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Outlander and the Real Jacobites

Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts

By: Shona Kinsella

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Outlander and the Real Jacobites

Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts

By: Shona Kinsella

Outlander has brought the story of the 1745 Jacobite uprising to the popular imagination, but who were the Jacobites, really? Explore this pivotal moment in Scottish history, visiting some of the key locations from Jamie and Claire’s travels. Discover what clan life was really like, read about medicine in the 1700s and find out whether the red coats were really as bad as Jack Randall. Meet Bonnie Prince Charlie and explore how he managed to inspire an uprising from France and then storm England with a force of no more than 5,000 soldiers. Witness the battle of Culloden and what really happened there, before exploring the aftermath of this final attempt for a Stuart restoration.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399004727

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9781399004725

Power, Politics and the Emotions

Impossible Governance?

By: Shona Hunter

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Power, Politics and the Emotions

Impossible Governance?

By: Shona Hunter

How can we rethink ideas of policy failure to consider its paradoxes and contradictions as a starting point for more hopeful democratic encounters? Offering a provocative and innovative theorisation of governance as relational politics, the central argument of Power, Politics and the Emotions is that there are sets of affective dynamics which complicate the already materially and symbolically contested terrain of policy-making. This relational politics is Shona Hunter’s starting point for a more hopeful, but realistic understanding of the limits and possibilities enacted through contemporary governing processes. Through this idea Hunter prioritises the everyday lived enactments of policy as a means to understand the state as a more differentiated and changeable entity than is often allowed for in current critiques of neoliberalism. But Hunter reminds us that focusing on lived realities demands a melancholic confrontation with pain, and the risks of social and physical death and violence lived through the contemporary neoliberal state. This is a state characterised by the ascendency of neoliberal whiteness; a state where no one is innocent and we are all responsible for the multiple intersecting exclusionary practices creating its unequal social orderings. The only way to struggle through the central paradox of governance to produce something different is to accept this troubling interdependence between resistance and reproduction and between hope and loss. Analysing the everyday processes of this relational politics through original empirical studies in health, social care and education the book develops an innovative interdisciplinary theoretical synthesis which engages with and extends work in political science, cultural theory, critical race and feminist analysis, critical psychoanalysis and post-material sociology.

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Routledge

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1136004327

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9781136004322

Trial of Strength

Adventures and Misadventures on the Wild and Remote Subantarctic Islands

By: Shona Riddell

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Trial of Strength

Adventures and Misadventures on the Wild and Remote Subantarctic Islands

By: Shona Riddell

The world’s subantarctic islands circle the lower part of the globe below New Zealand, Australia, Africa and South America in the ‘Roaring Forties’ and ‘Furious Fifties’ latitudes. They are filled with unique plants and wildlife, constantly buffeted by lashing rain and furious gales, and surrounded by a vast, powerful ocean. New Zealand and Australian subantarctic islands in particular have a rich and fascinating human history, from the early 19th-century explorers and sealers through to modern-day conservation and adventure tourism. And yet, the subantarctic islands are often called our ‘forgotten islands’ because so few people know of their existence, despite their status since 1998 as World Heritage sites. Trial of Strength is a history book filled with compelling photos for a modern audience, and one that, for the first time, includes women’s stories as more than just a footnote. Balanced and engaging, it features classic tales of infamous shipwrecks, lesser-known stories of intrepid pioneers, as well as more recent stories of adventure tourism, conservation wins, and dramatic helicopter rescues. Written by the descendant of two 19th-century British colonial settlers who attempted to create a home for their young family in this bleak environment, Trial of Strength will leave you with an appreciation for the tenacity of the human race and the forbidding forces of nature.

