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The Washington Heights
Sterrett Emerson Groves is a young lawyer at a reputable Washington D.C. law firm. With a less than desirable work ethic, he relies on boldness, improvisation and sometimes drink to make it through his day successfully. His boss, Vincent Jorrigo bets the law associate’s swagger will be of use to him. It proves a costly gamble as Jorrigo wrestles with his own perilous demons. Dinah Solatoff, with her cool, Western style, turns Sterrett’s head, yet misunderstands the boy’s way of looking at things. Tired of her life as a legal secretary, she snubs him for an unlikely romance with a national politician, while Sterrett seeks out beautiful and ambitious attorney Anne Marie Smith for answers. In the background, looms a comical waste management project that means big bucks for all involved. The Washington Heights is a story of restless youth and a decision to be made, to pursue love or settle for riches. It’s also a satire of the micro-culture in the U.S. capital where contrasting agendas, lobbying and legal shenanigans are the specials of the day.
An H.G. Wells Chronology
A detailed chronology of the life of H.G. Wells, tracing his career from his earliest writings to his world fame as a novelist, prophet and popular educator. This Chronology brings vividly to life his extraordinary energy and industry, and the wide range of his friendships and interests. Written by one of the leading authorities on Wells, this Chronology offers a definitive outline of the life and times of a major twentieth-century writer.
A George Orwell Chronology
George Orwell is now acknowledged as one of the most significant literary figures of the twentieth century. As novelist, essayist and author of a number of outstanding works of reportage he has exercised an influence on modern thought which is increasingly being recognised. In this new work J.R. Hammond offers a definitive chronology of Orwell, which takes account of the latest research into his life and times and provides an overview of the life of a major writer.
A Robert Louis Stevenson Chronology
Stevenson died at the age of 44, but despite such a short span he lived an incredibly active life during which he travelled widely and wrote a prodigious amount of fiction, essays and poetry. To browse through this Chronology is to follow in the footsteps of a man who was always on the move, always eager to journey onto the next place or to embark on a new literary project. J.R. Hammond, a lifelong student of Stevenson and author of A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion, offers a definitive chronology of RLS which takes account of the latest research into his life and times.
Pepper Mountain
First published in 2007. The political history of late imperial/early modern China and the relationship between China's traditional political culture and the rapidly changing political environment of China today, are examined through this study of the iconic figure of Yang Jisheng. Born in 1516, Yang had a brief and traumatic career as a junior official in the middle Ming dynasty, before being executed in 1555 for criticising the politics of the imperial state. After his death, Yang was held up as a martyr to Confucian political morality. Over the ensuing 450 years, a variety of constituencies within China have appropriated and deployed Yang's memory in different ways to promote their own po...
Research Methods
This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive overview of the many methods and methodologies of social research. Each entry provides a critical definition and examines the value and difficulties of a particular method or methodology of concept across different fields of social research. Concepts include: Action research Chaos theory Discourse analysis Epistemology Literature review Interviewing Social constructivism World view With thematic further reading stretching across the social sciences, Research Methods: The Key Concepts will help readers develop a firm understanding of the rationale and principles behind key research methods, and is a must-have for new researchers at all levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate and beyond.
Downtimers
Time travel has arrived and so has a ruthless killer. PJ Hammond is best known as the creator of cult sci-fi TV series Sapphire and Steel. His extensive writing credits also include The Bill, Midsomer Murders and Dr Who spin off Torchwood. Sol Bonner was content as a CID Sergeant on the featureless streets of Gate Town, where local industry was in decline and those who could had packed up and moved on to somewhere more appealing. It was a passing through place, not somewhere you would expect people to choose to start a new life, especially not those from another time. But Sol's no-nonsense approach to the job got him hand-picked for a promotion to DI of a specialist unit, tasked with tracking down the Downtimers. Unravelling the secrets of the time travellers takes a sinister turn when a chance discovery leads Sol on the trail of a killer who commands death from the palm of his hands.
A Defoe Companion
Defoe occupies a central place in the history of English literature. As the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders he can claim to be the creator of the first novels in English, and he was one of the earliest practitioners of the 'desert island' myth which has had such an influence on the human imagination. In A Journal of the Plague Year and A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain he forged a distinctive documentary style which deeply influenced later writers.
