In this hilarious and controversial collection written in the voice of Cohen's most famous character, Ali G, the comedian mocks the rap culture, religion, and homophobia.

Just what the whole of Staines has been waiting for - gansta rapper Ali G's guide to life. Check dis - as a gesture of peace and to make a couple of extra squid, me has laid down me Uzi, picked up a felt-tip and wrote a book. I ain't hexactly sure wot is in it, cos me can't hactually read (they never taught it at me school), but apparently it is full of well good advice on everyfing to do with surviving life in da Barkshire ghetto; stuff like what crimes you can comit legally, how to bone your bitch in a Renault 5 after da back seat is taken up by a massive sub-woofer and what to do in a drive-by or drive-thru situation. It also contain bits of me interviews dat was too good for da telly and best of all, some wikkid fotos of me Julie's swingaz dat I promised never to show no one. Plus, to help the envirolment, I iz told dat not one single page is printed on recycled paper.

Check dis - as a gesture of peace and to make a couple of extra squid, me has laid down me Uzi, picked up a felt-tip and wrote a book. I ain't hexactly sure wot is in it, cos me can't hactually read (they never taught it at me school), but apparently it is full of well good advice on everyfing to do with surviving life in da Barkshire ghetto; stuff like what crimes you can comit legally, how to bone your bitch in a Renault 5 after da back seat is taken up by a massive sub-woofer and what to do in a drive-by or drive-thru situation. It also contain bits of me interviews dat was too good for da telly and best of all, some wikkid fotos of me Julie's swingaz dat I promised never to show no one. Plus, to help the envirolment, I iz told dat not one single page is printed on recycled paper. Get dis quality book in your shop - me guarantee you will get massive profits from people shoplifting it. Peace, G.

Shows how the scientific knowledge about the role of microorganisms in disease made its way into American popular culture.

Singing the Gospel offers a new appraisal of the Reformation and its popular appeal, based on the place of German hymns in the sixteenth-century press and in the lives of early Lutherans. The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal--where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an enduring and influential union of Lutheranism, music, and culture--is at the center of the story. The Lutheran hymns, sung in the streets and homes as well as in the churches and schools of Joachimsthal, were central instruments of a Lutheran pedagogy that sought to convey the Gospel to lay men and women in a form that they could remember and apply for themselves. Townspeople and miners sang the hymns at home, as they taught their children, counseled one another, and consoled themselves when death came near. Shaped and nourished by the theology of the hymns, the laity of Joachimsthal maintained this Lutheran piety in their homes for a generation after Evangelical pastors had been expelled, finally choosing emigration over submission to the Counter-Reformation. Singing the Gospel challenges the prevailing view that Lutheranism failed to transform the homes and hearts of sixteenth-century Germany.

From the astonishingly talented writer of The Accidental and Hotel World comes Ali Smiths brilliant retelling of Ovids gender-bending myth of Iphis and Ianthe, as seen through the eyes of two Scottish sisters. Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, and the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that is as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenues image, and the funniest addition to the Myths series from Canongate since Margaret Atwoods The Penelopiad.

The electrifying conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Children of Eden series that follows Rowan as she leaves behind the paradise she’s always dreamed of to save Eden—and the world—from a terrible fate. Rowan is finally in Harmonia, an Earth-friendly, sustainable commune in the wilderness she always believed was dead. Even in this idyllic world, she finds no peace. Harmonia has strict rules—and dire consequences. Thinking about Eden is forbidden, but she’s determined to rescue the loved ones she left behind. Though they are in terrible danger, her pleas for help are ignored. After months of living as one with nature, a shocking reminder of her past pushes Rowan to act. With the help of new friends, she infiltrates Eden. What she discovers is even worse than the situation she left behind. In the chaos of civil war, Rowan and her friends join forces with the second children and other rebels trapped inside. They fight for their lives, and for the future of humanity in this broken Earth.