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        Biography & True Stories
        September 2024

        Bedsit land

        The strange worlds of Soft Cell

        by Patrick Clarke

        A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell. Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come. In Bedsit land, Patrick Clarke plunges into the archives and interviews more than sixty contributors, including the band members themselves, to follow Soft Cell through the many strange and sprawling worlds that shaped their extraordinary career. They lead him from the faded camp glamour of the British seaside to the dizzying thrills of the New York club scene. From transgressive student performance art to the sleaze and squalor of pre-gentrified Soho. From the glitz of British showbiz to the drug-addled chaos of post-Franco Spain. He emerges on the other side with the most in-depth, innovative and entertaining account of the duo ever written.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2024

        My Voice: Danny Herman

        by Danny Herman

        Danny Herman was born in 1935 in Königsberg in East Prussia. As the Nazis were rounding up Jews, Danny's father managed to escape to England in July 1939. He travelled to the Kitchener Camp in Kent, which helped refugees secure visas for safer places. Danny and his mother arrived in England just three days before war was declared in 1939, and his father was later sent to an internment camp on the Isle of Man. Danny went on to become a successful runner, competing in many international athletics events and volunteering in many roles, including at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Danny's detailed memories of arriving in England, initially at the seaside in Kent and then moving to Manchester, create a vivid picture of life-changing events as experienced by a young child. Danny's book is part of the My Voice book collection, a stand-alone project of The Fed, the leading Jewish social care charity in Manchester, dedicated to preserving the life stories of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. The oral history, which is recorded and transcribed, captures their entire lives from before, during and after the war years. The books are written in the words of the survivor so that future generations can always hear their voice. The My Voice book collection is a valuable resource for Holocaust awareness and education.

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        October 2019

        Impassive Rivers

        by Akram El Kebir

        “In any case, when you decide to try harga, it's because you no longer expect anything from life. Or that you expect a lot!” (Akram El Kebir) The summer of 2018 was particularly deadly in Oran, as the discovery of harraga corpses being fished out of the Mediterranean was commonplace. That same summer saw the commissioning of a water cab, the Rossinante II, which made the daily shuttle between Oran and the small seaside town of Aïn El Turk. A cafe owner in a small estaminet in Sidi El Houari, Zaki, at the age of 24, led a dull, boring life, with no prospects for the future other than to cherish the hope of one day attempting the harga. It was only the fear of ending up eaten by fish that dissuaded him. That said, as soon as he heard about the water cab, an absurd idea occurred to him: what if he hijacked the boat and headed for the Iberian coast? He won't be alone in this crazy adventure, as his neighborhood friends Okacha and Anis, and other outcasts, are sure to follow him. But these modern-day Don Quixotes shouldn't claim victory too soon! They'll learn the hard way that hijacking an entire ship is no picnic. They'll have to face up to the Italian crew, as well as the rest of the passengers. Passionate debates ensue, in a sort of impromptu Citizens' Assembly, where all issues affecting society are discussed. On the eve of the February 22nd Revolution, Zaki has eyes only for one of his hostages, the impetuous Nafissa...

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        Business, Economics & Law
        May 2017

        Mass Tourism in a Small World

        by David Harrison, Richard Sharpley, Hazel Andrews, Julio Aramberri, Gregory Ashworth, Raoul Bianchi, Sue Bleasdale, Kelly Bricker, Jim Butcher, Erik Cohen, David T. Duvall, Martin Farr, John Heeley, Andrew Holden, Stanislav Ivanov, Heather Jeffrey, Gabriele Manella, Chris Ryan, Asterio Savelli, Hongdi Shen, John E Tunbridge, David Weaver, Paul F Wilkinson

        This new book reviews all aspects of the phenomenon of mass tourism. It covers theoretical perspectives (including political economy, ethics, sustainability and environmentalism), the historical context, and the current challenges to domestic, intra-regional and international mass tourism. As tourism and tourist numbers continue to grow around the world, it becomes increasingly important that this subject is studied in depth and best practice applied in real-life situations. This book: - Is the first to address a range of theoretical issues relating to mass tourism; - Uses a wide selection of case studies to translate theory into practice, covering the historical rise and fall of UK seaside resorts, the increase in Chinese tourism, conflict between different mass tourism groups, destination transformation from mass to niche tourism, and specific problems facing cruise ships; - Is written by a range of international, established authors to give a global perspective on the subject. Finishing with a speculative chapter identifying potential future trends and challenges, this book forms an essential resource for all researchers and students within tourism studies. ; Section 1: Introduction1: Introduction: Mass Tourism in a Small WorldSection 2: Theoretical Approaches to Mass Tourism2: Mass Tourism Does Not Need Defending3: The Morality of Mass Tourism4: The Political Economy of Mass Tourism and its Contradictions5: A Theoretical Approach to Mass Tourism in Italy6: Sustainability and Mass Tourism: A Contradiction in Terms?7: Mass Tourism and the Environment: Issues and DilemmasSection 3: Historical Studies of Tourism Development8: The Dynamics of Tourism Development in Britain: The Profit Motive and that ‘Curious’ Alliance of Private Capital and the Local State9: From Holiday Camps to the All-inclusive: the ‘Butlinization’ of Tourism10: Decline Beside the Seaside: British Seaside Resorts and Declinism11: Mass Tourism and the US National Park Service System12: Transport and Tourism: The Perpetual LinkSection 4: Case Studies in Modern Mass Tourism13: Mass Tourism and China14: Mass Tourism in Thailand: The Chinese and Russians15: Mass Tourism in Bulgaria: The Force Awakens16: Mass Tourism in Mallorca: Examples from Calivià17: Tunisia: Mass Tourism in Crisis?18: From Blue to Grey? Malta’s Quest from Mass Beach to Niche Heritage Tourism19: Cruise Ship Tourism in the Caribbean: The Mess of Mass TourismSection 5: The Future20: Conclusion: Mass Tourism in the Future

