qui parle franchement de la sexualité des ados. Contient des encadrés, questions-réponses, témoignages de jeunes, glossaire, carnet d''adresses et illustrations.