Can authoritarian regimes use democratic institutions to strengthen and solidify their rule? The Chinese government has legislated some of the most protective workplace laws in the world and opened up the judicial system to adjudicate workplace conflict, emboldening China's workers to use these laws. This book examines these patterns of legal mobilization, showing which workers are likely to avail themselves of these new protections and find them effective. Gallagher finds that workers wit...

Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches in the framework of the discipline and point to challenges or opportunities (or both) of adapting new sources and methods to the study of contemporary China. How can we more effectively use new sou...

A collection of thrilling tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, including six full-cast dramas and a short story read by Benedict CumberbatchIn the first half of the 20th century, the detective story exploded in popularity. Innovative authors penned whodunits, whydunits and clue-puzzle stories, and introduced iconic sleuths, creating works that would later become classics. This Golden Age, which reached its height during the 1920s and ’30s, saw the crowni...

Becoming a Mother is the first book published in Ireland exploring the complexity of adoption from the perspective of an adoptive parent. It draws on a combination of seminal and modern texts and personal memoir to present a unique view of what it means to be an adoptive parent in Ireland today. The book has a particular focus on intercountry adoptive parenting, and also looks at adoption from the viewpoints of the adopted person and birth parent. A dearth of literature exploring ...

A triptych of the human canvas: longing - journey - reckoning in compilations of bitter-sweet and humorous short stories, songs, poetry, travelogues and reflections of an author who struggles through and overcomes personal addiction to lead a successful life. 'Uncommon Boundaries' is a collection of rich imagery that will stay with you for awhile -- its evocative thoughts are like musical rhythms to the mind.

Few books in publishing history created such excitement in advance of publication as did "My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy." As a #1 Best Seller, it was originally published in September, 1969, though a small portion of the book had been released in Ladies' Home Journal magazine upwards of two months prior, which produced a wave of press speculation throughout the world and whetted the anticipation of readers everywhere for the whole story. Only by reading the complete book can the complexi...

Jam-packed with information on this fascinating destination, Footprintfocus Sicily: Palermo and Northwest will guide you around all the best sights and provide you with up-to-date recommendations on where to eat, sleep and party. The guide features:• Essentials section with tips on getting there and around• Up-to-date recommendations of great places to stay and eat• Highlights map of the region plus detailed street maps where relevant• Key local words and ph...

Jam-packed with information on this fascinating destination, Footprintfocus Sicily: Catania and Southeast will guide you around all the best sights and provide you with up-to-date recommendations on where to eat, sleep and party. The guide features: • Essentials section with tips on getting there and around • Up-to-date recommendations of great places to stay and eat • Highlights map of the region plus detailed street maps where relevant • Key local words and phrases are included to help y...

The Energy–Water–Food Nexus at Decentralized Scales uses Practical Action’s experiences with micro-hydro schemes to connect global nexus debates to the experiences of and solutions for remote off-grid communities and smallholder farmers. Through examples in Peru, Nepal, and Zimbabwe it exemplifies the need for an integrated approach to energy, water, and food security and shows that decentralized energy provision has a huge potential to deliver the services that communities need and have a...

‘Our outside door came crashing in. Deafening thumps, steel banging on steel and shrill, piercing whistles filled the hallway. Faraway voices called out in the dark: “Armed police.” Others, coming nearer, shouted orders: “Get down on the floor.”’On 28 October 1996 Glaswegian Michael Gallagher is arrested in an armed dawn raid on the London flat he shares with long-time partner, Mary Attenborough. Accused of playing a role in the IRA mortar attack on Heathrow Airport in Mar...

New title in this delightful storybook-and-stickers series, in which Bing finds it hard to hand over Sula’s birthday present…It’s Sula’s birthday and Bing is choosing her a present. He finds her a really special spinny wand that she’s sure to love – and so does he! In fact, Bing loves it so much that he finds it difficult handing it over to Sula, and when he finally has to, he feels sad.But then he sees just how much Sula loves the present and just how great it is, and real...

A breathtaking forbidden romance about perfectionism, hidden dreams, and the one person who sees through it all, set in the world of elite ballet.Just once. One night. Nothing else matters. Except him.Lia Winslow's life seems perfect: she comes from a respected Boston family, she's beautiful, and she's the most talented dancer at the New England School of Ballet. But no one suspects that she hides her true dreams behind a facade of discipline and perfection...