New Perspectives on The Spectator: Form, Style and Contexts offers a fresh approach to the much-referenced but rarely thoroughly read periodical The Spectator. Breaking free from the constraints of existing scholarly debates, which are dominated by issues of commercial and urban life and the emergence of the ‘public sphere’, this book brings to light previously unnoticed themes and features, building an alternative picture of the content, form, style, and signifi...

Studies of the eighteenth-century periodical have long tended to understand the form according to the period’s own insistence on adhering to and promoting politeness. In contrast, this collection reads for impoliteness, revealing a more nuanced, granular, and dynamic view of eighteenth-century periodicals such as Addison and Steele’s popular The Spectator, and a fuller sense of their value within the societies that produced and consumed them. By inverting the tra...

This book, exploring the theoretical and practical implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of leading researchers in the areas of philosophy of disability, disability law, and disability policy. It addresses both the philosophical foundations of the CRPD as well as complex contemporary legal and policy debates.With a comprehensive introduction outlining key mileston...

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Thirteen stories of daring feats and breathtaking action, of heart-wrenching choices, of families formed and families broken, stories of love and loss and victory. You'll meet golems, werewolves, and a wide array of both wizards and pirates. Grab your cutlass and wand, climb aboard, and set sail with us.

Life couldn’t get much better for Lauren. Her grades are good and Mistville High seems to be the best place to be, she’s surrounded by amazing friends, and she’s the co-captain of the cheerleading squad. She’s popular and full of love and curiosity. This dream life must be too good to be true…and it is. Her world is turned upside down when a violent murder takes place within the school. She is so afraid. Could the killer be someone she knows? Or worse, could it be someone she’s close to? W...