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Secrets of the Royal Palaces takes readers on a tour around the
British Isles visiting the most impressive lodges, cottages,
palaces and castles owned (or once owned) by the royal family –
each with a dramatic narrative to match. Spanning the last c.500
years, Kate Williams explores 30 locations that have been occupied
by the monarchy, from Osborne House, designed by Prince Albert in
the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo; to Hatfield House,
where young Elizabeth held court before finding out she would
become queen; to Glamis Castle, the inspiration for Shakespeare’s
Macbeth. In Secrets of the Royal Palaces, Kate introduces each
palace before uncovering the secrets held within the four walls,
how the interiors were informed by political ties, and the
salacious escapades and misbehaviours that the royals would have
preferred kept under wraps. Illustrated throughout by James Oses,
this is the perfect book for fans of British history and the
royals.
In the aftermath of the Great War, the de Witt family are
struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their
lives. Rudolf and his wife Verena, still reeling from the loss of
their second son, don't know how to function in the post-war world.
Stoneythorpe Hall has become an empty shell with no servants to
ensure its upkeep. Celia, the de Witt's youngest daughter, is still
desperate to spread her wings and see more of the world. To escape
Stoneythorpe and the painful secrets that lie there, she moves to
London and embraces life and love in the Roaring Twenties.
Inspire music ministers to confidently and prayerfully lead your
community in song with Living LiturgyTM for Music Ministers.
Dynamic content and an engaging team of contributors offer music
ministers the spiritual preparation they need to be effective
leaders of sung prayer. The Liturgy of the Word, including the
psalm, will come alive in new ways for the entire worshiping
assembly. Living LiturgyTM for Music Ministers begins with the
First Sunday of Advent 2023 and includes: Suggestions for the
psalmist’s spiritual preparation and prayer Readings and
responsorial psalm for every Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday,
Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and holy days of obligation Reflection
on the day’s gospel reading Catechetical connections between the
readings Ministry prayers that correspond with the Extraordinary
Ministers of Holy Communion and Lectors editions of Living Liturgy,
promoting unity among all liturgical ministers
This concise, no-nonsense guide shows students how to adopt a
critical approach in order to unlock their academic potential. It
explains: - what 'getting critical' means - why students need to
adopt a critical approach - how students can integrate critical
analysis into their research, reading and writing Each succinct
chapter is visually engaging and informative, and includes plenty
of snippets of real students' work to show readers what good
critical writing looks like. This 3rd edition has been updated
throughout, and now contains new chapters on getting critical with
numbers and critical appraisal, fresh examples from a wider range
of assignments and more STEM examples. Getting Critical is an
invaluable resource for all students who are required to write
essays, reports and other pieces of extended writing as part of
their course. It is also an ideal text to be used in conjunction
with study skills programmes and critical thinking modules at
Higher Education and Further Education level.
'The most useful book on dissertation writing that I've seen.'
Customer review 'Concise, complete and to the point. The perfect
place to start planning your dissertation.' Customer review This
essential pocket guide takes students through the planning for each
stage of their dissertation, from hatching an idea to handing in
their finished project. Short, succinct chapters cover everything
from devising a research question and engaging with the literature
to choosing a methodology and structuring an argument. It features
sample dissertations from a range of subject areas, so that
students can better anticipate what lies ahead, practical advice at
every step and action plans to keep students on track. This edition
includes: · A new chapter on the research proposal as an assessed
assignment · A redesigned dissertation library with outlines of
different dissertation styles (report, essay and
creative/practical) · Further examples of dissertations from a
wider range of subject areas linked via a QR code · More guidance
on using digital software for planning and time management ·
Updated advice for making the most of your supervisor and managing
stress This book is the ideal companion to all students completing
a dissertation as part of their undergraduate or postgraduate
studies, whatever their subject area.
Celebrate the Queen's remarkable life with this colourful and
charming picture book by historian Kate Williams, taking young
readers on an amazing journey through Queen Elizabeth II's seven
decades on the throne. Discover everything there is to know about
the life and the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II in this beautifully
illustrated book. Readers will learn all about Elizabeth II's youth
growing up during WWII, how she came to the throne and what it
really meant to be the Queen. Along the way, they'll see her
sparkling crown jewels and magnificent palaces. They will meet her
beloved corgis, horses and of course, her very famous family -
including King Charles III. Plus they'll discover lots of amazing
facts - such as why the monarch has two birthdays, why the Queen
loved to wear bright clothing, and why she was a true world record
breaker! This is a perfect gift for all the family, remembering the
extraordinary life of Queen Elizabeth II.
