The fall and rise of the English upper class explores the role traditionalist worldviews, articulated by members of the historic upper-class, have played in British society in the shadow of her imperial and economic decline in the twentieth century. Situating these traditionalist visions alongside Britain’s post-Brexit fantasies of global economic resurgence and a socio-cultural return to a green and pleasant land, Smith examines Britain’s Establishment institutions, the estates o...

Comedy and Critique explores British professional stand-up comedy in the wake of the Alternative Comedy movement of the late twentieth century, seeing it as an extension of the politics of the New Left: standing up for oneself as anti-racist, feminist and open to a queering of self and social institutions.Daniel Smith demonstrates that the comic sensibility pervading contemporary humour is as much ‘speaking truth to power’ as it is realising one’s position ‘in’ power. The professio...

Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.The book encourages readers to examine both enduring challenges and their potential solutions. Dynamic learning features help ...

This book begins where basic trail guides and maps leave off. For each section of the trail, the authors describe the route in detail and recommend the best day hikes and short backpacks from each trailhead. They describe the plants and animals hikers will see, tell stories about local history, explain plate tectonics, and in a thousand other ways enrich your experience of the journey.For many people, the Pacific Crest Trail is the ultimate long-distance hiking tra...

When the mighty and cruel must be brought low, it's the killers and the schemers who emerge from the shadows. As plans twist and change, and our protagonists are foiled and beaten, one thing remains true: no matter the cost, the king must fall.The King Must Fall is a dark fantasy anthology featuring 19 titans of the dark and grimdark fantasy genres writing about rogues, assassins, mages, blackguards, and warriors on quests to kill their kings, rulers, captains, and leaders....

Sei sempre stato affascinato dagli Scacchi e vorresti imparare a giocare in modo facile e veloce?Allora questo è il libro che fa per te!Questo manuale ti guiderà passo passo nell'apprendimento delle regole e delle strategie di base che ti permetteranno di metterti fin da subito alla prova e stupire tutti i tuoi avversari!Non credere che gli scacchi siano un gioco per soli intellettuali o persone super-intelligenti....

Daniel Smith Donelson was the grandson of two of early Middle Tennessee’s most famous founders—John Donelson and Daniel Smith—and nephew of Tennessee’s perhaps most famous soldier statesman, Andrew Jackson. And while Civil War historians are familiar with Donelson because he led a Confederate brigade, his namesake fort in Middle Tennessee, and his importance to the war effort as he transitioned into Confederate war administration, Donelson the significant son of Tennessee has eluded a full...

The interactions between apex predators and their prey are some of the most awesome and meaningful in nature—displays of strength, endurance, and a deep coevolutionary history. And there is perhaps no apex predator more impressive and important in its hunting—or more infamous, more misjudged—than the wolf. Because of wolves' habitat, speed, and general success at evading humans, researchers have faced great obstacles in studying their natural hunting behaviors. The first book to focus expl...

Christianity Today Book Award—Biblical StudiesForeword INDIES Book of the Year Award Honorable MentionSOLA Network's Asian American Book Awards Honorable MentionIn a first-of-its-kind volume, The New Testament in Color offers biblical commentary that is:MultiethnicDiverseContextual

Este livro vai ajudá-lo a parar de dizer «não sou capaz de fazer isto» e adotar o lema «sim, sou capaz».Um empreendedor é alguém com um ideia inovadora, que identifica um novo negócio, que assume o risco financeiro e que espera no final obter lucro.Pense como um Empreendedor permite expandir a compreensão sobre o que motiva os empreendedores de sucesso. Pare de dizer «não sou capaz de fazer isto» e adote o lema «sim, sou capaz».Assente nas ...

In A Critical Companion to Wes Craven, contributors use a variety of theoretical frameworks to analyze distinct areas of Craven’s work, including ecology, auteurism, philosophy, queer studies, and trauma. This book covers both the successes and failures contained in Craven’s extensive filmography, ultimately revealing a variegated portrait of his career. Scholars of film studies, horror, and ecology will find this book particularly interesting.

Description ‘Daniel’s Uncle’ is a Middle Grade children’s book that adults will also enjoy, is the story of a thirteen-year-old boy whose parents are tragically killed in a skiing accident. He ends up spending his summer holidays at an uncle’s in Scotland on the banks of Loch Ness. His uncle is a bit eccentric but extremely clever and Daniel slowly begins to enjoy his time there. He discovers more and more out about his uncle and thus a mad adventure begins where he finds a lost City, a ni...