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This eleventh volume of Bentham's Correspondence contains nearly three hundred letters, and covers the period from January 1822 to June 1824. By the early 1820s Bentham had acquired an international reputation, and corresponded with leading figures in Europe, the United States of America, and many of the newly independent states of Central and South America.

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This book examines the way governments have tried to do provide a similar standard of living and finance its social services across England. It reviews the economic theory that underpins thinking about the problems of providing services in very different parts of the country. It then traces the way governments have distributed resources from the end of the last century until today.

John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, reads the second volume of his autobiography. From tales of horrific journeys, hotels and maverick drivers he takes the listener on a fabulous trip around the globe and reflects on the pitfalls and pleasures of modern day news reporting.

A celebration of the life and achievements of Quentin Crisp, the flamboyant and witty eccentric who refused to conform to any definition the world tried to pin on him. Contributors include: Andrew Barrow, Clive Fisher, Ronald Harwood, Simon Hattenstone, Philip Hensher, John Hurt, James Kirkup, Adam Mars-Jones, George Melly, Patrick O'Connor, Sally Potter, Paul Robinson, Ann Valery and Elizabeth Wyndham.

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More people are now living below the poverty line in Canada that at any previous time in our history, even as our society as a whole becomes more afluent. At the same time, the middle class is reclaiming the inner cities, replacing old affordable housing for the poor with upscale real estate. And mentally ill Canadians, traditionally cared for in institutions, have been moved en masse into local communities which have neither planned for the i...

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This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical background, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references of Patrick O'Brian's seafaring novels. 62 illustrations. 3 maps.

When Doris Kartinyeri was a month old, her mother died. But Doris never returned to her family -- the government took her from the hospital and placed her in Colebrook Home for Aboriginal Children.Doris spent the next 14 years in and out of Colebrook. Her legacy as a member of the Stolen Generation continued as she was repeatedly placed with white families where she existed as a virtual slave, struggled through relationships and suffered from ...

Aus diesem einzigartigen Kartonbausatz können Sie sich eine große dreidimensionale Kuppel-Sternkarte bauen: ein Planetarium für zu Hause. Anders als flache Sternkarten bietet der Große Sternenhimmel eine nahezu verzerrungsfreie großformatige Darstellung aller bei uns sichtbaren Sternbilder und Sterne. Mit Hilfe der Datums- und Uhrzeitangaben am Rand gelingt ein rasches und einfaches Auffinden der Gestirne am Himmel. Eine Spezialdruckfarbe sorg...

A visionary and optimistic look at the future, and how three new technologies might lead to a more equal distribution of wealth. Winner of the 1999 Templeton Prize.

This revised edition of the most influential vegetarian advocacy book contains the latest information about how food choices affects health, the environment, and the lives of animals.

This book analyzes the decollectivization reform in China during the early 1980s in order to gauge its impact on central control and provincial discretion. The volume challenges the notion that the decision to decentralize administrative authority ipso facto produces local discretion properly keyed to local conditions. In fact, outcomes often differ from the intended goals.

Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI were at the same time kings of England and dukes of Lancaster. This book examines the complex relationship between their public authority and their personal lordship over a private inheritance. In so doing, it sheds new light on late medieval English government at both national and local levels.

This book contains a selection of the essays and addresses written or given by the Senior Law Lord (as a Queen's Bench judge, Lord Justice of Appeal, Master of the Rolls, and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales) over the last 15 years or so, touching on a wide range of legally-related topics.

This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the mortality crisis in transitional economies. Contributions by demographers, economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and health experts provide a rigorous analysis of the upsurge in mortality rates, with the aim of contributing to the launch of vigorous policies to tackle the crisis.

Optimality Theory has revolutionized phonological theory, and its insights are now being applied to other central aspects of language. With contributors that include the leading researchers in the field, this book presents the first fruits of such research as applied to syntax and to language acquisition, as well as considering the main lines of attack on OT by rule-based grammarians. Essential reading for linguists at graduate level and above.