“An absolutely gripping read... both satisfying and chilling.” **–Ellery Lloyd, author of the New York Times bestseller The ClubMeet Eva, who can’t feel pain, and Anna, who can’t escape it.**Everyone has heard about the case of Eva Reid. Ever since she was born, she’s felt no pain: she can get a paper cut, break a limb and even give birth without feeling a single thing. Her story has long captivated the minds of reporters and researchers—i...

In this welcome new sixth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese Society, Joy Hendry and Emma E. Cook take the reader into the heart of Japanese life.Providing a clear and accessible introduction to Japanese ways of thinking, which does not require any previous knowledge of the country, this book explores Japanese society through the worlds of home, work, play, health, religion, and ritual, covering a full range of life experiences, from childh...

Over the past two decades, Japan’s socioeconomic environment has undergone considerable changes prompted by both a long recession and the relaxation of particular labour laws in the 1990s and 2000s. Within this context, "freeters", part-time workers aged between fifteen and thirty-four who are not housewives or students, emerged into the public arena as a social problem.This book, drawing on six years of ethnographic research, takes the lives of male freeters as a lens to examine c...

Collected from her highly successful column in the Times - in which she seeks expert opinion to back up her own experience, Ask your Father provides succinct, on-the-button advice to every question from a child you could possibly have the misfortune to be faced with. This will make you laugh all the way to the school gates.

Affect as Cultural Critique assembles leading anthropologists, affect theorists, and artist-activist scholars to ask, what if the most constructive response to moments of ethnographic puzzlement was not the formulation of an answer but the cultivation of a feeling? What if understanding the powerful effects of discourses requires somatic rather than semiotic exercises? And where habits of academic professionalism prohibit experiencing possible worlds – what if anthropology as a di...

My career as a midwife is the best in the world. I have written this book in a way that addresses the subjects that pop into your mind between visits to your own midwife. There is a lot of practical advice that you can access whenever you want to. The chapters cover from the earliest part of your pregnancy through to birth, feeding, settling, and enjoying your new baby. I hope you will find it an excellent resource as you go through your pregnancy. There are insights into how I felt during...

“An absolutely gripping read... both satisfying and chilling.” **–Ellery Lloyd, author of the New York Times bestseller The ClubMeet Eva, who can’t feel pain, and Anna, who can’t escape it.**Everyone has heard about the case of Eva Reid. Ever since she was born, she’s felt no pain: she can get a paper cut, break a limb and even give birth without feeling a single thing. Her story has long captivated the minds of reporters and researchers—i...

This Handbook provides a broad and comprehensive overview of psychological research on alcohol consumption. It explores the psychological theories underpinning alcohol use and misuse, discusses the interventions that can be designed around these theories, and offers key insight into future developments within the field.A range of international experts assess the unique factors that contribute to alcohol-related behaviour as differentiated from other health-related behaviours. They ...

Join Horrid Henry on his adventures with his family! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast. Catch up with Henry and family in "Home Improvement", "How To Be Good", "My Life", "Planet Of The Grapes" and "Grown Ups".

Since the 2012 LASPO cuts, legal aid provision in England and Wales has faced severe challenges, threatening both client access to justice and traditional practices.This book offers an in-depth ethnographic study of how these cuts have transformed the professional identity of legal aid lawyers amid shrinking resources. By documenting the first-hand experiences of those on the front line, it reveals how these professionals navigate the precarious landscape while maintaining their co...

Everyone loves a super schemer, and Henry’s Super Schemes are the best of the best, no one can deny (yeah, yeah, yeah!). This brilliantly Horrid collection of 11 HorridEveryone loves a super schemer, and Henry’s Super Schemes are the best of the best, no one can deny (yeah, yeah, yeah!). This brilliantly Horrid collection of 11 Horrid Henry super stories is performed by the show's full cast and there’s Horrid homework, funny bunnies galore and even a massively Horrid hotel to enjoy here. S...

How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia?As accounts of positive experiences in dementia are increasingly emerging, this book reviews current evidence and explores how psychological constructs such as hope, humour, creativity, spirituality, wisdom, resilience and personal growth may be linked with wellbeing and quality of life in dementia. Expert contributors from a range of academic and clinical backgr...