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The Welfare of the Child The Principle and the Law

The Welfare of the Child The Principle and the Law

First published in 1999 this book responds to the meaning given to the welfare principle attracts a great deal of controversy and explores the reasons for the controversy and examines the growing legal significance attached to the principle. In an illuminating and accessible manner this informative volume: provides a record of the milestones which have shaped the principles development by tracing its evolution over the centuries discloses the essence of what has been termed 'the golden thread running through the common law' provides a measure of the impact of the principle on the coherence of modern family law by assessing the significance of its present operational role and functions. The welfare principle began as a common law principle forged in medieval England yet it has informed the law relating to children in some of the most developed western societies. It is now being refracted through international legislative and judicial developments to challenge the future shape of family law in the UK. By considering the ways in which the legal system has shaped and been shaped by the principle this invaluable book leads its readers to an appreciation of the content and structural influence of the welfare principle. | The Welfare of the Child The Principle and the Law

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The Buddha The Prophet and the Christ

The Buddha The Prophet and the Christ

Originally published in 1956 this book brings together from the canonical writings of Buddhism Islam and Christianity the most important of the passages in which the view of the Founder is reflected. It aims to let each of the sacred traditions tell its own story and only such comments have been added as seem necessary to bring out the full significance of the passage quoted. The final chapter summarizes some of the difficult questions which arise from a comparison of the extracts from the 3 traditions. | The Buddha The Prophet and the Christ

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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates is an accessible history of the Near East from c. 600 to 1050 AD the period in which Islamic society was formed. Beginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam Hugh Kennedy goes on to explore the great Arab conquests of the seventh century and the golden age of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates when the world of Islam was politically and culturally far more developed than the West. The crisis of the tenth century put an end to the political unity of the Muslim world and saw the emergence of the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt and independent dynasties in the Eastern Islamic world. The book concludes with the advent of Seljuk Turkish rule in the mid-eleventh century. This new edition is fully updated to take into account recent research and there are two entirely new chapters covering the economic background during the period and the north-east of Iran in the post Abbasid period. Based on extensive reading of the original Arabic sources Kennedy breaks away from the Orientalist tradition of seeing early Islamic history as a series of ephemeral rulers and pointless battles by drawing attention to underlying long-term social and economic processes. The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates deals with issues of continuing and increasing relevance in the twenty-first century when it is perhaps more important than ever to understand the early development of the Islamic world. Students and scholars of early Islamic history will find this book a clear informative and readable introduction to the subject. | The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

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The Bront in the World of the Arts

The Bront in the World of the Arts

Although previous scholarship has acknowledged the importance of the visual arts to the Brontës relatively little attention has been paid to the influence of music theatre and material culture on the siblings' lives and literature. This interdisciplinary collection presents new research on the Brontës' relationship to the wider world of the arts including their relationship to the visual arts. The contributors examine the siblings' artistic ambitions productions and literary representations of creative work in both amateur and professional realms. Also considered are re-envisionings of the Brontës' works with an emphasis on those created in the artistic media the siblings themselves knew or practiced. With essays by scholars who represent the fields of literary studies music art theatre studies and material culture the volume brings together the strongest current research and suggests areas for future work on the Brontës and their cultural contexts. | The Bront�in the World of the Arts

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The Unknown Relatives The Catholic as the Other in the Victorian Novel

The Unknown Relatives The Catholic as the Other in the Victorian Novel

The Unknown Relatives analyses a large body of Victorian literary texts dealing with the topic of Catholicism and Catholics written from the non-Catholic perspective. The readings of these texts are inspired by psychoanalytic criticism primarily by the work of Freud and Kristeva. Kristeva’s work on abjection the paradoxical repulsion mixed with attraction provides the framework for the first part of the book which argues that Victorian depictions of Catholicism exhibit the same mixture of fascination and attraction. The second part of the book is constructed largely around Freud’s idea of the uncanny showing how Catholicism was cast in the role of the archaic religion profoundly strange and yet at the same time somehow familiar. The book includes the readings of a number of Victorian authors both canonical (Charlotte Brontë William Thackeray Charles Dickens) and lesser-known ones (George Borrow John Shorthouse Mrs Humphry Ward). The book will be of interest to scholars of cultural literary and religious studies as well as to readers interested in the matters of religion in literature and religious prejudice. | The Unknown Relatives The Catholic as the Other in the Victorian Novel

