Featuring hundreds of questions on all aspects of the beloved Carry On films and packed with amazing facts, this quiz book is a fun romp through the world of Carry On A Question of Carry On gives you the opportunity to test your knowledge of all things Carry On and includes all manner of teasing questions on the films, TV series, classic characters and legendary stars such as Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques. In addition to questions on more obscure subjects such as novelty records and poster taglines, A Question of Carry On also contains fascinating behind the scenes stories, top trivia and complete Carry On filmographies for all of the main team.
We are living, it is often said, in a golden age of stupidity, in which boneheaded, mendacious politicians get elected by voters who've become too mindless to realise their interests are ill-served by narcissists, while vapid social media influencers corrupt their no-less witless followers with groundless conspiracy theories and eye- wateringly foolish takedowns of scientific expertise. Our time, one might be forgiven for thinking, is one in which the fool's gold of stupidity has become a desirable commodity, a must-have, with bumbling celebrities venerated more than those who have more than two brain cells to rub together. In this book, Stuart Jeffries analyses how we got into this parlous state and wonders if Schopenhauer was right in contending the stupid, like the poor, are always with us, or if rather, stupidity is like Japanese knotweed, difficult to root out but should be exterminated with extreme prejudice. He considers what some of the greatest of human minds - Socrates, Buddha, Voltaire, Arendt and among others - have to tell us about the slippery nature of stupidity. During a narrative that takes us from ancient Greece to artificial intelligence, and accompanied by such heroes of stupidity as Flaubert's double act Bouvard and Pécuchet, Jeffries casts a sceptical eye on attempts to root out stupidity by such means as IQ tests, eugenics, gene editing and racist education policies, finding each attempt to be more stupid than the stupidity they were ostensibly devised to eradicate. If today we are living in a fool’s paradise, has our species become too dim to learn anything from its rich history of folly?
This book provides a comprehensive theory of age discrimination that can guide the direct and indirect age discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010. The Act holds that unequal treatment on the grounds of age and measures that are on their face age-neutral but have the effect of disadvantaging particular age groups are lawful only if the treatment can be shown either to be a ‘proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim’ or if the treatment fits into a specifically prescribed exception. In this way, the proportionality test distinguishes justified and unjustified age-differential treatment with only the former legally permissible.This book outlines and defends a pluralist theory of age discrimination that assists in making the distinction between justified and unjustified age-differential treatment. The theory identifies the principles that explain when and why age-differential treatment wrongs people and the principles that can justify this treatment. It is a pluralist theory because it recognises that age-differential treatment can wrong people for a number of different, overlapping reasons, and these different reasons should inform how we apply age discrimination law. The pluralist approach to age discrimination theory can improve legal reasoning in age discrimination cases by articulating the relevant principles and competing interests that are at stake in age discrimination claims.In constructing the theory, the book adopts the reflective equilibrium method. This requires that we examine our initial moral beliefs about age discrimination by seeking coherence with beliefs we have about similar moral and philosophical issues and revising the initial beliefs as a result of challenges to them. In applying this method, the book identifies the following five principles to form a pluralist theory of age discrimination: equality of opportunity, social equality, respect, autonomy and efficiency.
This book provides a comprehensive theory of age discrimination that can guide the direct and indirect age discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010. The Act holds that unequal treatment on the grounds of age and measures that are on their face age-neutral but have the effect of disadvantaging particular age groups are lawful only if the treatment can be shown either to be a ‘proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim’ or if the treatment fits into a specifically prescribed exception. In this way, the proportionality test distinguishes justified and unjustified age-differential treatment with only the former legally permissible.This book outlines and defends a pluralist theory of age discrimination that assists in making the distinction between justified and unjustified age-differential treatment. The theory identifies the principles that explain when and why age-differential treatment wrongs people and the principles that can justify this treatment. It is a pluralist theory because it recognises that age-differential treatment can wrong people for a number of different, overlapping reasons, and these different reasons should inform how we apply age discrimination law. The pluralist approach to age discrimination theory can improve legal reasoning in age discrimination cases by articulating the relevant principles and competing interests that are at stake in age discrimination claims.In constructing the theory, the book adopts the reflective equilibrium method. This requires that we examine our initial moral beliefs about age discrimination by seeking coherence with beliefs we have about similar moral and philosophical issues and revising the initial beliefs as a result of challenges to them. In applying this method, the book identifies the following five principles to form a pluralist theory of age discrimination: equality of opportunity, social equality, respect, autonomy and efficiency.
