'A brilliant authoritative surprising captivating introduction to human genetics You'll be spellbound' Brian Cox This is a story about you It is the history of who you are & how you came to be It is unique to you as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath But it is also our collective story because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species
- births deaths disease war famine migration & a lot of sex In this captivating journey through the expanding landscape of genetics Adam Rutherford reveals what our genes now tell us about human history & what history can now tell us about our genes From Neanderthals to murder from redheads to race dead kings to plague evolution to epigenetics this is a demystifying & illuminating new portrait of who we are & how we came to be'A thoroughly entertaining history of Homo sapiens & its DNA in a manner that displays popular science writing at its best' Observer ' Magisterial informative & delightful' Peter Frankopan' An extraordinary adventure From the Neanderthals to the Vikings from the Queen of Sheba to Richard III Rutherford goes in search of our ancestors tracing the genetic clues deep into the past' Alice Roberts
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Praise for Small's earlier work on Nightingale ' Hugh Small in a masterly piece of historical detective work convincingly demonstrates what all previous historians & biographers have missed This is a compelling psychological portrait of a very eminent (and complex) Victorian' James Le Fanu Daily Telegraph Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is best known as a reformer of hospital nursing during & after the Crimean War but many feel that her nursing reputation has been overstated A Brief History of Florence Nightingale tells the story of the sanitary disaster in her wartime hospital & why the government covered it up against her wishes After the war she worked to put the lessons of the tragedy to good use to reduce the very high mortality from epidemic disease in the civilian population at home She did this by persuading Parliament in 1872 to pass laws which required landlords to improve sanitation in working-class homes & to give local authorities rather than central government the power to enforce the laws Life expectancy increased dramatically as a result & it was this peacetime civilian public health reform rather than her wartime hospital nursing record that established Nightingale's reputation in her lifetime After her death the wartime image became popular again as a means of recruiting hospital nurses & her other achievements were almost forgotten Today with nursing's new emphasis on 'primary' care & prevention outside hospitals Nightingale's focus on public health achievements makes her an increasingly relevant figure ...

When we think of France we tend think of fine food & wine the elegant boulevards of Paris or the chic beaches of St Tropez Yet as the largest country in Europe France is home to extraordinary diversity The idea of ' Frenchness' emerged through 2000 years of history & it is this riveting story from the Roman conquest of Gaul to the present day that Cecil Jenkins tells of the forging of this great nation through its significant people & events & and its fascinating culture As he unfolds this narrative Jenkins shows why the French began to see themselves as so different from the rest of Europe but also why today the French face the same problems with regard to identity as so many other European nations ...

The first book to chronicle humanity's oldest prejudice that against its feminine half 336 pages Holland Jack ...

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Why did the medieval Church bless William of Normandy's invasion of Christian England in 1066 & authorise cultural genocide in Provence? How could a Christian army sack Christian Constantinople in 1204? Why did thousands of ordinary men & women led by knights & ladies kings & queens embark on campaigns of fanatical conquest in the world of Islam? The word ' Crusade' came later but the concept of a 'war for the faith' is an ancient one Geoffrey Hindley instructively unravels the story of the Christian military expeditions that have perturbed European history troubled Christian consciences & embittered Muslim attitudes towards the West He offers a lively record of the Crusades from the Middle East to the pagan Baltic & fascinating portraits of the major personalities from Godfrey of Bouillon the first Latin ruler of Jerusalem to Etienne the visionary French peasant boy who inspired the tragic Children's Crusade Addressing questions rarely considered Hindley sheds new light on pressing issues surrounding religious division & shows how the Crusades have helped to shape the modern world & relations between Christian & Muslim countries to this day ...

For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne France was a large unwieldy kingdom England was small & poor but for the most part she dominated the war sacking towns & castles & winning battles
- including such glorious victories as Crecy Poitiers & Agincourt but then the English run of success began to fail & in four short years she lost Normandy & finally her last stronghold in Guyenne The protagonists of the Hundred Year War are among the most colourful in European history for the English Edward III the Black Prince & Henry V later immortalized by Shakespeare; for the French the splendid but inept John II who died a prisoner in London Charles V who very nearly overcame England & the enigmatic Charles VII who did at last drive the English out Desmond Seward's account traces the changes that led to France's final victory & brings to life all the intrigue & colour of the last chivalric combats as they gave way to a more brutal modern warfare
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' From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us O Lord' Between the eighth & eleventh centuries the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade raid & invade along the coasts of Europe Their influence & expeditions extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad their battles were as far-flung as Africa & the Arctic But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts noble heathens or oafish pirates the last pagans or the first of the modern Europeans? This concise study puts medieval chronicles Norse sagas & Muslim accounts alongside more recent research into ritual magic genetic profiling & climatology It

Includes:: biographical sketches of some of the most famous Vikings from Erik Bloodaxe to Saint Olaf & King Canute to Leif the Lucky It explains why the Danish king Harald Bluetooth lent his name to a twenty-first century wireless technology; which future saint laughed as she buried foreign ambassadors alive; why so many Icelandic settlers had Irish names; & how the last Viking colony was destroyed by English raiders Extending beyond the traditional ' Viking age' of most books A Brief History of the Vikings places sudden Scandinavian population movement in a wider historical context It presents a balanced appraisal of these infamous sea kings explaining both their swift expansion & its supposed halt Supposed because ultimately the Vikings didn't disappear they turned into us

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Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece by one of the world's greatest thinkers It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space & time from the Big Bang to black holes via spiral galaxies & strong theory To this day A Brief History of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon & its succinct & clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe & its wonders This new edition

Includes:: updates from Stephen Hawking with his latest thoughts about the No Boundary Proposal & offers new information about dark energy the information paradox eternal inflation the microwave background radiation observations & the discovery of gravitational waves It is published to accompany the launch of a new app Stephen Hawking's Pocket Universe

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This textbook offers the perfect introduction to the complex world of social work theory giving a concise yet comprehensive overview of how practice is influenced by each theoretical approach described The book begins by outlining the origins & historical context of social work which allows the reader to see show how theoretical fashions have changed & adapted to certain times & concludes with advice on the best way forward for the modern-day social worker Packed with thought-provoking discussions surrounding the topic students will be encouraged to question the theories portrayed
- a skill crucial to being a truly effective social work practitioner Written by one social work's most highly regarded commentators the book's accessible & easy-to-read writing style makes it a must-have companion for students & practitioners looking to gain an overall view of social work theory
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