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Collins gem understanding sex (Collins Gem Ser.)
By David Lambert, Margaret Doyle. 1996
This is an up-to-date straightforward guide designed to help teenagers understand and cope responsibly with the physical and emotional changes…
of emerging adulthood. The book includes chapters on periods, sexual attraction, making love, safe sex, sex and the disabled and sex and the laws. Junior and Senior High . 1996.Brunelleschi's dome: the story of the great cathedral in Florence
By Ralph King. 2000
Filippo Brunelleschi's design for the dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence remains one of the…
greatest achievements of Renaissance architecture. The dome was completed in 1436 and spans over 140 feet - larger than St Paul's in London, St Peter's in Rome and the Capitol in Washington, DC, making it the largest dome ever constructed using bricks and mortar. Brunelleschi's ambition and ingenuity, personal rivalries and intrigues are set in the context of the plagues, wars and political feuds of Renaissance Florence. 2000.Childbirth with insight
By Elizabeth Noble. 1983
Buckle at the ballet: Selected Ballet Writings
By Richard Buckle. 1980
Brave films, wild nights: 25 years of festival fever
By Brian Johnson. 2000
Over the last 25 years, The Toronto International Film Festival has grown from a turbulent upstart to one of the…
biggest and most influential annual events on the movie industry calendar. Maclean's entertainment writer Brian D. Johnson celebrates the festival's evolution and offers an authoritative historical analysis of North America's premiere cinematic spectacle. 2000.British painting: the golden age from Hogarth to Turner (World Of Art Series)
By William Vaughan. 1999
The period from the early works of Hogarth (about 1730) to the death of Turner (1851) was the golden age…
of British painting, bringing it into the forefront of European art. The main figures are Hogarth, Ramsay, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Lawrence, Blake, Constable and Turner. William Vaughan discusses the key personalities and analyses the class structure, political background, including the effects of the Napoleonic Wars, and economic factors that governed the art market. 1999.Brilliant interview: what employers want to hear and how to say it
By Ros Jay. 2008
What do interviewers really want from a candidate? How do they decide whether to hire you or someone else? What…
can you do to make it you? Who better to advise interviewees than interviewers? This book tells you what they want and teaches you how to deliver. 2008.Brilliant job hunting: how to get the job you want
By Angela Fagan. 2008
Job hunting is time consuming, hard work and extremely stressful. Knowing what sort of job you want, where to look,…
if your CV is up to date, and how to behave in an interview are issues every job hunter faces. This book is a complete start-to-finish manual of everything you need to know, from writing your CV, knowing where to look, interview techniques and negotiating a job offer. 2008.Beautiful mornin': the Broadway musical in the 1940s
By Ethan Mordden. 1999
Discusses the shift in the focus of 1940s musicals from comedy routines to plays and identifies some defining features of…
the new form. The emergent musical productions and their original-cast recordings found a permanent place in our society, with many of the shows still being performed in the 1990s. 1999.Ballet 101: a complete guide to learning and loving the ballet
By Robert Greskovic. 1998
Art attack: a short cultural history of the avant-garde
By Marc Aronson. 1998
An account of various twentieth-century art movements including dance, music, and painting that shocked the mainstream establishment at the time…
with their newness and innovation. Includes pop art, surrealism, cubism, jazz, rock and roll, and ballet as well as individual portraits of various artists. For senior high and older readers. 1998.An empire of their own: how the Jews invented Hollywood
By Neal Gabler. 1988
Gabler presents the lives of some of the great founding Hollywood moguls such as Adolph Zukor, the Warner brothers, William…
Fox, and Louis B. Mayer, and shows how the empire they helped build reflected their vision of America. These former East European Jews began a dream factory in which they rejected their past and embraced their new country. Includes strong language. 1989, c1988.American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the making of a rock 'n' roll empire
By John A Jackson. 1997
Chronicles the career of Dick Clark from a little-known radio disc jockey to the host of the national teen dance…
show "American Bandstand". Explores Clark's nonstop pursuit of wealth, his escape from the 1959 payola scandal, and his business affairs after the popularity of the show decreased. 1997.Air Farce: 40 years of flying by the seat of our pants
By Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott. 2011
Written by the founding members of Air Farce - Roger Abbott and Don Ferguson - this memoir, full of anecdotes,…
scripts, and other memorabilia from the authors' private collection describes every aspect of their hard-scrabble early life in 1970 as an onstage comedy troupe, their historic run on radio, and their success on prime-time television. With contributions from many of their longtime friends and collaborators, they take readers behind the scenes, and onstage, into the day-to-day creative vortex of one of the most popular comedy shows in the history of Canadian television. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2011.A.I.M: the powerful 10-step personal and career success program
By Alex Gill, Jim Carlisle. 2009
Carlisle and Gill use a combination of real-life stories, self-assessment tools and a step-by-step process in their programme. By the…
end, changing your life or career will be something you can accomplish. In the process, you will discover what may truly make you happy, allowing you to start on the path towards leading a more satisfying and dynamic life. 2009.A dream betrayed: the battle for the CBC
By Tony Manera. 1996
On February 3, 1994, Tony Manera was appointed the president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Almost exactly one year later,…
Manera resigned in protest when the government cut the CBC's budget by $270 million. In "A dream betrayed," Manera tells the story of what went on behind the scenes at the CBC, why he left, and why he is still a passionate supporter of the CBC. 1996.À force de voir: histoire de regards
By Pierre Ouellet. 2005
Beaucoup plus qu'un catalogue commenté de 65 oeuvres d'art (peintures, photographies, sculptures, dessins, vidéos, collages, etc.) qui constituent la "réserve…
d'oxygène" de l'auteur, ce bel album propose une somme d'aperçus et de réflexions sur l'art, sur les relations entre les arts, en particulier l'écriture et les arts visuels, sur l'omniprésence du corps dans les arts de représentation, etc. Prix du Gouverneur général 2006, catégorie études et essais. 2005.101 secrets pour mieux négocier votre salaire --ou une augmentation (Méthode Daniel Porot : la collection carrément emploi!)
By Daniel Porot, Dominique Pialot. 2004
Dans des périodes difficiles, s'il est une question cruciale dans le monde du travail, c'est bien celle du salaire. Pourtant…
le sujet reste tabou et la négociation tourne le plus souvent à l'avantage de l'employeur. Il est donc essentiel pour tous les candidats ou salariés de connaître les clés de cet exercice délicat pour mettre toutes les chances de son côté. L'auteur, spécialiste en gestion de carrière, nous dévoile une foule de petits trucs pour réussir une bonne négociation salariale. 2004.12 étapes pour trouver un emploi (Vie pro (Marabout (Firme). 2009))
By Wilhelm Laligant, Jean-Marc Engelhard. 2010
Jeune diplômé, en fin de contrat, chômeur, ou tout simplement décidé à changer d'emploi ? Quelle que soit votre situation,…
vous lancer dans la recherche d'un nouvel emploi n'est pas une mince affaire. Conçu par des professionnels du recrutement, cet ouvrage a pour objectif de vous accompagner tout au long des différentes étapes de vos recherches. Vous y trouverez des solutions concrètes et les outils destinés à faciliter et optimiser vos recherches. 2010.