Carti 2001

Race and Probation

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2005

The issue of minority ethnic groups' experiences of the criminal justice process, and in particular whether they are subject to disadvantageous treatment, has received much attention in recent years following high-profile events such as the publication of the Macpherson report in 1999 and the riots involving British-born Asian youths in northern towns in 2001. At the same time there has been a burgeoning body of research evidence about the needs and experiences of minority ethnic offenders, the behaviour of racially motivated offenders, and concern with 'What Works' to reduce recidivism by members of both groups. This book reviews this field, drawing upon the largest study of minority ethnic probationers ever conducted in Europe, and seeks to understand the 'stark contrast between the experience of white and black minority ethnicpeople in some areas of the criminal justice system'. Part 1 of the book sets out the context of recent policy, research and practice initiatives; Part 2 focuses on the needs and experiences of minority ethnic offenders; Part 3 discusses aspects of recent practice and policy; Part 4 reviews conclusions and the way forward. Race and Probation also ...

Mawby Rob

Burglary

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2001

This title provides a systematic account of burglary, focusing on the crime in the first of the book, and on policy responses in the second part. It is intended for both students of criminology and criminal justice, and practitioners in policing and crime prevention. Page dim. 157 x 233 x 19 Series: Crime and Society Series Weight: 346 grams

Godfrey Sheila

Principles and Practice of Electrical Epilation

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Written for the practising electrolysist and student 'The Principles and Practice of Electrical Epilation' covers all aspects of electro-epilation and takes into account recent changes and advances in training and technology during the past decade. This new edition brings these changes into focus. Topics covered in the third edition of this book include: * improved standards of training * the Blend technique of electro-epilation * the development of pre-sterilized disposable needles * training * health and safety at work.A knowledge of endocrinology, the structure and growth cycle of hair, the skin, hygiene, electricity and basic first aid is essential to an understanding of why hair growth occurs, and this problem - which causes distress to very many people - can be treated both safely and efficiently. The book covers all these topics, and also gives advance on how to set up your own practice.

Timmins Nicholas

The Five Giants A Biography of the Welfare State

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2001

An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State - now fully revised to cover Blair's first term. Lively writing in the style of Peter Hennessy. 'Giant Want. Giant Disease. Giant Ignorance. Giant Squalor. And the insidious Giant Idleness, "which destroys wealth and corrupts men". These were evils to be vanquished by the postwar reconstruction of Britain. Timmins' book recaptures brilliantly the high hopes of the period in which the Welfare State began to be created, and conveys the cranky zeal of its inventor, William Beveridge. The onslaught on the five Giants was the work of five gargantuan programmes that made up the core of Beveridge's Welfare State. These were social security, health, education, housing and a policy of full employment. It is notoriously difficult to write about such subjects and keep the reader reading, but Timmins performs wonders of narrative clarity, anecdote and human detail in a book that finds its chosen level somewhere between Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' and '1066 and All That'...There is something very moving about his rhetoric of transformation and 'The ...

Holzer Hans

Witches True Encounters with Wicca, Wizards, Covens, Cults, and Magick

Editura: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Professor Hans Holzer, the bestselling author of Ghosts , explores the myriad forms and factions of witchcraft, taking you inside the covens and cults where the ancient rituals are practiced. This compilation of Holzer's decades of first-hand research, which occurred mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, provides a unique insider's overview of the topic. Experience the secrets of the craft, learn spells and incantations, and read interviews and personal testimony from the foremost practitioners. Holzer not only provides the reader with the history of witchcraft, he documents the lives and practices of actual witches pursuing the world's oldest religion. Hundreds of photographs from the author's own collection illuminate the subject and bring the rituals and rites of "the Craft" to life.

Schwager Jack D.

Stock Market Wizards Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders

Editura: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Page dim. 234 x 161 x 25 Weight: 638 grams

The Oxford Christening Bible (Authorized King James Version)

Editura: Oxford University Press

Anul aparitiei: 2001

This beautifully-bound, white christening (or baptismal) Bible is an ideal presentation for the remembrance of significant events in one's faith life. The Bible uses the Authorized King James Version in a small, handy format.

