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Madness: A Biography
This exciting new book explores the history of major mental disorders by looking at a wide range of historical and contemporary figures that have experienced mental illness. It discusses changing perceptions of mental illness and the treatments used at different historical periods from antiquity to the present day via the biographical sketches.
Political Football
The astonishing true story of how North Korean Gold and Fantasy Middle Eastern Money lay behind the 2009 takeover of Notts County Football Club and the catastrophic purchase of BMW Sauber; how the football deal brought Sven Goran Eriksson to Meadow Lane and how it all eventually fell apart in a blizzard of recrimination, deception and international arrest warrants. Written by the lawyer who was at the centre of events during that extraordinary, unforgettable summer.
Better Than Safe
"A Better Than Story " Paul Fallon is a fashion advertising guru. He s a genius at dealing with difficult editors, art directors, and designers alike. He thrives on the chaotic atmosphere and constant challenges. But in his personal life, he s hoping for peace and stability. Settling down with a nice doctor or lawyer sounds perfect. Anyone but an artist. He s been there, done that, and he doesn t want to relive the heartache. Seth Landau is a model, occasional guitarist, and aspiring painter. He s quirky, flighty, and wise beyond his years. Life has taught him some tough lessons, then given him opportunities he never dreamed of. He s learned to appreciate the fragility of life and to express it in his work. Seth s flare for the absurd combined with a supple mind and a beautiful body are too alluring for Paul to ignore. Against his best intentions, Paul is drawn to the younger man whose particular brand of crazy challenges Paul to accept that things aren t always as they seem. Sometimes taking a chance is better than being safe. "
Operations Management in the Travel Industry
Covering the applied managerial perspective of the travel industry, this book looks at the core disciplines and the application of theory to practice. Considering individual and corporate social responsibility, it teaches effective managerial skills by reviewing legal frameworks, quality management and marketing, financial management, and the management of shareholders and stakeholders. It discusses current trends such as sustainability and governmental emission targets against a background of the needs of a commercial business to innovate and increase profits. A valuable tool for both students and those working in the travel industry, this new edition includes new content, a revised structure and all-new international case studies.
The Synchronic and Diachronic Phonology of Ejectives
This study is the first book-length examination of ejectives and their phonological patterning, deepening the empirical understanding of ejectives and contributing to both phonological theory and to typologies of sound change.
Understanding Employment Relations
Understanding Employment Relations is for undergraduate and postgraduate industrial relations and employment relations students aspiring to, or holding, positions that involve the management of labour. The text addresses workplace governance under the Fair Work Act 2009, as well as the role oftrade unions, employer associations, collective bargaining processes, and various laws pertaining to contracts of employment, equal opportunity and occupational health and safety. It also situates these players and processes within a unified theoretical framework and how industrial relations andhuman resource management practices can be combined.Australia has one of the most legalistic industrial relations systems in the world: in recognition of Australia unique regulatory environment, employment law features prominently throughout the text to help students to understand the full panoply of laws and regulations governing workplacerelations.
Architecture by Moonlight
When a natural disaster strikes, one imposing obstacle always impedes recovery: the need to rebuild. Not just homes, schools, and other buildings but also lives must be reconstructed. Yet amid the horror there is also the opportunity to build back better, to create more resilient buildings and deeper human connections. After Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, architect Paul E. Fallon wanted to help rebuild the magic island he had visited the previous summer. Over the next three years, he made seventeen trips to design and supervise construction of an orphanage and a school in Grand Goâve. In the process, he confronted the challenges of building in a country with sparse materials and with laborers p...
Association by Guilt
When Peter Ferguson accepts a challenging, high profile assignment to deal with an intrusive press investigation, he suspects nothing of the dangerous twist in etiquette that lies behind it; his life is about to be turned upside down in a series of unexpected events.A tense psychological thriller set in the British Embassy in Paris.
Sean Fallon: Celtic's Iron Man
Sean Fallon is one of British football's great untold stories. For the first time, the Celtic legend speaks candidly about his time as right-hand man to Jock Stein and how together they ruled Scottish football and conquered Europe with the Lisbon Lions. We learn how the Irishman shaped Celtic's glory era of the 1960s and 70s by signing not only the majority of the Lions, but also players such as Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain, Lou Macari, George Connelly, Davie Hay, Pat Bonner and Paul McStay. Fallon also reflects on his stellar playing career including the 7–1 League Cup final win over Rangers in 1957, the lean years of the early 1960s and the uneasy final stages of his and Stein's tenure at Celtic. His own, oft-underestimated role is illuminated by revealing interviews with the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish, current Celtic boss Neil Lennon, chief executive Peter Lawwell, Stein's son, George, Sean's family and former colleagues.
How Will We Live Tomorrow?
Paul E. Fallon rides his bicycle through the forty-eight contiguous states, stays with hundreds of folks he's never met, and asks everyone he encounters, "How Will We Live Tomorrow?" Their responses reveal our nation's fractured identity, but also illuminate pathways to celebrating our common bonds.
