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A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.Analysing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, Corradino argues that this myth becomes a valuable tool for understanding the cultural problematization and censorship of female sexuality, as well as the marginalization of alternative forms of male sexuality. The myth's key themes, of dominant femininity, reified masculinity and female necrophilia, are shaped through the centuries from the core story of Selene, the goddess of the Moon, falling in love with a mortal shepherd, Endymion, and granting him eternal sleep so she can kiss him every night. In three core sections focusing on the archaeology of the ancient world, the art of the Renaissance to Baroque periods, and modern art and film, Corradino traces the way the relationship between the two 'lovers' embodies the taboo topic of the eroticization of the sleeping and/or dead male body and the suppressed desire of female domination and dominance. This research breaks new ground by displaying how these marginal desires have always challenged normativity and have had a profound impact on and through multiple receptions.

1603. Elizabeth I dies and with her, the Tudor line comes to an end. England is plunged into crisis. Into this time of uncertainty came James I, arriving in London after an unprecedented procession from Scotland. In taking the throne, he established a new dynasty and the first 'united' kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales was born. The Stuarts had arrived. But first, this new 'Great Britain' had to play catch up. Spain and Portugal had entered the New World and begun exploiting it for profit; the discovery of a direct trade route to India had begun to shift trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. England was behind, but James's global ambitions began to shift the tide. As ships departed London for America, Russia, Persia, India, and Japan, as the fledgling East India Company began to intertwine ever closer with the crown and as the English began to travel beyond the bounds of their island in greater numbers than ever before, the seeds of the future British Empire were sown. In The Sun Rising, Anna Whitelock provides a unique global retelling of the reign of the first King of Great Britain. Long overshadowed by the glory of Elizabeth and fatal nadir of Charles I, the Jacobean period was one of huge cultural, political and global significance.

The spellbinding new historical novel from multi-award-winning author Sally Gardner. It is 1796. Duval Harlington, recently released from a French prison, is on his way home. He must reach his late father's estate Muchmore House before the following evening if he is to inherit it. But the inheritance rests on another condition: he must also be married. He is at a market, hoping to buy a fast horse, when he hears about a wife sale. He takes his chance and makes an extravagant bid for young widow, Edmée Hyde. To his delight and dismay, the bid is accepted and they marry, only to find that he and Edmée are both hiding life-threatening secrets. Praise for The Weather Woman... 'Seductive' Observer'Wildly inventive' The TImes'Superb... joyful' New Statesman'A delight' The Sunday Times'Beguiling' Mail on Sunday'Magical storytelling' Heat'A triumph!' Caroline Lea'Bold and original' Financial Times'I was completely captivated' Amanda Craig

The School Mental Health Toolkit is the essential practical guide to supporting the mental health of our young people in schools, providing a holistic approach to school culture, learning habits and impactful interventions. The School Mental Health Toolkit lays out a practical and supportive approach to tackling the mental health crisis in schools through promoting a positive and supportive school culture. This book supports you to identify needs, make referrals, offer universal provision and empower young people to understand their own mental health, build resilience, challenge stigma and prejudice, foster compassion, talk about their own needs and ask for help. From experienced school leader and mental health trainer Andrew Cowley, this book tackles the crisis and challenges that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Andrew includes specific support for the Designated Mental Health Lead, as well as for leaders, promoting buy-in for a positive mental health culture across the whole school. This book demonstrates how creating positive school culture, as well as effective safeguarding practices and curriculum design, works to robustly support healthy learning habits, positive mental health and wellbeing for pupils throughout their education.

Brand Lady Gaga: Storytelling in the Context of Music Stardom offers a close reading of Lady Gaga's branding. Nelligan uses discourse and textual analyses to examine Gaga's media interviews, product marketing, live performances, films and documentaries, songs, albums, and music videos, and she teases out the many narratives that shape Gaga's public image. These include: Gaga's relationship with her fans and the Monster collective; individual agency and neoliberalism in the marketing of Haus Laboratories; mental health and well-being and Gaga's work with the Born This Way Foundation; LGBTIQ rights and social activism; creative agency and Gaga's merging of pop music, couture fashion, and performance art; family relationships and Gaga's connection to her late aunt, Joanne. These themes provide the basis for what Nelligan argues is Gaga's central brand narrative of authenticity. The book contributes to ongoing debates on persona and image construction in popular music studies and provides insight into the political economy of stardom in 21st century pop music.

