S'Mother - The Story of a Man, His Mom, and the Thousands of Altogether Insane Letters She’s Mailed Him
Adam Chester is the son of a very loving, somewhat crazy Mom who for almost 30 years has peppered his life with unsolicited advice, news updates, opinions and the occasional Tarragon Chicken recipe. In truth, Adam has saved over 800 letters of the thousands of inappropriate, embarrassing and utterly mad directives she's sent - some of which, out of the sheer frustration of their regularity, he has yet to open. S'MOTHER is a memoir based on these letters and postcards and is about the relationship between an only son and his mother and the pathological extremes maternal instincts can take.
Macroeconomic Methodology: A Post-Keynesian Perspective by Jesper Jespersen
Methodological practice is at the heart of divisions between schools of macroeconomic thought. Jesper Jespersen's book explains why and precisely how, and gives the reader the insight to choose between rival approaches. His own inspiration comes from Critical Realism and Popper's Three World analysis, with Keynes as the main exponent of a realist approach. The starting point of realist theory is a view of how the world is, rather than axioms, and the test is whether the theory can make, as Jespersen puts it, the "round trip back to reality", to give practical guidance to policy. This is only the focal point of a rich and attractive canvas.
Occupying Architecture - Between the Architect and the User
Occupying Architecture focuses on the importance of the user of architecture. It emphasises the cross-currents between design, theory and use, and the need for a wider cross-cultural approach to architecture. Beginning with the architect, the book proceeds to explore models for architectural practice that actively engage the issue of use, and concludes with examination of the user. The authors draw on illustrations and examples from London, Las Vegas, Barcelona and Bruges to discuss how and why architecture ignores the user.
Interworld by Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves
Joey Harker isn't a hero. In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces—armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions.
Ancient Laws and Modern Problems - The Balance Between Justice and a Legal System
John Sassoon's study of the written laws of four thousand years ago puts paid to the belief that the most ancient laws were merely arbitrary and tyrannical. On the contrary, the earliest legal systems honestly tried to get to the truth, do justice to individuals, and preserve civil order. They used the death penalty surprisingly seldom, and then more because society had been threatened than an individual killed. Some of the surviving law codes are originals, others near-contemporary copies.
