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Circuits of disease correspond to previously unconsidered practices of caregiving in early modern English drama in this new volume by Darryl Chalk and Rebecca Totaro. They explore how the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries responded to and intersected with local and international ideas of communal care, health management, quarantine, embodiment, and theatricality.The role of the spectators who found themselves represented in such themes of caregiving in times of crisis finds new meaning in Chalk and Totaro's framing. Foregrounded by pioneering archival research, chapters provide new insights into several Shakespeare plays performed on stages in London and at the court of King James I, as well as several plays by his contemporaries including Webster, Dekker, and Middleton. Contributors explore plague and privilege in Romeo and Juliet, servants and caregiving in King Lear, women and herbal medicine in The Winter's Tale, astrology in The Duchess of Malfi, and the humour that attaches itself to illness in The Roaring Girl. These case studies expand our understanding of the caregiving that connected people across place and time as powerfully as the lived experience of disease did.

Offering new theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives on adult literacy, lifelong learning and social change, this book challenges traditional debates on adult literacy and development. The volume brings together debates and research from the Global South and Global North and is original in moving beyond descriptive accounts of adult literacy programmes, classrooms and a focus on best practice. It provides both a historical perspective on this field as well as looking forward to future research and pedagogical directions.By broadening from an international development to a social change perspective, this book offers an alternative starting point. Unlike development, social transformation does not set a specific agenda, nor assume a certain endpoint. The authors set out to investigate the 'why' and 'how' of the assumed connections between adult learning, literacy and social change, contributing a deeper understanding into the complex - and often unpredictable - processes involved.As well as focusing on literacy learning in classrooms and educational programmes, the book explores literacy practices and adult learning in everyday spaces, including social movements, religious poetry and community initiatives. Case studies from different cultural contexts introduce alternative theoretical lenses, like the concept of the enacted body to explore a woman's experience of learning and social change in Nepal; or investigating how religious poetry shared between generations in Iran could be working against social change.

Analyses the profound transformation that has been affecting the business of law around the world.

A meticulous study of the United Nations Security Council's authorisation of the use of force, to better understand its application in the African context.

A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the consequences of loneliness.

Calling all fans of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter stories! The POCKET POTTERS are the must-have guides to all of your favourite characters from the wizarding world.What is Hermione's favourite subject? How did she make friends with Ron and Harry, and what does a mountain troll smell like?Find out all this and much more about Hermione Granger! Follow her through a day at Hogwarts, discover why she loves the library and learn all about her pet cat, Crookshanks. Get set for spectacular spells, charms and potions, and lots of Gryffindor house points ...Joyfully illustrated, boisterously brilliant, the POCKET POTTERS are collectable, must-have mini guides to the Harry Potter stories. Whether you are just starting your magical reading journey, or you already know your Accio from your Alohomora, each of the POCKET POTTERS is perfect for sharing together or reading alone.There's magic and mischief waiting inside! Which of the POCKET POTTERS is your favourite?

Daffodil Patterson is a small girl with BIG plans - it's really not her fault that they always seem to go wrong! A brilliantly funny new series for young readers, from the author and illustrator of The Worst Class in the World

Examines the work of feminists in India and their successful use of legislative lobbying and strategic litigation in their fight for equality and self-determination.

Calling all fans of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter stories! The POCKET POTTERS are the must-have guides to all of your favourite characters from the wizarding world.How many big brothers does Ron have? Where do the Weasley family live, and how exactly do you de-gnome a garden?Find out all this and much more about Ron Weasley! See Ron get sorted into his Hogwarts house, explore his bedroom at The Burrow and meet the rest of the Weasleys. Get set for a flying car, wizard sports, Hogwarts feasts and a houseful of unforgettable pets ...Joyfully illustrated, boisterously brilliant, the POCKET POTTERS are collectable, must-have mini guides to the Harry Potter stories. Whether you are just starting your magical reading journey, or you already know your Sneakoscope from your Snitch, each of the POCKET POTTERS is perfect for sharing together or reading alone.There's magic and mischief waiting inside! Which of the POCKET POTTERS is your favourite?

Calling all fans of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter stories! The POCKET POTTERS are the must-have guides to all of your favourite characters from the wizarding world.How old was Harry when he first started at Hogwarts? Who gave him the Marauder's Map, and how big is a Golden Snitch?Find out all this and much more about Harry Potter! Peek at Harry in his spidery cupboard under the stairs, find out what he buys in Diagon Alley and explore the Gryffindor dormitory. Get set for dragon encounters, Quidditch thrills, secret passwords and a wand from Ollivanders ...Joyfully illustrated, boisterously brilliant, the POCKET POTTERS are collectable, must-have mini-guides to the Harry Potter stories. Whether you are just starting your reading journey with Harry, or you already know your Nimbus Two Thousand from your Firebolt, each of the POCKET POTTERS is perfect for sharing together or reading alone.There's magic and mischief waiting inside! Which of the POCKET POTTERS is your favourite?

