Deceptively simple poems on a wide variety of subjects

Product Description: The story of the talented British soul and pop singer/songwriter whose meteoric rise to critical and commercial success coincided with a worsening substance abuse problem that led to her death at age 27.

Product Description: Cakes, cookies, ice cream and everything that is sweet my uncle Billy and I would eat. My uncle Billy passed away, he is gone from this earth. I felt sad, lonely and I cried every day. Would you like to know about the good times I spent with my uncle and how I became happy again after his death...read more

Product Description: Tortas, galletas, helado y todo lo demás que es dulce mi Tío Billy y yo comimos. Mi Tío ha fallecido, se fue de esta tierra. Me sentí muy triste, solitaria y yo lloraba todos los días. ¿Te gustaría saber mas acera de los momentos que pase con mi Tío?

Accessible yet sophisticated book that explains the delicate issue of assisted suicide and asks readers to think about whether this difficult decision is ever right, wrong, or if it varies from case to case.

Product Description: The history of punishing criminals is a long and gruesome one. In 620 BC, a Greek named Draco wrote a legal code that punished almost every crime with deathexcept murder! For that, criminals were exiled. Odd facts about crime and punishment like this abound in history...read more

A collection of humorous poetry about naughty, ill-mannered, even cruel, boys and girls.

Product Description: These gripping volumes explore the major global debates of our time from two opposing perspectives. Each straightforward volume investigates the facts behind the headlineswhether they concern the Arab-Israeli conflict, animal rights, the death penalty, cloning and genetic engineering, or the ethics of warand includes the history behind the current issues...read more

The Saying Goodbye To series aims to help and support children going through the difficult and upsetting stages of bereavement by helping children to understand their feelings and the natural process of emotions of the loss of a loved one.

Product Description: Caring for Mama Bear is a beautifully written and illustrated story of enduring love, and is perfect for families served by hospice and palliative care organizations. The book provides a gentle springboard for children to talk about illness and death in a way that helps them to find comfort and hope, as well as bring comfort and hope to those around them...read more

Product Description: Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children’s rights. David Archard provides a clear and accessible introduction to a topic that has assumed increasing relevance since the book’s first publication...read more

Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines the compelling subjects of death and burial across cultures and societies. The text, enriched with stories both humorous and poignant, includes details about the decomposition and embalming processes (an adult corpse buried six feet deep without a coffin will usually take five to ten years to turn into a skeleton) and describes the various customs associated with containing remains (the Igala people in Nigeria have a custom of burying people in as many as twenty-seven layers of clothing). Intriguing facts are revealed at every turn; for example, in Madagascar winter was considered the corpse-turning season.This comprehensive book also includes a list of burial sites of famous people, images in the arts associated with death, fascinating epitaphs and gravestone carvings, a chronology and a glossary, and over a hundred black-and-white photographs, most of which were taken by the author.Penny Colman writes with compassion and intelligence and humanizes the difficult subjects of death and burial. The result is a powerful look at an inevitable part of life--death.

The latest installment to the groundbreaking series examines the case of Joyce and Joe Cruzan who fought to remove their daughter, Nancy Beth Cruzan--who was in a lifeless coma after a horrible car accident--from life support.

Product Description: Crypts, tombs, and mausoleums arent just the creepy props of a horror movie; theyre the final resting places of the dead. Many are also beautifully designed monuments. This intriguing examination of some of the worlds most prominent tombs includes the elaborate Taj Mahal, the mysterious Newgrange, the mammoth Great Pyramid, and the star-studded Westminster Abbey...read more

Product Description: From losing a loved one to a difficult breakup, each person experiences grief and loss in their own way. This sensitive title explores the grieving process from expected deaths including cancer to sudden loss from accidents or suicide...read more

Product Description: They call me a freak. I'm sick of it. It makes me want dangerous, bad things. Drugs-hard drugs-and people who are bad for me, but I don't care, because I'm so lonely and no matter what their intentions are at least they're talking to me...read more

This series looks at the harmful effects of both legal and illegal substances and considers the traumatic situations where young people are separated from loved ones. School counsellors and specialists have been consulted in the preparation of these books to include realistic information with regards to emotions, likely reactions and useful advice.