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A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that
was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the Year Now in a
comprehensively revised and updated new edition, Britain's Spiders
is a guide to all 38 of the British families, focussing on spiders
that can be identified in the field. Illustrated with a remarkable
collection of photographs, it is designed to be accessible to a
wide audience, including those new to spider identification. This
book pushes the boundaries of field identification for this
challenging group, combining information on features that can be
seen with the naked eye or a hand lens with additional evidence
from webs, egg sacs, behaviour, phenology, habitats and
distributions. Individual accounts cover 404 species-all of
Britain's "macro" spiders and the larger money spiders, with the
limitations to field identification clearly explained. This new
edition includes nine species new to Britain, many recent name
changes, updated distribution maps and species information, new
guides to help identify spider families and distinctive species,
and the latest species checklist. A guide to spider families, based
on features recognizable in the field, focussing on body shape and
other characteristics, as well as separate guides to webs and
egg-sacs Detailed accounts and more than 700 stunning photographs
highlight key identification features for each genus and species,
and include information on status, behaviour and habitats
Up-to-date distribution maps, and charts showing adult seasonality
Introductory chapters on the biology of spiders, and where, when
and how to find them, including equipment needed in the field A
complete list of the spiders recorded in Britain, indicating the
ease of identification as well as rarity and conservation status
Information on how to record spiders and make your records count,
and guidance on how to take your interest further New to this
edition: coverage of nine species new to Britain, updated species
information and distribution maps, identification guides to spider
families and distinctive species, and the latest species checklist
This first of two volumes presents the archaeological evidence of a
long sequence of settlement and funerary activity from the Beaker
period (Early Bronze Age c. 2000 BC) to the Early Iron Age (c. 500
BC) at the unusually long-occupied site of Cladh Hallan on South
Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. Particular highlights of its
sequence are a cremation burial ground and pyre site of the
18th–16th centuries BC and a row of three Late Bronze Age
sunken-floored roundhouses constructed in the 10th century BC.
Beneath these roundhouses, four inhumation graves contained
skeletons, two of which were remains of composite collections of
body parts with evidence for post-mortem soft tissue preservation
prior to burial. They have proved to be the first evidence for
mummification in Bronze Age Britain. Cladh Hallan's remarkable
stratigraphic sequence, preserved in the machair sand of South
Uist, includes a unique 500-year sequence of roundhouse life in
Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Britain. One of the most important
results of the excavation has come from intensive environmental and
micro-debris sampling of house floors and outdoor areas to recover
patterns of discard and to interpret the spatial use of 15 domestic
interiors from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age. From
Cladh Hallan’s roundhouse floors we gain intimate insights into
how daily life was organized within the house - where people
cooked, ate, worked and slept. Such evidence rarely survives from
prehistoric houses in Britain or Europe, and the results make a
profound contribution to long-running debates about the sunwise
organisation of roundhouse activities. Activity at Cladh Hallan
ended with the construction and abandonment of two unusual
double-roundhouses in the Early Iron Age. One appears to have been
a smokery and steam room, and the other was used for metalworking.
Occupational therapy is an allied health profession with an
underlying belief that engaging in occupations promotes both health
and wellness. This comprehensive text lays the foundation for
occupation-based practice and addresses the contextual issues of
working within the acute care setting. The chapters help to
demystify medical conditions and issues routinely encountered by
occupational therapists working in this practice area. Detailed
research covers the importance of occupational therapists'
knowledge of how diseases affect the human body, including the
cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine systems. Chapters review the
evaluation process, including chart review, measures, and
interpretations and recommendations for intervention to ensure the
ultimate level of independence for each patient. Occupational
Therapy in Acute Care is designed specifically for therapists
working in a hospital setting to acquire better knowledge of the
various body systems, common conditions, diseases, and procedures.
Students and educators will find this new publication to be the
most useful text available on the topic.
Normalisation, the theoretical framework that underpins the
movement of services for people with disabilities from long stay
hospitals, has recently become the focus of much academic and
professional attention. As the community care debate has moved into
the public arena, it has attracted a certain amount of criticism,
acknowledging the political and philosophical conflicts that
surround it. Normalisation: A Reader for the Nineties provides a
much needed, informed appraisal of this controversial practice and
combines various perspectives on the subject, including applied
behavioural analysis, social policy and psychodynamic approaches.
Thus it explores the discrepancies between the ideal and the
reality and extends the debate by drawing comparisons, with other
political and social ideologies.
