Winning the 1992 Best Actor Oscar for his chilling performance as Dr Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs overwhelmingly confirmed Anthony Hopkins star status. He has since been nominated a further three times & has become a huge force in Hollywood with more recent films such as Hannibal Red Dragon & the Human Stain & Oliver Stones Alexander. This definitive biography

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In this illuminating tour of humanity Joy Hendry & Simon Underdown reveal the origins of our species & the fabric of human society through the discipline of anthropology. Via fascinating case studies & discoveries they unravel our understanding of human behaviours & beliefs including how witchcraft has been used to justify misfortune & debunk old-fashioned ideas about race based upon the latest genetic research. They even share what our bathroom tells us about our concept of the body & ourselves. From our evolutionary ancestors through our rites of passage to our responses to globalization Hendry & Underdown provide the essential first step to understanding the world as an anthropologist would in all its diversity & commonality. ...

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The Antianxiety Food Solution" presents effective natural treatments & dietary changes that can significantly reduce anxiety the most common mental health disorder & improve mood. Author Trudy Scott is a certified nutritionist who successfully treated her own anxiety. Many of us don't notice how much the food we eat affects how we feel. As a result changing our diet can actually change our moods dramatically for better or for worse. Readers learn how to discern whether or not they have a deficiency & then discover what to add to their diets & what to remove for reduced anxiety & increased emotional balance. Ideal for children with anxiety & for adults seeking to reduce their dependence on medication or supplement anxiety medication with proper nutrition " The Antianxiety Food Solution" is a must-read for everyone who understands the importance of taking an active role in their mental health." ...

Contemporary society is characterised by its ever-increasing diversity. Having sold over 70 000 copies across its four editions Neil Thompsons classic text remains a trusted introduction to the challenges of promoting social justice & equality. Addressing the ways in which social workers can effectively challenge inequality within society the book explores the many forms of discrimination that can lead to disadvantage disempowerment & oppression. Written with Thompsons inimitable clarity this edition

Features: * Three all-new chapters including a contextual introduction & chapters on sexuality & religious discrimination; * An explicit theory base through extended discussion of the widely used PCS model; * A range of questions for reflection & comprehensive guidance on further reading incorporating books articles & websites. Today good social work practice must be anti-discriminatory. This fully updated edition is therefore an essential read for the next generation of social work students practitioners managers & educators.

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They've spent years at the same high school without speaking a word to one another but that's all about to change. Popular Bliss has the perfect boyfriend the perfect prom dress
- & now the perfect case for revenge after finding her best friend & boyfriend making out in the back of a limo. Bad girl Jolene wouldn't be caught dead at the prom yet (due to her mother's ultimatum) here she is trussed up in pink ruffles wondering whether boot camp might have been the better choice. & shy studious uber-planner Meg ready to stop being a wallflower & start experiencing life firsthand never counted on her date's standing her up & leaving her idling in the car park outside the prom. Get ready for The Anti-Prom Abby Mc Donald's hilarous heart-tugging tale about three girls on one crazy night.
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Is our search for happiness futile? Or are we just going about it the wrong way? In this fascinating new book Oliver Burkeman argues that positive thinking & relentless optimism arent the solution to the happiness dilemma but part of the problem. & that there is in fact an alternative path to contentment & success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid
- uncertainty insecurity pessimism & failure. Thought-provoking counter-intuitive & ultimately uplifting The Antidote" is a celebration of the power of negative thinking."
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb the bestselling author of The Black Swan" & one of the foremost thinkers of our time reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress & tension many things in life benefit from stress disorder volatility & turmoil. What Taleb has identified & calls antifragile are things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive & flourish. In " The Black Swan" Taleb showed us that highly improbable & unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands uncer-tainty on its head making it desirable even necessary. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resil-ient resists shocks & stays the same; the antifragile gets better & better. What's more the antifragile is immune to prediction errors & protected from adverse events. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state why is debt bad for you & why is what we call "efficient" not efficient at all? Why do government responses & social policies protect the strong & hurt the weak? Why should you write your resignation letter before starting on the job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? The book spans innovation by trial & error life decisions politics urban planning war personal finance economic systems & medicine drawing on modern street wisdom & ancient sources. " Antifragile" is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world. Erudite witty & iconoclastic Taleb's message is revolutionary: the antifragile & only the antifragile will make it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty probability & knowledge & has led three careers around this focus as a businessman-trader a philosophical essayist & an academic researcher. Although he now spends most of his time working in intense seclusion in his study in the manner of independent scholars he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University's Polytechnic Institute. His main subject matter is "decision making under opacity " that is a map & a protocol on how we should live in a world we don't underst&. His books " Fooled by Randomness" & " The Black Swan" have been published in thirty-three languages. Taleb believes that prizes honorary degrees awards & ceremonialism debase knowledge by turning it into a spectator sport." ...

Love & loyalty hatred & revenge fear deprivation & political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians Sophocles reputation has remained undimmed for two & a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure faced with a test of will & character risking obloquy & death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone & Electra both have a woman as their intransigent hero. Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family Oedipus determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest & parricide & Electras unremitting anger at her mother & her lover keeps her in servitude & despair. These vivid translations combine elegance & modernity & are remarkable for their lucidity & accuracy. Their sonorous diction economy & sensitivity to the varied metres & modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable for reading or theatrical peformance. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...