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Addresses from a Christian viewpoint a number of topics of interest to teenagers, including parents, self-image, peer pressure, dating, and sex.
Fully updated and expanded, the second edition of this still
compact text on British politics expertly analyses the major
changes in British political life, placing them revealingly within
the context of the evolution of British society from absolute
monarchy to representative democracy. The author considers each of
the major components of British politics in digestible chapters,
such as the Monarchy and the House of Lords, the Commons, voting
behaviour, parties and pressure groups, the prime minister and
cabinet, devolution, local government, and foreign policy. The book
includes two new chapters on the EU referendum and Brexit, and the
extraordinary December 2019 election, as well as coverage of events
such as the coronavirus pandemic, and the respective travails of
the increasingly split two major political parties. This readable
and comprehensive introduction will be of key interest to A-level
students, undergraduates and those new to the study of British
politics.
Fully updated and expanded, the second edition of this still
compact text on British politics expertly analyses the major
changes in British political life, placing them revealingly within
the context of the evolution of British society from absolute
monarchy to representative democracy. The author considers each of
the major components of British politics in digestible chapters,
such as the Monarchy and the House of Lords, the Commons, voting
behaviour, parties and pressure groups, the prime minister and
cabinet, devolution, local government, and foreign policy. The book
includes two new chapters on the EU referendum and Brexit, and the
extraordinary December 2019 election, as well as coverage of events
such as the coronavirus pandemic, and the respective travails of
the increasingly split two major political parties. This readable
and comprehensive introduction will be of key interest to A-level
students, undergraduates and those new to the study of British
politics.
This revised and updated tenth edition of the bestselling textbook
Politics UK is an indispensable introduction to British politics.
It provides a thorough and accessible overview of the institutions
and processes of British government, an excellent grounding in
British political history and an incisive introduction to the
issues and challenges facing Britain today. This edition welcomes
three brand new chapters - 'Elites in the United Kingdom', 'Gender
and British politics' and 'UK Immigration policy in hostile
environment' - alongside rigorously updated revised chapters. It
delivers excellent coverage of contemporary events, with
significant new material covering: the Johnson premiership and the
national challenge of Covid-19, the end of the May premiership and
the implementation of Brexit, the Labour Party's transition from
Corbyn to Starmer, infrastructure and innovation, 'fake news',
populism and nationalism, the UK's place in a post-Brexit world,
climate change, social mobility and elite recruitment, devolution
and regionalism, constitutional strain, the role of political
advisers, abuse and incivility in politics and much more. Other
features of the new edition include: A wide range of illustrative
material, boxes and case studies providing illuminating examples
alongside the analysis. A comprehensive 'who's who' of politics in
the form of Profile boxes featuring key political figures. And
another thing . . . pieces containing short articles on salient and
pressing topics, written by distinguished commentators including
Sir John Curtice, Sir Simon Jenkins, Andrew Rawnsley, Baroness
Julie Smith of Newnham, and Philip Collins. Online interviews on
the book's website see notable figures from British political life
discussing the pressing issues of today. With chapters written by
highly respected scholars in the field and contemporary articles on
real-world politics from well-known political commentators, this
textbook is an essential guide for all students of British
politics.
This revised and updated tenth edition of the bestselling textbook
Politics UK is an indispensable introduction to British politics.
It provides a thorough and accessible overview of the institutions
and processes of British government, an excellent grounding in
British political history and an incisive introduction to the
issues and challenges facing Britain today. This edition welcomes
three brand new chapters - 'Elites in the United Kingdom', 'Gender
and British politics' and 'UK Immigration policy in hostile
environment' - alongside rigorously updated revised chapters. It
delivers excellent coverage of contemporary events, with
significant new material covering: the Johnson premiership and the
national challenge of Covid-19, the end of the May premiership and
the implementation of Brexit, the Labour Party's transition from
Corbyn to Starmer, infrastructure and innovation, 'fake news',
populism and nationalism, the UK's place in a post-Brexit world,
climate change, social mobility and elite recruitment, devolution
and regionalism, constitutional strain, the role of political
advisers, abuse and incivility in politics and much more. Other
features of the new edition include: A wide range of illustrative
material, boxes and case studies providing illuminating examples
alongside the analysis. A comprehensive 'who's who' of politics in
the form of Profile boxes featuring key political figures. And
another thing . . . pieces containing short articles on salient and
pressing topics, written by distinguished commentators including
Sir John Curtice, Sir Simon Jenkins, Andrew Rawnsley, Baroness
Julie Smith of Newnham, and Philip Collins. Online interviews on
the book's website see notable figures from British political life
discussing the pressing issues of today. With chapters written by
highly respected scholars in the field and contemporary articles on
real-world politics from well-known political commentators, this
textbook is an essential guide for all students of British
politics.
High in omega-3 and low in fat, salmon is the world's healthiest
and most popular fish. The best salmon recipes from Whitecap Books
are here in one indispensable volume.
