Argues that poverty remains a global epidemic because we continue to define it as an economic problem whose only solution is foreign aid and investment. This book calls for a re-evaluation of this long-standing assumption to turn us towards confronting poverty as a human rights violation.

This anthology of critical writing ranges from Gorgias and Plato to Sigmund Freud and Mikhail Bakhtin. Each of the 147 contributions has a headnote introducing the writer and making connections to other critics, theorists and movements. An introduction surveys the history of theory and criticism.

Tracing troubles back to the imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States, this title presents the story of how the Middle East came to be, told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it.

Tells the story of the Hemings family, whose close blood ties to the third president of America had been systematically expunged from history. This book traces the Hemingses from their origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826.

Illuminates the issues and consequences of childhood abuse. This book discusses much-debated theories such as the impact of religious belief on the cultural traditions of child abuse.

When a child struggles with mental illness, the entire family struggles. Suitable for professionals, this book shows how mental illness affects the family, the most common issues and concerns of these families, and how to help them navigate the complexities brought on by the disease.

Shows how modern society has made us lazy and susceptible to previously unknown threats. This title states that natural laws profoundly affect our actions, and reveals the hidden causes and costs of our behaviour, either as individuals or as a species.

Cancer affects not only patients but their loved ones as well. This book responds to families' questions and fears with compassion, guiding professionals on counselling caregivers and families, from dealing with feelings of grief and despair, and fostering hope, to practical issues such as choosing treatments and communicating with doctors.

In sections of short narratives, this book questions our everyday human foibles.

A brand is much more than the product or service that it represents - it is a whole imaginary world custom-built for the target consumer and it often has little to do with what is being sold. This book explores how the fashion, banking, motor and telecommunications industries use architecture as a marketing tool.

Dealing with recession and market swings, this book explains why psychotherapy practices are especially vulnerable and how to keep them viable. It offers steps for practices in trouble, guidelines on when and how to grow or cut back and a look at the practice models.

Boethius (circa 476-526), a Roman philosopher, scholar and statesman, wrote The Consolation of Philosophy - one of the most influential texts to come out of the late Middle Ages - while in prison, awaiting execution. This title, based on a translation of the text, is accompanied by an introduction to the work.

A comprehensive management manual for the graphic design industry. It describes some of the best-practice procedures for firms of all sizes operating in an industry that is both fast-evolving and increasingly competitive.

Deals with the subjects of beauty, language, nature, mortality and myth. This collection displays a wide variety of rhythms and forms, as well as an improvisational delight in the sounds of language.

This bestselling anthology of poetry in English has now been fully updated in a fifth edition.

In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland Athletic's visionary manager and a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists.

A survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, this edition represents essential works in genres, ranging from Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf to global twentieth-century classics. It contains concise glosses and annotations, period introductions, biographical headnotes, timelines and bibliographies.

Offers a panoramic view of the world being conjured from the circuits of the 'World Wide Computer'.

Gives the reader the science behind the headlines - the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power and the reality of global warming. This book examines the science behind the concerns that the West faces in the immediate future.

From 1903 to 1908, German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of responses to a young would-be poet, on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. An accompanying chronicle of Rilke's life comments on his own experiences at the time.