What is the value of engaging theory for teachers and students in today's universities? This book argues that thinking critically with theory is fundamental to meaningful practice. It explores where and how theory is being used to develop education, and who by, as well as how theory within higher education has evolved over time within a changing sector. It considers the role of ideology, and values, in education, as well as the impact of the move to the digital university upon learning and teaching. Specifically, the book focuses on posthumanist, new materialist and sociomaterial theories. International in scope, this book draws upon data from recent research with educators who have engaged theories from within these fields to explore specific educational challenges. Case studies are drawn from teachers and academics working in the UK, as well as in Australia, and include a breadth of disciplines and learning environments. The text concludes by drawing together the value of critical practice for a meaningful higher education, with recommendations for academics and teachers working in learning and teaching. Throughout, Gravett argues that critical, thoughtful and ethical approaches to education are vital if we are to respond effectively to the challenges facing the university sector.

The super-rich have never had it so good. But millions of us can't afford a home, an education or a pension. And unless we change course soon, the future will be even worse. Much worse. But things don't have to be like this.'An invaluable repository of recent ideas put forward by academics and think-tankers.' - The Financial Times'Byrne is an engaging writer, and his latest book is full of ideas.' - The TelegraphIn this bold new book, former Treasury Minister Liam Byrne explains why wealth inequality has grown so fast in recent years; warns how it threatens our society, economy and politics; shows where economics has got it wrong - and lays out a path back to common sense, with five practical ways to rebuild an old ideal: the wealth-owning democracy. Liam Byrne draws on conversations and debates with former prime ministers, presidents and policymakers around the world, together with experts at the OECD, World Bank and IMF, to argue that after twenty years of statistics and slogans it's time for solutions that aren't just radical but plausible and achievable as well. The future won't be a land of milk and honey but it could be a place where we live longer, happier, healthier and wealthier lives.

Internationally bestselling author and acclaimed screenwriter Anthony Horowitz, creator of Magpie Murders, together with founder of Mysterious Press, Otto Penzler, selects the very best of the year's crime and mystery tales in this latest collection perfect for crime fiction lovers. Featuring stories from Jeffery Deaver and Brendan DuBois among many others!These twenty tales represent the best of short form crime and mystery fiction from over the past twelve months. With a variety of fiendishly twisty plots, and featuring murder and mischief in evilly evocative settings, this collection is perfect for crime fiction lovers. Also includes a bonus short mystery story from the Golden Age of Crime Fiction, by the fabled L. Frank Baum. Featuring stories by:Ace AtkinsMichael BrackenFleur BradleyShelley CostaDoug CrandellJeffery DeaverBrendan DuBoisJohn FloydNils GilbertsonPeter HayesShells LegoullonVictor MethosLeonardo PaduraDan PopeAnnie ReedCameron SandersAnna ScottiArcher SullivanAndrew Welsh-HugginsStacy Woodson

Before the tragedy of the Holocaust, many of the leading art and antiques dealers across Europe were Jewish, establishing dynamic cross-Channel, international and transatlantic networks. Aside from a few famous examples, however, we are only at the beginning of exploring the diversity of Jewish dealers' commercial and cultural worlds in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and reflecting on the particular conditions that made possible their dramatic expansion within the profession.Adopting a wider geography than any previous study, and bringing together a distinguished team of international contributors, this is the first book to consider Jewish dealers as an interconnected cohort, tied together by common processes and strategies, but also a common vulnerability. After an extended introduction, the volume presents case studies and trends from the mid 19th to mid 20th century, including: Jewish family businesses in Western Europe; the role of Jews as mediators of art from East Asia; the antisemitism and suspicion faced by Jewish dealers; Jews as theorists, exhibition makers and promoters of modern art ; and the migration, collaboration and reinvention of Jewish dealers in often precarious times.The essays track the diverse range of activities in which Jewish art dealers were involved in the period 1860-1940, and the different geographical, political, financial and cultural contexts they negotiated. With a wide variety of illustrations, including paintings, the decorative arts, historic photographs and archival material, the volume adopts a mix of methodological approaches to analyse a key chapter in Jewish cultural history and in the history of the international art market.Includes Afterword by Charles Dellheim, author of Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern (2021).

