The Routledge International Handbook on Zygmunt Bauman is a major, state‑of‑the‑art collection dedicated to the work and ideas of one of the most renowned intellectuals of the 20th and the 21st centuries.Bringing together eminent scholars in social sciences and humanities from all over the world, it presents and engages with the most important characteristics of Bauman’s work and life, the key themes of his oeuvre, the relationship between his ideas and intellectuals’ inno...

The Kray Twins aka Ronnie and Reggie ruled London’s Gangland underworld during the 1960s with a ruthlessness rod of iron that still shocks yet captivates young and old alike to this very day. Their calculated rise to power involved fear, extortion, violence and murder as-well as developing a cult like celebrity status, which thrived in the heart of the swinging 60s nightclub scene and beyond.Although some may say their story may have been told many times over, the crime scene locat...

Almost forgotten by time, tucked away beyond the sight of the passerby, there is a little piece of old England, which was for many years a forgotten wilderness. If it were not for a weather-beaten plaque on the gatepost few would realise that beyond the rusted gates there lies, in unmarked paupers’ graves, 2,861 former patients of the once formidable Menston Asylum. To be admitted to a lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century was fraught with danger, and in many cases meant a life sentence...

(Piano Instruction). The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide designed for anyone interested in playing jazz piano from the complete novice just learning the basics to the more advanced player who wishes to enhance their keyboard vocabulary. There are lots of fun progressions and licks for you to play and absorb. The accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the examples in the book! Topics include essential theory, chords and voicings, improvisati...

The lives and works of the celebrated Bronte family are so ingrained in our cultural psyche that we think we know them inside out - but walking in the footsteps of the literary greats and their characters offers a new perspective on their work. Our journey begins in Cambridge with the arrival of the young Patrick Bronte and follows his family's fortunes as they grow up in their home village of Haworth. We see the wild moorland locations that would inspire the haunting Wuthering Heights and...

A stranger has come To share my room in the house not right in the head, A girl mad as birds – Dylan Thomas, ‘Love in the Asylum’ With the advent of ‘care in the community’ for the mentally afflicted, the self-contained villages for the apparently insane have now been consigned to the history books. These once bustling Victorian institutions were commonly known in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the ‘county asylum’ or the ‘pauper lunatic asylum’, and were an accepted and es...

Bedroom politics play out every night across this nation. Sexual fulfillment is the sought after final outcome of this nightly interlude. Yet satisfaction by either partner may not be an aftereffect as the curtain falls. For most women, as studies indicate, size of the male sexual gland is not an issue. Women name a number of other factors that impress them, especially those leading up to the sex act. Males have a markedly different view believing that penis size is all important to pleasi...

Two leading reputation experts reveal how the internet is being used to destroy brands, reputations and even lives, and how to fight back.From false Wikipedia entries, to fake YouTube videos, to Facebook lynch mobs, everyone from CEOs to fashion models, journalists to politicians, restaurateurs to doctors, is open to character assassination in the burgeoning realm of digital media.Two top media experts recount vivid tales of character attacks, provid...

Left Behind and Loving It is a cheeky critique of popular writings about the end times. Rather than presenting a steroid-buffed Jesus wrapped in an American flag and "coming again in clouds of gunfire," Left Behind and Loving It invites readers to approach some of the most controversial and scary portions of the Scriptures with the utter confidence that "God's steadfast love endures forever." Rather than asserting a hope premised on a few chosen ones escaping the world, Left Behind and Lov...

The Science of Reading Human Face celebrates the 2nd World Congress on Facial Expression of Emotion (2nd WCFEE), held at University Fernando Pessoa in October 2024. Framed by the theme “Brain and Emotion – Face Connects People,” the volume compiles speeches, keynote lectures, and peer-reviewed papers from world-renowned experts including A. Freitas-Magalhães, António Damásio, Joseph LeDoux, Daniel Goleman, Martin Seligman, Joan-Pere Barret, Dacher Keltner, and Lisa Feldman Barrett. The con...

Instant rapport with the audience. They are smiling, leaning forward, ready to listen.Fear stops people from public speaking. Everyone wants to be liked, but the pressure gets in the way. So we avoid it.In a speech, presentation, webinar or even a casual conversation, we have just a few seconds to prove we are interesting and valuable. How can we capture our audience’s attention immediately? By mastering our first 20 seconds.We can ...

During the eighteenth century the plight of those considered insane was dismal. Many were locked up in madhouses or chained in the workhouse, their illnesses ignored. It was only with the advent of the Industrial Revolution that reform came into place. Within the West Riding of Yorkshire the first steps in reform were taken by the Tuke family who built the Retreat at York, instrumental in bringing a new moral, caring attitude that was quickly adopted across the country. Through our journey...