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The Ha-Ha

A feel-good comedy of friends reunited

by Tom Shakespeare ...

Fred Twistleton is about to turn forty. Gathering with his friends to celebrate at a rented stately home, he finally hopes to get together with his college crush, the woman of his dreams, Heather. But Fred is also keen to publish his memoirs, and Heather realises the revelations they contain could threaten her career as a high-flying foreign correspondent.When the treasured manuscript goes missing ... Read more

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Fred Twistleton is about to turn forty. Gathering with his friends to celebrate at a rented stately home, he finally hopes to get together with his college crush, the woman of his dreams, Heather. But Fred is also keen to publish his memoirs, and Heather realises the revelations they contain could threaten her career as a high-flying foreign correspondent.When the treasured manuscript goes missing
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From Disability Theory to Practice

Essays in Honor of Jerome E. Bickenbach

by Christopher Lowry, Patricia Welch Saleeby, Somnath Chatterji, Tom Shakespeare, Sara Rubinelli, Alarcos Cieza, Gerold Stucki, L.W. Sumner, Christopher A. Riddle, David Wasserman0 ...

From Disability Theory to Practice pays tribute to Professor Jerome Bickenbach’s highly influential and immensely important work. Professor Bickenbach is a scholar, policy-maker, and activist, of international stature. This volume brings together ten friends, mentors, and mentees, who have penned eight chapters engaging in topics that range, as the title suggests and as Professor Bickenbach’s work ... Read more

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From Disability Theory to Practice pays tribute to Professor Jerome Bickenbach’s highly influential and immensely important work. Professor Bickenbach is a scholar, policy-maker, and activist, of international stature. This volume brings together ten friends, mentors, and mentees, who have penned eight chapters engaging in topics that range, as the title suggests and as Professor Bickenbach’s work
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The Ends

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Fred convinces his partner Nel to celebrate her fortieth birthday on an Arctic cruise, and it’s only natural to invite along some friends, despite promising to keep it quiet.But nobody had counted on the presence of Fred's Scrabble-crazy aunts and their frenzied power walking up and down the top deck, or on Marvin, a climate change-denying American oilman with a few card tricks up his sleeve, or ... Read more

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Fred convinces his partner Nel to celebrate her fortieth birthday on an Arctic cruise, and it’s only natural to invite along some friends, despite promising to keep it quiet.But nobody had counted on the presence of Fred's Scrabble-crazy aunts and their frenzied power walking up and down the top deck, or on Marvin, a climate change-denying American oilman with a few card tricks up his sleeve, or
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Disability

The Basics

by Tom Shakespeare ...

Series series The Basics
Disability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society. The book explores key introductory topics including:the diversity of the disability experience;disability rights and advocacy;ways in ... Read more

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Disability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society. The book explores key introductory topics including:the diversity of the disability experience;disability rights and advocacy;ways in
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Innovative Approaches to Chronic Pain

Understanding the Experience of Pain and Suffering and the Role of Healing

by Paul Dieppe, Ann Williamson, David Reilly, Raanan Gillon, Havi Carel, Tom Shakespeare, Betsan Corkhill, Jeremy Swayne, Jonathan Koffman, Clare Roques, John D. Loeser, Bryan Vernon ...

This book sets out to restore the concept of healing to its place within and beyond pain medicine, in chapters authored by keynote speakers to the British Pain Society's Philosophy and Ethics Special Interest Group. Exploring psychological, spiritual and creative approaches, contributors reflect on therapeutic avenues ranging from the deliberate use of the placebo response and the importance of a ... Read more

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This book sets out to restore the concept of healing to its place within and beyond pain medicine, in chapters authored by keynote speakers to the British Pain Society's Philosophy and Ethics Special Interest Group. Exploring psychological, spiritual and creative approaches, contributors reflect on therapeutic avenues ranging from the deliberate use of the placebo response and the importance of a
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Disability Research Today

International Perspectives

Edited by Tom Shakespeare ...

Grouped around four central themes – illness and impairment, disabling processes, care and control, and communication and representations – this collection offers a fresh perspective on disability research, showing how theory and data can be brought together in new and exciting ways.Disability Research Today starts by showing how engaging with issues around illness and impairment is vital to a ... Read more

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Grouped around four central themes – illness and impairment, disabling processes, care and control, and communication and representations – this collection offers a fresh perspective on disability research, showing how theory and data can be brought together in new and exciting ways.Disability Research Today starts by showing how engaging with issues around illness and impairment is vital to a
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Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited

by Tom Shakespeare ...

Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that disability research needs a firmer conceptual and empirical footing.This new edition is updated throughout, reflecting Shakespeare’s most recent thinking, drawing on ... Read more

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Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that disability research needs a firmer conceptual and empirical footing.This new edition is updated throughout, reflecting Shakespeare’s most recent thinking, drawing on
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Arguing about Disability

Philosophical Perspectives

Edited by Kristjana Kristiansen, Simo Vehmas, Tom Shakespeare ...

Disability is a thorny and muddled concept - especially in the field of disability studies - and social accounts contest with more traditional biologically based approaches in highly politicized debates. Sustained theoretical scrutiny has sometimes been lost amongst the controversy and philosophical issues have often been overlooked in favour of the sociological. Arguing about Disability fills ... Read more

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Disability is a thorny and muddled concept - especially in the field of disability studies - and social accounts contest with more traditional biologically based approaches in highly politicized debates. Sustained theoretical scrutiny has sometimes been lost amongst the controversy and philosophical issues have often been overlooked in favour of the sociological. Arguing about Disability fills
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The Ends

by Tom Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

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Good behaviour goes on ice, in this darkly comic cruise to the end of the earth, with a diverse set of charactersForty-somethings Fred and Nel embark on an Arctic cruise with a pair of long-time university friends. What they haven’t counted on is the presence of a further journalist friend Heather, and her nemesis, a climate change-denying American oilman called Marvin Ridley.With a potential ... Read more

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Good behaviour goes on ice, in this darkly comic cruise to the end of the earth, with a diverse set of charactersForty-somethings Fred and Nel embark on an Arctic cruise with a pair of long-time university friends. What they haven’t counted on is the presence of a further journalist friend Heather, and her nemesis, a climate change-denying American oilman called Marvin Ridley.With a potential
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The Ha-Ha

by Tom Shakespeare ...

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6 hours 45 min

A modern country house farce with a diverse cast of characters––––––––––––Fred Twistleton is about to turn forty. Gathering with his friends to celebrate at a rented stately home, he finally hopes to get together with his college crush, the woman of his dreams, Heather. But Fred is also keen to publish his memoirs, and Heather realises the revelations they contain could threaten her career as a ... Read more

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A modern country house farce with a diverse cast of characters––––––––––––Fred Twistleton is about to turn forty. Gathering with his friends to celebrate at a rented stately home, he finally hopes to get together with his college crush, the woman of his dreams, Heather. But Fred is also keen to publish his memoirs, and Heather realises the revelations they contain could threaten her career as a
... Read more

Classic Goosebumps #2: Deep Trouble

by R.L. Stine ...

Series Book 2 - Classic Goosebumps
Discover the bone-chilling adventures that made Goosebumps one of the bestselling children's books series of all time! Something scary is happening in GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND, the all-new, all-terrifying series by R. L. Stine. Just how scary? You'll never know unless you crack open this classic prequel! In DEEP TROUBLE, find out why Billy Deep and his sister, Sheena, are afraid of dark lagoons, ... Read more

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Discover the bone-chilling adventures that made Goosebumps one of the bestselling children's books series of all time! Something scary is happening in GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND, the all-new, all-terrifying series by R. L. Stine. Just how scary? You'll never know unless you crack open this classic prequel! In DEEP TROUBLE, find out why Billy Deep and his sister, Sheena, are afraid of dark lagoons,
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Child Protection

The Essential Guide for Teachers and Other Professionals whose Work Involves Children

by Freda Briggs ...

This exceptionally well-researched book's intention is to reveal what is really happening in our society and to spur people into action to turn this shameful and complex problem around so that abuse stops and healing can begin. It should be a compulsory handbook for all whose work involves children, especially in the legal system, all human services, schools, pre-schools and foster care. It covers ... Read more

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This exceptionally well-researched book's intention is to reveal what is really happening in our society and to spur people into action to turn this shameful and complex problem around so that abuse stops and healing can begin. It should be a compulsory handbook for all whose work involves children, especially in the legal system, all human services, schools, pre-schools and foster care. It covers
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