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Robinson Cruising
In this delightfully witty memoir, Vaughan Robinson rather mischievously explores the modern cruise ship culture from his perspective as a crewmember. Running away from a failed marriage and living homeless in London gives Robinson a slightly different perspective to what life is like for many crewmembers aboard cruise ships. He certainly doesn't hold back from exploring things he finds intriguing - although I am sure he wishes his curiosity was a little less active, because we find him being abducted in Indonesia by a gun wielding maniac, experiencing illness and death aboard one cruise ship on a biblical scale, and he is even asked to a soiree by a crewmember who likes to watch videos of concrete being poured. But then these are the things you will never hear from other crewmembers, because they are all too busy telling you of their sexual exploits and drinking alcohol by the bucket load. Find out what it is really like for many crewmembers working aboard cruise ships from the perspective of someone who told his ex-wife, he would rather be covered in honey and left in an Alaskan forest naked than step foot on a cruise ship.
The Isle of Man
This book, drawing on wide experience of the Isle of Man, describes, interprets and explains the features that make the Island’s physical and human landscapes so distinctive and give it a unique sense of place. Although the editors have taken a strongly geographical approach to their theme, the book is unparalleled in writings on the Isle of Man in the broad range of contributions it has assembled: geology, quaternary science, geomorphology, archaeology, history, natural history, political science, demography, social policy and economics. The book definitively reviews current geographical knowledge relating to the Isle of Man, bringing together hitherto fragmented, scattered and inaccessible work. Particular emphasis is placed upon the way in which geographers are returning to their intellectual roots with a renewed focus on both the distinctiveness and sense of place. By helping readers to understand the processes that formed, and continue to change, the Isle of Man’s unique physical and human landscapes, this book aims both to inform and to enhance enjoyment of the Island.
Alumni Cantabrigienses
Detailed and comprehensive, the second volume of the Venns' directory, in six parts, includes all known alumni until 1900.
Geography & Ethnic Pluralism
Geography & Ethnic Pluralism (1984) examines the debate around pluralism – the segmentation of population by race and culture – as a social and state issue, and explores this issue in Third World and metropolitan contexts. The field is opened up by a re-examination of the seminal work of J.S. Furnivall and M.G. Smith and by exploring the significance of racial and cultural diversity in colonial, post-colonial and metropolitan situations. Case studies written by specialists are presented in each chapter; they represent a wide range of locales, indicating the global nature of the theme and emphasising the variable significance of ethnicity in different situations.
Spreading the 'burden'?
European governments are now engaging in one of the largest exercises in social engineering that the continent has seen since the Second World War. Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe are now being denied their basic right to choose where they live and are instead being compulsorily dispersed. Spreading the 'burden' is: · the first book-length study of dispersal policies; · explicitly comparative in nature and written by three national experts; · highly topical and controversial as the review of dispersal policies is under way in many countries; · a valuable case-study of how society deals with 'outsider' groups and space. The book is essential reading for national and local policy makers, those interested in human rights, social policy and refugee studies, as well as human geographers and sociologists.
Research Methods for Education, second edition
Research Methods for Education, Second Edition takes the student by the hand and guides them through the complex subject of research methods in an engaging, witty and clear way. The book covers the philosophical approaches and epistemology, as well as the practical aspects of research, such as designing questionnaires and presenting conclusions. Each chapter is split into 'Context' and 'Practice' and both sections are packed with exercises, examples and comparative international material from other educational contexts, Peter Newby's book is the student-friendly text which demystifies the research process with clarity and verve. Key features: -written in a clear and friendly manner to help s...