This friendly guide is packed with practical, succinct advice on
the core processes involved in making the final push to
successfully finishing a thesis and preparing for life after
submission. It contains comprehensive guidance on writing for
others, presenting research, networking and preparing for the viva.
Hands-on workshop activities keep students engaged and help them to
develop a positive approach to overcoming hurdles. This is an
indispensable guide for PhD students of all disciplines. It is also
an ideal companion to Planning Your PhD.
Now fully revised and in its third edition, this comprehensive
best-selling text, Introducing Management: A Development Guide,
explains the principles and practice of management and is ideal for
both new and existing managers to assist them in their role. The
text incorporates the latest innovations in management thinking and
reflects the changes within the management standards. This is an
essential resource for those undertaking qualifications at S/NVQ at
Level 3. The learning development is clearly structured in each
chapter to include:- Objectives, Insights, Case Studies, Examples,
Review Your Learning, Back to Work, allowing the user to check
their understanding and apply the concepts and principles to their
own work situation.
This practical guide is full of advice on how to make the most of
the PhD experience. It covers the practicalities of embarking on a
PhD and guides students through the process, from selecting a topic
and securing finance to writing and publishing their thesis. It
also includes a wealth of workshop activities to help students
sharpen their focus and clarify their thoughts, and top tips for
further development. This is an essential guide for all current and
soon-to-be PhD students. It also offers useful guidance for anyone
considering pursuing research-based career.
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Sex as Crime? (Paperback)
Gayle Letherby, Kate Williams, Philip Birch, Maureen E Cain
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R1,319
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This book brings together chapters by academics, researchers and
practitioners to analyse how crimes such as sex work, domestic
violence and rape and sexual assault have risen up the Government
agenda in recent years. For example, the 'Paying the Price'
consultation exercise on sex work in 2004, and recent legislation
around sex crimes, including the Sex Offences Act (2003). This is a
multi-disciplinary, social scientific, pro-feminist collection,
which draws upon practice, empirical research, documentary analysis
and overviews of research in the areas of sex work and sexual
violence. Within Sex as Crime there are two distinct sub-sections:
'Sex for Sale' and 'Sex as Violence', but the broader and
overriding link of sex as crime remains a paramount theme that
spans the collection. Chapters include discussions of the impact of
new regulations on street sex workers, and of street sex work on
community residents, the use of the internet by men who pay for sex
and men who sell it, sexual violence and identity, sex crimes
against children and protecting children online and working with
sex offenders. Other chapters explore reasons for such offending
behaviour.
Shakespeare's enduring characters are set adrift in present-day
Athens, but a present with a massive difference - an alternative
history. Rigid class systems and 'god given' monarchies of the past
have not been lost. Modern technologies meet ancient tradition; and
the citizens of Athens are frustrated by continuing restrictions
and hierarchies. Only the forest, home to the fairies and fey
spirits can offer the illicit lovers what they seek.
The story of how Elizabeth II became queen. 'Rich with princess
anecdotes... Williams's book weaves the Second World War, vast
social change and the royal upheaval of abdication and celebration
of coronation into energised, nostalgic storytelling' SUNDAY
TELEGRAPH 'Fascinating insights into Elizabeth's relationship with
her sister also make this a worthwhile, enjoyable read' DAILY
TELEGRAPH We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on
the throne. It seems to be the job she was born for. And yet for
much of her early life the young princess did not know the role
that her future would hold. She was our accidental Queen. As a
young girl, Elizabeth was among the guests in Westminster Abbey
watching her father being crowned, making her the only monarch to
have attended a parent's coronation. Kate Williams explores the
sheltered upbringing of the young princess with a gentle father and
domineering mother, her complicated relationship with her sister,
Princess Margaret, and her dependence on her nanny, Marion
'Crawfie' Crawford. She details the profound and devastating impact
of the abdication crisis when, at the impressionable age of 11,
Elizabeth found her position changed overnight: no longer a minor
princess she was now heiress to the throne. Elizabeth's
determination to share in the struggles of her people marked her
out from a young age. Her father initially refused to let her
volunteer as a nurse during the Blitz, but relented when she was 18
and allowed her to work as a mechanic and truck driver for the
Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. It was her forward-thinking
approach that ensured that her coronation was televised, against
the advice of politicians at the time. Kate Williams reveals how
the 25-year-old young queen carved out a lasting role for herself
amid the changes of the 20th century. Her monarchy would be a very
different one to that of her parents and grandparents, and its
continuing popularity in the 21st century owes much to the
intelligence and elusive personality of this remarkable woman.
