The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity

The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity
Author: Vanessa Baird
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2001
Genre: Bisexuality
ISBN: 9781859843536

A survey of the history and geography of sexually unconventional behaviour. Includes a country to country survey of the laws affecting sexual minorities.

The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity

The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity
Author: Vanessa Baird
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1904456642

Demystifies all the colors of the sexual rainbow, tracking the campaigns for rights and equality worldwide.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World History

The No-Nonsense Guide to World History
Author: Chris Brazier
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1780260350

Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This updated No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional history books—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. The new final chapter includes material on the financial crisis and the world response to climate change. Chris Brazier is co-editor at New Internationalist. His previous books include Vietnam: The Price of Peace. He is principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Population

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Population
Author: Vanessa Baird
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1780260342

No-Nonsense Guide to World Population (1/2 page) With world population passing seven billion and predicted to hit nine billion by 2050, we are in the grip of a number panic. This book explodes some of the common myths, looks at what the numbers really mean, and addresses nine topics, such as why women in most parts of the world have fewer children, what will happen to our societies as we all live longer, and how having babies relates to climate change. Vanessa Baird is co-editor at New Internationalist magazine. Her previous books include The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity and, as compiler and editor, Eye to Eye Women.

The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization

The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization
Author: Wayne Ellwood
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1906523479

Globalisation has become one of the most used and encompassing words over the past decade, of undeniable influence in economics, politics and activism. Globalisation is literally all around; every aspect of life is affected by a global structure of communication and economy. This fully revised and updated guide condenses this complex subject into clear, concise commentary. It examines the debt trap, the acceleration of neoliberalism, competition for energy resources, the links between the war on terror, the arms trade and the alternatives to corporate control.

The No-nonsense Guide to Animal Rights

The No-nonsense Guide to Animal Rights
Author: Catharine Grant
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 1904456405

Shows why the promotion and protection of animal rights is more critical than ever.

Making a Baby

Making a Baby
Author: Rachel Greener
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0593324862

This inclusive guide to how every family begins is an honest, cheerful tool for conversations between parents and their young ones. To make a baby you need one egg, one sperm, and one womb. But every family starts in its own special way. This book answers the "Where did I come from?" question no matter who the reader is and how their life began. From all different kinds of conception through pregnancy to the birth itself, this candid and cozy guide is just right for the first conversations that parents will have with their children about how babies are made.

The No-nonsense Guide to World Music

The No-nonsense Guide to World Music
Author: Louise Gray
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1906523126

A look behind the catch-all term world music' aiming to explore the reasons for the contemporary interest in world music, who its audience is and why it has become such a popular genre. Through chapters on the many different genres that make up this multi-faceted area, the case for music as a powerful harmonising tool is aptly put forward.'

No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade, 3rd Edition

No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade, 3rd Edition
Author: Sally Blundell
Publisher: Between the Lines
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1771131187

An in-depth look at two decades of a movement that aims to challenge the ethical foundations of the global market. Transnational corporations look for the cheapest suppliers, while the fair trade movement insists on a premium for the producersat the start of the chain. Sally Blundell explores the origins of fair trade and what it is likely to become in the face of growing disparities between the principles and the practice.

Building a House for Diversity

Building a House for Diversity
Author: R Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-09-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781400232413

Building a House for Diversity begins with a short fable about how a friendship between two animals is threatened when the house built for a tall, skinny giraffe cannot accommodate a broad, bulky elephant.