Men of Blood - Violence, Manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England
An examination of the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressive legal development called forth strong resistance, not only from violent men themselves but, from others who drew upon discourses of democracy, humanitarianism and patriarchy to establish sympathy with 'men of blood'.
Influencing and Persuasion skillsBeing able to influence and persuade others to get them to do what you want them to do is a key skill not only in business but in life as a whole!
We only achieve real results through others and that takes effective communication skills. In this textbook you’ll will learn the key skills and the techniques so you can win people around to your ideas, influence others on certain decisions and persuade them to take certain a certain course of action all by the way that you communicate with them!
Academic Evaluation: Review Genres in University Settings
This book explores how academics publically evaluate each others work. Focusing on blurbs, book reviews, review articles, and literature reviews, the international contributors to the volume show how writers manage to critically engage with others ideas, argue their own viewpoints, and establish academic credibility.
Write Like the Masters: Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others
Inspirational and informative, "Write Like the Masters" is the first book-length explanation of the rhetorical technique of imitation for the modern writer. Comprised of practical, inspirational, easy-to-apply advice, this helpful guide analyses the writing styles of twenty-one great novelists, explaining how readers can imitate these authors and, in the process, learn advanced writing secrets to fire up their own work.
Growing up with many questions and being afraid of death, his book made sense and gave me all the answers that I was looking for. As a practioner of his doctrine, I truly believe that we're here temporarily to learn and move on to other levels. His teachings about love, respect, compassion and unity shows us that the time has come for the human race to stop with the violence and help one another before it's too late.