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Exisle Publishing

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1775593932

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9781775593935

The Principles of Psychology

By: Shona Saul

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The Principles of Psychology

By: Shona Saul

The human mind can often seem mysterious yet there are patterns to our behaviour and laws governing the biology of the brain that psychologists have long sought to understand. From the ways we learn to our social interactions and our unique personalities, psychologists have developed valuable insights into the principles and rules that shape our minds. This fascinating introduction to the world of psychology is replete with full-colour diagrams and illustrations to help make even the most complex ideas accessible to everyone. In this book you will learn about: • the different approaches to psychology which have held sway over the years • the most influential psychologists ranging from Wilhelm Wundt to Sigmund Freud and Ivan Pavlov • the key concepts in every area ranging from behavioural psychology to developmental psychology to social psychology

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Arcturus Publishing

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1398831913

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9781398831919

Guiding Lights

The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women

By: Shona Riddell

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Guiding Lights

The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women

By: Shona Riddell

Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most of their stories are little-known. Guiding Lights includes true stories from around the world, chronicling the lives of the extraordinary women who mind the world’s storm-battered towers. From Hannah Sutton and her partner Grant, the two caretakers living alone on Tasmania’s wild Maatsuyker Island, to Karen Zacharuk, the keeper in charge of Cape Beale on Canada’s Vancouver Island, where bears, cougars and wolves roam, the lives of lighthouse women are not for the faint of heart. Stunning photographs from throughout history accompany accounts of the dramatic torching of Puysegur Point, one of NZ’s most inhospitable lighthouses; ‘haunted’ lighthouses in across the US and their tragic tales; lighthouse accidents and emergencies around the world; and two of the world’s most legendary lighthouse women: Ida Lewis (US) and Grace Darling (UK), who risked their lives to save others. The book also explores our dual perception of lighthouses: are they comforting and romantic beacons symbolizing hope and trust, or storm-lashed and forbidding towers with echoes of lonely, mad keepers? Whatever our perception, stories of women’s courage and dedication in minding the lights — then and now — continue to capture our imagination and inspire.

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Exisle Publishing

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1775594610

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9781775594611

Faith, Identity and Homicide

Exploring Narratives from a Therapeutic Prison

By: Shona Robinson-Edwards

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Faith, Identity and Homicide

Exploring Narratives from a Therapeutic Prison

By: Shona Robinson-Edwards

This book explores the role that religion plays in the lives of imprisoned homicide offenders. Drawing on interviews in an English prison, the author examines how they narrate their life stories and how religion intersects with other categories to rebuild their personal identities after committing a crime and being labelled as murderers or killers. This book seeks to bridge the gap between macro and micro phenomena, examining religion as both a social institution and a personal experience. It also explores the mediating role of institutions with regards to the nature and extent of their influence upon individual choices and actions, and provides insights into the nature of the therapeutic prison. It seeks to create some clarity of understanding the complex nature of religiosity, narrative, identity, desistance and rehabilitation whilst critically examining elements of social identity that may restrict or enhance this process. It provides a series of recommendations for organisations working with convicted homicide offenders/offenders and speaks to academics and practitioners in the fields of criminology, sociology, psychology and religious/theological studies.

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Springer Nature

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3030862194

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9783030862190

How the Victorians Lived

By: Shona Parker

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How the Victorians Lived

By: Shona Parker

The Victorian era's societal changes and cultural advancements are explored through the lens of daily life The Victorian era is arguably the most exciting and invigorating reign of an English monarch ever, and one of progress on a massive scale. By the time Queen Victoria died in 1901, England was almost unrecognisable. The Victorians neatly avoided revolution, built upon what the Georgians started and turned the country into a political powerhouse which ran the biggest Empire the world had ever seen. Meanwhile, Victorian writers and journalists were observing, questioning, and recording for prosperity the life and times of what would become known as the Victorian era: a steady, relentless building of the modern world. Using quotes from Victorian literature, How the Victorians Lived will help you on your way to understanding how society coped with the upheaval of the industrial revolution during one of the most innovative centuries England has ever seen. This book is a detailed exploration of the daily lives of mainly working- and middle-class Victorians. It recreates the remarkable and wondrous world of the English Victorians: their traditions, their expectations, their hopes and their fears and how these have shaped the society we live in today.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399056700

