Rosalind: 227 books
Find the Perfect College for You
82 Exceptional School That Fit Your Personality and Learning Style
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
A comprehensive approach to selecting a college that is in tune with a student's learning style, this guide offers a personalized, psychology-based approach to selecting the perfect university. Taking into account personal interests and personality types, this reference will help students and parents...
Policing International Trade in Endangered Species
The CITES Treaty and Compliance
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
A comprehensive examination of the way in which the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is implemented and policed. CITES is one of the oldest international environmental agreements and has been responsible for some striking conservation successes. But, given the way...
Keep the Men Alive
Australian POW doctors in Japanese captivity
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
'The thing that haunts me most to this day is that blokes were dying and I could do bugger all about it - do you look after the bloke who you know is going to die or the bloke who's got a chance?' - Australian ex-POW doctor, 1999
During World War II, 22 000 Australian military personnel became...
Speaking Personally
The Rise of Subjective and Confessional Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
This book argues that the personal voice, which is often disparaged in journalism teaching, is and always has been a prevalent form of journalism. Paradoxically, the aim of 'objective' reporters is often to be known for a distinctive 'voice'. This personal voice is becoming increasingly visible in the context of 'the confessional society'.
Multiple Sclerosis
The Questions You Have-The Answers You Need
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Multiple Sclerosis: The Questions You Have, The Answers You Need, 5th Edition is the definitive guide for everyone concerned with the disease - those who have MS and those who share their lives with someone who has it. It covers a wide range of topics in an accessible question and answer format that...
Columba's Iona
A new history
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Thousands of people visit the tiny and remote Hebridean island of Iona each year to experience its unique atmosphere of tranquil spirituality. The wood and wattle buildings built by Columba and his monks have long since vanished, replaced by the Benedictine abbey of stone which, after the Reformation,...
Understanding Families Over Time
Research and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Drawing on research from the Timescapes Study, this volume discusses the life chances and experiences of children and young people, parents and older generations. A unique qualitative longitudinal study forms the basis for the chapter contributions, delivering policy-relevant findings to address individual and family lives over time.
Faeries, Elves and Goblins
The Old Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Many people in England have little knowledge of genuine 'English' fairy tales. The stories that many of us grew up with are from overseas: for example Snow White is German, Cinderella is French and Aladdin is Arabian.
The Search for Lasting Peace
Critical Perspectives on Gender-Responsive Human Security
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Presenting the human security agenda as a policy response to the changing nature of violent conflicts and war, this collection traces its evolution in relation to conflicts in different contexts (Burma, India, Palestine, Canada, East Timor, Guatemala, Peru and African countries) and from the perspective...
by Rosalind Gill
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Written in a clear and accessible style, with lots of examples from Anglo-American media, Gender and the Media offers a critical introduction to the study of gender in the media, and an up-to-date assessment of the key issues and debates.
Eschewing a straightforwardly positive or negative assessment...
Who Cooked the Last Supper?
The Women's History of the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Who Cooked the Last Supper? overturns the phallusy of history and gives voice to the untold history of the world: the contributions of millions of unsung women.
Men dominate history because men write history. There have been many heroes, but no heroines. Here, in Who Cooked the Last Supper?,...
Sibling Identity and Relationships
Sisters and Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Sibling Identity and Relationships explores the special place that siblings occupy in the lives of children and young people, providing new insights into sibling identity and relationships. Drawing on social constructionist and psychodynamic perspectives, it discusses who constitutes a sibling, emotional...
Psychoanalysis and Culture
Contemporary States of Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Written in a readable, accessible style, with plenty of up-to-date examples Psychoanalysis and Culture provides a brilliant introduction to key issues in the area of application of psychoanalytic theories to culture. The author argues that we cannot grasp the complexity of contemporary global issues...
Growing Pains
Is Latin American Prepared for Population Aging?
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
This paper estimates the fiscal costs of population aging in Latin America and provides policy recommendations on reforms needed to make these costs manageable. Although Latin American societies are still younger than most advanced economies, like other emerging markets the region is already in a...