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After the Accident
A child's life is snuffed out by a joy-rider. Four years on, the parents and the young lad meet. In this award-winning drama, writer Julian Armitstead explores the process of restorative or reparative justice, by which victim and offender are brought face to face, in a common endeavour to repair the harm caused by crime. Combining powerful naturalism with a strongly expressive thread, the drama unpicks the web of shared emotional devastation wrought on parents and killer alike. The strength of Armitstead's writing lies in his compassionate objectivity: he draws his characters and the dilemmas they face with real clarity, showing their all too human weaknesses, but also the strength of their desire to find a way forward with their lives.
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Sophocles
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Sophocles offers a comprehensive account of the influence, reception and appropriation of all extant Sophoclean plays, as well as the fragmentary Satyr play The Trackers, from Antiquity to Modernity, across cultures and civilizations, encompassing multiple perspectives and within a broad range of cultural trends and manifestations: literature, intellectual history, visual arts, music, opera and dance, stage and cinematography. A concerted work by an international team of specialists in the field, the volume is addressed to a wide and multidisciplinary readership of classical reception studies, from experts to non-experts. Contributors engage in a vividly and lively interactive dialogue with the Ancient and the Modern, which, while illuminating aspects of ancient drama and highlighting their ever-lasting relevance, offers a thoughtful and layered guide of the human condition.
The Rule of Law in Retreat
In the past decade the Rule of Law developments in the world have become contentious; its idea, concept, and global implementation have met growing resistance, which may soon shift the global balance of power, prompting international crisis. This book offers insights into the globally relevant Rule-of-Law ramifications for human rights, constitutional law, and philosophy of law in the time of such considerable challenges to it. From this legal perspective, the contributors analyze the questions of independence of judiciary, liberal education, freedom of mass media; populism, and corruption. They discuss global civic education, enhanced social inclusion, violence prevention, restorative justice and other methods of civic participation that can create larger opportunities for freedom in a UN world and help overcome increased ideological division between global North and South.
Rosie & The Troll
Rosie takes a walk in the woods with grandma’s black Labrador Hattie. A pleasant walk develops into a journey to a distant planet accompanied by a Troll called Thumblerock. He was waiting for her under an old bridge which runs underneath the footpath. Every three generations a child of eleven or twelve is secretly whisked away to a world called Damianos. A planet found in the Star Cluster of Pleadies which is populated by a species of technologically advanced Trolls. The children are taken to assess the development of a species. Rosie soon understands that her trip is far from the usual. Environmental issues on Earth created by humans are not only damaging our planets environment, but they’re also upsetting the balance of a galactic transport network. The Trolls who lead an alien planetary council are campaigning to have the Earth gate closed, a simple solution to resolve their problem. As Rosie is the only human to have travelled to Damianos in seventy years, the sudden discovery of another human boot print on this planet throws the Trolls plans into disarray. Rosie and Thumblerock are drawn into a mystery of galactic proportion with serious implications for the human race.
Bartholomew Mills and the January Dawn
The year is 1798 and Bartholomew Mills has never left Plymouth before, let alone been to sea. Suddenly orphaned and alone, he joins Captain James Morel aboard the January Dawn and quickly realises that life on the ocean is fraught with danger - from nature itself as well as from a tyrannical crew bent on finding fortune. These are the last years of Atlantic piracy for the Dawn; Morel and his sadistic first mate, Ivor Stanhope, will let nothing stand in the way of their journey towards the fertile hunting grounds of the Caribbean. Adventure ensues and friendships are forged as Bartholomew and his small band of mates battle the elements, disease and the relentless threat of attack. But when he learns a terrible secret which stokes a burning desire for revenge, Bartholomew's courage, loyalty and life will be tested like never before.
The Undergrounders and the Flight of the Falcon
With a dead mother, a distant father and a school full of teenagers intent on making his life hell, thirteen year old, George Jenkins already has a lot on his plate. When he and his friends stumble upon a crime scene, his mundane life gets turned upside down. Desperate to be taken more seriously and gain the respect of his father, he leads his friends on a deadly crusade to find those responsible. Before they know what they are up against, they are drawn into a hidden underground world of crime, greed and vengeance. Little does George know that, not only will he expose the criminals, but he will also uncover some shocking truths about the death of his mother and his own link to the crimes. A thrilling and exciting adventure with twists and turns along the way. Secretive spies, shady police officers, crazed criminals, hidden truths and buried lies. This young adult thriller has it all.
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