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Food makes the world go around, according to this absorbing account of how the search for food has shaped human nature. It is more important than love or sex for the simple reason that food is harder to find than a mate. Think of it this way, says Allport, who draws on the research of anthropologists and biologists in presenting her fascinating and provocative theories: Mates are often willing accomplices in the act of mating; food is never a willing accomplice in the act of eating.

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The Literary Legacy of Rebecca West is the first book to explore the entire corpus of her extraordinary seventy-one year writing career. The general introductory studies of West are outdated and do not take into account her posthumous publications, or her large literary archive of unpublished letters and manuscripts. Previous scholarly books have chopped West up into categories and genres instead of following the evolution of her career.

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Immigration has become an increasingly popular topic often leading to passionate and powerful debate. The visceral emotions that stem from such debates transcends fact and paves the way for value conflicts over what it means to be an American. For most of our history, one of our most important narratives has been that we are a country that was built by and for immigrants. Indeed, the inscription on the Statue of Liberty reads, in part, Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. For many generations we welcomed new generations of immigrants who added new levels of richness and possibility to our nation. This certainly influenced U.S. policy on the handling of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Yet, at the same time, a coexisting argument threatened this discourse. In this story, America is a country for Americans, and is threatened by others. While this part of the story is certainly not new, it has resurfaced in the wake of September 11th and, even more recently, has become a political tool utilized to serve the interests of those in power.  

The Criminalization of Immigration: Contexts and Consequences explores these competing narratives and the consequences of criminalizing immigration in the United States and abroad. It examines the impact of national, state, and local legislation on the psychosocial well being of immigrants. The book explores key ways in which immigration is criminalized, and examines how the problematization of immigration becomes a political tool. The first chapters of the book explore the criminalization of immigration through the lens of pacification and the theater of cruelty. In both chapters, the authors seek to understand the process of othering members of the immigrant population to exact social control and to mollify the public. These front chapters set the tone for remainder of the book. They provide the impetus for why states have enacted, or have attempted to enact state level immigration laws that make it nearly impossible for the undocumented to live within the boundaries of these states. In section two, three U.S. states are highlighted: Arizona, Alabama, and Indiana. While the chapters on Arizona and Alabama summarize key aspects of state laws, author Sujey Vega highlights the life of one undocumented immigrant as she navigates life in the Heartland.
 
The book then turns its focus to the criminalization of immigration in a socio-political context. Here, four chapters provide explorations of the criminalization of immigration on labor standards enforcement, immigrant detention, the right wing perspective in the United States and in Europe, and white supremacy. Labor standards impact the rate by which undocumented immigrants are paid, which in turn impacts their health and safety within and outside the workplace, protections from workplace discrimination, and collective activity protections. The criminalization of immigration erodes many of the workplace and labor protections that we have come to view as essential. Similarly, the privatization of corrections has influenced the incarceration and detention of many undocumented immigrants and has even influenced the very laws described in section two of this book. If not for the possibility of profiting off of the detention of the undocumented, many of immigration related laws would not have come to fruition. 
 
The next section of the book provides a transnational and international context to the criminalization of immigration. With chapters focusing on human rights violations, the transnational dimensions of Mexican migration, the making of the Maras, and the criminalization of immigration in the United Kingdom, these chapters ask the reader to examine the criminalization of immigration from a broader perspective. The reader learns how national issues become international and, likewise how international immigration issues influence national policy. 
 
The final chapters of the book put the human face on the criminalization of immigration. Each chapter represents a case study of a specific aspect of the criminalization of immigration. They approach the issue from the viewpoint of a day laborer, an undocumented woman who has become a victim of domestic violence, a child whose parents are undocumented, and a detention officer who wrestles with his decisions to continue his job. Regardless of which chapters one reads, the raw emotion felt by placing oneself in each context is overwhelming. 
 
Overall, The Criminalization of Immigration: Contexts and Consequences provides a complete examination of an issue that cuts through emotional value conflicts. It provides the facts and knowledge essential for a fair and balanced debate.

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Human Spirits And Entrepreneurship Culture - A New Perspective In The Globalization Era

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The entrepreneur is the baker who bakes bread every morning, the retailer who sells this bread, the bar's owner who with the bread creates our sandwich lunch.
The authors see this book as a message in a bottle' alerting us to the importance of entrepreneurship in the world today. 
In straightforward language they explore the history of the subject over the centuries and in different countries, illustrating the text with examples of (or Focus' on) specific cases where entrepreneurs have succeeded against the odds. 
They stress how important it is to learn from the past, pointing out that our ancestors did not have great wealth to build their way of life, they used intelligence, insight, and especially the ability to turn dreams into reality. 
Young people can be encouraged to follow their dreams if countries will tackle the need for teaching entrepreneurship in modern education systems. The authors go on to suggest ways in which this can be, and is already being, accomplished. 
It is a message of optimism.

