New Releases by Richard Walker

With only his dog Scribble for companionship, a twelve-year-old boy mourns the death of his best friend and tries to understand the meaning of strange, otherworldly visitations from the likes of Sam Walton and Nat King Cole.

An illustrated handbook of human anatomy and physiology includes an alphabetical glossary defining more than six hundred medical terms.

Get under your own skin and become a biology expert with this exciting and original encyclopedia. Packed with awesome illustrations, photographs and diagrams to help you make sense of even the most complicated systems in the human body. Easy-to-use and great for projects

Governments across the world are pursuing reform in an effort to improve public services. But have these reforms actually led to improvements in services? Evaluating Public Management Reforms develops a framework for a theory-based evaluation of reforms, and then uses this framework to assess the impact of new arrangements for public service delivery in the UK. This book: * identifies the conceptual and practical problems of finding clear criteria for evaluating reforms * focuses on the shifts in public management towards markets and competition, towards the publication of performance indicators, and from larger to smaller organizations * considers what impact these reforms have had on the efficiency, responsiveness and equity of services * comprehensively reviews the evidence on the effects of reform on health care, housing and education * discusses the implications for public sector management.

Assistant Principal Jacob Farley had disappeared, but as Mt. Mole’s least-liked citizen, no one in town seemed to be in any hurry to find him or his captor. So thirteen-year-old Andrew J. Forrest takes on the investigation himself, discovering along the way many buried secrets about his hometown, its population, and most explosively, about the town’s namesake hill, Mt. Mole itself.

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

Kenneth Walker, the doyen of modern Chinese economic studies from the 1960s until his death in 1989, was the world''s most authoritative commentator on China''s agricultural development in the first four decades of the People''s Republic. With an unparalleled authority derived from the use of primary Chinese sources, his collected papers provide a unique account of this era. In addition to their historical importance, the papers offer valuable insight into contemporary China''s agricultural sector, which arguably poses the most serious economic and social problems for the Bejing government today. Including the posthumously-published study of `Food and Mortality During the Great Leap Forward,'' Walker''s comprehensive analysis of forty years of China''s agricultural development will be a valuable resource for scholars and researchers of China, as well as undergraduates and postgraduates.

Covers bones, muscles, the digestive system, lungs, heart, brain, eyes, and reproductive system and their functions.

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.

In the spirit of Orwell''s ANIMAL FARM, THE RUNNING DOGS OF LOYALTY is a penetrating, critical-minded satirical analysis of the motives, frauds, & lies of supervisors, managers, & CEOs in modern bureaucracies. This little book is destined for the personal bookshelf of every frustrated office worker. Set in a cage in Zooland, two old, wise Foxes describe how the zoo really works to a young Pup. This allegory is intended for those free-thinking adults over 30 who are tired of being bossed by incompetent, deceitful, self-serving managers who loot the work of others by surrounding themselves with Barking Seals, Baboons, &-worst of all- Running Dogs of Loyalty. "Whose interests do you think get served by these endless reorganizations?" said Sly Fox with agitation, "Remember: The most important thing to Top Baboon is that HE be Top Baboon. The other ranking Baboons, in turn, seek to keep their rank as well. When Top Baboon speaks of loyalty to Zooland he means loyalty to him. Order means his orders. So you see, a reorganization is not a reorganization at all. Just the opposite. It is a savage purge designed to ensure that the structure of Zooland remains exactly the way it is. Power loves power. Power serves power. Nothing else. Ever. To that end nobody is important, everybody is dispensable." After a pause, he added wryly, "As the Huskie says: If you are not the lead Dog, the scenery never changes." Paperback Price: $9.95, plus $4.50 postage & handling. Discounts for volume orders. Call BookCrafters, Inc. 1-800-879-4214. ISBN: 0-9647972-0-8.

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.

Maps, illustrations, photographs and text portray and explore the human 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.

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

As capitalism develops and state socialism disintegrates, divisions of labor are being reorganized, with major implications for the distribution of power in society. Yet the concept of division of labor has been one of the most neglected in contemporary political economy and social theory. Compared to class, gender or markets, it has typically been treated as a rather indifferent concept, part of the backdrop rather than one of the key forces of the economy and society. Dealing with the reworking of the division of labor in both practice and theory, and transcending the narrow boundaries of academic disciplines, the authors provide a new perspective on some of the most hotly debated issues in social science.

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.

Includes references to Aboriginal guides involved in coast surveillance of the N.T. during Japanese invasion of 1942.