In the company of Felicity the cat, discover the phases of the moon, the constellations and how to spot the Northern Lights and the Milky Way.This beautiful, fun book will introduce you to the beauty of the night sky and show you the stars like you've never seen them before.
If you look up at the sky on a dark night, what do you see? There's a whole universe staring back at you. In the company of Felicity the cat, discover the phases of the moon, the constellations and how to spot the Northern Lights and the Milky Way. This beautiful, fun book will introduce you to the beauty of the night sky and show you the stars like you've never seen them before.
This HOW TO book contains a collection of disease reversing, health improving practices, compiled from research done by world renowned medical researchers and physicians who are leaders in their fields. The author, his family and friends have also successfully tested aspects of the Healing System. Examples of Disease-Reversing Topics A science-identified optimum diet found to reverse and prevent 5 of the top 7 killer diseases and many more. The very significant role attitude plays in health. A Mayo Clinic hydration plan to maintain proper fluid levels. A low impact exercise regimen important for keeping the body physically capable and toxin free. A method of reversing Alzheimer's that a Tampa area doctor used successfully on her husband. Lists of diet-related diseases helped by the Healing System. Also, the book has more than twenty white papers (appendices) on relevant topics like Gallbladder removal, GMO tragedies, Health pioneers of history, China Study book report, Electromagnetic radiation, Biographies of key researchers, Perspectives on the common cold, Reasons we avoid change, and more. I wrote this book because there is information that you need, information that is critical to your health. This information is not provided through the media. On the contrary, the media is supporting dis-information that is negatively impacting the health of American citizens. Hard science is available. The Standard American Diet is deteriorating human health. The USA is a disease-producing culture. World famous cardiologist Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, in landmark clinical trials, has proven that diet is the leading cause of death in the United States. Diet is the cause and diet is the solution. The healthiest diet is known to science and that diet is described in A Healing System. Why have you not heard this before? It is a very good question, and one that is answered in the book. And yet scientific research, clinical trials, and a mountain of statistically-significant evidence are available and conclusive. If the Standard American Diet is so bad, then why are so many people apparently healthy? That question is answered in the book, and the answer may surprise you. A Healing System is actually two books. The healing system described and supported in chapters, tables, lists, reference sheets and more, plus The 20 appendices which provide essays on various health topics as well as additional supporting evidence for the book's contents. Parents should be interested in A Healing System because the Standard American Diet is hurting their children. It does not have to be this way. A reader's interest in this book probably relates to the answer to one question, 'How important is your health and the health of your family' Research sources for A Healing System include, but are not limited to, these books and movies: - The China Study - a book by Dr. Colin Campbell - Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease - a book by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn - Your Health Your Choice - a book by Dr. M. Ted Morter - An Apple a Day? - a book by Dr. M. Ted Morter - Forks Over Knives - a movie by Lee Fulkerson - Forks Over Knives - a book edited by Gene Stone - Diet for a New America - a book by John Robbins - Genetic Roulette - a movie by Jeffery M. Smith - Genetic Roulette - a book by Jeffery M. Smith May you always have good health, Stuart Farrel
Join New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs in this first book in a hilarious, highly illustrated new middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight, perfect for fans of Max & the Midknights. Tim is just a peasant, but he dreams big. He wants more out of life than to grow up to be a woodsman like his father. Unfortunately, the only route to success in the kingdom of Merryland is to be born a prince. Still, Tim is determined. He is brave and clever and always tries to do the right thing--even though he rarely gets the credit for it. Then news spreads that Princess Grace of the neighboring kingdom has been abducted by the evil Stinx and Prince Ruprecht needs a legion of knights to join him on his quest to rescue her. Tim finally has the lucky break he's been waiting for, the opportunity to change his station in life. And even though he doesn't know how to ride a horse or wield anything more deadly than a hoe, he's going to do whatever it takes to make sure his dream becomes a reality.
