There is no doubt that significant socio-economic changes have occurred over the last twenty years in the UK and other advanced capitalist societies. Consequently, Fordism, a bureaucratic, hierarchical model of industrial development has matured into Post-Fordism, with its greater emphasis on the individual, freedom of choice and flexibility, generating fresh debate and analysis. Towards a Post-Fordist Welfare State represents leading authors from a number of disciplines - social ...

Encounters in Asia offers a candid look into the real-life complexities of relationships between foreign men and Asian women. Through true stories, this book explores the emotional highs and painful lows that so often define expat life in Asia.

Kennedy Thatcher is leaving Piney Bluff, Texas. In September, she wanted nothing more than to go back home to California, but things have changed.Two weeks agoKennedy broke Rule #1. She used her gift to save a life. Her secret is no longer secret. Her mother once tried to warn her – using her ability was dangerous. No one could know what she could do. Now Kennedy is paying the price.Two days agoTanner Shiel...

In a moment of great crisis, the apostle Paul gave new meanings to characters and events within Genesis 16-21 without completely denying or replacing their prior meanings. This interpretive practice, as found in Galatians 4:21-31, has troubled interpreters of Scripture since the fourth century. This book demonstrates that Paul's practice was allegorical and provides a more precise understanding of his practice by comparing Paul with three roughly contemporary interpreters of Scripture: int...

The compilation Fortunes Stabilnes, the English poetry Charles d'Orléans wrote in the course of his twenty-five year captivity in England after Agincourt, requires a larger lens than that of Chaucerianism, through which ithas most often been viewed. A fresh view from another perspective, one that attends to form and style, as well as to the poet's French traditions, reveals a more conceptually complex and innovative kind of poetry than we have seenuntil now.The essays colle...

This book examines the criminal justice decisions of the Rehnquist Court era through analyses of individual justices' contributions to the development of law and policy. The Rehnquist Court era (1986-2005) produced a period of opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court's judicial conservatives to reshape constitutional law concerning rights in the criminal justice process. It was an era in which the Court produced many hotly-debated decisions concerning such issues as capital punishment, searc...

Examining political and socioeconomic change in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), this book, first published in 1987, focuses primarily on the quarter century following the overthrow of the imamate in 1962. The problems and politics of the period’s republican leaders and their regimes are analysed against the backdrop of Yemen’s traditional Islamic theocracy, the Zaydi imamate, which ruled for over a millennium. A country very similar to Afghanistan in its mountainous terrain, tribal social o...

Glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma are two of the most common form of brain tumours in adults.Too often they can be life changing, even life limiting for patients, wreaking devastation on their families.This readable, moving and non technical guide is your comprehensive patient focussed guide to these obstinate brain cancers.It covers everything from getting an accurate diagnosis, to dealing with the physical, mental and emotional impact of the disease. From tr...

Piney Bluff, Texas. The absolute last place seventeen-year-old Kennedy Thatcher wanted to spend the last few weeks of summer vacation. But when her father's work means he has to disappear, she ends up living with her aunt in the middle of nowhere.Some secrets are good.Kennedy wants to go home, especially before she breaks Rule #1 - Never tell.Some secrets are bad.Kennedy has a gift, even though she calls it...

Kennedy Thatcher is leaving Piney Bluff, Texas. In September, she wanted nothing more than to go back home to California, but things have changed.Two weeks agoKennedy broke Rule #1. She used her gift to save a life. Her secret is no longer secret. Her mother once tried to warn her – using her ability was dangerous. No one could know what she could do. Now Kennedy is paying the price.Two days agoTanner Shields helped Kennedy ...

One town.Three families.A secret that refuses to stay buried.Now the deadly legacy passes to a new generation.After her aunt's untimely death, Reese Everett is summoned to Devil's Vale, Georgia. Colton Waters is returning home for an entirely different reason. Their lives soon become entangled as a generations-old secret comes to light.Winner of the 2014 YARWA Rosemary Award for Excellence in New Adult Fiction

“What if the struggles ahead of you could be diminished before they begin?”Too often, believers pray after the crisis comes, after the diagnosis, the breakdown, or the attack. But Scripture reveals a more powerful strategy: praying ahead of the moment.In The Power of Preemptive Prayers, Dr. Burrows calls believers to move from reactive prayer to intentional, Spirit-led prayer that goes before the battle.Through biblical insight and practical application, you will lea...