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9781399056700

Beyond Constraint

Middle/Passages of Blackness and Indigeneity in the Radical Tradition

By: Shona N. Jackson

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Beyond Constraint

Middle/Passages of Blackness and Indigeneity in the Radical Tradition

By: Shona N. Jackson

In Beyond Constraint, Shona N. Jackson offers a new approach to labour and its analysis by demonstrating the fundamental relation between black and Indigenous People’s sovereign, free, and coerced labour in the Americas. Through the writings of Cedric Robinson, Walter Rodney, C. L. R. James, and Sylvia Wynter, Jackson confronts the elision of Indigenous People’s labour in the black radical tradition. She argues that this elision is an effect of the structural relation of antiblackness to anti-indigeneity through which native and black bodies are arranged on either side of a split between unproductive labour and productive work necessary for capital accumulation and for how we read capital in political economic critique. This division between labour and work forces the radical tradition to sustain the break between black and Indigenous peoples as part of its critical strategies of liberation. To address this impasse, Jackson reads the tradition against the grain for openings to indigeneity and a method for recovering lost labours.

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Duke University Press

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1478023813

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9781478023814

The Sands of Time

By: Shona Paterson

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The Sands of Time

By: Shona Paterson

When Shona Paterson lost both her parents within a short space of time, she felt as though her world had fallen apart. Although the death of her adored father was expected and accepted, painful as it was, the death of her mother a few weeks later was a complete shock. Shona found herself in a dark place, full of sadness and regrets about things she felt could have been handled better. Feeling robbed of the time she thought she still had with her mum, Shona struggled to cope with the loss. Her mum was no longer at the end of the telephone for a chat, and all the plans they had for her moving back home to Scotland, shattered. Shona was consumed with guilt about childhood sulks and teenage wilfulness, but her husband Robert encouraged her to think about all the support she had given them when they needed it most, and how valued and loved she was to them. Supported by Robert and her amazing family and friends, Shona eventually found peace by remembering the good times, growing up in a small but loving family. This book is a tribute to them, but will also strike a chord with anyone who has lost their parents.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1784620394

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9781784620394

Fodor's Scotland

By: Michael Gonzalez,Shona Main

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Fodor's Scotland

By: Michael Gonzalez,Shona Main

Includes information on hotels, inns, and castles, restaurants, drives and walks, exploring abbeys and castles, fishing and golf, and provides essays on Scotland's history, literature, and clans

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Fodors Travel Publications

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1400004322

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9781400004324

Engagement Matters

Personalised Learning for Grades 3-6

By: Kathy Walker,Shona Bass

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Engagement Matters

Personalised Learning for Grades 3-6

By: Kathy Walker,Shona Bass

Following the success of Play Matters , with its action-based focus on preschool to Grade 2, Kathy Walker and Shona Bass have developed the next stage of the Walker Learning Approach for implementation with primary school students in Grades 3–6.

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ACER Press

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1461901197

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9781461901198

Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child

By: Shona Minson

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Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child

By: Shona Minson

This book brings to life the experiences of children affected by maternal imprisonment, and provides unique, in-depth analysis of judicial thinking on this issue. It explores the experiences of children whose mothers are sentenced to imprisonment in England and Wales and contrasts their state-sanctioned separation from their mothers in the criminal courts (where the court may not even be aware of the existence of a child) to the state-sanctioned separation of children from their parents in the family courts, where the child has legal representation and their best interests are the court’s paramount consideration. Drawing on detailed empirical research with children, caregivers, and Crown Court judiciary, Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child brings together relevant literature on law, criminology, and human rights to provide insight into the reasons for the differentiated treatment and its implications for children, their caregivers, and wider society.