Leonard Bernstein was the quintessential American musician. Through
his careers as conductor, pianist, teacher and television
personality he became known across the US and the world, his
flamboyance and theatricality making him a favourite with
audiences, if not with critics. However, he is perhaps best
remembered as a composer, particularly of the musical West Side
Story, and for songs such as 'America', 'Tonight' and 'Somewhere'.
Dr Helen Smith takes an in-depth look at all eight of Bernstein's
musical theatre works, from the early On the Town written by the
26-year-old composer at the start of his career, to his second and
last opera A Quiet Place in 1983; in between these two pieces he
composed music for Trouble in Tahiti, Wonderful Town, Candide, West
Side Story, Mass and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. These works are
analysed and considered against a background of musical and social
context, as well as looking at Bernstein's other orchestral, choral
and chamber works. One important aspect examined is Bernstein's use
of motifs in his theatre compositions, which takes them out of the
realms of Broadway and into the sphere of symphonic writing. Smith
provides an indispensable overview of the musical theatre works of
an eclectic composer, and shows what it is that constitutes the
Bernstein 'sound'.
This collection focuses on a variety of fictional and non-fictional
East European women's migration narratives, multimodal narratives
by migrant artists, and cyber narratives (blogs and personal
stories posted on forums). The book negotiates the concept of
narrative between conventional literary forms, digital discourses,
and the social sciences. It brings together new perspectives on
strategies of representation, trauma, dislocation, and gender
roles. It also claims a place for Eastern Europe on the map of
transnational feminism. (Series: Contributions to Transnational
Feminism - Vol. 4)
Leonard Bernstein was the quintessential American musician. Through
his careers as conductor, pianist, teacher and television
personality he became known across the US and the world, his
flamboyance and theatricality making him a favourite with
audiences, if not with critics. However, he is perhaps best
remembered as a composer, particularly of the musical West Side
Story, and for songs such as 'America', 'Tonight' and 'Somewhere'.
Dr Helen Smith takes an in-depth look at all eight of Bernstein's
musical theatre works, from the early On the Town written by the
26-year-old composer at the start of his career, to his second and
last opera A Quiet Place in 1983; in between these two pieces he
composed music for Trouble in Tahiti, Wonderful Town, Candide, West
Side Story, Mass and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. These works are
analysed and considered against a background of musical and social
context, as well as looking at Bernstein's other orchestral, choral
and chamber works. One important aspect examined is Bernstein's use
of motifs in his theatre compositions, which takes them out of the
realms of Broadway and into the sphere of symphonic writing. Smith
provides an indispensable overview of the musical theatre works of
an eclectic composer, and shows what it is that constitutes the
Bernstein 'sound'.
Normalization, the theoretical framework that underpins the
movement of services for people with disabilities from long-stay
hospitals, has recently become the focus of much academic and
professional attention. As the community care debate has moved into
the public arena, it has attracted a certain amount of criticism,
acknowledging the political and philosophical conflicts that
surround it. "Normalisation" provides an informed appraisal of this
controversial practice and combines various perspectives on the
subject, including applied behavioural analysis, social policy and
psychodynamic approaches. Thus it explores the discrepancies
between the ideal and the reality and extends the debate by drawing
comparisons, with other political and social ideologies. This book
should be of interest to professionals in social work, social
policy and administration, students of psychology and all those in
health care.
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Hinterland 2020 - Autumn (Paperback)
Andrew Kenrick, Freya Dean; Cover design or artwork by Tom Hutchings; Heather Martin, Lee Child, …
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R257
Discovery Miles 2 570
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Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England,
1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men
outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique
intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new
ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality
and work in the period.
Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England,
1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men
outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique
intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new
ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality
and work in the period.
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Non-Fiction 2021 - UEA MA Non-Fiction Anthology (Paperback)
Elisa Segrave; Introduction by Helen Smith; Edited by (consulting) Nathan Hamilton; Editorial coordination by Shannon Clinton-Copeland; Designed by Emily Benton; Edited by (board members) …
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R254
Discovery Miles 2 540
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Conversions is the first collection to explicitly address the
intersections between sexed identity and religious change in the
two centuries following the Reformation. Chapters deal with topics
as diverse as convent architecture and missionary enterprise, the
replicability of print and the representation of race. Bringing
together leading scholars of literature, history and art history,
Conversions offers new insights into the varied experiences of, and
responses to, conversion across and beyond Europe. A lively
Afterword by Professor Matthew Dimmock (University of Sussex)
drives home the contemporary urgency of these themes and the
lasting legacies of the Reformations. -- .
