Half a century of UK gerontology research, theory, policy and practice are under the spotlight in this landmark critical review of the subject that places the country’s achievements in an international context.Drawing on the archives of the British Society of Gerontology and interviews with dozens of the most influential figures in the field, it provides a comprehensive picture of key developments and issues and looks to the future to plot new directions in thinking. This is the st...

Family life has changed rapidly over te past fifty years and the number of people living longer increases year on year Family and Community Life of Older People revisits three areas (Bethnal Green in London, Wolverhampton in the Midlands and Woodford in Essex) which were the subject of classic studies in the late 1940s and 1950s and explores changes to the family and community lives of older people. The book examines issues such as:*changes in household composition*c...

Understanding how creative interventions can help develop social connectivity and resilience for older people is vital in developing a holistic cross-sector approach towards ageing well.Academics with a wide range of expertise critically reflect on how the built environment, community living, cultural participation, lifelong learning, and artist-led interventions encourage older people to thrive and overcome both challenging life events and the everyday changes associated with agei...

This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for individuals and society.This book concentrates on four major themes: autonomy and independence in later life, biology and ageing, food and nutrition and re...

Der mörderischste Adventskalender des Jahres geht in die nächste Runde!Von blutig bis heiter, von furchterregend bis rätselhaft: 24 renommierte Autor*innen haben sich zusammengefunden und liefern mit »Frost, Forensik, Früchtebrot« eine außergewöhnliche Kurzgeschichtensammlung, die für packende Unterhaltung während der Feiertage sorgt. Hier kommt jeder Krimi-Fan auf seine Kosten!Freuen Sie sich auf 24 regionale Kurzkrimis mit spannenden Tatorten in D...

L'obésité, du fait de son développement épidémique depuis une quarantaine d'années, est devenue à la fois une question de santé publique et de société. Considérée comme une maladie par l'OMS depuis 1997 et comme une maladie chronique par la Commission Européenne depuis 2021, elle n'est cependant toujours pas reconnue comme telle par le système de soins dans de nombreux pays. Les approches concernant cette pathologie ont beaucoup évolué, à la fois sur le plan de la connaissance de sa physio...

From Christmas in the early 1900s, to stories of bears and the landscape of Labrador, this 1976 edition of Them Days Magazine covers a wide array of tales and memories of the Big Land. Watch out for mentions of the 1853 Harmony vessel and stories about trapper and farmer Donald Blake.

Today's highly fraught historical moment brings a resurgence of antisemitism. Antisemitic incidents of all kinds are on the rise across the world, including hate speech, the spread of neo-Nazi graffiti and other forms of verbal and written threats, the defacement of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries, and acts of murderous terror.Contending with Antisemitism in a Rapidly Changing Political Climate is an edited collection of 18 essays that address antisemitism in its new and ...

Algumas pessoas acreditam que vencer é uma questão de sorte, mas nós acreditamos que vencer é uma decisão. Existem algumas habilidades que podem ser desenvolvidas por todos nós em qualquer fase da nossa história , entretanto, é imprescindível sairmos da zona de conforto se desejamos vencer na vida. No livro A Arte de Vencer, traremos ensinamentos fundamentais para você desenvolver 28 características que fazem parte do repertório das pessoas que chegam lá! São 28 especialistas que irão lhe ...

Desde sus inicios, el premio Ciudad y Naturaleza José Emilio Pacheco se ha caracterizado por dar voz a aquellas muestras de la naturaleza que, aunque muchas veces desplazadas por la mancha urbana, ponen en evidencia cómo los ecosistemas resisten y se manifiestan de forma inesperada aún en medio de la ciudad más asfaltada. La presente edición conmemora el décimo aniversario de este galardón reuniendo la pluma de aquellos que han recibido este reconocimiento, quienes no solo reafirman su apu...

You better watch out, you better not die …Sie haben keine Lust auf langweilige Weihnachten und Gedanken an Mord und Totschlag begleiten Sie während der Adventszeit? Dann ist dieses mörderische Adventskalender-Buch genau das Richtige für Sie!24 renommierte Autor*innen haben sich zusammengefunden und liefern mit »Myrrhe, Mord und Marzipan« eine Kurzgeschichtensammlung der besonderen Art.Entdecken Sie im Advent jeden Tag einen der 24 Kurz-Krimi...

'Everything separates us from one another, with the exception of one fundamental point: we're both utterly despicable individuals.' (Houellebecq to BHL)In 2008, two of the most celebrated of French intellectuals Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Lévy ('BHL') began a ferocious exchange of letters. Public Enemies is the result. In their inimitably witty, inimitably fascinating, inimitably confrontational correspondence, they lock horns on everything, incl...