You're on trial for a crime you didn't commit, but it seems no one is ready to believe you. The only way to clear your name is to solve the mystery yourself without getting caught or killed. This book isn't like others you may have read - inside you make the choices. Can you escape from the police? Can you survive long enough to solve the crime? Only you can decide if you live or die inside!This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books to get childr...

As governments around the world look for ways to curb fossil fuel emissions, more and more countries are adopting renewable energy sources. Wind power is one of the cheapest sources of renewable energy, and windfarms are often looked to as a solution.While generally welcomed in rural communities, there have been claims that wind turbines are responsible for a range of health problems. At last count an astonishing 247 symptoms had been attributed to wind turbines, from back pain and...

Removing the Emperor's Clothes: Australia and Tobacco Plain Packaging sets out the evidence for the importance of plain packaging in striking at the heart of what remains of tobacco advertising. It examines the history of the idea, the tobacco industry's frantic efforts to derail it, and the early evidence for its impact; also giving tools to policy makers in other countries wanting to make the best case for plain packaging and to defend it from the inevitable attacks that will fo...

The thoroughly revised third edition of a Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion is an essential guide to help dental nurses prepare for a qualification in Oral Health Education and thereafter practice as an Oral Health Educator. It will help readers confidently educate patients about diseases and conditions that affect the oral cavity, and support their prevention, treatment, and management.Designed with an accessible layout to enhance learning, this course co...

Who keeps telling smokers they can’t quit without help?For decades there have been far more ex-smokers than smokers, and an estimated 75% of smokers quit without drugs or professional help.But smoking cessation is a global phenomenon serviced by multibillion-dollar industries, including the pharmaceutical and e-cigarette sectors and health professionals. These industries try to denigrate unassisted cessation and promote their products and services – “weapons of mass distrac...

'It is a very compelling read though, because of the controversies – every health professional should consider its key message as a principle (what does the evidence tell us?) in their practice and in their influence personally.'

Smoke Signals gathers 71 of Professor Simon Chapman's authoritative, acerbic and often heretical essays from across his 40-year career. They cover major developments and debates in tobacco control, public health ethics, cancer screening, gun control, and panics about low risk agents such as wi-fi, mobile phone towers and wind turbines. This collection is an essential guide to many key debates in contemporary public health. It will be invaluable to public health students and practi...

Mayday! Mayday! We're going down! You've crashed in the jungle and you must now find your way to safety, avoiding the wildlife and the drug dealers along the way. Decide if you live or die in this choose-your-own-destiny adventure from real-life explorer Simon Chapman.This book isn't like others you may have read - inside you make the choices. Can you escape from the jungle? Can you survive the drug dealers? Only you can decide if you live or die inside!This title is publish...

The Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996, when 35 people were shot dead by Martin Bryant, transformed Australia's gun control debate. Public outrage drove politicians from all sides of politics to embrace gun control. Non-violent 'people power' galvanised government resolve to outlaw semi-automatic weapons, register all guns and tighten gun ownership laws. Simon Chapman's book gives an insider's view of the struggle for gun control, highlighting the public discourse between shooters deter...

WOW Facts! are speciafically written for struggling readers. A lost island cut off from the outside world by swirling currents. With craggy volcanoes and thorny jungles, legend had it that the place was home to dragons. This is the story of how an explorerset out to catch one of them.

“I don’t think I’m easy to talk about. I’ve got a very irregular head. And I’m not anything that you think I am anyway” (Syd Barrett, Rolling Stone, 1971).Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett was the definition of a golden boy. With good looks and an aptitude for music, he was a charismatic child who fast became a teenage leader in 1960s England. Along with three school chums—Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason—he formed what would become Pink Floyd. Starting as a British co...

This excellent collection includes not only the last three stories from season one of Dan Dare’s Audio Adventures, but also the bonus feature documentary ‘Dan Dare: 21st Century Spaceman’.Reign of the RobotsDan Dare and his crew finally return to Earth. Landing in central London, they find the city deserted - or that's how it seems at first. But soon Dare faces an army of ruthless machines, robots who have conquered the planet and placed the surviving humans in slave camps. The robots are ...