Hilary: 664 books

Every year Americans use a staggering five hundred million pounds of toxic pesticides in and around their homes, schools, parks, and roads—a growing health risk for people and the environment. But are these poisons really necessary? This book, appealing to the hunter in us all, shows how to triumph...

The Audience Experience identifies a momentous change in what it means to be part of an audience for a live arts performance. Together, new communication technologies and new kinds of audiences have transformed the expectations of performance, and The Audience Experience explores key trends in the...

The four-square-mile incorporated city of Solana Beach rests along the coast of northern San Diego County. The name Solana means "sunny spot" in Spanish. For centuries, native Kumeyaay Indians called this once arid, sagebrush-covered landscape home. The land remained mostly untouched until the turn...

Suffering comes in many forms. From depression to alcoholism, from drug addiction to sudden bereavement, from abuse to burnout, from social anxiety to relationship issues and more. In the hills of northern Thailand is a unique and exciting mindful recovery community where people from all over the...

The practice of morality and the formation of identity among an indigenous Latin American culture are framed in a pioneering ethnography of sight that attempts to reverse the trend of anthropological fieldwork and theory overshadowing one another. In this vital and richly detailed work, methodology and...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

他不是魔鬼的代言人，但魔鬼也攔不住他； 他不過是個無名小卒，但他卻是天生贏家。 宮廷就是他的競技場，罪惡是力量的來源； 然而只要走錯一小步，就有可能萬劫不復… ★ 2009年曼布克獎得獎小說 ★ 2009年全美書評人小說獎 南方朔（文化評論家）專文推薦 李若庸（國立臺北大學歷史學系副教授）專文導讀 亨利八世的宮廷猶如一個殘忍無情的競技場，只有一個人敢以自己的生命為賭注，以博取國王的寵愛，進而步步高升，登上權力的顛峰。 一五二○年代的英格蘭，災禍一觸即發。英王亨利八世與凱瑟琳王后結褵已十數年，但膝下始終沒有男性繼承人。亨利八世開始擔心，英格蘭在未來會為了繼承權問題而引發內戰。此時，宮廷內出現一位年輕女子，工於心計的她，把亨利八世迷得神魂顛倒。樞機主教沃爾西為了國王的離婚案費盡心思，百般週旋，卻始終無法突破僵局，最後遭到罷黜、含恨而終。出身寒微的克倫威爾趁勢而起，他足智多謀、鐵石心腸、不擇手段，精力旺盛得像魔鬼。 然而，亨利八世卻是個生性反覆無常的君王。在那差之毫釐，失之千里，一小步錯就可能人頭落地的時代，克倫威爾該如何在腥風血雨的宮廷中求生？ 各界佳評如潮： ★2009年曼布克獎得獎小說 ★2009年全美書評人小說獎 ★2010年柑橘獎決選 ★2010年英國柯斯塔文學獎決選 ★2010年英國華特．史考特歷史小說獎 ★2009年美國Amazon網路書店年度十大好書 ★2009年美國《紐約時報》年度編輯選書Top...

Hamlet is your ordinary, everyday prince of Denmark. His father’s been murdered, he’s going insane (or not), and he needs to shame his mother, kill the scheming uncle who has usurped his throne, and wipe out half the people in his vicinity to regain his kingdom. But when zombies erupt in Elsinore, his goal become even more improbable. Humorous fiction.

One of New Zealand’s greatest yet lesser known World War II heroes His war-time story of leadership and courage endures as an inspirational, timeless and empowering model for people of all ages. The Phil Lamason Heritage Centre Trust is committed to preserving and sharing Phil Lamason’s...

“I wrote Welcome to the Jungle because it’s the book I should have been given when I was diagnosed." Bipolar disorder is one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric conditions among teens and twentysomethings, yet there are few books out there written specifically for this demographic. This...

This is really interesting and compelling book. Abrahams' writing style is readable and engaging and is interspersed with reference to research and powerfully, the words of women who have experienced domestic violence. Right from the beginning of this book, there are passages that challenge stereotypes...

Rebuilding Lives after Domestic Violence examines in-depth the long-term outcomes for women who have suffered domestic violence and abuse, based on interviews conducted over seven years. Through these interviews the author reveals the factors which help or hinder a successful transition from...

As seen on PBS’s POV An unprecedented guide to helping black boys achieve success at every stage of their lives—at home, at school, and in the world   Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys must confront and surmount the “achievement gap”: a divide that...

What constitutes real recovery for adult victims of abuse? Current support offered to adults is often poorly planned and informed; this book sheds light on the true impact of abuse and how it can be healed. Good Practice in Promoting Recovery and Healing for Abused Adults explores the idea...