A comparative picture of the welfare state and gender relations. The authors explore how care, work and welfare are constituted in eight countries and examine the impact of the welfare state on women and men's access to resources, roles and power relations.[...]

In this new book, Slavoj Zižek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of Zižek's thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics.
An excellent introduction to one [...]

This animal's high intelligence makes it an extraordinarily interesting caged pet. This book advises on care, caging, toys for play activity, and more. This book, an updated addition to Barron's " Complete Pet Owner's Manuals " series, advises on all aspects health care, caging, training, nutrition,[...]

From the Whore of Babylon to The Happy Hooker, eminent historian Nils Johan Ringdal has written a masterly, extremely readable world history of the world's oldest profession, spanning a wide historical swathe armed with a lively wit. Beginning with The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Old Testament, and ancie[...]

"Pweew Pweew " Malusi's shrill whistling drives the sheep out of grandfather's kraal. By the time they reach the grazing slopes, the earth is hot beneath his bare feet.He keeps the sheep and goats from straying towards the deep donga, which is easy to fall into but hard to climb out of. You have to[...]

A Radical Elemental Feminist Manifesto
A new book from "an extraordinary woman and . . . the foremost feminist theoretician in the U.S." (The New York Times).
"Suffused with her inimitable word play and stunning intelligence, and embodying a balance of mysticism and critical theory, Daly's c[...]

Paul Daly develops a theory concerning the appropriate allocation of authority between courts and administrative bodies.[...]

Combining military and cultural history, the book explores British soldiers' travels and cross-cultural encounters in Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814. It is the story of how soldiers interacted with the local environment and culture, of their attitudes and behaviour towards the inhabitants, and how th[...]

How and why did Europe rise to world pre-eminence? Providing an overview of this central historical conundrum of modern times, Historians Debate the Rise of the West enables students to grasp major scholars' evaluations of the biggest picture of all: how Western civilization fits into modern world h[...]