Reay: 50 books

Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of idealised love, courtship, and marriage, or components...

Explores the important aspects of popular cultures during the period 1550 to 1750. Barry Reay investigates the dominant beliefs and attitudes across all levels of society as well as looking at different age, gender and religious groups.

In this book Diane Reay, herself working class turned Cambridge professor, brings Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden’s pioneering Education and the Working Class from 1962 up to date for the 21st century. Drawing on over 500 interviews, the book, part of the 21st Century Standpoints series published...

The concept of sex addiction took hold in the 1980s as a product of cultural anxiety. Yet, despite being essentially mythical, sex addiction has to be taken seriously as a phenomenon. Its success as a purported malady lay with its medicalization, both as a self-help movement in terms of self-diagnosis,...

‘Een portret van Emily Price’ van Katherine Reay is het perfecte vakantieleesvoer: een vrolijke feelgood roman die zich afspeelt in het zonnige Toscane. Emily Price houdt ervan om dingen op te knappen. Of het nu een beschadigde muurschildering is of het Italiaanse familierestaurant van haar nieuwe...

The year is 2030. The population of the world is well over 8 billion. Someone has sabotaged all the silicon-based electronics on the planet. No modern technology is working – no phones, no computers, no navigation systems, no Internet, no television and there is minimal distribution of food –...

Something big is about to happen in the eastern Mediterranean; potentially a crime against humanity. It will be soon, and in many places, but the target and the means are far from clear. Emma Jazy is a twenty-nine-year-old Swiss agent with IIB, the Netherlands-based International Investigations...

“You’re going to love The Brontë Plot.” —Debbie Macomber When Lucy’s secret is unearthed, her world begins to crumble. But it may be the best thing that has ever happened to her. Lucy Alling makes a living selling rare books, often taking suspicious liberties to reach her...

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...

A superb historical novel about Richard III, the notorious hunchback king whose burial site was recently uncovered, which will appeal to fans of Josephine Tey's THE DAUGHTER OF TIME, Philippa Gregory's THE KINGMAKER'S DAUGHTER, and readers of Hilary Mantel. At the heart of this stunning novel is...

This concise book summarizes over thirty Medicine Wheels and describes briefly meanings and applications. The Medicine Wheel is a metaphor that can be used as a guide on any life journey. Although there are variations between Indigenous tribes in its representations, the underlying purpose of the sacred...

Life Codes are sub-laws or principles that are compatible with the major universal laws that govern all life on earth. This book of Life Codes is an alphabetical collection of guiding associate laws. The Seven Major Universal Laws are listed and then each Life Code is presented with a brief explanation,...

When the same situation continues to repeat itself you are probably experiencing a Life Pattern. Life Patterns, controlled by the subconscious, are layered. A Life Pattern causes repetition long after the original event occurred. However, once a Life Pattern is recognized actions for change become clearer...

The Eagle’s Visit is the result of documenting oral traditions shared by Colleen Mustus, a Cree woman from northern Alberta. When Ty receives a visit from an Eagle, he knows this is a special moment. His Grandfather is a respected Elder who teaches him the traditional meaning about the eagle. Ty’s...