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The Holocaust The Third Reich and the Jews

The Holocaust The Third Reich and the Jews

This book offers a survey of the encounter between the Third Reich and European Jewry. Pointing out the difficulties historians face in interpreting the ever-expanding documentary record it includes treatment of the role of non-Germans in the Holocaust consideration of the much-debated nexus between the Holocaust and modernity and discussion on how 'the Holocaust' developed as a distinct historical topic. Fully updated this new third edition incorporates the latest scholarly findings with expanded treatment of gendered aspects of the Holocaust the Holocaust’s world historical contexts the long-term history of Jewish-Christian relations and thinking about the Holocaust’s contemporary relevance as well as additional documents reflecting recent archival discoveries. Offering a concise narration that appeals to both the intellect and the emotions the book enables students to gain a real understanding of the events of this catastrophic time. Including a useful selection of original documents (many never before anthologised in English) a chronology glossary and 'who’s who' David Engel’s book will be welcomed by anyone trying to get to grips with this complex and far-reaching subject. | The Holocaust The Third Reich and the Jews

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The Bible: The Basics

The Bible: The Basics

The Bible: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the Bible as both a sacred text central to the faith of millions and a classic work of Western literature containing a tapestry of genres voices perspectives and images. This guide skilfully addresses both aspects of the Bible’s character by exploring: the rich variety of literary forms from poetry to prophecy and epistles to apocalypses; the historical geographic and social context of the Bible; contemporary attitudes to the Bible held by believers and non-believers; the status of biblical interpretation today. The second edition has been updated throughout and includes maps and detailed suggestions for further reading. This is an ideal starting point for people of any faith or none who are studying the Bible in any setting or who simply want to know more about the best-selling book of all time.

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The Workplace of the Future The Fourth Industrial Revolution the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies

The Workplace of the Future The Fourth Industrial Revolution the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life. The author contests that once the dust has settled from the Fourth Industrial Revolution workplaces and professions will be unrecognizable and we will see the rise of a new social class: the precariat. We will live side by side with the 'working poor' – people who have several jobs but still can’t make ends meet. There will be a small salaried elite consisting of innovation and knowledge workers. Slightly further into the future there will be a major transformation in professional environments. Johannessen also presents a typology for the precariat the uncertain work that is created and develops a framework for the working poor as well as for future innovation and knowledge workers and sets out a new structure for the social hierarchy. A fascinating and thought-provoking insight into the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution The Workplace of the Future will be of interest to professionals and academics alike. The book is particularly suited to academic courses in management economy political science and social sciences. | The Workplace of the Future The Fourth Industrial Revolution the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies

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‘The Politics’ and ‘The Political’ of the Eastern Partnership Initiative Reshaping the Agenda

‘The Politics’ and ‘The Political’ of the Eastern Partnership Initiative Reshaping the Agenda

The Special Issue consolidates new approaches to the study of the EU’s role in the eastern neighbourhood and beyond informed by post-structuralist traditions in international relations. More specifically by revisiting the European Neighbourhood Policy’s agenda from the conceptual perspective of ‘the political’ and redefining the notions of ‘othering’ ‘differentiation’ and ‘normalisation’ this volume renders a new and much-needed theoretical and empirical outlook onto the policy developments and their practices. By unpacking and connecting security regional institutional normative and sector-thematic policy dimensions the book seeks to re-politicise the agenda and re-focus policy revision on understanding the fundamentals of power relations when applied to the EU external relations. In light of the compounding crises external and internal one can no longer afford to simply tinker around the edges of the policy content and instruments. A more radical theoretical undertaking is overdue to re-shape re-define and re-centre the EU relations with the eastern region especially put in the context of the new EU’s Global Security Strategy and the new aspirations for the 2017 European Neighbourhood summit. The chapters originally published as a special issue in East European Politics. | ‘The Politics’ and ‘The Political’ of the Eastern Partnership Initiative Reshaping the Agenda

