Red Globe Press imprint: 1095 books
by Paula Nicolson
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
What does it mean to be human? This critical text from a well-respected author captures and interrogates the many models which have been developed to explore and explain human behaviour. Informed by sociological, psychological and biological perspectives, the book plots the key stages of the life course from childhood through to older age.
Psychosocial Interventions for People with Schizophrenia
A Practical Guide for Mental Health Workers
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Mental health care for people experiencing schizophrenia has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. This book draws on the expertise of a group of experienced clinical practitioners to provide an up-to-date understanding of this condition, and a practical guide to implementing evidence-based...
by David Carnegie
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity. The conflict between private love and public political behaviour for a passionate but circumscribed woman is as theatrically pertinent now as when first performed. This...
Children in Trouble
The Role of Families, Schools and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Carol Hayden reviews evidence about children in trouble across a range of circumstances, demonstrating the tensions between welfare and justice, care and control in the treatment of these vulnerable young people and evaluating the implications of the current 'what works' debate within social policy....
Equality, Inequalities and Diversity
Contemporary Challenges and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Equality, Inequalities and Diversity offers an authoritative critical analysis of equality, inequality and diversity in organizations. Using international examples it explores contemporary concepts and debates based on original research in a number of fields and sectors, an ideal course companion for anyone studying diversity.
Seventeenth-Century Europe
State, Conflict and Social Order in Europe 1598-1700
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This thematically organised text provides a compelling introduction and guide to the key problems and issues of this highly controversial century. Offering a genuinely comparative history, Thomas Munck adeptly balances Eastern and Southern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Ottoman Empire against the better-known...
by Robert Graham
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
Short story publishing is flourishing in the twenty-first century and is no longer seen as a poor relation of the novel. But what is a short story? And how do you write one? Robert Grahamtakes you through everything you need to know, from how a writer works to crafting and editing your own fiction.
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by Simon Horobin
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
The English language has changed dramatically over the past 500 years, making it increasingly difficult for students to read Chaucer's works. Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge or familiarity with Middle English, Simon Horobin introduces students to Chaucer's language and the importance of...
Analysing Political Speeches
Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
What makes a political speech 'great'? Which approaches can be used to analyse discourse? How can you use these to become a more persuasive communicator?
Exploring speeches by public figures such as Barack Obama, David Cameron, J.F. Kennedy and Tony Blair, this textbook explains the ways in...
Writing for Theatre
Creative and Critical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Writing for theatre is a unique art form, different even from other kinds of scriptwriting. Making theatre is a truly collaborative process which can be a tricky aspect to grasp when starting out. This book will take you on a journey from the origins of theatre to what it means to write for the stage...
by Peter Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential and popular of all fantasy writers. Although his position and status have long been controversial, his popularity has not faded. His best-loved works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, have sold millions of copies around the world and continue...
The Versailles Settlement
Peacemaking after the First World War, 1919-1923
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
The third edition of this acclaimed textbook on peace-making after the First World War advances that the responsibility for the outbreak of a new, even more ruinous, war in 1939 cannot be ascribed entirely to the planet’s most powerful men and their meeting in Paris in January 1919 to reassemble...
Living Fiction
Reading the British Novel from Daniel Defoe to Julian Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Analysing a wide range of extracts from key works of British fiction from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century, William Hutchings lucidly demonstrates how close reading can enhance appreciation of detail and illuminate whole novels.
by Paul Innes
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Rome was a recurring theme throughout Shakespeare's career, from the celebrated Julius Caesar, to the more obscure Cymbeline. In this book, Paul Innes assesses themes of politics and national identity in these plays through the common theme of Rome. He especially examines Shakespeare's interpretation...