Ian Rankin is perhaps the UK's foremost crime writer, best-known for his extensive series of novels set in Edinburgh and featuring Detective Inspector John Rebus. Christopher Nicol's SCOTNOTE study guide examines one of Rankin's most popular works, the award-winning Black & Blue. The complex, multilayered narrative is untangled, the characters studied and the novel's social and psychological undercurrents explored. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.
This National 5 English Course Book has been carefully structured to cover all aspects of the knowledge and practice you'll need come exam time. In very straightforward language, we'll talk you through the complete course, from taking your first tentative steps in National 5 work to tackling exam-type practice tests with real confidence.
This skills-focused Study Guide covers all the key techniques you will need to get the very best out of this challenging Advanced Higher course. The Advanced Higher English Course requires strong critical, analytical and evaluative skills to apply to a wide range of complex texts from different genres. This book will help students develop sophisticated writing skills; responding to the way structure, form and language shape the overall meaning of texts.
Christopher Nicol's SCOTNOTE study guide examines Anne Donovan's novel "Buddha Da", its tripartite structure, its characters and its language, and addresses the larger questions of philosophy and spirituality that it raises. These notes are suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.
Eric Linklater (1899 - 1974) was one of the most prolific authors of his generation. Although his books were highly popular in the 1930s and 1940s, he began to fall out of fashion in the post-war world. However the quality of his work remains, and today his craft and narrative gifts are once again being appreciated. Christopher Nicol's Scotnote examines two of Linklater's novels, Private Angelo and The Dark of Summer. Both novels are set during World War II, and Linklater's unflinching portrayal of the folly and cruelty of war is warmed by his compassionate understanding of the emotions and motivations of ordinary human beings swept up in the chaos of conflict. The first, Private Angelo, was written in 1944 and 1945, in the heat of the final years of the war and its immediate, and hopeful, aftermath. The second, The Dark of Summer, came more than ten years later, as that original optimism had faded and the Cold War began to grip. The social, cultural and political backgrounds of each novel are discussed and contrasted. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.
This is another thrilling adventure for Anna Fehrbach. The triumphant end of the war has not allowed beautiful but deadly Anna Fehrbach, alias the Countess von Widerstand, to retire gracefully. Working for the SS her principal antagonist was the Soviet Union, and to Joseph Stalin and his henchman Lavrenty Beria she remains the most wanted of all war criminals, and although under the aegis of the CIA, who assisted her in reclaiming the wealth she managed to steal from the Nazi vaults at the end of the war, which has enabled her to seek refuge in a remote Bahamian island, the Russians remain on her trail and elaborate plans are being laid for her capture and execution..
Nicollet Island lies at the heart of old Minneapolis, and its buildings are steeped in history. Authors (and island residents) Christopher and Rushika Hage tell the story of the island and its inhabitants over the centuries.
Unpack the history of the real man behind one of the world's most controversial legends. In history, fewer have been the object of this amount of fascination and speculation than Christopher Columbus. In critically examining Columbus’s life, pioneering voyages, and legacy, this work untangles the myths entwined in reality about his life that have been around for centuries. Through an intense examination of different aspects of his life—such as his background, motives, exploratory work, and legacy lived beyond—this work attempts to go beyond biography by placing his life in an evolutionary context with implications that extend beyond. From where he was born, to the ships he sailed on, to whether he proved the earth wasn't flat, this book takes a look at what you think you know about Christopher Columbus and provides the real history behind the man and the myths that followed him. Grounded in primary sources, the book guides readers in a critical analysis of how myths are made and how to separate fact and fiction.
A playful easy reader in the tradition of Dr. Seuss's Hop on Pop that teaches the basics of word construction. From award-winning humorist Christopher Cerf comes a super-simple, delightfully silly Beginner Book in which the rhymed text and the position of the words on the page teach the basics of word construction. Written in the style of Dr. Seuss's classic Hop on Pop with rhyming words placed directly above each other to show their shared construction, A Skunk in My Bunk combines phonics and word recognition to make learning to read easy--and fun With bright, charming illustrations by Nicola Slater, kids will be delighted to read for themselves about a goat in a coat in a boat in a moat, a pig in a wig dancing a jig, a skunk in a bunk, and much, much more Launched in 1957 with The Cat in the Hat and written specifically for emergent readers, Beginner Books combine an exacting blend of simple words and fun pictures that encourage children to read--all by themselves.
