Combining historical study, theorization, and experimental fiction, this book takes commodity culture and book retail around 1900 as the prime example of a market of symbolic goods. With the port of Southampton, England, as his case study, Simon R. Frost reveals how the city's bookshops, with their combinations of libraries, haberdashery, stationery, and books, sustained and were sustained by the dreams of ordinary readers, and how together they created the values powering this market. The goods in this market were symbolic and were not "consumed" but read. Their readings were created between other readers and texts, in happy disobedience to the neoliberal laws of the free market. Today such reader-created social markets comprise much of the world's branded economies, which is why Frost calls for a new understanding of both literary and market values.
There is so much conflicting information about what to eat and not eat, what's healthy and what isn't. You gaze into your fridge and think of the massive overhaul it would take to restock it with the "right" foods every time you read an article promoting a new type of diet. You dread the slog through the grocery store to make an effort to "be good" and buy all new foods to adhere to this eating plan. What you really want to know is why certain foods and ingredients are good or bad for you. Exactly how do fats, sugars, and carbohydrates affect your liver, your pancreas, and your cardiovascular system? Can they make you diabetic? You crave facts and logical explanations, and you want those presented in an easy-to-read format. The Eating Enigma is for you.
Brian Belton and Simon Frost provide a starting point for an approach and direction to teaching and learning in the context youth work education at the professional level. While a good deal has been written about youth work practice, material specifically devoted to the content and method of teaching of the discipline is scant. At the same time, all too often those involved professional youth work training find themselves absorbed into forums, programme content and teaching and learning strategies not wholly suited to their specialist function or professional trajectory.
In todays sedentary culture, it is never too soon to start learning fitness skills, and this engaging guide can help. The book includes a wide range of exercises to help kids and teens build aerobic fitness, strength, endurance, and flexibility. Exercises employ common, portable fitness equipment such as steps, light hand weights, exercise balls, and dynabands. Stop-action photo sequences illustrate every moment in the progression of an exercise, allowing kids to see exactly how to get from one key position to another. Step-by-step instructions explaining how to move and breath accompany the photos.
I see you all crimson... I see you all red."" So warns the faery seer of Cruachan. It is a warning no one will heed, because only on thing stands between the army of Maeve the Intoxicator and its goal: a small young warrior named Setanta. Maeve, with all her cunning, sees no problem in dispatching him. But Setanta is no normal defender. His father is a god, who has given him a monstrous power and a magical spear. Alone against all odds and all comers, he fights as strange a war as was ever undertaken - in the narrows of every stream the army must cross. But beware, Setanta. The faery's warning is for you, too. Defeating the lustful Maeve may have unexpected, lethal consequences. "Crimson Spear: The Blood of CÚ Chulainn "comprises two previously published novels --" Tain" and "Remscela." The two books derive from the Ulster Cycle of Celtic mythology, known also as the "Tá in Bó Cuailnge "(tahn bo koo al' nyah). It is the story of a cattle raid upon Ulster Provinceperpetrated by the royal couple of Connacht, its neighbor, and defense of the province by its semi-divine hero CÚ Chulainn.
Provides instruction and tips on how to juggle everyday items, including balls, fruit, cigar boxes, and clubs, through slow-motion photographs and step-by-step instructions.
This study shows how aesthetics and economics have been combined in a great work of literature. Frost examines the history of Middlemarch’s composition and publication within the context of Victorian demand, then goes on to consider the interpretation, reception and consumption of the book.
When Simon Frost left the world of dentistry for retirement, he felt compelled to pursue a new career as an author, being specifically motivated to educate and inform fellow sufferers of diabetes and to provide them with hope and encouragement in managing their disease. The outcome of his research extended beyond mere helpful tips, however, and revealed something not quite talked about until now. As he explains in The Eating Enigma, the massive spike in the incidence of obesity and diabetes among adults and children correlates perfectly with the 35-plus years that high fructose corn syrup and other sugars have been added to soft drinks, sport drinks and processed foods. Frost says, “In my book, I reveal that diet is, in fact, the root cause of much of our health problems in the twenty-first century.” The Eating Enigma provides factual, research-based evidence that we can stave off type 2 diabetes, avoid becoming obese, and maintain good health naturally by eating according to our nutritional type and feeding our bodies the nutrients they need.The Eating Enigma also quotes Dr Robert Lustig's paper, "The Fructose Epidemic" with his full permission, and shows us how we can stave off type 2 diabetes, avoid becoming obese, and maintain good health naturally by eating according to our nutritional type.