American society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash
and are consciously and unconsciously going "on strike." They are
dropping out of college, leaving the workforce and avoiding
marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so
pronounced that a number of books have been written about this
"man-child" phenomenon, concluding that men have taken a vacation
from responsibility simply because they can. But why should men
participate in a system that seems to be increasingly stacked
against them? As Men on Strike demonstrates, men aren't dropping
out because they are stuck in arrested development. They are
instead acting rationally in response to the lack of incentives
society offers them to be responsible fathers, husbands and
providers. In addition, men are going on strike, either consciously
or unconsciously, because they do not want to be injured by the
myriad of laws, attitudes and hostility against them for the crime
of happening to be male in the twenty-first century. Men are
starting to fight back against the backlash. Men on Strike explains
their battle cry.
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Princess Stories (Paperback)
Nicola Baxter; Illustrated by Helen Smith
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R160
Discovery Miles 1 600
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An anthology of exciting tales about princesses who lead unexpected
adventurous lives. Eight stories about some very different royal
daughters from all over the world. The simply vocabulary and
amusing text by Nicola Baxter will delight every child, as will
Helen Smith's beautiful illustrations throughout the book.
Conversions is the first collection to explicitly address the
intersections between sexed identity and religious change in the
two centuries following the Reformation. Chapters deal with topics
as diverse as convent architecture and missionary enterprise, the
replicability of print and the representation of race. Bringing
together leading scholars of literature, history and art history,
Conversions offers new insights into the varied experiences of, and
responses to, conversion across and beyond Europe. A lively
Afterword by Professor Matthew Dimmock (University of Sussex)
drives home the contemporary urgency of these themes and the
lasting legacies of the Reformations. -- .
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Mr. Doctor-Man
Helen Smith Woodruff
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R827
Discovery Miles 8 270
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Then come along to Pockmarked Pete's Pirate Open Day at the Sweaty
Armpit in Tobacco Dock, London. Successful candidates can expect: -
A royal okey dokey from Queen Elizabeth I (provided you bring her
back lots of loot)- No more toothache (in that you won't have any
teeth left)- Riches beyond belief (NB the company accepts no
liability if you get caught)- A unique lavatorial experience- An
early retirement (on account of being stabbed, shot, thrown
overboard or hanged)
Twenty-six-year-old Emily Castles is out of work? again. So when
famous romance author Morgana Blakely offers her a job helping out
at a conference in London, Emily accepts. Just as eagerly, American
blogger Winnie Kraster accepts an invitation from Morgana to attend
as a guest, not realizing she has, in effect, accepted an
invitation to die. As a cast of oddball characters assembles at the
conference hotel, grievances, differences, and secrets begin to
emerge. When Winnie goes missing, and then is found murdered
nearby, Emily begins to suspect that someone involved with the
conference is responsible. Could it be one of the organizers, one
of the authors, a member of the hotel staff, or even the supplier
of the chocolates for the conference gift bags? Emily teams up with
guest speaker and eccentric philosophy professor Dr. Muriel to find
out. Offbeat and engaging, this entertaining comic mystery is the
first full-length novel featuring amateur British sleuth Emily
Castles.
Cille Pheadair is one of more than 20 Viking Age and Late Norse
settlements discovered on the island of South Uist in the Outer
Hebrides (Western Isles), off the west coast of Scotland. Its
unusually well-preserved stratigraphic sequence of nine phases of
occupation, including five longhouses and many smaller buildings,
provides a remarkable insight into daily life on a Norse farmstead
during two centuries of near-continuous occupation c. AD 1000
-1200. Although the excavation at Cille Pheadair was a rescue
project undertaken before the site was destroyed by coastal
erosion, it provided an opportunity to address important research
questions about the domestic use of space, agricultural economy,
and relationships with the wider world beyond the Outer Hebrides.
Careful and ground-breaking analysis of preserved house floors
provided profound insights into the changing use of space within a
Norse longhouse and its surrounding outbuildings. The rich
assemblage of pottery, ironwork, gold and silver reveals that the
inhabitants of Cille Pheadair had long-distance connections across
the Viking world. A battery of scientific studies, including faunal
and floral analyses, isotopic and lipid residue analyses, and soil
chemistry, have revealed much about the social and economic
dimensions of life on a Norse farm. Detailed survey and excavation
in South Uist, reveals a remarkable picture of Norse-period
settlement across this island which was part of the insular Viking
world between Ireland and Norway, becoming part of the Kingdom of
Man and later the Kingdom of the Isles. Cille Pheadair's status as
an ordinary, if wealthy, farmstead can be contrasted with the much
larger and longer-lived high-status settlement at Bornais to the
north. The two sites together provide a fascinating insight into
similarities and differences within the settlement hierarchy of the
time that makes a significant contribution to our understanding of
the Viking world.
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