“…He also doesn't expect to find love again in the arms of one special little boy.When his second chance of happiness is threatened Bertie knows he needs to do whatever he can to protect it, no matter what dangers lie in his path. …”

“…Walker's father, Robert Hughes, tells a touching and inspiring story of discovering that their 'perfect little boy had a problem'. With disarming honesty and humour, the book tells how a family copes and keeps hope alive despite the staggering difficulties autism presents…”

“…Playing games with the basic units of both life and fiction—the solid certainties of the self, the world around us, and the words we use to describe these things to one another—Mieko Kanai creates a reality where nothing is certain, and where a little boy going out to run errands for his mother might find that he's an adult, and his mother long dead, at the end of a single train ride. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Shepherds and nymphs / Thomas Vautor -- My bonny lass she smileth / Thomas Morley -- Weep no more, thou sorry boy / Thomas Tomkins -- Sly thief, if so you will believe / Michael Cavendish -- Hark, all ye lovely saints above / Thomas Weelkes -- Sweet Phillida / Francis Pilkington -- Say, dear, when will your frowning leave / Thomas Weelkes -- See, see, the shepherds' queen / Thomas Tomkins -- A little pretty bonny lass / John Farmer -- The sheep shearing : (Somerset) / arr. …”

“…Focusing on the ‘good child’ reader, the youth as consumer, ways of reading as a boy and as a girl, and the retrospective recollection of childhood reading, it sheds new light on the ways in which childhood and reading were understood and experienced in the period"…”

“…Ian Ayres and Jennifer Brown--law professors, activists, husband and wife--propose practical strategies for helping straight men and women advocate for and with the gay community.Straightforward advances a thesis that is at once simple and groundbreaking: to make real progress at the central flashpoints of controversy--marriage rights, employment discrimination, gays in the military, exclusion from the Boy Scouts, and religious controversies over homosexuality--straight as well as gay people need to speak up and act for equality. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- What is brain-compatible teaching -- The old and new of it -- When brain research is applied to the classroom everything will change -- Change can be easy -- We're not in Kansas anymore -- Where's the proof -- Tools for exploring the brain -- Ten reasons to care about brain research -- The evolution of brain models -- Be a brain-smart consumer: recognizing good research -- Action or theory: who wants to read all that research -- Excellent sources of research -- Fun factoids on the brain -- What's in the human brain -- Brain teaser -- The brain divided -- The brain connected -- Brain geography -- Brain "cell" ebration: far-out facts about brain cells -- Learning happens but how -- Are today's kids different -- Boy's and girl's brain differences -- Learning disabilities; different brains -- The cranial soup bowl: understanding the chemicals in our brains -- pt. 2. …”

“…"The Wartime Journals" reveal the voice and experiences of Trevor-Roper, a war-time 'backroom boy' who spent most of the war engaged in highly-confidential intelligence work in England - including breaking the cipher code of the German secret service, the Abwehr. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pi's lullaby (3:43) -- Piscine molitor patel (3:39) -- Pondicherry (1:11) -- Meeting Krishna (1:51) -- Christ in the mountains (1:12) -- Thank you Vishnu for introducing me to Christ (:55) -- Richard Parker (:53) -- Appa's lesson (1:06) -- Anandi (:54) -- Leaving India (1:20) -- Deepest spot on earth (:48) -- Tsimtsum (2:49) -- Death of the zebra (:33) -- First night, first day (3:45) -- Set your house in order (2:09) -- Skinny vegetarian boy (2:15) -- Pi and Richard Parker (2:13) -- Whale (2:02) -- Flying fish (:49) -- Tiger training (1:22) -- Orphans (1:35) -- Tiger vision (4:31) -- God strorm (3:41) -- I'm ready now (3:20) -- Island (1:58) -- Back to the world (8:20) -- Second story (4:02) -- Which story do you prefer? …”

“…His colourful adventures read like something out of a Boy's Own story: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the world's highest volcanoes and inspired princes and presidents, scientists and poets alike. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Static strut (Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra)--Symphonic raps (Carroll Dickerson and his orchestra)--The boy in the boat (Charlie Johnson and his Paradise Orchestra)--That's how I feel today (Chocolate Dandies)--Sweet and low blues (Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces)--Till times get better (Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces)--Willow tree (Louisiana Sugar Babes)--What is this thing called love? …”

“…Aria Minu-Sepehr takes us back through his explosive youth, into the heart of the revolution when a boy's hero, held up as the nation's pride, became a hunted man…”

“…Samuel Bates against his French rival, Jean-Louis Belavoix. Two infants, a black boy and a white girl, are raised on the island by a dumb nurse (Norah), away from all human contact but monitored twice yearly by Bates, Belavoix and their assistant, Nicholas Quartley to study their development. …”

“…An enigmatic, daring and astonishingly creative designer, Yves Saint Laurent is credited with the elevation of haute couture to fine art, turning the fashion show into a spectacle of breathtaking proportions, and revolutionizing the gendered norms of womenswear.Describing Saint Laurent’s beginnings in Algeria as a precocious boy making miniature garments from fabric scraps, Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent depicts the designer’s ascent from fashion student to the right-hand of Christian Dior. …”

“…In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. …”

“…He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Apollo's Song, Ode to Kirihito, Buddha)--with whom Tatsumi eventually became peers and, at times, stylistic rivals" -- from publisher's web site…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Colleen McDannell -- The silent social problem film : regeneration (1915) / Judith Weisenfeld -- Boys to men : Angels with dirty faces (1938) / Thomas J. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Colleen McDannell -- The silent social problem film : regeneration (1915) / Judith Weisenfeld -- Boys to men : Angels with dirty faces (1938) / Thomas J. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Considerations of the psychosexual development of boys of lesbian parents; CHAPTER NINE Maternity and femininity: sharing and splitting in the mother-daughter relationship…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chinese Population Dynamics and HIV/STD Risk -- Uncertain Population Dynamics and HIV/AIDS in China -- Migration and Gender in China’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic -- China’s Surplus Males and HIV/STD -- China’s Unbalanced Sex Ratio at Birth: How Many Surplus Boys Have Been Born in China Since the 1980s? -- Bare Branches, Prostitution, and HIV in China: A~Demographic Analysis -- HIV/STD Risk in China for Males and Females -- Gender, Migration, and Unprotected Causal and~Commercial Sex: Individual and Social Determinants of HIV and STD Risk Among~Female Migrants -- Heterosexual Male STI/HIV Risk in China -- HIV/AIDS Structural Interventions in China: Concept, Context and Opportunities -- Patterns of Sexually Transmitted Infections in China -- Commercial SexWorker Policies and the Law -- The “Risk Environment” for Commercial Sex Work in China: Considering the Role of Law and Law Enforcement Practices -- Administrative Detention of Prostitutes: The~Legal Aspects -- Decriminalizing SexWork: Implications for HIV Prevention and Control in China…”