This pocket-sized guide provides students with practical advice and
suggestions for successfully managing all aspects of their time
while studying, from prioritising tasks to planning for individual
assignments, group tasks and exams. Activities and self-assessments
help students to identify how they learn best so that they can
develop time management strategies that work for them. Concise yet
effective, this is an essential resource for any student looking to
improve their time management skills. Ideal for self-study, it
contains a section on troubleshooting for those looking for a
quick-fix solution.
Now fully revised and in its third edition, this comprehensive
best-selling text, Introducing Management: A Development Guide,
explains the principles and practice of management and is ideal for
both new and existing managers to assist them in their role. The
text incorporates the latest innovations in management thinking and
reflects the changes within the management standards. This is an
essential resource for those undertaking qualifications at S/NVQ at
Level 3.
The learning development is clearly structured in each chapter
to include: -Objectives, Insights, Case Studies, Examples, Review
Your Learning, Back to Work, allowing the user to check their
understanding and apply the concepts and principles to their own
work situation.
Packed with practical advice, this concise guide explains what
reflective writing is and how to approach it. It equips students
with all the key information and strategies they need to develop an
appropriate reflective writing style, whatever their subject area.
Annotated examples from a range of disciplines and contexts show
students how to put these tips into practice. It concludes with a
section on applying reflective practices to personal development
and career planning. This handy guide is an indispensable resource
for students of all disciplines and levels, who are required to
develop and demonstrate reflective qualities in their work. It will
be particularly useful to students writing reflective logs on
placements. New to this Edition: - Contains more content on the
value and importance of reflection in other life contexts, so that
students can appreciate its relevance from an early stage; -
Features a short overview of academic writing genres, to help
students make connections between reflective writing and other
forms of academic writing with which they are already familiar -
Covers alternative ways of capturing reflection, such as
free-writing, blogs/vlogs and other technologies - Includes new
examples which show how students have re-worked their initial
drafts to produce a better, more appropriate response
This concise and user-friendly guide explains why referencing is an
essential part of good writing and shows students how to reference
correctly. It also develops students' understanding of what
plagiarism is and how they can avoid it in their work. Featuring
clear explanations and examples throughout, this book will help
students to draw on the work of others in their field in a
responsible and ethical way. This is an indispensable resource for
all students that need to get to grips with referencing. New to
this Edition: - Extensively revised and updated, with new extracts
and examples to reflect changes in referencing norms and practices
- Features more advice on introducing quotations and citations -
Contains even more examples of referencing from real students' work
across a range of disciplines
'Brilliant - a passionate and poignant story of a glittering family
on the precipice of a vanished world' Lisa Hilton A family
destroyed by war. A secret that could change everything. Celia De
Witt is half-German, half-English, and heir to her family's vast
fortune. But as the glittering Twenties plunge into Depression, a
shocking revelation sends her far from everything she knows. Thrust
headlong into the wealth and promise of New York, Celia sets out to
rescue the family business - and to set in motion her own plans.
The son she thought was dead, and the man she once loved, are both
close at hand - but in opening the Pandora's Box of the past, what
other secrets will she let loose...? As the shadow of war darkens
across Europe, Celia is determined to save those she loves, even if
salvation comes at the highest price... *** 'A beautifully conjured
family saga. Fans of Downton Abbey will love it' Alison Weir 'An
all-encompassing, sweeping epic' Katherine Webb 'Richly detailed,
light of foot, Williams tantalises with loose ends and disturbs
with shocking shadows' Independent 'Shades of Downton, with a dash
of Atonement' Tatler
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Love Stories (Hardcover)
Louise Stewart, Peter Funnell, Simon Callow, Marina Warner, Kate Williams; Edited by …
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R779
Discovery Miles 7 790
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The National Portrait Gallery's collections hold numerous portraits
of creative partnerships. This book looks at the extensive
collection of the Gallery and explores the role of love and the
people featured both as sitters and artists. Drawing on recent
scholarship, the exhibition will explore changing ideas of love,
and give readers the opportunity to discover love stories both
tragic and transcendent. The stories cover a variety of
topicsincluding: the role of the muse,featuring stories such as
George Romney, Lady Emma Hamilton and Nelson,and the Bloomsbury
group; scandal and tragedy, exploringthe relationshipsof Oscar
Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson,and
John Lennon and Yoko Ono; literary love,highlightingthe talesof
Mary and Percy Shelley,and Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; a shared
studio, featuring the stories of artists Lee Miller and Man Ray,and
Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson;and love and the lens,which
exploresthe stories of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh,and Mick
and Bianca Jagger. Love Stories will be brought to life through the
perspective of various authors, using material from the sitter's
own letters, diaries and poetry, while highlighting their
connection and influence on some of the greatest masterpieces of
art.