Conscious Love Relationships On FIRE Explore New Paradigms of Love in this Fresh, New Book with 11 Love Experts who Reveal Their Secrets to Conscious Love What if the love that didn't work for you was actually just the training ground for the conscious love you were really meant to have in your life? What if the heavy weight of a relationship that just isn't working could be lifted off your shoulders forever? What if the cure to depression was as simple as passionate love-making? What if the way to connection was through conflict? What if food, money and sex were all connected in unexpected ways? How would your life change if your dried-up old, non-existent sex life was suddenly wild, wet and rejuvenated again? What if the secret to the type of conscious relationship you've been waiting for all these years lay in the pages of this book ... Wouldn't you want to find out? The system and paradigms around Intimate Relationships are changing. We are approaching a time in our history where massive changes in consciousness are challenging our visions of what is possible in relationships. Men and Women are unsatisfied with themselves, with each other and with what they create together, and often, desperately unhappy as well. It is time for new paradigm thinking, and these soul-based experts in conscious relationships are leading the conversation. Get this paradigm shifting book and Get Ready to Open your heart, Lovingly Transform Conflict, Create a Sensual Connection with your Partner, Enjoy Sacred Sex and even Become a Power Couple Here's just a sampling of our topics and experts; "Power Couples: Successful or Entrepreneurial? Learn the Secrets to Having It All - Work, Play, and Love" - Alain Torres "The Birth of the Sensual Foodist and the Kitchen Portal to Love" - Lana Baumgartner "Creating Connection through Conscious Conflict" - Deborah Morehead "50 Shades of Conscious Sexuality: The Cosmic Dance of Sex, Love, and Awakening." - Christopher Menne "The Power of Authentic Relating"- Lucia Nicola Evans "Moving on from Love that didn't Work Out" - Kristina Shumilova "In this Dance, Dance of Love"-Deborah Nielsen "Love, Success, and Philanthropy...You Can Have It All "-Joni Young "How to Open Your Heart to True Love"- Sky Blossoms "The Quest for Conscious Love: A Lesbian Perspective" - Christine Dunn "Alchemy of Love: Find the Key to keeping your Bank Account Flowing, Your Body Glowing & Your Business Growing" - Dr. Elena Estanol "Conscious Love: Enlightened Relationships and Soulful Sex.
The Philosophy of Criminal Law: An Introduction explores the central concepts of criminal law, such as intention, complicity and duress, and how they work, both within criminal law practice and in our everyday lives, from legal and philosophical perspectives.At the heart of the book is the central philosophical concept of responsibility: what does it mean to be responsible for an act, to hold someone responsible for an act, or to give an excuse in order to avoid responsibility for an act? Offering talking points to enrich an ongoing conversation, this unique textbook addresses all of these questions in an accessible way for law and non-law students alike. Real cases are examined in detail and a critical approach to the criminal law is adopted throughout. The focus will be mainly on the criminal law of England and Wales, with occasional cases from other jurisdictions, and occasional examples from other areas of law.This text will be ideal reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of law, philosophy and criminology, as well as political science and sociology.
The Philosophy of Criminal Law: An Introduction explores the central concepts of criminal law, such as intention, complicity and duress, and how they work, both within criminal law practice and in our everyday lives, from legal and philosophical perspectives.At the heart of the book is the central philosophical concept of responsibility: what does it mean to be responsible for an act, to hold someone responsible for an act, or to give an excuse in order to avoid responsibility for an act? Offering talking points to enrich an ongoing conversation, this unique textbook addresses all of these questions in an accessible way for law and non-law students alike. Real cases are examined in detail and a critical approach to the criminal law is adopted throughout. The focus will be mainly on the criminal law of England and Wales, with occasional cases from other jurisdictions, and occasional examples from other areas of law.This text will be ideal reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of law, philosophy and criminology, as well as political science and sociology.
This book provides a historical background of the American business cycle, challenges the validity of conventional Keynesian ideology, and presents a bold, alternative theory of how production leads to wealth in our modern economy.The United States is mired in the aftermath of booming economic prosperity, resembling the trouble recently experienced by the Japanese economy due partially to similar Keynesian bailouts and subsidies. Now more than two years into the current financial crisis, Americans are starting to wonder if we can ever escape the consequences of past mistakes. If our "recovery" plan continues along the previous paths that generated economic bubbles and unemployment, then we are destined for failure.Destined for Failure: American Prosperity in the Age of Bailouts provides a conceptual framework previously available only to those with formal university training. It explains the effects of government regulation, political interference in the housing and job markets, misallocation of resources in health and education, moral hazard, environmental constraints, and excessive taxation. The authors provide insight into their view of Keynesian economics as an outdated, detrimental ideology, and take the Bush and Obama administrations to task for budget deficits and cronyistic subsidies and bailouts.The senior author is a distinguished economist who supplemented his in-depth knowledge with contributions from two of his brightest undergraduate studentsSeven graphical representations and three data tables highlight key informationIndex provides the reader with easy access to specific topics throughout the text More than 20 case studies apply the general theory of the book to real-world examples, each concluding with specific policy proposals
