New Releases by Richard Walker

Describes the physical structure and functions of the brain, includes many facts and illustrations.

Dazzle your friends with wacky facts about the body.

Presents anatomically exact, three-dimensional, computer-generated images of the human body, featuring both systemic and regional anatomy, and includes descriptive text, a glossary, and discussion of the history of anatomical illustration. Includes an interactive CD-ROM sampler.

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.

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.

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.

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

1988 marked the end of an important chapter in China''s agricultural development, following a series of reforms in the previous decade. This is the single most comprehensive summary of these developments. This volume surveys different aspects of reform, while assessing its historical significance. It examines planning, trends in production, livestock, consumption, incomes, technology, and policy.

Provides a wide variety of information about plants, covering such topics as photosynthesis, life cycles, the formation of flowers and fruit, and plants as sources of food.

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.

Why do cities, regions and nations experience periods of pronounced growth and decline? Why have the world''s centres of economic activity been continually reshuffled as the industrial revolution has spread to new parts of the globe? This book demonstrates that under capitalism, the process central to growth is geographical industrialization, and that the creation and use of territory is fundamental to economic development. In doing so, they make new contributions to the study of growth theory, industrial economics, technological change, industrial organization, labour market, urban and regional development, and theoretical human geography. Beginning with the economics of disequilibrium growth, the authors reveal the technological, organizational and political foundations of industrialization, and conclude by showing that the territorial forms that industry takes are central to the shape and survival of capitalism itself.