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The Red Rose and the White The Wars of the Roses 1453-1487

The Red Rose and the White The Wars of the Roses 1453-1487

If Richard III had not charged to his death at Bosworth how different might the history of Britain have been? Beginning in 1453 and ending in 1487 The Red Rose and the White provides a gripping overview of the bitter dynastic struggle for supremacy that raged between the houses of York and Lancaster for thirty years culminating in the dramatic events on Bosworth Field in 1485. As well as offering a comprehensive account of the campaigns battles and sieges of the conflict the book also assesses the commanders and men involved and considers the weapons and tactics employed. Photographs maps and portraits of the principal characters help to bring the period to life whilst the fast-paced narrative conveys a sense of what it was actually like to fight in battles such as Towton or Tewkesbury the effect of the arrow storm and the grim realities of hand-to-hand combat with edged and bladed weapons. Skilfully weaving in political and social events to place the conflict in its context The Red Rose and the White is a fascinating exploration of the turbulent period that would change the course of British history forever. | The Red Rose and the White The Wars of the Roses 1453-1487

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The Shaman and the Magician Journeys Between the Worlds

The Shaman and the Magician Journeys Between the Worlds

Originally published in 1982 The Shaman and the Magician draws on the author’s wide experience of occultism western magic and anthropological knowledge of shamanism to explore the interesting parallels between traditional shamanism and the more visionary aspects of magic in modern western society. In both cases as the author shows the magician encounters profound god-energies of the spirit and it is up to the individual to interpret these experiences in psychological or mythological terms. The book demonstrates that both shamanism and magic offer techniques of approaching the visionary sources of our culture. | The Shaman and the Magician Journeys Between the Worlds

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The Thought of the Prophets

The Thought of the Prophets

Originally published in 1953 The Hebrew Prophets’ conception of the meaning and purpose of human history has considerable significance for a religious view of the world situation in the middle of the 20th Century. This book discusses the nature of the Hebrew prophets and the grounds for their claim to inspiration. He then examines the fundamental and universal religious ideas underlying their pronouncements. Particular attention is paid to their views on the basis of human morals the character of the good society the duties of government and the relation between religion and politics. Other chapters deal with their ideas of true religion and of the relation of God to human life. | The Thought of the Prophets

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The Parthians The Forgotten Empire

The Parthians The Forgotten Empire

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the Parthian Empire which existed for almost 500 years from 247 BC to 224 AD. The Parthians were Rome’s great opponents in the east but comparatively little is known about them. The Parthians focuses on the rise expansion flowering and decline of the Parthian Empire and covers both the wars with the Romans in the west and the nomads in the east. Sources include the small amount from the Empire itself as well as those from outside the Parthian world such as Greek Roman and Chinese documents. Ellerbrock also explores the Parthian military social history religions art architecture and numismatics all supported by a great number of images and maps. The Parthians is an invaluable resource for those studying the Ancient Near East during the period of the Parthian Empire as well as for more general readers interested in this era. | The Parthians The Forgotten Empire

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The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

In this collection of studies by James M. Powell two related centres of attention can be seen. One is the campaigns undertaken by western Europeans in the eastern Mediterranean chiefly in the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries - the Crusades - the reasons for them and manner in which they were organized and promoted. The other is the Kingdom of Sicily under Frederick II himself a Crusader and its society and economy including its Muslim population. A characteristic feature is the author's interest in ordinary participants and the attempt to get behind the generalizations of macro-historians to the extent that may be possible. | The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

