Rhetoric of Masculinity: Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict lends depth and global nuance to discourse associated with the masculinity concept as it brings to bear on males' self-image, role in society, media representations of them, and the gender role stress/conflict experienced when they fail to measure up to social standards associated with what it means to be manly. Even though the concept of masculine gender role stress/conflict has received substantial scholarly...

Project-based and industry-linked learning are increasingly pursued in undergraduate studies at the university as well as at the polytechnics, 'A' levels and the international baccalaureate programmes. These courses are usually structured as part of the Final Year Projects. Their applied nature is also motivated by the increasing emphasis on collaborations between the academia and the industry.This book shall serve as a text and a practical reference for students, lecturers and industry su...

I, Earthling is a Humourous Anthology of Aphorisms, Poems, Short-Stories andProse collected over the last twenty years. It presents timeless Spirituality in today`s Modern Society with Humour and Honesty. Reflection and Self-Help are inherent throughout the book.

Placing the experiences of victims at its heart, this book provides an authoritative overview of disability hate crime - explaining what it is, how it happens, its legal status, the impact on victims and how individuals and agencies should respond.The guide outlines innovative projects developed to address the problem, and provides tailored guidance for professionals spanning education, health and social care, and criminal justice. It also offers recommendations for effective multi...

Book one in the Antics trilogy that introduces the central characters that continue throughout. The conservation of our planet and the species and the relations with which we co-exist is critical and desirable for our home to continue in any form other than a desert.

The continuing tales of Tony the Ant finds Tony coming to MothWorld for the first time and the friends and adventures he encounters there in their fight for freedom against tyranny.This is an analogy of Human Life and the never-ending fight against oppression and Tyranny. Told with love and Humour.

An expose of the B.S.E. crisis in England not so long ago, when the food chain of the Bovine herd was interfered with for profit margins and led to death and misery in the herd and later, in those people who were adversely affected by the human variant of the disease. The meat industry was vandalized forever. here, the author uses humour to highlight the madness of corruption.

Tony the Ant continues his fight against the human race in a bid to save the species of the planet from the devastating effects of human greed. Here, he enlists technology and fellow inhabitants to win the day. He takes us into the age of Aquarius with love, grace and humour, compassion and respect.

"Mako has a lot of wise things to say about beauty in this book . . . one point is worth emphasizing: Beauty refreshes. Beauty alters. Beauty is a revolution in outlook. That makes beauty both a potent balm and a potent provocation, especially in times like these." —from the foreword by David Brooks, New York Times columnist and author of How to Know a PersonOutreach Magazine Resource of the YearChristianity Today Book Awa...

"Anguished and unblinking . . . Accomplished poetry that will move those who have sorrowed—that is, everyone." — Library Journal"The thin knife that severed your tumor," writes Brooke Matson in these poems, "it cleaves me still." What to do when a world is split—terribly, wholly—by grief? When the loss of the beloved undermines the most stable foundations, the most sacred spaces, of that world? What else but to interrogate the very fundamental principles t...

Unfettered is an anthology of original fantasy fiction by some of the very biggest names in fantasy fiction, and it also features deleted scenes from A MEMORY OF LIGHT, the final book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.This collection is not only a fantastic anthology in its own right, but it's a testament to the generosity found in the science fiction and fantasy community. When author Shawn Speakman fell seriously ill and was unable to pay his medical bills, that's ...

In The Danger of Lying in Bed, Mark Twain delivers one of his signature satirical essays—witty, irreverent, and surprisingly insightful. What begins as a commentary on the perils of travel insurance quickly becomes a biting observation on human fear, misplaced caution, and the absurdity of trying to avoid life’s dangers.Twain’s narrator mocks the tendency of people to avoid risky adventures—like rail travel—while ignoring the very real dangers that await them in the “safet...