Great drawings in just five minutes! Perfect for beginners. Professional architect and urban sketcher Liz Steel provides expert tips and inspiring sketches to help you learn to 'read' buildings and capture them on paper. Relish the challenge of recording urban spaces - from the domestic to the majestic - in just five minutes! This book can help artists of all abilities, especially novices, to understand and reproduce real-life perspective in their drawings. The rules of perspective will become instinctive and the artist can focus on the creative: decorative forms, the setting, the mood, the people, and the activity that gives life to architecture. Featuring a comprehensive collection of expert tips, ideas and inspirational examples of amazing 5-minute sketches of architecture, the bite-sized approach of this book shows how little time is needed to make drawing a part of everyday life. It is an ideal introduction to a rewarding pastime and a new source of inspiration for experienced and lapsed sketchers.

Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods contains the key information for these A2 Unit 4 topics, with examiners' notes and essential notes to deliver exam success. An exam section contains two sample papers, with answers at A and C grades and detailed comments from AQA examiners on how to move up from a lower grade and secure a higher one. AQA A2 Unit 4 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods contains all the key information for these Unit 4 topics. The revision content and exam practice sections are matched to the AQA 2008 specifications and include: Different theories of crime, deviance, social order and social control The social distribution of crime and deviance Globalisation and crime in contemporary society Crime control, prevention and punishment The sociological study of suicide Theory and methods Exam practice section with sample papers and answers Glossary of key terms Index

Family structures have become increasingly diverse over recent decades. Examining contemporary theory alongside key terms and concepts, this new edition explores issues of intimacy, parenting, cohabitation and media representations. This book provides an in-depth look at the role of the family in society for all students of sociology.