Take a tour through these pages and sample circuit, peripheral, endurance, and strength training, plus toning routines. Work with free weights, or do glute and lower back raises, lying hip flexors, and crunches with the exercise ball. Improve core stability with twists. Use a variety of machines—from the treadmill and Stairmaster to the Nordic Track.
Using the revolutionary Flowmotion system of displaying movement on the page, this book offers a clear and easy-to-follow guide to strength, flexibility and stamina training for young people. Children will feel great and ready for any sport with these exercises created especially to be fun for kids. Squat Thrust Push-ups increase endurance and upper body strength, while skipping is good for improving co-ordination. Other moves involve fun props like exercise-balls and weights. Beginners can easily follow the colour photos that capture every move from start to finish. Flowmotion Fitness for Kids also includes important information on diet and nutrition, inexpensive equipment for home use, as well as clear guidelines on warm-up routines and exercising safely and effectively.
Simon Frost begins with a gentle health routine, with both seated and standing exercises, that carefully pinpoints each area of the body. Improve your flexibility and joint health with these graded stretching routines, and achieve a new level of well-being.
Reed Richards and his crew have been forever changed by a cosmic cloud. But the exposure has brought out the worst in Victor Von Doom. He has turned Ben Grimm against Reed, convincing him that Reed is responsible for Ben's hideous appearance. Slowly Ben realises that Victor is out to ruin Reed and unites with his friends to stop him. Join Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm - now the Fantastic Four - as they battle against their new, electrified enemy, Dr Victor Von DooM. This 24-page illustrated storybook let parents and children accompany the Fantastic Four on their extraordinary journey. Ages 3-7
Offers photographs and text to teach readers fitness, strength and endurance, and flexibility training, as well as covering nutrition, safety precautions, and techniques.
When Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm are exposed to cosmic rays in space, they develop superhuman powers and become the Fantastic Four. Their first mission is to defeat Doctor Doom.
Out of Tune is calling. A song half-heard. The murmur of a voice singing in the dark. There it is again...a few words set to an old melody filled with mystery, heartbreak and horror. Out of Tune gathers a collection of original dark fantasy tales inspired by folk ballads. Here you'll find stories of strange creatures and strangers humans, treachery and love, murder and monsters. Out of Tune brings together some of today's most talented writers and sets them loose in that swirling darkness at the edge of town. NY Times bestselling author and editor Jonathan Maberry unleashes his own brand of dark forces with a line-up of bestsellers and award winners. Kelley Armstrong, Jack Ketchum, Simon R. Green, Seanan McGuire, Christopher Golden, David Liss, Gregory Frost, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Jeff Strand, Lisa Morton, Jeff Mariotte & Marsheila Rockwell, Nancy Holder, Del Howison, and Gary Braunbeck. With commentary on each source ballad by folklorist Nancy Keim Comley. Now get ready to dance to the music of the night.
Before Owen Deathstalker, there was the Twilight of the Empire... Ghostworld. Unseeli. A dead world, at least since the Ashrai Rebellion ten years before. A world of metal trees crucial to the Empire, as crucial as Captain John Silence will one day be to the Empress. But not now. Silence botched the Empire’s response to the Rebellion, and bears the burden for a world wiped clean of all life, save its precious metal trees. Now, Base Thirteen has gone silent, cut itself off from the Empire, and stopped its crucial shipments. Silence has to find out why, and clean up his mess, aided by the ESPer Diane Vertue and Investigator Frost. Behind each locked door on Base Thirteen, mystery and menace await. Ghostworld has previously been published singly, as well as in the omnibus editions Twilight of the Empire (US) and Deathstalker Prelude (UK). Be sure to enjoy the other Prelude/Twilight of the Empire novels Mistworld and Hellworld, and the entire Deathstalker series, all from New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green.
Rose's Theme Park is an extremely impressive and original novel for pre-teen readers. It is an amusing and entertaining book; the author guides the reader with a strong moral compass. This is a stunningly descriptive novel where the intelligent use of language paints and introduces the multi-layered world of Kalieda fuelling the imagination of a whole generation on how we are all connected. Humorous themes interweave with dramatic action while the 3 dimensional characters lead us the reader through an enlightening journey. The relationships and dynamics of all major and minor characters through their strong dialogue driven scenes, takes us into a parallel world of universal consequences. An adventure story for all time created from the very essence of truth, good and balance. Allow yourself and your family to explore the land of Florantee with Remy and Fleur Love as your guides and discover a whole new layer of you!
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