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The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry The Golden Smile through the Ages

The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry The Golden Smile through the Ages

The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry offers a study of the construction and use of gold dental appliances in ancient Etruscan culture and their place within the framework of a general history of dentistry with special emphasis on appliances from Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Egypt to modern Europe and the Americas. Included are many of the ancient literary sources that refer to dentistry - or the lack thereof - in Greece and Rome as well as the archaeological evidence of ancient dental health. The book challenges many past works in exposing modern scholars’ fallacies about ancient dentistry while presenting the incontrovertible evidence of the Etruscans’ seemingly modern attitudes to cosmetic dentistry. | The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry The Golden Smile through the Ages

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The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens The Power of Lenses and the Expressive Cinematic Image

The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens The Power of Lenses and the Expressive Cinematic Image

The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to learning how lenses can produce aesthetically and narratively compelling images in movies through a close examination of the various ways lens techniques control the look of space movement focus flares distortion and the optical personality of your story’s visual landscape. Loaded with vivid examples from commercial independent and world cinema The Language of the Lens presents dozens of insightful case studies examining their conceptual narrative and technical approaches to reveal how master filmmakers have harnessed the power of lenses to express the entire range of emotions themes tone atmosphere subtexts moods and abstract concepts. The Language of the Lens provides filmmakers at any level or experience with a wealth of knowledge to unleash the full expressive power of any lens at their disposal whether they are shooting with state-of-the-art cinema lenses or a smartphone and everything in between. | The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens The Power of Lenses and the Expressive Cinematic Image

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The Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries

Originally published in 1971 this book begins with the assumption that the Dissolution of the Monasteries was neither an integral nor an essential part of the English reformation. This book pursues the story chronologically and thus helps students re-discover what contemporaries knew was happening at each successive stage. An important part of this process consists in watching - with the help of a selection of surviving records - how the Court of Augmentation went to work not only centrally but in the field. The part played by Thomas Cromwell in both the devising and the carrying out of the Dissolution is reassessed and particular attention is paid to the chronological relation between his career and the early stages of the dispersal of the crown's new resources among the King’s subjects.

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Concert Design The Road The Craft The Industry

Concert Design The Road The Craft The Industry

Concert Design: The Road The Craft The Industry offers an exceptional journey though the world of concert design exploring not only its unique design attributes but also the industry that has grown around it and how to make a career of ‘the road’. Concert designer Seth Jackson analyzes how the industry has changed over the last three decades – from its early days of ‘no rules’ and ‘cowboys’ to a thriving and growing industry with countless career opportunities. Drawing on 25 years of experience and clients ranging from Carrie Underwood to Don Henley he explores design techniques working with Artists and directors the rigors of concert touring and navigating a career path through a challenging industry. The book also includes stories from numerous industry luminaries such as Steve Cohen Jeff Ravitz Eric Loader Howard Ungerleider and Jim Lenahan along with Jackson’s own experiences. Written for aspiring concert lighting designers and students of Concert Lighting and Theatre Lighting courses Concert Design is an excellent resource for anyone who has ever wondered what backstage life is really all about. | Concert Design The Road The Craft The Industry

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The Distribution of the Product

The Distribution of the Product

Originally published in 1979 the purpose of this book is to introduce a theory of the distribution of national income between wages profits and other categories of income. The relation between this branch of distribution theory and other areas of economics is explained in the Introduction. The first six chapters are designed to introduce distribution theory to students of intermediate economic principles. The reader should be familiar with the basic analysis of supply demand and market equilibrium and with the use of indifference curves to represent a consumer’s preferences. The remaining seven chapters discuss developments of the theory introduced in the first six. | The Distribution of the Product

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The Dynamics Of Foreign Policymaking The President The Congress And The Panama Canal Treaties

The Dynamics Of Foreign Policymaking The President The Congress And The Panama Canal Treaties

