There is a perceived North-South divide in British politics. In this study, William Field points out that this divide marks the resurgence of a core-periphery cleavage which was also dominant in British politics in the years before 1914. Other similarities are pointed out.

This provocative study traces homosexuality from biology to civilization, arguing that human sexuality develops in stages from autosexuality through homosexuality to heterosexuality, with bisexuality as the underlying human norm. Drawing on comparisons from lower life forms to childhood behavior, it presents same-sex feeling as a natural early phase that may persist when development is disrupted, and explores how heredity, environment, repression, and family dynamics shape sexual identity....

This is Volume III of thirty-eight in the General Psychology series. First published in 1922 this study looks at the ‘caveman’ aspects of human character, his peculiarities and powers and how an individual can enlist his help for health and efficiency.

This provocative early-20th-century study argues that women's sexuality is real, biologically grounded, and far more complex than moral convention admits. Drawing on sexology, psychology, and social theory, it contrasts male and female temperaments, portraying women as generally more conservative, emotionally responsive, and oriented toward companionship, motherhood, and home, while also acknowledging rare or "abnormal" exceptions. The author links women's heightened sympathy, fear, grief,...

Sir William "Wully" Robertson was the first (and only) man to rise from the lowliest rank of private soldier to the highest rank of Field Marshal within the British Army. Determined, strong-willed and militarily conservative he served ably in field and staff positions in India and South Africa; always chary of wasting his men's lives. When the First World War broke out he sailed with the BEF in 1914 as quartermaster-general but was promoted to the post of chief of the Imperial General Staf...

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar’s life, far different from the hardscrabble existence he has known.Yet as the years pass, William Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments: marriage into a “proper” family estranges him from his parents; his career is stymied; his wife an...

Field-Marshal Gomm's letters and journals provide a first-rate account of the numerous actions, battles and events that he was involved in during the Napoleonic wars. A seasoned officer from a military family, he was an acute observer of all that went on around him, and the notes and letters he wrote, edited by his son, provide a capital trove of information. This collection of his diary entries and letters focuses on the Napoleonic Wars, although he would rise to the highest rank in the B...

I whispered my darkest fantasy. He made it my reality.A moonlit pumpkin patch deep in the forest, where jack-o'-lanterns glow, and fog clouds my vision. It's exactly the kind of place I've always dreamed of being hunted, chased by a masked man until I have nothing left to give.Tonight, my fantasy is my reality.As I run barefoot through the maze of orange lanterns, my heart pounding with terror, I realize my pursuer isn't just playing a game—he's sta...

Now in full color, Contemporary Orthodontics, 5th Edition is a practical resource with a long tradition of excellence. Line drawings and more than 1,000 new color images illustrate concepts more clearly than ever. This book includes detailed information on diagnosis, treatment planning concepts, related problems or controversies, and current treatment procedures, including the role of orthodontics in comprehensive treatment of patients with multiple problems. - Updated material on psychoso...

Stephen Fry narrates this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the famous Victorian comic novel.Orphan Becky Sharp and wealthy Amelia Sedley are best friends at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. On leaving school, ambitious, social-climbing Becky looks for a rich man to support her, while the sweet-natured Amelia meets her old friend Dobbin, who is instantly captivated.Becky takes a job in the service of Sir Pitt Crawley, and uses her charm to hook his dashing so...

In "The Pope, the Kings and the People," William Arthur presents a captivating analysis of the intricate interplay between the Catholic Church, monarchy, and the evolving landscape of society during a pivotal period in European history. Through a combination of historical narrative and critical inquiry, Arthur explores the socio-political dynamics that shaped the relationships among these powerful entities. His literary style is both accessible and thought-provoking, employing a rich tapes...

"In Advent we prepare for the coming of all Love." —Madeleine L'Engle"At the birth of Jesus, an event of cosmic significance by which we humans still mark our calendars, the invisible and visible worlds come together." —Philip Yancey"Help us to realize, as those who love and believe in you that we, too, are pregnant with Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, and that day by day we are being enlarged." —Luci ShawTh...