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You Don't Have to Be Good
Bea is in her late forties, has a dead-end job with the Council in Cambridge, and is married to Frank, a feckless would-be writer with extra-mural distractions. Bea's successful sister, Katharine, the one who always worked hard, is a consultant paediatrician with two children (nerdy, nice twelve-year-old Adrian and difficult, funny teenage Laura) whom Bea has minded off-and-on since they were small. One morning Bea simply disappears. Her work mates are concerned when the normally reliable Bea doesn't turn up; her husband is suspected of foul play; her uptight sister becomes increasingly emotional and starts to unravel. Only the kids seem quietly, genuinely upset. As time goes by, though, Bea, it emerges, has history which her nearest and dearest know little about, and things don't turn out quite as they might have liked or expected. "You Don't Have to be Good" looks at what happens when a woman reaches the point where being good is no longer an option.
Descent
Descent charts the trajectory of a woman’s life and a couple’s relationship, framed by the Lockerbie air disaster and the attack on the Twin Towers. Her work as a psychiatric nurse drives her nuts but keeps her sane, in this tragic-comedy of everyday life.
A Boy's Guide to Track and Field
Lem Gulliver can’t understand how the people around him manage a grown-up life — careers, mortgages, marriages etc. One day he feels the need to take control of his life and stop it unravelling before he reaches the end of the Victoria Line, which takes him daily to work.
The Descent
We are not alone. Some call them devils or demons. But they are real. They are down there. And they are waiting for us to find them. In a cave in the Himalayas, a guide discovers a self-mutilated body with a warning: Satan exists. In the Kalahari Desert, a nun unearths evidence of a proto-human species and a deity called Older-than-Old. In Bosnia, something has been feeding upon the dead in a mass grave. So begins mankind’s most shocking realization: the underworld is a vast geological labyrinth populated by another race of beings. With all of Hell's precious resources and territories to be won, a global race ensues. Nations, armies, religions, and industries rush to colonize and exploit the subterranean frontier. A scientific expedition is launched westward to explore beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, both to catalog the riches there and to learn how life could develop in the sunless abyss. But in the dark underground, as humanity falls away from them, the scientists and mercenaries find themselves prey not only to the savage creatures, but also to their own treachery, mutiny, and greed. One thing is certain: Miles inside the earth, evil is very much alive.
The Coffin Club
'A twisty, chilling look at the lengths one woman will go to get what she wants.’ Observer, Thriller of the Month ‘Original, unsettling and full of secrets.’ Sarah Clarke, author of A Mother Never Lies ‘The Coffin Club’s tale of death, deceit and desire is deliciously compelling.’ Sabrina Broadbent, author of You Don’t Have to be Good Some people would kill for a second chance. Kat is rebuilding her life. After losing her husband in a tragic accident, moving to the countryside is her chance to start again. Encouraged by her new and only friend Ginny, Kat joins New Horizons, dubbed the Coffin Club by its members. And that’s how she meets Nico. Instantly drawn to each other, Nico seems like Kat’s perfect match. He is kind, caring, handsome and, most importantly, a father to five-year-old Magdalena. This could be Kat’s shot at the one thing she has always wanted: to be a mother. BUT SOMETIMES BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR…
Psychiatric Intensive Care
A concise, multidisciplinary book that defines the emerging sub-specialty of psychiatric intensive care and sets out best practice.
Social Media in an English Village
Daniel Miller spent 18 months undertaking an ethnographic study with the residents of an English village, tracking their use of the different social media platforms. Following his study, he argues that a focus on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram does little to explain what we post on social media. Instead, the key to understanding how people in an English village use social media is to appreciate just how ‘English’ their usage has become. He introduces the ‘Goldilocks Strategy’: how villagers use social media to calibrate precise levels of interaction ensuring that each relationship is neither too cold nor too hot, but ‘just right’.
Prick
Caulter Sterling is a prick. I hate him. I'm the good girl, the responsible girl. But in celebration of graduation and adulthood, I made the worst decision of my life: I spent the night with Caulter. And I just found out that my father, the senator, is marrying Caulter's mother and we're hitting the campaign trail this summer.
Democracy and Multicultural Education
A volume in Research in Multicultural Education and International Perspectives Series Editors Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain, The University of Hong Kong Democratic political systems and the democratic way of life is aspired by most people around the world. Democracy is considered to be morally superior to other forms of political systems as it aspires to secure civil liberties, human rights, social justice and equality before the law for everyone regardless of their gender, culture, religion and national origin. Enshrined in democracy is separation of religion and state, fair and competitive elections of leaders according to a country's constitution which in turn is based on democratic ...
Dialogue and Difference
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