Challenges the near-universal acceptance of a US-style Western constitutional paradigm as the best basis for comparative constitutional studies

Argues that an ecclesiology centred on the crucifixion is more promising for the ecclesial recognition of other Christian communities than Eucharistic ecclesiology.

This books explores the role of Indigenous African medicine in the healing practices of the Zion Christian Church in the South African context.

Decentring the growing field of ecolinguistics from its historically Western orientation, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between language and the environment in the Global South. It brings forward new perspectives and voices to broaden our understanding of the role of language in addressing ecological challenges.Through a series of thought-provoking chapters, the book navigates through various dimensions of ecolinguistics, shedding light on critical issues and innovative approaches across diverse contexts. Case studies include the representation of ecotourism in Morocco, the implementation of ecological ideology in Oman, colonial legacies in Argentina's food production discourse, ecological identity in Kenya, the role of civets in Indonesian coffee production and life stories about Senegalese ecologies.Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, the book advocates for a holistic understanding of ecolinguistics that transcends geographical boundaries and cultural nuances.

An exploration of the intersection of culture, language, and the Christian religious experience through hermeneutics and phenomenology, from a practical perspective.

An urgent comparison of what Confucianism and Charles Taylor's communitarianism have to say about the concept of the self and the contemporary challenges that it can unlock.

Plautus' Poenulus (or Little Carthaginian) is a staggering work. Performed in the years after Rome's traumatic struggle with Hannibal's Carthage, the comedy stages the restoration of a Carthaginian family divided through enslavement. This book explores the play's many themes such as slavery and war trauma, which resonate especially today, in a series of short thematic chapters followed by a continuous reading of the play.By presenting to a post-war Roman audience a tale of heartbreak and heartache among Carthaginians, and by setting the action in a Greece marked by comedic expectations and the geography of contemporary imperial conquest, Plautus' play stands as perhaps the most powerful surviving meditation on a Mediterranean world changed by Roman expansion. The play is populated by war veterans, enslaved peoples - including sex-workers, domestic slaves, and those who labour in the countryside - and an intersectional cast of Carthaginians and Greeks, a diversity that prompts audience interaction with a wide range of socio-cultural topics relevant to Plautus' Rome. By engaging weighty matters through song, slapstick, puns, and orientalising spectacle, Poenulus appears to defang charged issues, but its bite is deep. The play also includes one of the most metatheatrical prologues of all surviving Roman dramatic works, which thematizes the act of writing comedy and the constitution of the Roman theatrical audience.

This volume provides a deeper understanding of ethical issues in a selection of texts concerned with Abraham in Genesis 12-25.

Examines the principles and practice of automation in public governance.

This is a study of elite English men of English law and the methods they used to retain and justify their power and privilege, through controlling the story of the legal person. It looks at how these men of legal authority thought of themselves and their institution; how they studied and explained law; and how they put themselves in the middle of it, as the standard human in need of legal regulation and protection and in charge of that regulation and protection, and assigned to women an inferior legal role and being. The main concept employed to do all this was 'the legal person'. From the 1860s to the 1920s the courts declared that women were not 'persons' who could exercise public power - to vote, to sit in Parliament, to gain degrees, to be lawyers. Up to the end of the 20th century, and into the 21st, women's personhood remained precarious in the private sphere, for rape was excused within a marriage and female reproduction remained under state control (as it still does). It looks at the positive exclusion of women from the means of making legal meaning, especially the ability to shape law's central concept and shows the epistemological effects of this sex differential of legal power which are still felt today. Leading legal thinkers who helped to construct the concept are still revered. Law's continuing male orientation is neither seen nor acknowledged and the legal person is treated (falsely) as if he had always been and remains anyone.

A compelling new joint biography of Churchill and de Gaulle that shines new light on two of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.

This book studies relations between Muslims and non-Muslims where it matters most, diverse inner cities. Residents' insights prove relevant for both community relations and cohesion.

Could this be the moment they've both been waiting for?Eve has always loved antiques. She loves the way an item from the past can offer a glimpse of another world, of another time. It's why she painstakingly researches the stories behind every item in Rainy Day Antiques, her little Cambridge shop, to share with their new owners. It's her way of honouring the past and cherishing the present.Adam is firmly focussed on the future. He's only in town to sort his late grandfather's affairs. When he discovers that his grandfather hired Eve to manage his house clearance, he can only hope her methods don't delay his return to London. What neither of them know is that Adam's grandfather chose Eve for a reason. It's finally the right place and the right time for the two of them to meet. But what did he have planned for them?Readers love Ali McNamara...'I utterly love this author''I always enjoy reading books from this author''Wow. I love Ali McNamara books''I really do love this author's books''I want to read anything with Ali McNamara's name on it'

"People kept saying there's no smoke without fire, but it's not our fire is it khala? it's like we're just choking on all the fumes." Between the 1990s and 2010s hundreds of young girls were sexually exploited in northern towns by gangs of predatory men. Two sisters grapple with the impact on their community as the men around them are embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal. Playwright Emteaz Hussain's Expendable spotlights the often-overlooked voices of Pakistani women, delving into the shortcomings of law enforcement, politicians, and the media. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre in November 2024.