THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Truly fascinating.' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2- Have you ever forgotten the name of someone you’ve met dozens of times?- Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else’s?- Or vividly recalled being in a particular place at a particular time, only to discover later that you couldn’t possibly have been?

Bisexuality is the largest sexual minority in the world, but also the least well understood. This book sets out to answer some of the questions that many people have about bisexuality.In Bi Julia Shaw explores how people have defined and measured bisexuality and its surprisingly long and important history. She introduces us to some famous bi activists and scholars whom everyone should know, looks at behavioural bisexuality in animals, and investigates whether there is a

Are you evil?In Making Evil, Julia Shaw uses a mix of science, popular culture and real-life examples to investigate the darker side of human nature. How similar is your brain to a psychopath's? How many people have murder fantasies? Can AI be evil? Do your sexual proclivities make you a bad person? Who becomes a terrorist? This is a surprising and wickedly entertaining exploration of a darkly compelling subject.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITINGTraffickers. Hit men. Outlaws. Thieves . . .Our planet is a crime scene – but can we catch the killers?Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, organised criminals terrorise communities and corporate gangsters operate outside the law. And, closely following their every move, are teams of secret agents, vigilantes and scientist...

Delinda is looking to have a little fun to spice up her sex life. All of the ladies in her apartment complex are abuzz about the new maintenance man, Mike. Mike is gorgeous and charming and seems to be the man of several women's dreams.Delinda has never been the type to throw herself at any man, but when the opportunity arises to have some time alone with Mike, will she fall for him just like all of the other women?

Celeste has a good man and the relationship seems to be going in the right direction until her sex drive takes a nose dive. She doesn't know why and when her boyfriend Davis breaks up with her, she knows that she has to find a way to fix it. She finds a solution, but it's not conventional. The solution makes her the object of men's sexual desires.Celeste can now fulfill her own desires, but can she be the one to fulfill men's fantasies?

Desiree has been unlucky in love for so long, she decides to just stop looking for it. She's convinced herself that love is not in the cards for her, and that there is no man that will treat her right and romance her the way she needs.One day, she receives a gift from a secret admirer who tries to persuade her that true love can be found. Will her secret admirer be the man that Desiree has dreamed about for so long?

Samantha and her husband are at an impasse. Her libido is stronger than his and he wants to give her more, but he's not able to. She decides to take her sexual satisfaction in her own hands and uses a website to connect with others who are looking for sexual satisfaction. When she hooks up with Dean, will stepping out on her husband be worth the night of lust she spends with another man?

Engaging with the underlying social context in which emotions are a motivationalforce, Law and the Passions provides a uniquely inclusive commentary on the significanceand influence of emotions in the history and continuing development oflegal judgment, policy formation, legal practice and legal dogma.Although the emotionality of the law and the use of emotional tropes in legaldiscourse has become an established focus in recent scholarship, ...

The “monumental bias” of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establish themselves in new areas. To articulate these relationships, Shaw presents here the first integrated study of settlement archaeology and Buddhist history, carried out in the area around Sanchi, a Central Indian UNESCO World Heritage site. Her comprehensive, data-rich, and heavily illustrated work provides an archaeological basis for as...

Food is a source of nourishment, a cause for celebration, an inducement to temptation, a means of influence, and signifies good health and well-being. Together with other life enhancing goods such as clean water, unpolluted air, adequate shelter and suitable clothing, food is a basic good which is necessary for human flourishing. In recent times, however, various environmental and social challenges have emerged, which are having a profound effect on both the natural world and built environ...

The maintenance of human health and the mechanisms by which this is achieved – through medicine, medical intervention and care-giving – are fundamentals of human societies. However, archaeological investigations of medicine and care have tended to examine the obvious and explicit manifestations of medical treatment as discrete practices that take place within specific settings, rather than as broader indicators of medical worldviews and health beliefs. This volume highlights the importance...