A photo essay documenting ancient Rome and the people who lived there as revealed through the many artifacts they left behind, including shields, swords, tools, toys, cosmetics, and jewelry.

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Product Description: Simon James's story about the smartest baby in the world will have little ones howling with laughter and may have big ones smiling wryly with self-recognition.It's never too early to start bringing up the smartest baby in the whole world...read more

Baby Brains invents RoboMom to do all the household chores and give his tired parents a rest.

Baby Brains' clever enough to see how tired his Mum and Dad seem to be at the end of the day. Then Baby Brains has an idea - a robot that can cook, clean and do the laundry - RoboMum! The invention is a success, until RoboMum takes on a few too many duties and the family gets a bit more help than they bargained for!

In this sequel to 'Baby Brains', the young hero learns to play electric guitar!Performing at a big concert in front of thousands of people, Baby Brains suddenly realizes he needs something - his mummy!

Meet the extraordinary Baby Brains He reads the paper, mends the car and works as a doctor at the hospital. He's so clever that some scientists ask him to go on their next space mission. And that's when Baby Brains shows that in one way at least he's like every other baby in the world: he wants his mummy!

Product Description: Excavations carried out from 1984-1985 at Ditches in Gloucestershire identified a large, late Iron Age enclosure which contained a remarkably early Roman villa. This long awaited excavation report reinterprets this evidence in the light of more recent studies of the late Iron Age-Roman transition...read more

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.

Product Description: July 8 Imagine! A day ago I?d never even heard of the world, and suddenly here I am in it. There?s so much to write about?macaroni, Fun World, and a big sister who has it all figured out. Which is why boys adore her. I need to get her attention back on me? and quick...read more

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.

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.

Product Description: When did postwar Britain end? How far from 1945 have we come? In a series of thought-provoking chapters, the distinguished contributors to this volume compare the current epoch which the period immediately following World War II. They explore the following key areas: party governments, judicial law, the premiership and broadcasting...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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

Product Description: A wonderfully charming collection of poems about being out and about, selected and illustrated by award-winning picture book creator Simon James. This is a book of small poems all about seizing the day. Whether it's the joy of sledging in the snow or the feeling of warm sand under your feet, the quiet contemplation of a pink azalea bush or a guppy in a jar, the pleasure of sleeping outdoors under the stars or simply staying in and bouncing on the bed...read more

Product Description: Worried that the whale living in her pond is unhappy, Emily writes to Greenpeace, who, though offering the best of advice, insist that it is impossible for a whale to live in a pond. Undeterred, Emily continues to seek the best course of action for her beloved whale, finally setting him free...read more

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