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FoodFile

Food File

The issues, debates and controversies of food

Compelling articles on vital topical issues about food. Covering food poverty, school meals, additives, organic food, fair trade, food miles, obesity, anorexia and much more, with personal accounts, argument and debate.

"The breadth and range of the coverage is superb ... Invaluable and essential resource for all secondary level libraries ... What I find constantly amazing with these publications is the editorial integrity and the authority with which the anthology is compiled. This is another example of a superb service to school libraries from a reliable source."
The School Librarian Summer 2008

"Fantastic"
Susan Lewis, Biggar High School

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Full colour, copiable. Readable & accessible. £14.95. 48 pages. Bulk discount: 15 or more copies £7.95 each

From: £7.95 + vat

Food File cd

Food File cd

Food File book and cd offer

Food File book and cd offer

101FactsYoushouldKnowaboutfood

101 Facts You should Know about Food

The essential guide to the facts behind food

• Almost all 'natural flavours' are made in large chemical plants

• The contents of the average British shopping trolley travels 95,000 miles to reach the checkout

• Most bread is now at least 45% water

• A jar of instant coffee costs 7,000% more than the farmer receives for it

• A single fast food meal causes similar changes in brain chemistry to class A drugs

Food is the world's biggest business. Everyone needs to know more about it

From: £7.99 + vat

Food issues offer. Save £2!

Food issues offer. Save £2!

50FactsThatShouldChangetheWorld

50 Facts That Should Change the World

Not only the facts but also the human stories behind them

New edition: Hard-hitting facts and analysis in this vivid picture of the inequalities, shocking contrasts and absurdities of our world. You need to know these facts:

• A B52 bomber costs more than the UN's annual budget

• Cars kill 2 people every minute in the developed world

• The US spends the same amount on pornography and foreign aid

• Landmines kill or maim at least one person every hour

For 16+

(See also facts book offer above)

From: £8.99 + vat

50factsyouneedtoknoweurope

50 Facts you need to know: Europe

The sequel to the bestselling 50 Facts that Should Change the World

• There are half a million machine guns in Swiss homes

• Turkey has 30,000 troops deployed for use against an EU country

• Spain would rather see Gibralter bankrupt than British

• From poverty to pop music

"Great!"
Ruan Peat, Librarian, Wick High School

(See also facts book offer above)

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50factsyouneedtoknowUSA

50 Facts you need to know: USA

A proud and yet critical portrait of the most powerful nation in the world

• More than 37 million Americans live below official poverty guidelines

• Only 18% of American adults have a passport

• 65 million Americans own guns - 35,000 Americans are shot dead every year

• The US has most of the best universities in the world

£10.99. Carel Press price £9.99. For 16-18.

(See also Facts book offer above)

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TheGuardianGuidetoCareers

The Guardian Guide to Careers

New edition 2008

This practical guide helps you find the right job. It is packed with up-to-date information on over 200 careers in 25 industries, from advertising to healthcare, IT to the environment.

It gives entry requirements and starting salaries, as well as invaluable tips on how to get the job, writing CVs; filling in application forms; online job hunting and preparing for interview.

£14.99 (£2 discount for subscribers to Essential Articles & Fact File)

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TheGuardianUniversityGuide

The Guardian University Guide 2009

The best and most up-to-date university guide

• Find the best course
• Invaluable advice on forms and interviews
• The lowdown from students

Packed with no-nonsense advice, and guides students through every process, from applications to interviews, accommodation to finances.

The Guardian subject ratings are the most up-to-date on the market. They are based on the UCAS entry tariffs so that students can judge for themselves which are the best universities. University profiles written by students complete the picture.

£2 discount off each extra copy (this will be manually deducted from your invoice)

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CanYouTrusttheMedia

Can You Trust the Media?

Why the public has lost trust in the media

The media dominates our lives. We give more time to viewing, surfing, listening and reading than we do to families and friends. It's a relationship that's built on trust - and it's a relationship in crisis. TV's fake phone-ins, dodgy trailer editing, reporters resorting to phone-bugging to get stories - what can we believe? This is an insider's eye on the scandals that have sucked the public's trust from the media.

"Informed and entertaining"
Martha Kearney

For 16-18. £12.99. (Essential Articles subscribers £10.99)

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BigQuestions

Big Questions

Doanimalshaverights

Do animals have rights?

Clear thinking about an emotive topic

The animals rights debate inflames passions. But it is often hard to know who to believe: radical animal rights protestors who claim that humans and animals should have equal rights; or scientists who argue that it is always legitimate to use animals for our benefit.

This very accessible book brings fresh thinking to an often bitter argument. The author defends a practical idea of the ethics of treating animals, distinguishing ways in which animals are our equals from ways in which they are not.