Salmon: The Cookbook is complete with full color photos and more
than 120 recipes that feature both Atlantic and Pacific salmon.
Conveniently organized by meal course, this cookbook includes
appetizers, soups, salads and entrees, as well as marinades, curing
and different cooking methods.
The easy-to-follow recipes in Salmon range from simple dishes
with few ingredients to the more elaborate, such as: Salmon
Pastrami Home-style Salmon Roe Cured with Apple Juice and Sea Salt
Salmon Sorrel Chowder Roasted Salmon Fillets with Mango Chili Glaze
Cedar Plank Salmon Candied Salmon
"These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South
Wales", was first published in June 1939. It was an instant
bestseller, and its fame catapulted its author into the front rank
of 'proletarian writers'. B. L. Coombes, an English-born migrant,
had lived in the Vale of Neath since before the First World War,
but only turned to writing in the 1930s as a way of communicating
the plight of the miners and their communities to the wider world.
"These Poor Hands" presents, in a documentary style, the working
life of the miner as well as the author's experiences in the
lock-outs of 1921 and 1926. It demonstrates Coombes' desire to
offer an accurate account of the lives of miners and their
families, and carries a sincere moral charge in its description of
the waste of human potential that is industrial capitalism in
decline. Long out of print, "These Poor Hands" has been recognised
for over sixty years as the classic miner's autobiography.
Our young and earnest hero, Algernon Swift, returns from his
travels abroad and must once more face the trials of life, love and
the English language. Back at home, Algernon tries to cope with the
exorbitant passion of the exquisite Mavis (a woman with X on her
mind) and his elderly uncle, Reverend Hawker, and his exasperating
inability to mean one thing at a time. Well-meaning in a world of
double meanings, can Algernon avoid becoming another of Mavis's Xs
or, at least, plunging into an existential crisis of his own?
Amidst perpetual solicitude, can Algernon find both solace and
solitude? Punning on subjects as diverse as Henry VIII's wives,
Pre-Raphaelite painters, mathematics and fairy tales, we are taken
on a hilarious and punishing journey of jokes - both high-brow and
homespun - as Algernon attempts to make sense of, and even delight
in, the world of word-play. Written and illustrated by Bill Jones,
The Life and Times of Algernon Swift contains some of the best - or
indeed worst - puns and jokes you will ever read.
This is the story of the toughest sentencing law in America as
chronicled by those who were intimately involved in the fight to
see it enacted and who believe in it passionately. It is the story
of one family's heart-break, of the difference one ordinary man can
make, of behind-the-scenes maneuvering by soft-on-crime, liberal
politicians in an effort to eviscerate the law, and it's the story
of the ultimate victory by a majority of Californians who, in a
reversal of decades of citizen neglect, defied the crime "experts"
and voted for commonsense and justice.
'The real history of the mines ought to be written by a man still
at work underground. The dust should still be in his throat as he
was writing-it seemed to me-then it would be authentic. Despite my
searching, I knew of no man who answered this description.' At the
end of a detailed, seemingly dispassionate, description of a shift
underground, Bert Coombes felt compelled to tell his readers why he
had become a writer. Expressed here in characteristic style, with
direct prose and use of everyday language and imagery, his
convictions and fundamental purpose in writing remained guiding
principles throughout his life and literary career. His work
received widespread praise from critics such as J. B. Priestley and
Cyril Connolly for its accessibility, authenticity and humanity.
This anthology represents four types of writing - all published
here for the first time: autobiography; the short story; the novel;
and the diary. His clear and unsentimental eye allowed Coombes to
observe the regular pattern and rhythm of life and to appreciate
the way in which on any day there would have to be a consideration
of matters relating to work, to politics, to domestic and personal
issues, to the weather and world of nature, and to enriching
diversions such his beloved violin. His vision is essentially one
of balance and normality and through it we begin to understand how
this society survived, how its citizens were not the stage army of
historians, but real men and women.
German politics today surveys the German political system, based
on up--to--date information covering the period since the 1998
Bundestag election and the new coalition government under
Chancellor Schroder. A concise survey of the historical background
to the present-day political system, including the steps that led
to German reunification in 1990, is followed by analysis of the
institutions of political participation (election, parties and
interest groups) and the institutions of government (the
constitution, the legislature, chancellor government and the
federal system). The book concludes by considering the symbiotic
relationship between Germany and Europe, and assesses how apt it is
to consider Germany to be a 'normal' democracy today.
The author draws on German as well as English--language sources
of data, ensuring that recent changes in the political system are
fully explained, and provides coverage of the constitutional as
well as the historical and partisan basis of contemporary German
politics.
Special features include boxes, (which explain topics such as
the 'surplus seats' which have occurred at recent Bundestag
elections), a chronology of events leading to German reunification,
and examples of interest groups officially registered with the
Bundestag.
It will appeal to those studying undergraduate courses on German
politics, and provide a valuable resource for those studying
comparative European political systems.
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