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There is considerable rhetoric and concern about weight and obesity across an increasing range of national contexts. Alarmist claims about an obesity time-bomb are continually recycled in policy reports, reviews and white papers, each of which begin with the assumption that fatness is fundamentally unhealthy and damaging to national economies. With contributions from the UK, Canada, the USA and Australia, this book offers alternative critical perspectives on this alleged public health crisis which were, in part, developed through an Economic and Social Research Council seminar series on...

Very early on, Kerrie-Ann begins to dream of the world beyond the rough council estate where she lives. Her father is nowhere to be found, her mother is a junkie, and she is left to care for her little brother. Clever, brave, and frighteningly independent, Kerrie-Ann has an unbreakable will to survive. She befriends her eccentric, elderly neighbor, who teaches her about butterflies, the Amazon, and life outside of her tough neighborhood. But even as Kerrie-Ann dreams of a better life she...

Weil die Französischlehrerin mit dem Priester durchgebrannt ist, sucht Little Cove nun eine neue Lehrkraft. Rachel O'Brien vom Festland bekommt den Job: theoretisch Katholikin (immerhin getauft), theoretisch Lehrerin (immerhin abgeschlossenes Studium). Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters braucht sie dringend einen Neuanfang - und den möglichst weit weg.
Dass ihre Schülerinnen kein Französisch lernen wollen, überrascht Rachel nicht. Dass sie deren Englisch kaum versteht, schon. Und doch ist sie fasziniert von der Kultur und Musik der Insel. Mit ihrem Kollegen Doug geht sie zum Fischen und...

For Anna, the youngest of five daughters, life is chaotic, strange, and a little bit wonderful-even though she doesn't realize it. Growing up in a small coalmining town in the 1950s is not an easy way to live, but with the support of her sisters, her friends, and her family, she's making the best of it. She's a young, shy, pretty high school sophomore with her whole life ahead of her. But now that the last of her older sisters has moved out, Anna's loneliness is growing.

When she meets Ben, everything seems to be looking up. But in order to date him, Anna must lie to her parents...