"A useful resource for both ethical issues and discussion work."
J Warwick, Librarian, Luckley-Oakfield School, Wokingham

For age 16+

From: £7.99 + vat

FootballFreaking

Football Freaking

The essential guide to everything you never needed to know about football

Did you know that Cote d'Ivoire will pay 240 times what Spain will to have a team at the World Cup? Or that the average British man has 250 times more chance of playing in a Premiership game than winning the lottery jackpot? Learn how much Rio Ferdinand is paid while he cleans his teeth, how far you need to run to beat Arsenal and if football is more serious than life or death.

"I recently bought Number Freaking and Football Freaking and our head of maths commented that they would be perfect for use as starters & plenaries."
Wayne Marshall, Librarian, John Willmott School, Sutton Coldfield

For 16+

Also available: Number Freaking

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FunnyWeather

Funny Weather

Everything you didn't want to know about climate change but should find out...

This wonderful comic book explains the science behind climate change. From one of Britain's most talented young comic artists, here is a scathingly humorous, and thoroughly researched, exploration of this issue through the eyes of a stroppy teenage girl, a fat cat businessman and a mad scientist.

"Brilliant - accessible, funny and moving."
George Monbiot

For 13-18, 96 pages

From: £6.99 + vat

InfoFranceCd

Info France Cd

Indispensable facts about France, in French

Topics: defence, crime, economy, education, environment, Europe, family, leisure, politics, sport, transport

Also includes recommended French web sites.

On the Cd: Copiable pdf pages (ideal for printing and for whiteboards) plus live French web site links, and all pages from the last two editions of France File.

"A must-have"
The School Librarian

From: £9.95 + vat

Info France Cd site licence

Info France Cd site licence

NewInternationalistMagazineSubscriptionspecialoffer

New Internationalist Magazine Subscription Special Offer

Fighting for global justice and development

FREE full colour map - the superb Peters World Map

A must for libraries, teachers and post 16 students.

"A fine publication"
Bill Bryson

"We were particularly impressed by the quality and educational content."
BBC Education Web Guide

"Independent, lively and properly provocative ... Read it!"
Desmond M Tutu, Archbishop of Cape Town

Special subscription only £32.85

EXTRA: Get the complete archive Cd (1987-2007) for half price: only £6.50 + vat

From: £32.85 + vat

New Internationalist Magazine archive cd 2008 Offer

New Internationalist Magazine archive cd 2008 Offer

NewInternationalistMagazinearchivecd2008

New Internationalist Magazine archive cd 2008

NumberFreaking

Number Freaking

The surreal sums behind everyday life

Discover how far you walk in a lifetime, how many people have ever lived and all the other essential questions you've never asked:
Packed full of futile facts and delightfully surreal sums essential for modern life ...

"A lot of fun"
Guardian

"I recently bought Number Freaking and Football Freaking and our head of maths commented that they would be perfect for use as starters & plenaries."
Wayne Marshall, Librarian, John Willmott School, Sutton Coldfield

Also available: Football Freaking

From: £7.99 + vat

Small Guides to Big Issues Series
Accessible introductions to the global challenges

This series de-bunks myths and raises questions about the global economic and political system and how it works. Each book provides an informative and thought-provoking guide to current trends and debates, and what needs to happen to end poverty and injustice. Published with Oxfam. For age 16+.

Offer: All 3 titles (see below) £26.97, save £3.

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SmallGuidestoBigIssuesCities

Small Guides to Big Issues: Cities

Every year millions of people abandon rural areas of the South for life in the city. With education, health care and even safe water in short supply, cities risk becoming sites of violent conflict for future generations. Yet governments are doing little to address these issues. Jeremy Seabrook offers a vivid portrait of the lives of people who migrate from impoverished villages. Contrasting the attitudes of today's governments with that of Victorian Britain - where the government intervened to relieve some of the worst consequences of urban squalor - the book provides a sharp critique of global policies, and an ideal introduction to the impact of urbanisation.

"Jeremy Seabrook is one of England's most imaginative and creative writers"
The Guardian

From: £9.99 + vat

SmallGuidestoBigIssuesClimateChange

Small Guides to Big Issues: Climate Change

The story of climate change is the story of all life on Earth.

This book shows how people are already making adaptations and adjusting to cope with climate change. It suggests that, if we work together, we can still avert a climate crisis. This is a clear and simple account of action that needs to be taken in both rich and poor countries. Packed with information, it's an ideal resource for anyone who wants an introduction to climate change, and the choices we face to ensure the health of ourselves and of the planet.

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SmallGuidestoBigIssuesWomensRights

Small Guides to Big Issues: Women's Rights

All over the world, women and girls are being denied their social, economic, political and civil rights. This book exposes discrimination across a range of areas: education, access to public services, trade, and elsewhere.
The book also explores violence against women and looks at how the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa is linked to the denial of rights to women. It looks at positive examples of women acting to overcome inequalities and oppression. Sponsoring women's rights is not only a moral issue but also a very efficient way to pursue poverty reduction goals!

From: £9.99 + vat

SportMatters

Sport Matters