POP PRINCESS Britney Spears is putting girls back on the map in the pop music world. With the effervescent and intoxicating sounds of her first album, ...Baby One More Time, Britney shot straight to the top of the charts--in just the first week of the album's release. Her ripe style and smart lyrics have captured the hearts of millions of fans, young and old. But Britney didn't just come out of nowhere: she is a multitalented entertainment sensation who can't remember a time in her life when she wasn't singing, acting, or dancing. She broke into the biz at the tender age of eight, and it wasn't long before she made her mark. TRUE BRIT gives you all the backstage info, from her first audition for The New Mickey Mouse Club to her exciting decision to go solo. You'll also find out what it was like for Brit to work with the boys of 'N Sync, the rumors of romance, and her dazzling life beyond the stage. Britney is more than just a singer--she's a performing phenomenon. And TRUE BRIT is your ticket into her amazing world.

In a new twist on the legend of Superman, the future superhero (Colin Clark) is raised in a small English town by adoptive parents who teach him to hide his powers, but his job as a tabloid reporter may be in jeopardy unless he chooses to go public.

"The BRIT GRIT mob is coming to kick down your door with hobnailed boots. Kitchen-sink noir; petty-thief-louts; lives of quiet desperation; sharp, blood-stained slices of life; booze-sodden brawls from the bottom of the barrel and comedy that's as black as it's bitter-this is BRIT GRIT!" 45 British writers, 45 short stories. All coming together to produce an anthology, benefiting two charities... Children 1st - http: //www.children1st.org.uk/ and Francesca Bimpson Foundation - http: //www.francescabimpsonfoundation.org An introduction by Maxim Jakubowski Includes stories from... Ray Banks, Allan Guthrie, Matt Hilton, Ben Cheetham, Stuart Ayris, Sheila Quigley, Howard Linskey, Charlie Williams, Ian Ayris, Nick Quantrill, Charlie Wade, Allan Griffiths, Adrian Magson, Tony Black, Col Bury, McDroll, Gerard Brennan, and many, many more!

2011 London Book Festival Honorable Mention 2012 Gold Award Winner, Historical Fiction, Mom's Choice Awards(R) 2012 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards, Winner for Historical Fiction 2013 Nautilus Book Awards, Silver Award for Midgrade/Young Adult Fiction In 1940, Beatrice Sims, a spoiled English girl arrives in Santa Fe to escape the war in London. At first the twelve-year-old hates the dusty little town. But soon Beatrice makes friends with goofy Arabella, develops a crush on handsome Esteban and aids Ana, a shy Indian girl. First accused of being "faceta" - stuck up, Beatrice learns to change tires, ride wild ponies and helps the public health nurse, Clementine Pope, rescue a sick baby on an Indian pueblo. Now in its second printing, True Brit was inspired by accounts of children who were sent to Santa Fe and elsewhere in the United States to escape the war in Europe. The book is the first of a series titled Far and Away, which features young people displaced and relocated between 1939 - 1945. The second book in the Far and Away series features the struggles of a young Jewish boy from Germany who is sent to live with a distant relative in New York City.

'Achtung!', 'Banzai!', 'Donner und Blitzen!' For the generations of men whose obsession with military history was triggered by reading war comics in their youth, here at last, is Commando's toughest-ever collection of Second World War stories. True Brit showcases the best fighting action - on land, sea and air - from over 40 years of Commando comics- and 25% bigger than the originals, for high-explosive impact! Chosen by current Editor George Low, the brilliantly drawn stories in this classic collection range from daring bomber raids over Germany, through close-combat jungle fighting against hard-as-nails Japanese, and depth-charge blasted submarine warfare, to hard-hitting battles across North Africa, Italy and northern Europe. For everyone whose comic-book battle lust has ever been stirred by Nazi cries of 'Englander schweinhund', True Brit will transport them right back into fictional combat situations they'd forgotten were so entertaining, and a whole new generation can discover how Commando turns ordinary men into heroes. Aaarrghh!

`The book aptly describes, explores and hits the core of very complex issues around race, racism, culture, difference, dual identity, stereotypes, immigration and alienation... It is also very thought-provoking, raising questions about one′s own ability to work more flexibly in the consulting room with clients of different backgrounds.... It is excellent for a directory of resources, useful for training purposes and an enabling "role model" for good practice in counselling in a multicultural society. I enjoyed it.... It should be a required handbook on the shelf of every caring professional working within a multicultural environment or setting′ - Transformations, The PCSR Journal This book examines the many complex issues surrounding counselling and therapy in a multicultural society. It aims to sensitize readers to the cultural and racial setting in which counselling occurs, and to raise awareness of the specific counselling needs of those from differing backgrounds. The book explores the impact of culture on identity, and of cultural differences on interaction. It looks at how one might take a client′s cultural context into consideration, or deal with racism, and provides a sophisticated account of the salient value systems of Western and non-Western cultures. Contributors also challenge the suitability of a client-centred approach for clients from non-Western backgrounds, and explore the possibilities for transcultural, culture-centred and multimodal models of counselling in the West.

Readers beware! '101 Very English Idioms: Learn to Speak like a True Brit' is here! Now, who let the cat out of the bag? Written for English language learners of all levels, and divided into ten key categories, in this book we learn about some of the most commonly used idioms in the UK today, to make you sound like a real native speaker! Read examples of idioms in context, test yourself, on the meanings in a number of exercises and even learn about where some of the idioms might have come from. So, read on to find out if idioms are your cup of tea or if you're just a small fish out of water...