Family Law provides a comprehensive foundation in the key topics covered by courses. It explains the basic principles of the law and practice in their social, economic and historic context, enabling the reader to understand the doctrinal and practical impact of current radical changes in family law in response to cultural and other influences. This second edition has been fully updated in the light of on-going changes to the family justice system including:...

"Guided Meditations for Deep Sleep" invites you into a serene realm of relaxation, providing a collection of tranquil meditations designed to guide you into a restful and rejuvenating night's sleep. Tailored for those seeking solace from the demands of the day, this book offers gentle exercises to quiet the mind, release tension, and usher you into a realm of deep and peaceful slumber.Calming Sleep Inductions: Drift into tranquility with expertly crafted medi...

"Guided Meditations for Deep Sleep" invites you into a serene realm of relaxation, providing a collection of tranquil meditations designed to guide you into a restful and rejuvenating night's sleep. Tailored for those seeking solace from the demands of the day, this book offers gentle exercises to quiet the mind, release tension, and usher you into a realm of deep and peaceful slumber.Calming Sleep Inductions: Drift into tranquility with expertly crafted medi...

Explorer and inventor, soldier and poet, archaeologist and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was the most versatile and remarkable man of his age. But he was foremost an adventurer: “an adventurer in the intellectual and the spiritual as well as the physical world.” The pioneering traveler in Central Africa who discovered Lake Tanganyika was also the translator of The Arabian Nights and the secret translator of Oriental sex manuals like The Perfumed Garden. The...

This book offers a modern, contemporary and innovative approach to the core curriculum, offering clear explanations to clarify the material without oversimplification. Carefully developed learning tools are used to help students to build their knowledge of the legal system of England and Wales; moreover, all the materials needed by a reader new to legal education are here in one place.English Legal System will also help students to translate knowledge successfully to an as...

The Legal System of England and Wales is an ideal choice for all students looking for a modern, contemporary andinnovative textbook on this core area of the law, as its clear explanations, carefully developed learning toolsand focus on modern case law help bring the subject to life.This fully updated new edition includes significantly revised coverage of statutory interpretation; a clarifiedand consolidated chapter on legal professionals; more on new p...

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page.Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her...

Frances Fyfield and Clemency Burton-Hill explore the tales and tribulations behind the scores of well-known pieces of music'Endlessly fascinating' New StatesmanCrime writer Frances Fyfield and classical music broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill pore over the hand-written scores of great composers to decipher the hidden tales of creativity locked within. Behind the hieroglyphics, scribbles and corrections on these priceless pa...

Découvrez le scénario du film Barton FinkBarton Fink est un jeune dramaturge intello new-yorkais qui vient de connaître son premier succès. Il est engagé par un producteur hollywoodien pour écrire un scénario. Mais l'inspiration ne vient pas. On frappe à sa porte ; c'est Charlie, un étrange voisin, qui vient lui proposer son aide...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary range of mentoring advice that speaks directly to the doctoral student. Each chapter addresses a professional or personal component of the doctoral process that represents how these exc...

In the familiar tale of mass migration to France from 1880 onward, we know very little about the hundreds of thousands of women who formed a critical part of those migration waves. In Reproductive Citizens, Nimisha Barton argues that their relative absence in the historical record hints at a larger and more problematic oversight—the role of sex and gender in shaping the experiences of migrants to France before the Second World War.Barton's compelling histo...