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Jess and her brother Joe were playing with their toys when Jess felt a tickle in her throat. The little tickle turned into a bigger tickle. And the bigger tickle turned into a giant cough and sneeze! Can they stop the germs from spreading? Join them on their journey and learn how to become a handwashing superhero! Bye-Bye Germs includes fact boxes to inform both children and parents/carers of the science behind the story. De Montfort University's Dr. Katie Laird (microbiologist) and Professor Sarah Younie (educationalist) have teamed up with author/illustrator Jules Marriner and put together a brand new entertaining, educational book to help keep everyone safe, including: Top tips for parents on how to prevent spreading viruses at home. A picture guide on how to wash your hands properly. A 'Spot the Germs' illustration to help children identify where viruses can be contracted. Bye-Bye Germs is part of a 'A Germ's Journey' series. More activities and information can be found on www.germsjourney.com
Held captive against her will… When Leilani travels to the mountain region of her new planet, Lumineta, she discovers the remote mountain clan has a law stating that any unmated female in their sector can be forced to live there for one moon cycle. At first she’s livid—until she realizes that being held captive means that the warriors bring her gifts and simply try to impress her as part of their courting rituals. But she’s not interested in anyone except the sexy leader—and living under his roof makes her feel nothing like a captive. He has her rethinking everything she thought she knew about Luminet males. The last thing he needs in his life is a complicated human female… Con has never thought much about taking a mate. As leader of his clan, he’s too busy and females are too complicated—especially those mysterious humans. But the longer he’s around Leilani, the more he realizes she’s worth fighting for. Despite his planet’s tradition that says two males mate with one female, he has no intention of sharing—or ever letting her go. Length: 31,000 words
Faerie Kisses: Caitrìona Ross waited her whole life to be wed to a laird. Though she was blind, she wanted to be independent and start living a life without well-meaning loved ones doing everything for her. Without meeting, betrothal agreements were signed between her father, Laird Douglass Ross and her intended's father, Sam McCrory. Roderick, her husband-to-be, wanted nothing to do with wedded life, satisfied with his womanizing ways, hopping from woman to woman to sate his desires.Even on their wedding day, Roderick wanted little to do with his bride. The wedding was brief; he did not even properly kiss his new bride before running off to more experienced pastures.Sam, his father, at his wits end, disavowed his son until he showed evidence of being worthy to take his place as laird of McCrory Castle. Surprised on his wedding night, Roderick finally opens his eyes to see the woman he wed was more than he assumed. Now that he has chosen a path that will lead him back to his father's good graces, will those he turned his back on to keep his vows allow him the peace to do so?
Bitten by the love bug? Then these seven medical romances might be just what the doctor ordered. From emergency room meet-ups to high-stakes house calls, these delightful couples will discover love is definitely the best medicine. Acute Reactions: The man with allergies never gets the girl, but that may change for restaurateur Ian Zamora when he makes an appointment with allergist Petra Lale. A little romance just might be chicken soup for his heart. Masquerade: Sophie Franklyn and Alex Scavoni spend a sizzling New Year's Eve in each other's arms, reveling in the anonymity of a masked party. But when next they meet, it's in the high-pressure world of a busy Perth emergency room where they must work side by side. Georgie's Heart: No one would ever guess that plump doctor's office receptionist Georgeanne Hartfield is the secret author of Faking It, the new sex guide everyone's talking about. Then Dr. Zane Bryant joins the practice and makes her feel like faking it isn't the only option. But if he discovers she's behind the infamous best seller, will he believe her feelings are real this time? Fair Trade: A surprise trade to the Sinners gives Grayson Gunn one last chance at the Cup before he hangs up his skates, and not even the injuries that send him to the team's pretty new doctor will stop him. Dr. Olivia Parker's professional focus has lost her countless personal relationships. Could a shot at real love be worth risking her ethical code? Immortal Flame: After a horrific accident, Peter Blackstone arrives in Allison La Croix's ER and heals himself before her eyes. Peter, an immortal, traded his soul to save his wife, and now he will hunt criminals forever. Can Allison find a way to unlock his forgotten, passionate soul? Flight from Love: Nurse Brooke Martin can't believe her good luck when rich playboy Reagan Hollingsworth proposes, but there's one problem: marriage is a sometime thing to Reagan and Brooke is a forever kind of girl. Is love something settled, or a wild, passionate affair? California Sunrise: Dr. Raul Mendez finds himself drawn to plucky single mother Alicia Fuentes after he diagnoses her young son on the autism spectrum, but their blossoming relationship must withstand the political and very personal battles surrounding immigration. Sensuality Level: Sensual
As a response to real or imagined subordination, popular culture reflects the everyday experience of ordinary people and has the capacity to subvert the hegemonic order. Drawing on central theoretical approaches in the field of critical disability studies, this book examines disability across a number of internationally recognised texts and objects from popular culture, including film, television, magazines and advertising campaigns, children’s toys, music videos, sport and online spaces, to attend to the social and cultural construction of disability. While acknowledging that disability features in popular culture in ways that reinforce stereotypes and stigmatise, Disability and Popular Culture celebrates and complicates the increasing visibility of disability in popular culture, showing how popular culture can focus passion, create community and express defiance in the context of disability and social change. Covering a broad range of concerns that lie at the intersection of disability and cultural studies, including media representation, identity, the beauty myth, aesthetics, ableism, new media and sport, this book will appeal to scholars and students interested in the critical analysis of popular culture, across disciplines such as disability studies, sociology and cultural and media studies.
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