Save Me From the Lion's Mouth investigates the increasing conflict between people and wildlife in Africa and what needs to be done about it.It describes the human suffering and perceptions of those who live outside the reserve fences among man-eaters and marauders yet are excluded from the economic benefits accruing from the wildlife around them.It provides evidence of a growing resentment among rural communities, especially near game reserves and warns how it is threatenin...

This is a book for the sufferer from insomnia and we are all potential victims.Do you suffer from insomnia? Half the population do at some time in their lives, and at any one time one in six have problems in sleeping. Even those who do not normally have any difficulty in getting to sleep have times when they lie awake much longer than they would like, often before a big occasion when they want to be at their best. So you can hardly say the subject does not concern ...

The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England“This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed account of an extraordinary human drama with a cast of thousands, it is an exceptional piece of historical writing.”—Lucy Wooding, Times Literary SupplementShortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life ...

One of the major icons of modern cinema, and hugely influential on pop-culture over the past three decades, Pixar Animation Studios has proved to be an endless source of imagination and delight for children and adults alike. From the Toy Story Trilogy to Brave, The Incredibles to Ratatouille, its films have played a vital role in reminding audiences around the globe of animation's capaci...

Animation has never been so popular. The best animated films have combined the latest technology with creativity and a flair for storytelling and are adored by both children and adults. With films such as Monsters, Inc., Shrek and Toy Story capturing the imagination of moviegoers and critics, animated film is enjoying a resurgence unseen since its golden age in the 30s and 40s. From the earliest full-length feature animation, Disney's Snow White and the Seven...

'[An] engaging, inventive literary noir ... full of neat twists and potent writing' Independent Book of the Month'A feisty, subversive countervision of England's lost futures and buried longings' Rob Doyle, author of ThresholdA Burley Fisher Book of the Year 2023Thomas Speake comes to London to look for his father but finds Sanderson instead, a larger-than-life TV presenter who h...

Preppers Survival Guide to Survive a Financial Disaster will help you prepare for the impending world depression. This short, informative read will give you tips to help you start preparing now. You will be more knowledgeable, able to be more prepared, and become an asset to those around you by using your knowledge. Learn why you should get out of debt, start a garden, make your own kindling, and more. These six strategies will help you get ready to survive a world of severe inflation. Thi...

AC Power Conditioners: Design and Applications provides some insight into the various types of power line disturbances, problems that occur daily, and their corresponding solutions. This book is organized into four parts encompassing 14 chapters; each part deals with a different form of power protection. Part I introduces the various types of power-line problems encountered that can be harmful to electronic equipment or the data it contains. Parts II and III are devoted to noise and surge ...

This timely volume explores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron. It couches Cameron's films within the evolving generic traditions of science fiction, melodrama, and the cinema of spectacle. The book also considers Cameron's engagement with the aesthetic of visual effects and the 'now' technology of performance-capture which is arguably moving a certain kind of event-movie cinema from photography to something more akin to painting. This book is explicit in present...

Ninety percent of the world’s megafauna (its larger creatures) have disappeared since humans migrated from Africa and fanned out across the rest of the world. Within a very short time the megafauna – mammoths, mastodons, woolly rhinoceros and the huge carnivores that preyed upon them were extinct. Only Africa seems to have escaped: not unscathed, but not entirely vanquished either. This book describes the history and extent of human impact on the world's wildlife (marine included), good an...

How To Discover If Your Partner Is Cheating without Them Knowing and Before It’s Too Late!Some cheating isn't even considered cheating. Football games are won by trick plays and earn quarterbacks the title of hero, along with multimillion-dollar salaries. Other cheating is entertaining, like the magician's repertoire of card tricks, sleight of hand, and beautiful women who disappear or survive being sawed in half. Military strategy often involves camouflage, which throughout histor...

James Clarke takes the Mickey (if you'll forgive the expression) out of magazines that dish out advice on sex. He claims their editors fail to realise how their sex articles badly shock many, like himself, who were brought up during last century.He points out it is no good sexologists writing about how to find your partner's G-spot when most people out there can't even find a decent parking spot.He presents a step-by-step guide on how to find a partner; how gain their trust; ...