What does it mean to be governed and what does it mean to resist? This book responds to these questions, presenting a study of the formation of how communities form amidst social and political turbulence.Understanding this formation of community in terms of 'ungovernability' and a 'poetics of resistance', Ungovernable Spaces charts a movement from oppression, through transformation, into imagining, and finally emergence. Working with methods of situated practice and communicating this through related modes of writing and image-making, the authors consider a range of global case studies: the destruction of the Mecca apartment building in Chicago's South Side in 1952, following a decade of resistance from the building's predominately African American occupants; M.K. Gandhi's practices of social activism from the Salt March protest of 1930, to a daily practice of spinning and intermittent fasts; the Ciudad Abierta (Open City), a radical pedagogical experiment started by a poet and an architect in Valparaíso, Chile in 1970; and, finally, the urban ecologies developing on either side of Belfast's 'peace walls' in the wake of the Troubles and 1998's Good Friday Agreement. Structured via four spatial configurations, the grid, the charkha, the constellation, and the cluster, each case study explores community formation through artistic and aesthetic practices that resist and unsettle forms of hegemonic order. A truly interdisciplinary work at the intersection of poetry, art and spatial practice, Ungovernable Spaces argues for the importance of ethics, aesthetics, imagination and ecology in developing, of necessity, a new poetics of 'us.' In doing so, it demonstrates how the formation of community in and through resistance has the potential to introduce new models of social and cultural interaction that make something new, something different, something unknown of the world.

Misc. is a playful and modern take on the classic Miscellany: a highly entertaining and unapologetically arbitrary collection of curious facts. In one slim, pocket-sized volume you can learn: - How many spiders have been to space? - What removing goal keepers would do to the Premier League table? - What is the sausage count of novelty Christmas hits?- What is the location of the UK's most godless city?Misc. will spark a million spirited pub and dinner table conversations, as well as prompting overly long stays and irrepressible guffaws in toilets across the globe. Designed to be dipped into and revisited time and time again, this repository of things you didn't know you needed to know.

This book examines the European Court of Justice's principles relating to composite decision-making. Through rigorous case law analysis, it shows how these rely on national and Union observance of rule of law requirements, under what the book calls the 'Unitary Protection' doctrine. It explores the theoretical dimension of this doctrine, illustrating how it represents a departure from the EU's foundational federalist approach to administrative law. This fills a longstanding gap in the literature and in our full understanding of composite decision-making, a key tenet of EU law. EU constitutional and administrative law scholars will be fascinated by this compelling study.

The global energy sector is in flux, transitioning from reliance on fossil fuels to clean energy sources at an unprecedented pace. This book explores the complex interplay between this transition and international investment law. The book navigates the tension between attracting crucial and expensive investments in clean energy and protecting a state's right to regulate its energy sector for environmental and other reasons. It analyses how international treaties and investment arbitration tribunals are evolving to address these challenges, examining how the scope of investment protection is being redefined and the delicate balance between stability and regulatory flexibility is being recalibrated. The book delves into this complex landscape, exploring how established legal frameworks, especially international investment law, grapple with the unique characteristics of renewable energy, critical minerals, and rapidly evolving technologies. While offering a roadmap for the current energy transition, the book also identifies unanswered questions. It paves the way for further discussion on critical mineral supply chains and the future of international investment law in a transformed energy landscape.

