The House of Seethe is made of four women. Janet Seethe and her three daughters, June, Christine and Julia. All three girls have flown the nest. Although the youngest, Julia, needs a new nest. Though the House of Seethe may not accommodate her. Janet cannot make Julia happy, she can only delay her sadness. June cannot support herself never mind Julia as well. Christine is relatively unbearable, as well as being an unbearable relative. Julia on impulse, books herself a few nights at a cotta...

This book offers two things in particular: first, these are papers that have been commented on and re-worked in the context of a set of lively sessions from (International) SBL conferences from 2012 to 2014 (Amsterdam, St. Andrews, Vienna). Second, they offer an insight into the origins of the discipline as one which became conscious of itself in the early modern era and the turn to history and the analysis of texts, to offer something exegetical and synthetic. The fresh wind that the ente...

With climate change and increasing globalisation of trade and travel, the risks presented by invasive pests and pathogens to natural environments, agriculture and economies have never been greater, and are only increasing with time. Governments world-wide are responding to these increased threats by strengthening quarantine and biosecurity. This book presents a comprehensive review of risk-based techniques that help policy makers and regulators protect national interests from invasive pest...

Handbook of Vocational Psychology identifies, reports, and evaluates significant developments in vocational psychology and career counseling, and in doing so provides both professional clinicians and students with an informed understanding of both the current state and continuing progress in the field. As in previous editions, the fourth edition links theory and research with the more applied aspects of this field: four sections cover, in order, the field's history, theory, resear...

Timothy Wayne Krajcir: The Educated Serial KillerTimothy Wayne Krajcir represents one of the most chilling paradoxes in American criminal history: a serial killer who earned a Bachelor's degree in Administration of Justice while actively hunting, raping, and murdering women across four states. Between 1977 and 1982, this former convict—released on parole despite a brutal history of sexual violence—killed at least nine women in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Penn...

This book provides the first foundation of knowledge about the intellectual traditions, contemporary scope and future prospects for the interdisciplinary field of rural gerontology.With a focus on rural regions, small towns and villages, which have the highest rates of population ageing worldwide, Rural Gerontology is aimed at understanding what it means for rural people, communities and institutions to be at the forefront of twenty-first-century demographic change. The bo...

The structure and regulation of consumption and demand has recently become of great interest to sociologists and economists alike, and at the same time there is growing interest in trying to understand the patterns and drivers of technological innovation. This book, newly available in paperback, brings together a range of sociologists and economists to study the role of demand and consumption in the innovative process. The book starts with a broad conceptual overview of ways that the socio...

Both BTEC Applied Psychology Books 1 and 2 have been revised and updated to match the revised Unit 1 and Unit 3 specifications for first teaching from September 2021 and are endorsed for BTEC.┒Unit 3 - Health psychology completely revised and updated.┒Endorsed for BTEC.┒Provides knowledge and evaluation of theories and studies combined with many engaging activities which deliver the vocational element...

This book focuses on the question of how to understand quality use of research evidence in education, or what it means to use research evidence well.Internationally there are widespread efforts to increase the use of research evidence within educational policy and practice. Such efforts raise important questions about how we understand not just the quality of evidence, but also the quality of its use. To date, there has been wide-ranging debate about the former, but very l...

IT’S BEASTLY HOT IN THE WITNESS CHAIR!Law professor Oliver Kendall – British transplant to Duke University - is asked by former student Emma Russo to second chair the defense on a death penalty case. A vagrant stole the victim’s wallet, and thinks he found a large diamond. He’s charged with killing a newspaper reporter who was working a controversial story. As other suspects emerge, Oliver and Emma must discern whether their client is guilty or innocent.Can the lawyers solv...

Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning, Part A, Volume 231 reflects recent advancements in the understanding of how elite athletes prepare for—and perform at—peak levels during competition. The latest release in this series focuses on a variety of topics, including chapters on Great British medalists: Psychosocial biographies of Super-Elite and Elite athletes from Olympic sports, a chapter on elite and super-elite Great British athletes: Some theoretical implic...

Three children find themselves stuck in a rabbit like tunnel when their Anderson shelter is hit by a bomb during an air raid in World War 2 London. They end up in a garden where they enter an overgrown maze under a magical full moon. Here their fantastical adventure begins as they meet many weird and wonderful characters, and a girl named Snow who they hope to help return to the snowy Kingdom of Nocturnia.The children are up against the White Witch and her advisor, the Nightmare Ca...