Young Louisa

Tree of Pearls

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Scintillating comic-romantic thriller, a finale to Louisa's fab Egyptian trilogy: what life will Angeline choose? The final volume in the Angeline Gower trilogy, following 'Baby Love' and 'Desiring Cairo'. Our angel is back. Angeline Gower is back home in Britain, back safe, back in her own bath. And, right on cue, that's when trouble arrives, back for another bout with her. But this time she's going to see it off for good.... There's trouble in the form of her nemesis, her Russian roulette - wiseguy wideboy Eddie: he's on the loose again, and who would the police send out to Egypt to trace him if not Evangeline? Then there's trouble of another more painful, more joyful sort altogether: the trouble she has choosing between safe, solid, sensitive Harry, and hot, haughty, harmonious Sa'id. So, out among the sensuous wonders of Luxor, on the mobile and on the hoof, our angel shimmies and swerves with all her ex-belly dancer's supple style through a series of emotional chicanes. Now and again, in a particularly tight corner, she spins off, but she always regains control and surges forward to seize the life and future she deserves for those she loves and, triumphantly, for herself. ...

Doctorow E. L.

City Of God

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2001

A literary mystery set amongst the religious communities of New York City - which deepens into addressing the great moral questions of the last century.

Wright Alan (Keele University)

Policing: An introduction to concepts and practice

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2001

This book provides a highly readable introduction to the role and function of the police and policing, examining the issues and debates that surround this. It looks at the 'core functions' of the police, the ways in which police functions have developed, their key characteristics, and the challenges they face. From the outset questions are asked about the conceptual contestability and ambiguity of policing, and different views of police roles are addressed in turn: policing as social control, crime investigation, managing risk, policing as community justice, and as a public good.

McCormick Elizabeth Wilde, Freeman Leisa

Your Heart And You A holistic guide to a healthier heart

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2001

By understanding and listening to your heart you can help prevent the problems which lead to heart disease and failure. This accessible book explores how both physical and emotional issues affect the heart. It provides: information on how to look after your heart and manage its welfare; an overview of the heart and how it works; explanations of problems such as angina, high blood pressure and heart attacks and associated risk factors; information on the vital differences between men and women's heart problems; information on tests and what to expect in hospital; a discussion of the link between your emotions and spiritual wellbeing and the physical reactions of the heart; and practical techniques and coping strategies for reducing stress and strengthening the heart.

Conway D. J.

Little Book Of Pendulum Magic

Editura: Crossing Press,U.S.

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Another little magical book from D. J. Conway-only this one really swings.

Floyd Keith

Out of the Frying Pan Scenes from My Life

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Keith Floyd's exuberant personality, as much as his cooking skills, has made him a favourite both as bestselling author and as television presenter. But here, for the first time, he tells his own story - and it is full of surprises. The stories from his childhood in Somerset are vivid and moving: his grandfather with his tin leg, his mother at the mills, and his uncle, the ferret keeper, and the black sheep of the family for 'carrying on' with married women. Keith Floyd spent a short spell on a local newspaper, and then, in a hilarious episode, joined the army. After he and the Ministry of Defence decided that they did not suit each other, he took his first cooking job as an assistant vegetable cook in a Bristol hotel. The great period of bistros and cafes had dawned and Keith Floyd was in the forefront, cooking in an open kitchen, with Pink Floyd blaring from the speakers. What is wonderful about this book is the vividness of the scenes he paints and the deftness with which he draws the characters - including his several wives. Those who have admired Keith Floyd's way with a whisk will now be impressed to discover and enjoy his remarkable skill with words. ...

Blair Jessica

The Long Way Home

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Lydia Middleton's future seems bright as she looks forward to marrying her childhood sweetheart, David Drayton. This match between Whitby's foremost ship-owning families is heartily approved until Mr Middleton loses his fortune and later his life, and the Draytons reconsider the whole idea.