This collection explores the development of socio-legal/law and society approaches within and across Europe, focusing self-reflexively on academic and legal cultures, institutions, kinship, and scholarly agency.What makes a socio-legal approach socio-legal? How does it differ across legal cultures, countries, or regions? How do scholarly identities develop and change in academia's places, spaces, and contexts? This collection features contributions from socio-legal scholars who engage in a critical examination of their own work. They delve into the underlying motivations behind their research questions, as well as the methods and theories they employ. This process involves reflecting on these aspects within the broader legal and academic landscape in which they operate, taking into account their personal journeys and the historical trajectories of their research fields. The chapters not only contextualise individual socio-legal research within intellectual, institutional, and political frameworks but also explore national and transnational developments, influences, networks, and conversations.With an emphasis on exploring the link between contextual structures and scholarly agency, underpinned by self-reflection, the contributions provide a fresh and fascinating comparative perspective on contemporary socio-legal studies.

This is the first-ever edited volume solely dedicated to examining pseudolaw, offering in-depth insights into its global growth and alarming adaptability to local legal contexts.Can you avoid any law you do not consent to? Can you avoid paying taxes by declaring yourself sovereign? Do courts operate under Admiralty or Maritime law? No. But welcome to the strange world of pseudolaw. This book examines the perplexing and demanding growth of this phenomenon. While it might be tempting to laugh at the ridiculousness of pseudolaw, it is a serious matter. People who make these claims rob themselves of meaningful legal opportunities and impose great costs to themselves and the community. It is also linked to violent extremism and indicative of growing social insecurity.Part I offers ways to analyse and differentiate pseudolaw from other forms of conspiracy ideation and fringe legal interpretation. Part II examines the history of pseudolegal thinking and surveys contemporary manifestations and practices of pseudolaw, including that of sovereign citizens. Part III explores the rise of far-right extremism, lay-persons in judicial proceedings, fraudulent "get out of jail" schemes, and responses to this phenomenon.

This book provides the most complete history of the Regency Acts and Counsellors of State ever undertaken. Using documents from the National Archives, the book outlines why the position was created in the early 20th century, how the question of a regency and Counsellors of State became entangled with the abdication of Edward VIII, and how the position became a crucial feature of the reign of Elizabeth II.Counsellors of State were a little-known part of the constitutional monarchy. Yet, recently, the role has attracted public scrutiny as Princes Harry and Andrew remain Counsellors despite their withdrawal from public life. Counsellors can deputise for the monarch when they are overseas or unwell, ensuring that the monarchy can continue to fulfil its constitutional functions. The book explains the role of Counsellors and the legal and practical problems surrounding their functions. It also discusses the problems with how the Regency Acts provide for a regent. The reign of Charles III raises important questions both for the present and the future. The King is known to favour a "slimmed down", more flexible, modern monarchy. Reforming the positions of Counsellors of State and regent could be part of this. Should the position be used to smooth the transition to William V? Should the British monarchy follow examples from other monarchies in Europe and allow a monarch to retire with the heir to the throne acting as regent? The book concludes with suggested reforms to ensure that the modern monarchy continues to fulfil its constitutional duties.

This book offers a thought-provoking reappraisal of the EU judiciary (the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and the constitutional courts) by leading scholars from the Spanish academy.This open access book is divided into 3 substantive parts. It firstly looks at institutional dimension and the role of the European Court of Human Rights. It then goes on to examine the institutional challenges for the Court of Justice of the European Union. Finally it looks at the evolution and reaction of constitutional courts in the aftermath of the European integration process.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Stay ahead of the curve with this essential book, offering a concise, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the Prospectus Regulation (including its recent amendment by the EU Listing Act) and the pathbreaking Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSPR). Placing the discussion in the context of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), this book provides a fresh and insightful perspective on the ever-evolving regulatory landscape of EU primary capital markets, setting out a practical roadmap for achieving effective and inclusive regulation. With a keen focus on the dynamic relationship between legal uniformity and differentiation, the book addresses 2 pivotal questions: how can the imperative of investor protection be balanced with the goal of providing businesses with improved and cost-effective access to EU primary securities markets? How can the pursuit for greater unification be practically reconciled with the growing demand for regional solutions in a post-Brexit era?Unveiling a unique normative framework, the book provides a holistic perspective; it explores the underlying objectives and intricate complexities of the CMU, critically evaluates the transformative potential of regulatory actions, sheds light on potential inconsistencies, and offers insightful suggestions for future reforms.A must-read for policymakers, scholars, legal practitioners and anyone seeking to comprehend the current and emerging challenges in the regulation of EU primary capital markets.

