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The Misfortunes of Arthur: A Critical, Old-Spelling Edition
1st Edition
Edited
By Brian J. Corrigan, Thomas Hughes
December 01, 2025
The Misfortunes of Arthur, written by Thomas Hughes is one of the earliest printed plays from the English Renaissance and, as such, deserves its place of interest in dramaturgical studies for its historical significance. It offers a detailed literary evocation of Elizabethan anti-imperial thinking ...
The Open University Opens
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeremy Tunstall
December 01, 2025
Still going strong today, The Open University, Britain’s national correspondence – TV – radio University, excited much controversy when it first opened and in 1973 awarded its first degrees. With its adult, part-time students, its freedom from formal entrance qualifications, it deliberately ...
The Other Powers: Studies in the Foreign Policies of Small States
1st Edition
Edited
By Ronald P. Barston
December 01, 2025
Originally published in 1972, this book examines the scope and possibilities for small states in the conduct of their foreign policies. In the introduction the editor discusses the problem of defining the term ‘small state’ and outlines the restraints they face and the type of international roles ...
The Practice of Questioning
1st Edition
By J.T. Dillon
December 01, 2025
First published in 1990, The Practice of Questioning integrates theory, research, and practice from a wide range of disciplines, with a strong emphasis on practical application. It examines the use of questions in diverse contexts, including classrooms, courtrooms, psychotherapy, medical clinics, ...
The Role of the Teacher
1st Edition
By Eric Hoyle
December 01, 2025
First published in 1969, The Role of the Teacher demonstrates how the modes of description and analysis employed by sociologists of education can shed light on the teacher’s role in the classroom, school, and society. Contemporary studies of the teacher’s role were primarily presented as research ...
The Secret Zodiac: The Hidden Art in Mediaeval Astrology
1st Edition
By Fred Gettings
December 01, 2025
In the Florentine basilica of San Miniato al Monte is a thirteenth-century marble zodiac. Over many years Fred Gettings unravelled the mysteries of its construction. In this book, originally published in 1987, he shows that the church was designed according to an extraordinarily significant ...
The Social Subjects Within the Curriculum: Children’s Social Learning in the National Curriculum
1st Edition
Edited
By John Ahier, Alistair Ross
December 01, 2025
Unlike much material available at the time, The Social Subjects Within the Curriculum (originally published in 1995) stands back from the issues of implementing the National Curriculum. Instead, it poses key questions about the ability of such a centralised system to provide an integrated social ...
The Twenties
1st Edition
By John Montgomery
December 01, 2025
Originally published in 1957 and as a revised edition in 1970, this is a fascinating survey of many of the major events in Britain between the Armistice of 1918 and the Great Depression of 1929. With the aid of many photographs and advertisements, this book turns back the clock and recaptures the ...
The Westminster Lobby Correspondents: A Sociological Study of National Political Journalism
1st Edition
By Jeremy Tunstall
December 01, 2025
The Westminster Lobby correspondents have a special place in both the politics and the mass media of Britain. These journalists dominate the behind-the-scenes reporting of British national politics. In this book, originally published in 1970, Jeremy Tunstall presents the first systematic social ...
The World of States: Connected Essays
1st Edition
By J.D.B. Miller
December 01, 2025
First published in 1981, The World of States focuses on the sovereign state. It shows why we continue to have sovereign states and why the sovereign state is not likely to be superseded by any other form of political institution. Despite some tendencies in international relations towards ...
Thinking About Patients
1st Edition
By David Misselbrook
December 01, 2025
If medicine is so great, why are people getting sick? Why don’t people turn up for follow-up checks or take their pills properly? And why do patients sometimes seem to come from another planet? Medicine doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens between doctors and patients, who seem to inhabit very ...
This Russian Business
1st Edition
By E.T. Brown
December 01, 2025
First published in 1933, This Russian Business analyses Soviet Russia. The author wanders through the vast U.S.S.R., delving into every corner of society with an inquisitive and intelligent perspective, often uncovering moments of humor along the way. The Five-Year Plan, communal living, censorship...