Higgins Jack

The Keys of Hell

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Super-spy Paul Chavasse - one of Jack Higgins's most extraordinary heroes - embarks on a mission to Albania, only to find himself at the centre of a deadly double-cross, fighting for his life. It's a trip that agent Paul Chavasse will never forget. His destination: the isolated republic of Albania on the Adriatic coast, at a time when the regime is at its most repressive and the people live in daily fear of the ruthless secret police. His job: to find a double agent whose cover has been blown and put him out of commission, permanently. But what Chavasse doesn't know is that deep within the twisting channels of the perilous coastal marshes, someone has set a trap for him - someone who holds the keys of hell.

Sykes Eric

If I Don't Write It Nobody Else Will

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2006

The long awaited story of one of Britain's greatest comic legends. 'Some people walk on stage and the audience warms to them. You can't explain it, and you shouldn't try. It's an arrogant assumption to say you 'decide' to become a comedian. The audience decides for you.' Eric Sykes, December 2001 From his early days writing scripts for Bill Fraser and Frankie Howerd through decades of British radio and television comedy - 'Educating Archie', 'Sykes And A ...', 'Curry and Chips', 'The Plank' - to his present day ventures into film and theatre, starring in 'The Others' with Nicole Kidman and appearing in Peter Hall's recent production of 'As You Like It', Eric Sykes has carved himself an enduring place as one of Britain's greatest writers and performers. In his much anticipated autobiography, Sykes reveals his extraordinary life working alongside a generation of legendary comedians and entertainers, despite being dogged by deafness and eventually virtual blindness. His hearing problems began in the early days of his career in the 1950s, around the time he wrote, directed and performed in the spoof pantomime 'Pantomania' for the BBC. Undeterred however, Sykes learned to lip-read, ...

Lewis Jon E.

The Mammoth Book of On The Edge

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are some of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names

Jones Nathan

Adoption of a Pro-US Foreign Policy by Spain & the United Kingdom Jose Maria Aznar & Tony Blairs Personal Motivations & their Global Impact

Editura: Sussex Academic Press

Anul aparitiei: 2017

The alliance between Prime Ministers José Maria Aznar and Tony Blair represented a crucial moment in recent European and World politics, owing to the divisive nature of their support for the United States in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. The extent of their collaboration, combined with their interventionist approach to tackling global threats, reflected an unprecedented level of cooperation between Spain and the United Kingdom. This book sets out to explain Aznar and Blair's foreign policy and how they came to support the United States. Understanding their relationship is imperative to explaining divisions over European reform, intervention, tackling rogue states, the response to 9/11, and the war on terrorism. This critical period in world politics has been subject to significant academic analysis, but the motivations behind the adoption of a pro-US foreign policy by Aznar and Blair have hitherto not been examined from a comparative perspective. Analysis uncovers factor

Sellar Paul

The Dead Move Fast

Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Two policemen are called out to a remote asylum to investigate the escape of a missing patient. Set in the twilight world of 1950s pulp, this creepy satire twists and turns towards its shocking climax.

Bizony Piers

The Making of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'

Editura: Taschen GmbH

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Get closer than ever to the movie that changed the movies. This behind-the-scenes spectacular of 2001: A Space Odyssey sheds light on the lead actors, senior production designers, special-effects experts and masterminds of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke , who together revolutionized science fiction and the art of cinema. Previously available as part of the multi-volume and instant sell-out Collector's Edition, this comprehensive visual record includes on and off set photographs, pre-production paintings, and conceptual designs from the Kubrick archives. These dazzling images offer insight both into Kubrick's meticulous directorial methods, and into the mysteries and magnetism of a film at once vast in scope and intricate in its exploration of our relationship to technology . Written and researched over several years by the outer space, special effects, and technology journalist Piers Bizony, this compendium is both an exhaustive labour of love and a monument to a masterpiece of 20th century culture .