Subject(s): Sex crimes -- Psychological aspects | Social psychology Summary: "Psychology defines people who take pleasure in the suffering of others as having a form of mental illness, while media representations frame such behaviour as 'evil'. This is hotly contested territory, not least where sexual violence is concerned - violenc

Subject(s): Literacy | Sociolinguistics | Language and languages -- Study and teaching | Language and languages -- Globalization | Language and culture -- Globalization | Language and languages -- Variation | Multilingualism | Language and education Summary: "Language, Literacy and Diversity brings together researchers who are leading the i

Subject(s): Comparative literature Summary: "Introducing Comparative Literature is a comprehensive guide to the field offering clear, concise information alongside useful analysis and examples. It frames the introduction within recent theoretical debates and shifts in the discipline whilst also addressing the history of the field and its pr

Subject(s): Adopted children -- Juvenile fiction | Abandoned children -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Summary: April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby, fourteen years ago. Now she's happily settled with her foster mother, Marion - but there's a part of April that's desperate t

Subject(s): Stackhouse, Sookie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Vampires -- Fiction | Louisiana -- Fiction Summary: Betrayed by her longtime vampire lover, cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full dealing with every kind of undead and paranormal creature, as well as the new man in her life, the shapeshifter Quinn, and the upcom

Subject(s): Foster home care -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Summary: Ten-year-old Tracy, who lives in a children's home because her mother was forced to give her up, dreams of getting a good foster family where she can be happy until her mother comes back for her. Holdings: ,Book - General,Gomba

Subject(s): Military archaeology -- Case studies | Landscape archaeology -- Case studies | Aerial photography in archaeology -- Case studies | Military history, Modern -- 20th century | War memorials -- History -- 20th century | Europe -- Antiquities | Australia -- Antiquities Scope and content: "The study of conflict archaeology has develo

Subject(s): Development economics | Poverty | Income distribution | Econometrics Summary: "Understanding why so many people across the world are so poor is one of the central intellectual challenges of our time. What explains a pattern of extreme destitution for billions combined with plutocratic levels of income for a tiny minority? This b

Subject(s): Political leadership -- Psychological aspects | Power (Social sciences) -- Psychological aspects | Mental illness Summary: Why do scores of followers throughout history become attracted to leaders who demand sacrifice, campaigns of war or other adventures with unpredictable outcomes? Why do they command such powerful control over th

Subject(s): Children's literature -- History and criticism Summary: An investigation of identity formation in children's literature, this book brings together children's literature and recent critical concerns with posthuman identity to argue that children's fiction offers sophisticated interventions into debates about what it m