Negotiations and ratification of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties were major events in the making and conduct of U. S. foreign policy. Beginning in 1973 the negotiations spanned three administrations and the ratification process dominated the first year and a half of the Carter presidency. This book explains the making of the Canal Treaties looking | The Dynamics Of Foreign Policymaking The President The Congress And The Panama Canal Treaties

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The Meaning of the Twentieth Century The Great Transition

The Meaning of the Twentieth Century The Great Transition

Originally published in 1965 and written by a noted economist and leader in the field of conflict resolution this book traces the forces which have brought the 20th century ‘post-civilisation’ into being: the ever-increasing power of science and the scientific attitude the global communication network the high efficiency of industrial societies. New conditions pointed to a life of ease but also enormous problems. The book discusses how though our technical resources have become immense social and psychological conflicts remain. The author’s training in psychology and economics combines with a deep sense of history to create a book which is as relevant now as when it was first published. | The Meaning of the Twentieth Century The Great Transition

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The Gulf of Tonkin The United States and the Escalation in the Vietnam War

The Gulf of Tonkin The United States and the Escalation in the Vietnam War

The Gulf of Tonkin: The United States and the Escalation in the Vietnam War analyzes the events that led to the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam and increased American involvement. On August 4 1964 the captains of two American destroyers the USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy reported that their ships were being attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. This report came on top of a previous report by the captain of the USS Maddox indicating that he had been attacked by torpedo boats two nights earlier. The text introduces readers to the historiography of these incidents and how the perception of the events changed over time. The attacks which were collectively called the Gulf of Tonkin incident are presented in the context not only of the Vietnam War but also of the Cold War and U. S. government powers enabling students to understand the events’ full ramifications. Using essential primary documents Tal Tovy provides an accessible introduction to a vital turning point in U. S. and international affairs. This book will be useful to all students of the Vietnam War American military history and foreign policy history. | The Gulf of Tonkin The United States and the Escalation in the Vietnam War

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The Care of the Sick The Emergence of Modern Nursing

The Care of the Sick The Emergence of Modern Nursing

Originally published in 1979 The Care of the Sick is a detailed and comprehensive exploration of the emergence of modern nursing. Beginning with primitive and early historical nursing the book traces the development of nursing through the ages and covers a variety of key topics including the rise of the trained nurse; the problems faced by nursing during its development as a profession; education and working conditions; the government and nursing; the economics of nursing; and how the image of nursing has changed over time. Extensive and thorough The Care of the Sick will appeal to those with an interest in the history of nursing the history of medicine and social history. | The Care of the Sick The Emergence of Modern Nursing

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The Economic Consequences of the Euro The Safest Escape Plan

The Economic Consequences of the Euro The Safest Escape Plan

This book presents a new narrative on the eurozone crisis. It argues that the common currency has the potential to kill the European Union and the conventional wisdom that the eurozone can be fixed by a common budget and further political integration is incorrect. The authors address key questions such as why the European Union and the single market have been successful why the common currency poses a threat to European integration and whether it is possible to either fix the eurozone or dissolve it while keeping the EU and the single market. Contrary to the view that it would be best if the Southern European countries left the eurozone first the book makes the case that the optimal solution would be to start the process with the most competitive countries exiting first. The authors argue that a return to national currencies would be beneficial not only to the crisis-ridden southern countries but also to France and Germany which were the main promoters of the single currency. An organised unwinding of the euro area would be beneficial both for the European economy and for Europe’s main trading partners. The authors contend that to defend the euro at all costs weakens the European economy and threatens the cohesion of the European Union. If pro-European and pro-market EU leaders do not dismantle the eurozone it will most likely be done by their anti-European and anti-market successors. If that happens the European Union and the common market will be destroyed. This book will be a useful and engaging contribution to the existing literature in the fields of macro monetary and international finance and economics. | The Economic Consequences of the Euro The Safest Escape Plan

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