Most Popular Books by Richard Walker

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.

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.

An all-in-one visual guide to human anatomy with encyclopedic coverage from bones and muscles to systems and processes. This in-depth manual to the human body''s physical structure, chemical workings, and potential problems is a must-have reference to help further your studies or knowledge of how our bodies work. Each page of The Human Body Book, updated to reflect the latest medical information, is illustrated with colourful and comprehensive diagrams, which are thoroughly annotated to take you right into the cells and fibres that are responsible for keeping the human body ticking. The opening chapter, Integrated Body, explains how the parts of the body work together at various levels of size and hierarchy to produce the living whole. It also contains an overview of the major body systems, enlivened by real-life 3D medical scans of the entire body. The chapters that follow provide coverage of the body function by function, system by system. Eleven main body systems are covered in turn, with each section ending on common injuries, diseases, and disorders afflicting that system. The book concludes with a chapter on Growth and Development which looks in detail at how the body changes over the course of a human lifespan.

Part of the Kingfisher Knowledge, this work takes a look at epidemics and plagues, finding out about the big killer diseases and what happens when they spread rapidly and affect large numbers of people. It conveys the histories of the Black Death of 13th-century Europe, the Great Plague of London, and more.

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.

Shares information on the makeup of the human body, including cells, skeleton, organs, and muscles; also features a model of a human skeleton readers can put together.

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.

Good factual content regarding Australian animals, mining, and local customs.

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

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.

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.

The reader becomes the good doctor''s trusty lab assistant as he reconstructs a human body from the skeleton out, in a title that uses bold imagery and the most recent scientific information to bring the human body to life.

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.

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