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Alternating passages relate the experiences of fifteen-year-old English model Lauren with those of her guardian Nessa and reveal what happened to Lauren''s beautiful--but doomed--teenaged mother.

本書以自閉症患者的思考模式與動物相近立論,解析動物的心理.

“This exciting book goes to the heart of a creative commercialand public service culture - it shows why ITV matters and howit was made to work so well. A tremendous contribution.” Professor Jean Seaton, University of Westminster “This is a valuable addition to studies of ITV''s history andprogramming...” Tom O''Malley, Professor of Media Studies, University of Wales, Aberyswyth, and Co-Editor of Media History. Since breaking the BBC’s monopoly in 1955, ITV has been at thecentre of the British television landscape. To coincide with thefiftieth anniversary of the first ITV broadcast, this accessible bookoffers a range of perspectives on the complex and multifaceted history ofBritain’s first commercial broadcaster. The book explores key tensions and conflicts which have influenced theITV service. Chapters focus on particular institutions, includingLondon Weekend Television and ITN, and programme forms, includingWho Wants to be a Millionaire?, Upstairs Downstairs and Trisha.The contributors show that ITV has had to tread an uneasy line betweenpublic service and commercial imperatives, between a pluralistic regionalstructure and a national network, and between popular appeal andquality programming. A timeline of key events in the history of ITV is alsoincluded. ITV Cultures provides a timely intervention in debates on broadcastingand cultural history for academics and researchers, and a livelyintroduction to the history of ITV for students and general readers. Contributors: Rod Allen, City University; Jonathan Bignell, University of Reading; John Ellis, Royal Holloway, University of London; Jackie Harrison, University of Sheffield; Jamie Medhurst, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Matt Hills, Cardiff University; Steve Neale, University of Exeter; Helen Wheatley, University of Reading; Sherryl Wilson, Bournemouth University.

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An animal scientist draws on her experience as an autistic to identify commonalities between animals and autistics, offering insight into how animals process sensory information and how they often possess unrecognized savant-level talents.

Primary Colours Companion 2 is designed to be used alongside the international editions of Pupil''s Book 2 and Activity Book 2 by Greek children (aged 7-9) in frontisteria and full curriculum schools. It helps with new words and grammar, together with extra practice activities for structures and lexis. There are Greek translations of all new words, explanations in Greek of key structures in King Cat''s Grammar Corner and on every right hand page King Cat asks children to “Think and write!”. This section provides the extra structural and lexical work that Greek teachers and parents expect children of this age to do both at home and in class. There is a grammar chart and an alphabetical list of new words at the back of the book. The black and white Companion supports Greek children in their first steps in English in a motivating and enjoyable way exploiting to the full the character of King Cat.

Features a story with period detail and atmosphere, with a spirited heroine, Hero. Hero''s father has been taken away to be sent back to the slave plantation, and Hero has been forced to move in with cruel relations in the East End of London. She decides to escape and rescue her father. She''s ready to take on anyone who gets in her way.

A vivdly-written novel with a strong main character - a girl of mixed race in Victorian London. The author, herself of mixed race, has written sensitively on these topics before.Stella works as a stage clairvoyant, taught the tricks of the trade by Nana, her guardian. When Nana dies suddenly, Stella is left alone to fend for herself, battling against those who try to cheat her and eventually finding out the truth about her own, unknown parents.Catherine R Johnson is establishing a name for writing about mixed-race teenagers - her previous book, Hero, published simultaneously in B-format, deals with slavery and prejudice, also in a historical context. She lives in East London and is Book Trust''s Children''s Literature Co-ordinator forLondon, Writer in Residence at Holloway Prison, and a holder of a Royal Literary Fellowship.

This is the story of Iestyn and the problems of growing up, leaving school and falling in love. With leaving school he now has to decide what to do next. The problems of growing up are dealt with from the boy''s point of view.

Shadow syndromes are the biological stumbling blocks of everyday life, mild forms of serious mental disorders that we often blame our parents, partners or colleagues for. This book provides a guide to these shadow syndromes.

According to conventional wisdom, 50 percent of today''s marriages end in divorce, and the other half would seem to be characterized by diminished expectations. But Lucky in Love delivers good news, showing real couples who have not only stayed together but stayed in love, and it tells readers how they have managed to do it.

Originally presented as the author''s thesis (Ph. D.--University of Michigan, 1985) under the title: Medical action into surgical text.