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This is a novel of many elements and themes: Ignorance and knowledge; sexual lust and love; conditions of political safety and of danger; the need for culture and the need to escape personal loneliness; the complexity of philosophical ideas and also of personal sensibilities. Though the setting is over 40 years ago, the book conveys the kinds of inspiration, difficulty and dilemma which are still germane to the experience of intelligent young people in modern English society.

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1953, over half a decade following the war, is a good time to undertake National Service.
For Jean, the lure of working overseas means she will volunteer as a teacher with the RAF.
Starting in Egypt, Jean spends the next five years (including a renewal of contract in 1956) travelling Africa and the Middle East in a career that, as prophesised by a fortune teller at the village fete, "...will seem like a holiday."
Told in an engaging style, A Mistress Abroad brings to life that time of optimism, with the vibrant and revolutionary 60s only a few years away. It was a time in which a woman like Jean could enjoy and experience her early working life amidst the fascination of other cultures and the allure of pilots and planes.
For those curious about the period or who would like, in part, to reminisce, this book will be an enjoyable read.

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Jammin' Boy is an exotic, vibrant, magnetic and carefree Language Teacher at Oatmill High School. Not a day goes by without elephant sized belly full of laughter, astonishment, excitement and adventure. A truly remarkable, exhilarating and white knuckle roller coaster ride from beginning to end, well worth the entrance fee!

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Hank has a special affinity with historic places and artifacts that even he cannot explain. This unique ability becomes more apparent when Hank and his girlfriend embark on a road trip through the desert of Arizona. Leaving the safety of their everyday lives behind, Hank is forced to confront the difficulties that a thirst for knowledge and adventure can sometimes bring. Their journey through the harsh landscape tests their relationship, their courage, and ultimately, their values. An encounter with an enigmatic stranger, who seems to need Hank just as much as Hank needs him, has life-changing consequences. As the stranger's complex family history is revealed, Hank realizes that certain things will never truly be gone and forgotten...
Written in a unique voice, Gone and Forgotten is a richly descriptive narrative that interweaves historical fiction with a modern day story. The questions raised by the book will linger in the mind, long after the final page has been turned.

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Floyd Carter can't believe his luck. How many trainee accountants get to have a partner like the sophisticated brunette, Yvette Semple? Too good to be true ... so perhaps it's not surprising when clouds start to gather; but those forebodings could have nothing to do with the body of a man washed up on a beach twenty miles south of Aberdeen - or could they? 
In a thriller that takes in the UK from the oil town of Aberdeen to the villages of Wiltshire, Richard Britten's The Trustee moves at a pace and stays with the punches as one-time girlfriend Becca turns up to protect Floyd's back only to find organisations vying with each other in a contest of power which includes human trafficking and attracts the attentions of the insane.

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These are changing times in the nineteenth century England; the railroad is heading North and money barons are moving in buying up land. If that wasn't enough to bring tension between the Ravensfields and the Cheverton-Lambs - two wealthy families in Yorkshire - there are murdered women, a spate of rash hangings, deaths in the mines, compulsory purchase orders ... and there's Guy Cheverton-Lamb, freshly recovered from the Charge of the Light Brigade and Ruth, Edgar Ravensfield's young wife.
At the centre of the tension is Edgar Ravensfield's railroad gangmaster, the rough-edged Scotsman, Lom Mckinnie. McKinnie will stay as long as the railroad takes to get to completion - bonuses pay well and there are the women - but there's trouble brewing; the Irish navvies are growing tired of the way they are treated and Mckinnie's philandering isn't confined to the prostitutes.
Ludden is a powder keg of a novel. A welcome addition to period fiction.

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After serving eight out of his nine-year contract with the army, Frank finds himself back at his old training barracks in Surrey. One year left and he could not wait to say bye bye', although he was a great soldier. He was back at the barracks to re-train as a bodyguard driver, which was well within his capabilities. It is there that he bumps into his old friend Peter, but also finds a new love interest in Wendy, a beauty who works in the NAFFI bar. 
Worried that the army would not bother to train him up for just a year's work, Frank is relieved to bag the cushy job driving numerous VIPs around in the utmost comfort, privacy and security. After overhearing a conversation between four army big-wigs, Frank finds confidential documents on his back seat and cannot resist reading them. After his year is up, Frank is thrown back into life on Civvy Street and takes on a number of other jobs in the hope of earning enough money to marry his Wendy. It is a hard task for Frank to forget about the documents he read before, and he just cannot resist risking everything to take on such a gem of an opportunity.

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Furry friends like Edward Bear love all the same things children love - from going to the beach and dressing up. To Easter egg hunts and Christmas stockings. Edward Bear even helps with a new baby in the family. Join him in these stories of Edward Bear.