This Second Edition of Forensic Psychiatry covers the clinical,
legal, and ethical issues for the treatment of mentally disordered
offenders for all of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
jurisdictions. Written by an expert interdisciplinary team from the
fields of both law and psychiatry, this is a comprehensive and
up-to-date guide which includes clinical observations, guidance,
and ethical advice across the psychiatric discipline. The title has
been updated with expanded topics on developmental disorders,
neuroscience and its use in legal settings, human rights law,
dementia, and traumatic brain injury. New legal cases have also
been incorporated to reflect changes in legislation, including but
not limited to diminished responsibility, deprivation of liberty,
and automatism. There are also new parts on forensic psychotherapy,
cross-cultural diagnostic validity, and radicalisation. Alongside
practical advice on managing clinical and legal situations, the
handbook provides concise examples, summaries of relevant
legislation, and introductions to different ethical approaches and
clinical observations. Uniquely focusing on the interface between
psychiatry and law, this title is essential reading for the
forensic psychiatrist, as well as lawyers and judges.
The final compelling historical saga concluding a trilogy that
began with Storms of War and The Edge of the Fall, from popular TV
historian and critically-acclaimed author Kate Williams. Celia De
Witt is half-German, half-English and heir to her family's vast
fortune. But it is 1929, the world is changing and her life seems
less secure than ever. A shocking revelation from her father sends
her far from England and the life she knew and headlong into New
York, a city brimming with money and promise. Celia sets about
saving the family firm by creating an innovative new range of
convenience foods for the new generation of independent young
women. But she also has other plans. The son she thought was dead
is in America and the man she once thought she loved is nearby -
but if she opens the Pandora's Box of the past, she may find other
secrets will escape... As the shadow of war once again threatens to
fall across Europe, Celia is determined to save those she loves,
even if it comes at the highest price... 'A beautifully conjured
family saga. Fans of Downton Abbey will love it' Alison Weir 'This
terrific saga comes with a fascinating twist ... Williams has a
gift for showing how great movements in history affect the lives of
people caught up in them' The Times
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The Edwardians (Paperback)
Vita Sackville-West; Introduction by Kate Williams
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R310
R252
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Edwardian era love, society and politics explored in this perfect
read for Downton Abbey fans. Sebastian is young, handsome and
romantic, the heir to a vast and beautiful English country estate.
He is a fixed feature in the eternal round of lavish parties,
intrigues and traditions at the cold, decadent heart of Edwardian
high society. Everyone knows the role he must play, but Sebastian
isn't sure he wants the part. Position, privilege and wealth are
his, if he can resist the lure of a brave new world. WITH AN
INTRODUCTION BY KATE WILLIAMS
Travel back in time and share the experience of everyday thoughts
and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of
diaries through the ages. Great Diaries traces the history of the
diary from ancient times to the present day, bringing together more
than 80 historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks,
explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks. Discover what it
was like to build a pyramid, sail the seas with Magellan, travel
into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front. Find out
how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how
scientists developed their groundbreaking theories. Great Diaries
takes you into the pages of the world's greatest diaries and
notebooks, including those of Samuel Pepys, Charles Darwin,
Henry-David Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and
Anne Frank, and shows you what they looked like. Stunning images of
the original notebooks and manuscripts are complemented by key
extracts and close-ups of important details. Feature boxes provide
additional biographical information and set the works in their
cultural and historical context. Essential reading for everyone who
is passionate about history and literature, Great Diaries provides
an intimate insight into the lives and thoughts of some of the most
interesting people of the last 2,000 years.
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