This study of contemporary, new era Chinese Buddhism explores the relationship between religion and the state in China. Readers are shown the transformation of Buddhism in the context of the PRC's growing economic and political power. An introductory chapter frames the analysis of the metamorphosis of Buddhism, arguing that Buddhism in China has entered a new era since the mid-2000s, following its suppression during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Rich case studies from extended fieldwork in and beyond the People's Republic of China (PRC) take readers to Buddhist temples, nunneries, mega-expos, and study centres, exploring multiple traditions, institutions, and regions. Chapters detail how local actors are changing the shape of Buddhist practice, including men and women, tourists, monks and bureaucrats, and agencies religious, governmental, and commercial. The eleven global scholars bring perspectives from Buddhist and religious studies, anthropology, area studies and beyond. The Han Chinese Buddhists are the focus of this study, but the book also considers the intersections among the Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana schools, as well as folk beliefs. The study raises questions about Buddhist practice and public space, and illustrates the transnational and global contexts, making this a much-needed contribution to the field of contemporary Buddhism.

In this incisive work, Michelson traces contemporary debates on the doctrine of God back in time to the philosophical critiques of Hume and Kant. Charnock, Schleiermacher and Barth each offered accounts of the doctrine of God. This book offers a critical evaluation of these accounts and demonstrates how they were responding to early modern critiques of the possibility of knowing God.Not content to stop there, Michelson also highlights how these critics built their arguments on faulty interpretations of classical theological tradition. In doing so, this book carves out a provocative, construct path forward for contemporary theological reflection on the doctrine of God.

One morning in 1890, a painting wrapped in brown paper appears on the steps of the National Gallery and causes a sensation. It's clearly by Timothy Ponden-Hall, an artist whose paintings were celebrated and debated not just for their beauty but for the rumours behind them: they were believed to immortalise the soul of their subjects. But the mysterious explorer and artist has been thought dead for the last 50 years - so what does this new portrait mean? The gallery brings in renowned art historian Solomon Oak to investigate. But as he races against time with his daughter Alice sometimes helping, and sometimes hindering him, they find that exposing Ponden-Hall's legacy will prove more controversial than they could have imagined for Victorian society. Set between London and Oxford, The Portrait Artist is a beautiful historical mystery exploring race, fame and long-kept secrets.

A detailed guide to the German forces in Bolt Action: Third Edition, containing updated special rules, unit entries, and Theatre Selectors.This new and revised supplement for Bolt Action: Third Edition provides players with all of the information they need to command Germany's military might. Detailed unit options and theatre selectors allow players to build armies for any of Germany's campaigns, from the Blitzkrieg against Poland and France, through North Africa and the Eastern Front, to the fall of Normandy and the defence of Germany.

The first book-length study of the poet, artist and activist Anna Mendelssohn (1948-2009), this book establishes Mendelssohn as one of the most important avant-garde British poets of her generation and explores her contribution to the powerful tradition of women writing enclosure and escape. Mendelssohn was herself incarcerated in Holloway Women's Prison between 1971-76, and her bold and inventive poetry is haunted by forms of enclosure and driven by the desire to escape. Informed by extensive original archival research, this book reads Mendelssohn's late modernist lyric alongside the poetry of her avant-garde influences and contemporaries, including Nancy Cunard, Muriel Rukeyser and Denise Riley, restoring to view lost works and lost literary networks.