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        Business, Economics & Law
        December 2017

        Tour Operators and Operations

        Development, Management and Responsibility

        by Jacqueline Holland, David Leslie

        With a focus on the creation and distribution of packaged holidays, this text covers the fundamentals of business and the relationship between tour operators and destinations. With particular reference to the sustainability of both parties, it reviews the impacts and influences of tour operations and practices on destinations within the overriding context of tour operator responsibility. It addresses the entirety of this key component of the tourism sector, and reflects the shift in recent years from traditional 'sun, sea and sand' holiday to more bespoke packages. Taking into account tour operators as a growing factor among the major emergent economies of the world, this book is: - The first textbook to provide such in-depth content of tour operators and operations. - Written by authors with industry, research and teaching experience. - A wealth of information regarding popular eco, nature and adventure trips, as well as myriad niche and special interest products. Full of international and highly topical case studies, exercises and discussion questions, Tour Operators and Operations: Development, Management and Responsibility is a fundamental text for students of tourism.

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        Children's & YA
        March 2020

        Amelie Trott and the Earth Watchers

        by Moyra Irving

        This is the extraordinary story of how one small girl stopped a planetary catastrophe. It’s a very timely book, written for the child in us all, with a forceful message about the power of young people to transform the world - a theme currently demonstrated by brave young heroes like Greta Thunberg. And with magical synchronicity, the very week Greta began her lone vigil outside the Swedish government last year, over 1,000 miles (1,897 km) away in the fictional world of books, Amelie Trott took to Parliament Square, London - on a mission to avert the End of the World. It’s a family drama with an international feel - set mainly in England but with episodes in Washington DC and around the world.

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        July 2021

        An Introduction to Economics

        Concepts for Students of Agriculture and the Rural Sector

        by Berkeley Hill

        Updated and revised, this fifth edition incorporates recent developments in the environment in which agriculture operates. Issues that have gained prominence since the previous edition (2014) include climate change and agriculture's mitigating role, concern with animal welfare, the social contributions that agriculture makes, risks associated with globalization, and rising concern over sustainability. Important for UK and EU readers are the adjustments needed now that the UK is no longer a member of the European Union and the nature of the national policies developed to replace the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. Containing all the major economic principles with agriculture-specific examples, An Introduction to Economics, 5th Edition provides a rounded and up-to-date introduction to the subject. The inclusion of updated chapter-focused exercises, essay questions and suggestions for further reading make this textbook an invaluable learning tool. This book: Is updated to include new developments, such as Brexit, importance of climate change and animal welfare. Includes exercises and essay questions. Suggests further reading to supplement the text. This book is recommended for students of agriculture, economics and related sectors.

      • Children's & YA
        April 2022

        Spark

        by Monika Rutka

        A new place, a new home, new people... and sleeping demons of the past   Elizabeth Parker leaves sunny Californian beaches for rainy England in the middle of the school year. What is more, she starts living with complete strangers and is to spend upcoming months with them. Lots of changes for a single teenager.   From the very beginning Crosby seems like an ideal place for her. Is there a better place to hide than a small seaside town and a home which is like a safe island? The Shaws — Jon and Josephine — as well as their daughter Caroline do everything they can so that Lizzie could make herself at home. As for the son...   Chase, to say the least, does not show such friendliness as his parents and sister. He is prejudiced and distrustful. Elizabeth also considers him as someone exceptionally irritating.   Will Chase’s concerns about Elizabeth prove to be reasonable? What if Crosby is not the end of the world after all? Did Lizzie’s father have a reason to choose this house for her?

      • Food & Drink

        Beside the Seaside

        by Carolyn Caldicott (author), Chris Caldicott (photographer)

        In Beside the Seaside Carolyn Caldicott’s mouthwatering recipes for fish and shellfish, picnics and packed lunches, beachside barbecues, homemade ice-cream - and more - combine with Chris Caldicott’s magical photographs to evoke glowing memories of long, lazy bucket-and-spade days, of crabbing and rock-pooling, sandcastles, seagulls and sunsets.

