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The New Poverty
75 years after the Beveridge Report: The shocking extent of hardship in the UK Right now in the UK, 13 million people live in poverty; one in five children subsist below the poverty line. Figures such as these suggest devastating repercussions for health, education and life expectancy. The new poor, however, is an even larger group than these official statistics suggest, and its conditions are something new to our era. More often than not, these people are the working poor, living precariously and betrayed by austerity. In The New Poverty, Stephen Armstrong tells the stories of the most vulnerable in British society. He explores an unreported country, abandoned by politicians and stranded as the welfare state has shrunk. Furthermore, as benefit cuts continue into 2018 and beyond, Armstrong asks what will be the long-term impact of Brexit and—on the anniversary of the Beveridge Report—what we can do to keep the giants of indigence at bay.
The Adventures of Mrs. Smith
In The redoubtable Mrs. Smith Leif Mills introduced Mrs. Leila Smith, the deputy general secretary of a major British white collar trade union. In this book we read of four further adventures of Mrs. Smith in the increasingly harsh and competive world of trade unions and the environment in which they operate. She has to deal not only with some diffi cult employers but also severe internal pressures and international problems.
Path To Fame
Robbie Williams is the perfect choice for the very first Path to Fame book. Robert Peter Williams did not become Robbie until, aged sixteen, he joined a bunch of boy band hopefuls who eventually made it to the very top as Take That. He was just Rob, a surprisingly sensitive boy from Stoke-on-Trent, who preferred amateur dramatics to football in the park with his mates. Rob left school with no qualifications and was whiling away his days smoking and selling double glazing when his mum Jan spotted the advertisement for an audition in Manchester that would change his life. It wasn’t all plain sailing, however – he was sacked from Take That and had to battle through a descent into drink and drugs before becoming a multi-millionaire and a record-breaking Brit award winner. About the Series: The Path to Fame is a unique series of books by Sean Smith, in which he follows the ups and downs, the disasters and triumphs of our best-loved superstars on their journey to becoming famous.
The Redoubtable Mrs. Smith
Leif Mills was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He served as a trade union offi cial with the Banking, Insurance & Finance Union (formerly the National Union of Bank Employees) for thirty six years. For thirteen years he served on the TUC General Council, becoming TUC President 1994 - 95. He was also a member of the Monopolies & Mergers Commission for nine years and the Armed Forces Pay Review Body for seven years. From 1998 to 2005 he was Chairman of the Covent Garden Market Authority.
Electronic Records in the Manuscript Repository
Electronic Records in the Manuscript Repository defines the problems related to electronic records and digital documents, describes the steps the curator should take to manage those electronic records and digital documents, and suggests ways to learn the specific skills and perspectives needed to do the job well. It provides an introduction to vocabulary, basic concepts, and best practices to date by collecting and contextualizing data from several real-world projects, and it contains almost 30 pages of references to resources that the curator can consult for information on specific topics. Dow starts with a review of archival concepts, including a look at archival practices, and then discusses the problems created by electronic materials in that context, as well as the research in progress to tackle these problems.
Boom and Bust in Bronze Age Britain: The Great Orme Copper Mine and European Trade
The Great Orme copper mine in North Wales is one of the largest surviving Bronze Age mines in Europe. This book presents new interdisciplinary research to reveal a copper mine of European importance, dominating Britain’s copper supply from c. 1600-1400 BC, with some metal reaching mainland Europe - from Brittany to as far as the Baltic.
