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An account of life in an American nursing home. The author addresses the contradictory attitudes American society shows towards the facilities and the ageing process itself - the tension between caring and curing, morality and mortality, privacy and supervision and selfishness and altruism.

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Parmenides of Elea is regarded as an important Presocratic philosopher. He is famous, or notorious, for asserting that change, movement, generation and perishing are illusions arising from our senses, that past and future do not exist, and that the universe is a single, homogeneous, static sphere. This book explores the limits of Parmenides ideas.

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In a once-great Scottish town, a massive redevelopment project promises to bring money, jobs and new prospects to its forgotten population. However, when Dr. Kirsten Stockmann discovers a dangerous secret, she knows she must bring the truth to light -- no matter the cost--back cover.

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For a brief period of 20 years between the two World Wars, this pattern changed dramatically, with a flood of German books in translation threatening to engulf the British book market and triggering violently emotional reactions in the literary pages of the popular press.

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This work examines the Western tradition of viewing political conflicts as struggles between good and evil. It traces the roots of this concept in religons such as Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and places it in the context of various historical events.

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The papers collected here, originally presented at a seminar cosponsored by the East-West Center and the Asian Productivity Organization, address the links between energy sector performance and economic development in the Asia-Pacific region.

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The garrotters who terrified London in 1862, the Irish Fenians who carried our terrorist bombings in London and the gangs who dominated parts of the East End in the early years of the twentieth century all used violence to achieve their ends. This work is a survey of the changing pattern of violent behaviour in England over the years.

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A lively and engaging read, The English Breakfast explores the history of England's culinary masterpiece from its early form, via its heyday in the Victorian and Edward eras through to the modern day all-day-breakfasts in a tin.

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Boy choristers have sung the daily liturgy in English cathedrals and collegiate churches for fourteen hundred years. This title tells their history, in cathedrals and monasteries, in royal and collegiate chapels, from the middle ages, through the upheavals of the Reformation, and to their CD-celebrated triumphs and also the introduction of girls.

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A period of tumultuous political and religious strife, the English Civil War has inspired writers for the past four centuries.

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Including the personal experiences and biographies of key players, this text examines the causes, course and consequences of the English Civil War. Dr Gaunt offers a concise military account, providing an assessment of the severity of the conflict and the extent of its impact on civilian life.

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A study of how the coastline of Britain has changed and interacted with mankind over the centuries. It explores the economic and social factors as well as the problems of climate change and what may be in store for us in the future. It examines the interaction between people and the coast of England.

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This book aims to provide a stimulating text for both academics and students; advancing a series of original ideas about the English constitution.

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The nature of the epic and its examples from classical times through the 18th century.

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Their relations with the Gentile community in which they lived are described, not as is conventionally imagined, but as these relations are disclosed on a dispassionate examination of surviving documents--for example, the close association of Jews and monasteries, of nearly every religious order, in the acquisition of landed estates.