      • Summer of Hopes and Dreams

        by Sue McDonagh

        The perfect uplifting escapist read ... Can “Dozy Rosie” spice up her life and prove she’s not boring? Rosie Bunting has spent her life caring for others, often at the expense of her own hopes and dreams. But when she overhears somebody describing her as “boring”, she decides it’s time for a change. Little does she realise that the outdoor pursuits weekend brochure handed to her at the local Art Café will kick start a summer that will see her abseiling down a Welsh cliff face in “eye watering” leggings, rediscovering her artistic side and unexpectedly inheriting an old fire engine. It also involves meeting hunky outdoor instructor, Gareth Merwyn-Jones although of course he’d never be interested in Dozy Rosie Bunting ... would he? One thing’s for certain: Rosie’s path to achieving her hopes and dreams might not be smooth, but it’s definitely not boring.

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        Picture books, activity books & early learning material
        September 2018

        Mykhlyk goes to the seaside

        The first book in the Doctor Tettiʼs School series details how medical truths must be learned little by little before they become habitual behaviors.

        by Oksana Krotiuk

        2+   This book is fascinating and unique in conveying the importance of being healthy, and therefore happy, to the child. This book is intended to teach children to have a thoughtful attitude to their own health. What's even more fascinating is how the most important lessons are hidden within subtle artistic stories where the heroes are easily imaginable.Selling points- The uniqueness of this vivid and useful childrenʼs book is that the medical truths prescribed and drawn in it will be fully understood even by toddlers;- the book covers tips about the importance of protective skin creams, hats, drinking water on the beach, insect remedies and other useful information;- kids who can already read a little can independently comprehend the basics of a healthy lifestyle.

      • Tiny Peeble's Incredible Journey

        by Gulsah Ozdemir Koryurek / Selin Saygili

        The story begins at a most colourful seaside tells the naive struggle of a curious pebble to reach the sea. The curious pebble stone that lives in the shore's inner part has to pass all the beaches rolling to reach the sea. The journey, which begins under the baking-hot sun, continues with the colourful pebbles and the crabs walking in the moonlight. When the power of the small pebble is consumed, a small child who resembles itself lends a helping hand to it… And the small pebble lastly arrives the cool waters of the sea, meeting the fish whom it always dreamed of and finding itself in a natural process of transformation. Like every journey starts with determination, the small pebble reaches its goal and begins a brand new life.

      • August 2018

        Plant mangroves on the seaside

        by Xian Song

        All the lecturers are great scientists such as OuYang Ziyuan--the member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jin Li--the member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Martin Blaser--the member of the United States medical school etc. This book series adapt from top scientists’ seminar contents, and reorganize into 8 beautiful, interesting, rigorous and imaginative picture books with vivid stories and exquisite paintings. This set would guide young readers to the frontier of science and technology, the natural ecology, environmental protection, human health and other latest scientific research.

      • Children's & YA
        October 2008

        Joe and Sydney

        Detectives of the Universe

        by Diana Stimely

        Joe is a 7- year old boy living with his parents. When his father breaks his leg, the family rent a cottage near the seaside while he recuperates. At first Joe wasn’t really looking forward to it very much as he’s left all his friends behind, but then something happens to change his mind completely, He meets Sydney. Now Sydney isn’t just another little boy, in fact he’s not a little boy at all. He is a lion. He is no ordinary lion either. For a start he is found living in a chest of drawers in Joe’s bedroom, which ordinary lions don’t usually do! Second, he is over seventy years old and ordinary lions don’t live that long. So Sydney is rather a special lion, with rather special powers, as Joe soon finds out. Together they embark on an adventure to try and fulfil a promise to someone Joe has never met.

      • ELT resource books for teachers
        May 2006

        Activating Vocabulary A

        by Mark Fletcher / Richard Munns

        Photocopiable resource to introduce, recycle, practice and test vocabulary at Elementary level Book A is the first of 3 books Twenty topic-based units in each book with revision pages Teaching notes provide dozens of creative ways to promote interest and commit vocabulary to long-term memory Designed for teaching at Council of Europe language level CEF – A1. Where CEF is Common European Framework. Individual units have topics which include ... My Family My Town My Home People Parts of the body In the street 1 In the street 2 In the country At the seaside The weather Jobs 1 Jobs 2 Hobbies Holidays Places to stay Food and cooking 1 Food and cooking 2 Restaurants Review 1 - 9 Review 10 - 18 Each topic lessons is self-contained and is designed to be photocopied for immediate use. Wonderful lively illustrations of the target language

      • Picture books
        July 2018

        Lasse Bear wants to go to the seaside

        by Silke Weßner

        Board book for children 2 years and up “A boat trip on the sea and a sunbath on the beach. Wouldn't that be wonderful? ” askes the bear his little feathered friend. Lasse Bear really wants to go to the sea. But it is a long way to go. But don't worry, Lasse Bear knows the way. Accompany the two friends on their adventurous journey. Together you have to conquer a mountain range, to swim across a lake and even ride a steam locomotive over a big bridge. But the trip is truely worth it, because at its end the sea is just wonderful. You can attend Lasse Bear on 24 colorful cardboard pages and use your finger to trace the perceivable path that leads him and his little friend to the sea. Great fun for little people!

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