When Jake's mother orders him to vacuum, he discovers that all kinds of things can fit into a vacuum cleaner.

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An exchange of letters between Emily and her teacher, Mr. Blueberry, offers an inspiring study of the relationship between children and their teachers, as well as an unusual look at the life cycle, behavior, and habitat of whales. Original.

As three duckling brothers cross forest and field to return to their mother, the older ones encourage the youngest by teaching him a game that earns him the name of Little One Step.

Jess joins her Granddad for a day of bird-watching and discovers that Granddad is right--birds truly are amazing, in a charming picture book that celebrates nature and the special bond between a child and grandparent.

When little Sally discovers a colorful shellfish by the sea, she decides to take it home and pulls and pulls until the limpet breaks its hold on its rock, but when the limpet adheres itself to her finger and nothing will shake it loose, Sally discovers that some things are better left in their natural environment.

This reader presents over seventy case studies of policy making in Whitehall and Westminster, combining newspaper coverage, official documents, academic analysis and the recollections of participants. Simon James demonstrates the various ways in which policy originates, the way it is shaped within Whitehall, the different modes of parliamentary control, and the problems of implementation and policy review. He illustrates civil servants' part in developing policy, ministers' relations with their departments and their colleagues, and the role of the prime minister and cabinet. Case studies help to examine cabinet committees, the influence of pressure groups and select committees as well as the consequences of independent inquiries, the impact of the European Community and the restraining power of parliament and the courts. The case studies range from national controversies such as the pits closure crisis and the "Satanic Verses" affair, through to the hidden side of policy making including deals struck with pressure groups in Whitehall conference and wrangling in Brussels over the tax on whisky. Designed as a textbook for A-level students and undergraduates, "Policy Making in the British Government" provides a broad range of source material and analysis that will be of value to students of British politics, policy making and political institutions.

Fully revised and up-dated, this new edition of Simon James comprehensive and accessible text continues to provide an excellent insight into this central topic of British politics. It draws on the wealth of new material that has become available in recent years to shed light on the mechanisms, structure and realities of the Cabinet system in Britain from 1945 to the present 1945. Its coverage includes: · ministers and their departments · collective decision-making · the role of the Prime Minister · the strengths and weaknesses of the Cabinet system · the future of the Cabinet system. British Cabinet Government will give both A-level students and undergraduates a clear understanding of the realities of this central aspect of British politics.

Product Description: When did postwar Britain end? In thought-provoking essays, the distinguished contributors compare current politics to those of the period immediately following World War II. They explore: party governments, judicial law, the premiership, and broadcasting...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Photographer and writer Simon James has visited every last one of these quasi-mythical places, capturing on film London's suburban hinterland, that no-man's-land that is not quite city nor countryside, but a utopian combination of both - with their overgrown railway cuttings, litter-free stations, time-warp parades of shops, indistinguishable Acacia Avenues, pipe-and-slippers '30s architecture, and occasional, bizarre, even menacing incongruities - such as James' photograph of the 'Secret Nuclear Bunker' near Chipping Ongar Combined with numerous tube facts, figures and fantasies accumulated by the author on his travels, Mind the Gap is the book of the great unknown, the great adventure that awaits all Londoners...read more

Product Description: The Celtic peoples hold a fundamental place in the British national conscious-ness. In this book Simon James surveys ancient and modern ideas of the Celts and challenges them in the light of revolutionary new thinking on the Iron Age peoples of Britain...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An exchange of letters between Emily and her teacher, Mr. Blueberry, offers an inspiring study of the relationship between children and their teachers, as well as an unusual look at the life cycle, behavior, and habitat of whales

Gathers literary quotations about adultery, alimony, fraud, unions, violence, gambling, justice, precedent, debt, contracts, courts, evidence, witnesses, and government

Traces the history of Rome and discusses the Roman army, senate, and daily life

Product Description: In this persuasive and perceptive reassessment of Wordsworth's poetry, J. P. Ward reconsiders Wordsworth's language of men in the light of the New Criticism of this century, the structuralist and post-structuralist theories of Saussure, Jakobson and Derrida.