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Springer Nature

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3030327388

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9783030327385

New Answers to Old Questions

Myanmar Before and After the 2021 Coup d’État

By: Aaron Connelly,Shona Loong

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New Answers to Old Questions

Myanmar Before and After the 2021 Coup d’État

By: Aaron Connelly,Shona Loong

Outside Myanmar, the 2021 coup d’état has often been portrayed as the end of a hopeful period for the country. In this Adelphi book, however, Aaron Connelly and Shona Loong argue that the Aung San Suu Kyi government that preceded it was a false dawn, unlikely to fulfil the international community's aspirations for a stable, peaceful and strong Myanmar. Instead, the movement opposing the 2021 coup holds much greater promise – despite the bloody conflict that dominates the news today. Connelly and Loong survey three fundamental relationships that have shaped Myanmar before and after the coup – between the military and the state, between the majority Burmese and ethnic minorities, and between Myanmar and the world – to explain how opposition to the coup has shifted all of them in a more liberal, pluralist and cosmopolitan direction.

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Taylor & Francis

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104021665X

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9781040216651

The Redemption of Alexander Seaton

By: Shona Maclean

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The Redemption of Alexander Seaton

By: Shona Maclean

Is the man simply drunk or does his tottering gait suggest something more sinister? When he collapses in front of the two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess, rightly, that he's been poisoned. So begins this gripping tale set in Scotland in the 1620s. The body of the victim is found in the house of Alexander Seaton, a fallen minister whose clandestine love affair has left him disgraced. He sets out to solve the crime, embarking on a journey where he encounters a witch hunt, extreme religious prejudice, cruelty, and the darkness in men's souls. At the same time, it is a personal quest that leads Seaton to rediscover his faith in God and his belief in himself.

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Penguin Canada

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0143176617

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9780143176619

Ancillary Relief

Practice and Precedents

By: Andrew Newbury,Shona Alexander,Ann Corrigan

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Ancillary Relief

Practice and Precedents

By: Andrew Newbury,Shona Alexander,Ann Corrigan

The law relating to ancillary relief is necessarily flexible to enable the courts to achieve fairness in settlements. Depending on the case, the settlements can be more complex than the divorce or dissolution itself. Ancillary Relief provides an authoritative and straightforward guide to the law. Written by three ancillary relief specialists, the book provides a concise description of the appropriate black letter law but also deals with the practical, day-to-day issues that practitioners may encounter. The book includes coverage of recent cases relating to pre-nuptial agreements (Macleod and Radmacher v Granatino) and Barder appeals (Myerson v Myerson, and Walkden v Walkden). Ancillary Relief: follows the course of a typical case, from meeting the client through to costs and tips on drafting; includes a separate chapter dealing with more complex issues such as substantial assets and short marriages, taking into account recent case law; and, is accompanied by a free CD-ROM comprising easily customised pro forma letters, forms, and precedents (including letters of instruction, an offer letter, an initial letter of advice, and checklists). The book takes into account recent developments in case law in respect, for example, of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial contracts and the ongoing uncertainty an interpretation of Section 25 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.

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Law Society Publishing

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1853286087

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9781853286087

Crucible of Secrets

By: Shona MacLean

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Crucible of Secrets

By: Shona MacLean

It is Midsummer, 1631. While Alexander Seaton and his fellow masters enjoy the holiday with their students, Robert Sim, librarian of Marischal College, is murdered in a dark alleyway in town. While the university and town authorities investigate the murder, Seaton is asked by the college principal to look into Sim's private life. In the course of an investigation in which his personal feelings threaten to cloud his judgment, he discovers a side to the librarian he could never have guessed at.

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140749550X

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9781407495507

The Devil's Recruit

By: Shona MacLean

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The Devil's Recruit

By: Shona MacLean

1635, Aberdeen. A girl lies dead in a frozen garden. A young man goes missing after a drunken brawl. A sinister cloaked figure watches from the shadows. The missing student, son of a Highland chief, is in Alexander Seaton's class. When the young man's companion turns up bruised and bloodied, suspicion mounts that he has murdered his friend. But Alexander is convinced that there's another explanation. Drawn ever deeper into the mystery, Alexander realises that the man in the shadows is known to him and that the strange events in the town are linked to his own past.

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Quercus Publishing Plc

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1849163189

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9781849163187

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