This volume explores generational differences in alcohol consumption practices and examines the changing role of alcohol across the life course. It considers generational patterns in where, how and why people buy and consume alcohol and how these may interact with identity and belonging and considers how drinking alcohol in adolescence, adulthood, middle-age or later life takes on different functions, meanings and tensions.Alcohol is shown to play an important role in biographical ...

Brought to you by Penguin.The war, they said, would be over by Christmas. That was in 1939, and it is now January 1944. An exhausted Britain faces another year of conflict.Meanwhile, small coastal villages in Devon are facing an invasion from an army just as foreign as that of the Germans. The Americans are smart, well-fed and well-equipped, and they have swept the bewildered citizens of South Devon from their homes in deadly earnest rehearsal for D-Day.

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 7 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 25 minutes"Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books" is a novel written by Thomas Carlyle in 1831. It is a commentary on the thoughts and early life of a German philosopher named Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. The...

They were told that the only crime they must never commit was to be caught. Women of enormous cunning and strength of will, the Shadow Warriors’ stories have remained largely untold—until now. In a dramatic tale of espionage and conspiracy in World War II, Shadow Warriors of World War II unveils the history of the courageous women who volunteered to work behind enemy lines.Sent into Nazi-occupied Europe by the United States’ Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and Britain’s...

What images come to mind when you read the word ‘intoxication’? What behaviour do you associate with the word ‘drunk’? When you hear the word ‘drug’, what images do you recall?This textbook provides an essential and thorough grounding in debates about the role of intoxication in contemporary society, from social and cultural perspectives. It examines intoxication in the broadest sense as including both legal and illegal substances and both culturally accepted and socially stigmatis...

Bestselling historical romance author Sherry Thomas branches out with her first contemporary romance about a chance meeting a lifetime in the making, and an all-consuming affair without a single predictable moment.Sometimes The One, the one you didn’t even know you’ve been waiting for, at last comes along…Evangeline Canterbury has always appeared perfectly composed and perfectly content. No one knows the fear and turmoil she holds inside and she is...

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 12 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: about 1 hour"The Woodlanders" is a novel by Thomas Hardy set in a woodland village called Little Hintock between 1856 and 1858. The plot revolves around the woodsman Giles Winterborne's efforts to marry his childhood sweetheart, Grace Melbu...

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 5 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 17 minutes"The Story of a Bad Boy" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, published in 1870. It follows the adventures of Tom Bailey, a mischievous boy growing up in Rivermouth, New Hampshire. Tom becomes a member of a bo...

Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.The book encourages readers to examine both enduring challenges and their potential solutions. Dynamic learning features help ...

This book contains 78 insightful reflections on God, His ways, and other aspects of the Christian life. Each meditation encourages the practice of self-examination and prayer, and stimulates us to a more diligent examination of God's Word.

Jesus Christ saves radically depraved men, women, and children from their sins. However, to understand, believe, and love the good news about the crucified and resurrected Savior, we must first understand our condition. Thus, we offer this issue of the Free Grace Broadcaster: Radical Depravity. Arthur Pink introduces us to this weighty subject by asking the question, “Is man a totally and thoroughly depraved creature by nature?” Thomas Reade then tells us about the deadly consequences and ...

Elissande Edgerton is a desperate woman, a virtual prisoner in the home of her tyrannical uncle. Only through marriage can she claim the freedom she craves. But how to catch the perfect man?Lord Vere is used to baiting irresistible traps. As a secret agent for the government, he's tracked down some of the most devious criminals in London, all the while maintaining his cover as one of society's most harmless—and idiotic—bachelors. But nothing can prepare him for the scandal of being...