This illuminating new book embeds our understanding of the youth question within a historical context. It shows how the ideas of past political action, in conjunction with the diverse paradigms of social science disciplines, have shaped modern conceptions of the youth question. ...

Aims to provide an understanding of youth offending & policy & practice responses, particularly the risk-focused approaches that have underpinned much recent academic research, youth justice policy & interventions, designed to reduce & prevent problem behaviour. Aims to meet the need for an exploration of youth justice & youth offending. ...

Helps readers identify what is important about their project, how their research relates to previous work & how it may be used to bring about change at individual, community, national or even international levels. This work presents a strategy that focuses on the notion of the 'project' as an organising framework. ...

Osteoporosis affects Approx. three million people in the UK, but the orthodox medical view is that there is no single cause. This guide suggests new scientific evidence proves that the Western diet & lifestyle are to blame
- & that it is possible to reduce the risk of developing the disease.
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Black comedy about the determination of an understudy to be successful. Rebecca (Marin Ireland) is a struggling actress who gets the opportunity to be the understudy of film star Simone Harwin (Kelli Giddish) in a theatrical production of Electra. But, despite her talent, Rebecca is looked down on by the cast & crew. Soon the lead actresses become victims of mysterious accidents, meaning Rebecca has a starring role, but when the police investigate the situation her part in the play, along with her freedom, is in jeopardy. ...

Enlisting at the age of twenty in 1916, Edmund Blunden took part in the disastrous battles of the Somme, Ypres & Passchendaele, describing the latter as 'murder, not only to the troops, but to their singing faiths & hopes'. This autobiography records poet Blunden's experiences as an infantry subaltern in France & Flanders. ...

Jamie Bell plays Chris, a troubled teenager with a bizarre eating disorder, in this dark & lyrical thriller. Chris has moved with his little brother to his father John's (Dermot Mulroney) cabin in backwoods Georgia following their mother's death. Looking after his brother, Chris struggles with his own propensity to eat paint & dirt until he's sick. But then his violent uncle Deel (Josh Lucas) arrives, fresh from prison, & Chris finds himself on the run with his brother, trying to stay one step ahead of his deranged uncle. ...