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The magick lives on in this second book of the trilogy which follows Newlin ap Rhys as he grows into manhood and chooses a path akin to that of his late father, Rhys ap Twm. His adventures will take him to try to complete the one task that his father could not, that of finding the King's lost daughter and on to learn more about his family and the skills that he has inherited from both his parents. As the mysteries unfold and secrets are revealed will Newlin prove himself to be a true man of Knowledge?

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Life is never easy, in fact, it can be unpredictable, out of our control, and challenging at times. Help comes from these inspiring poems which express what is truly important to people. We are reminded of the beauty around us; the little things we take for granted that are right in front of us. In contrast, how will life be and feel without love, support, hope, energy, calm, and the beauty of nature. These poems guide us in the direction of self-awareness and our environment. We must decide what we want out of life, and live how we want to without the superficial things that we think makes us happy, and not feel pressured into what we think we should have.

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"Some of this book is fact, some is fiction: I will leave it to you to decide which is which."
True-blooded Romany Gypsy Tony Marshall tells the story of his family, going back as far as the legendary King of the Gypsies' Billy Marshall in the 18th century. He describes his father's escapades as the family moved from England to the US to Australia and back and his own similar journeys. Filled with brushes with the law, unexpected meetings, heartbreak and plenty of fights, The Prince of Gypsies is a vividly told slice of Gypsy life, providing a compelling insight into the loyalties and priorities of this close-knit community.

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Abraham Brown, Patch Hancock and Indigo Templeton are three American servicemen, separated from their platoon, biding their time in southern France during the Second World War, when they are captured by a desperate group of Renegade Nazi soldiers. This is a meeting that will change the lives of all three men, their captors, and those of the many people they will encounter in the days, weeks and years following that fateful day.
Abraham and his two compatriots manage to escape from their bonds, into an adventure which is both violent and spiritual, causing each man to examine his inner self and become closer to his associates. The people they meet, including those who may not survive, will affect all of them profoundly, and even shape the strategies of entire countries.

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Too Hot to talk to a Peanut - A Collection of Articles

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Too Hot to Talk to a Peanut - A Collection of Articles is, as the name suggests, a series of short observations on society shaped by the experience, and in part by the philosophy, of an ex-pat mother living in Saudi Arabia and Cyprus.
As we move further into the 21st Century perhaps this is the right time to pause and take stock before we make irreversible mistakes. Should we take more steps to curb global population growth, to protect the environment, to better educate? Today's children are tomorrow's decision-makers, are they up to the job with current educational standards tied in with a shallow media-driven me-culture?
From cold weather to queuing Barbara Steel Knowles voices qualified opinion before finally focusing the lens on herself: A once driven professional woman now reflects and decides that multi-tasking is mainly a preoccupation for careerists and that perhaps there is, or should be, a time to dream and reflect ... and write.

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Welcome to the true diary of the loveable and handsome rescue collie, Dave Dog, written from his own perspective. Dave D didn't have the best start in life, and it is due to this that he is of a slightly nervous disposition. But luckily for him, it was the kind, caring and patient Sue that fell in love with him at the rescue centre and took him home. 
Follow them on their often amusing adventures up and down the country and throughout the British Isles - making friends, having fun, and learning so much along the way. 
This heart-warming insight into canine companionship will make you smile, have you falling for the funny Dave D and maybe one day you will even meet him on a future adventure and receive one of his famous paw loves'.

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Jennifer Aagar, a dutiful wife and mother hopes her life can return back to normality with her husband Simon, after her three children have fled the nest. However, she soon discovers her marriage is in serious trouble. Jennifer has no option but to confront Simon of his affair. But how will she break the news to her family and how will her friends react? When Jennifer is at her all time low, she comes to realise she can turn her life around. Aunt Rose, a mother-figure who has always been there through thick and thin reignites Jennifer's passion for life once again. Through meeting Jade, who helps Jennifer reinvent herself, she soon meets Greg, a much younger man who she thinks is way out of her league. Will this relationship last or will she be alone once more? Can Jennifer move on from the past or does Simon's affair haunt her for good?

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Lizzie Tennyson, loving wife and mother, loyal to her husband and prepared to sacrifice her nursing career to allow him to follow his dream to run a country pub and restaurant miles away from southern England where they lived, leaving behind their friends and family. Surprising herself, Lizzie comes to love their life owning and running the Blenthorne Inn in the Lake District. And in turn the villagers and regulars take her to their hearts. Life for the Tennysons seems to be perfect. 
However, shadows from the past break in on the present and Lizzie's life suddenly becomes less than perfect. As she tries to hold herself and her family together, she is ready to take desperate measures which complicate her life even further. 
She is finally overwhelmed, but even in her lowest moment she is still the perfect friend, ready and willing to help others. 
But is Lizzie all she appears to be? She has a different side to that which she normally portrays to her family and friends. Which one is the real Lizzie?