The second edition of this popular textbook combines coverage of public policies in different countries with the conceptual and methodological frameworks for analysing them. This is a core text for introductory modules on undergraduate and postgraduate public policy, public management and public administration programmes.

The warm and moving new novel from the no. 1 bestselling author of Always and Forever and Past Secrets. Having left the small Irish town where she grew up, Izzie is now very much a New Yorker. She's big and beautiful and runs a model agency for plus-sized women. But she's just broken one of her cardinal rules by falling for a married man, and now it's make or break time. On the other side of the world Izzie's aunt Anneliese is just discovering that her husband Edward has been having an affair with her best friend Nell. Utterly devastated and angry at such betrayal, Anneliese is facing the terrifying realisation that at nearly sixty years old, she is now utterly alone. Then suddenly the women are forced to forget their personal problems and come together as Lynne, the beloved family matriarch is gravely ill. Arriving in the beautiful seaside town of Tamarin where they once lived, they begin to learn about Lynne's past and her great love during the war -- Commander Jamie Hamilton. Love may have led them to heartbreak, but Izzie and Anneliese soon understand they still have the power to rebuild their lives and find true happiness!

`This lovely, quirky novel will appeal to fans of Miranda July and Sheila Heti' RedOttila McGregor is thirty years old and has decided it's time to sort her life out. She's going to quit drinking, stop cheating and finally find true happiness. Easy, right?Getting in the way of this plan are:1. Grace, her best friend, who believes self-improvement is for people in their forties.2. Mina, her sister, who is mentally ill, and it might be Ottila's fault.3. Thales, the Greek guy who works in the hospital cafeteria - probably the best, most dangerous person Ottila's ever met.Told through a scrapbook of emails, receipts, therapy transcripts and other ephemera, this is an infectious one-off of a novel that makes you wince and laugh in equal measure.

Flying High: a bird book that rhymes, a richly illustrated laughter-and-learning experience for children (and a rib-tickling read for grown-ups).

Heist is an in-depth look at 10 of South Africa's most audacious heists. From the 1996 'burning man' case, where four security guards were burnt alive in their armoured vehicle after a ferocious fight-back against highly trained mercenaries, to the 2016 robbery of a cash centre in Witbank, where a gang made off with almost R107 million after impersonating police officers, this is an impeccably researched reconstruction of an endemic crime phenomenon that some analysts warn could bring South Africa to its knees. Using the information gleaned from thousands of pages of court documents and press reports, as well as interviews with scores of police officers, crime-intelligence agents, prosecutors defence lawyers, researchers, journalists, security guards and the criminals themselves Heist gives unprecedented insight into a type of crime that increased by a staggering 49 per cent in the first eight months of 2017 alone. As informative and thought-provoking as it is distressing, this is a book by an investigative journalist at the top of her game.

Tool Intelligence taps primatological and linguistic field research to draw an analogy between prelinguistic material cultures of nonhuman primates and natural human languages. Linguistics and cognitive science are given new incentives to search for cognitive homology in areas of extended problem awareness and manipulative intentionality.

How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self. Resilience is a key ingredient for psychological health and wellness. It's what gives people the psychological strength to cope with everyday stress, as well as major setbacks. For many people, stressful events may include job loss, financial problems, illness, natural disasters, medical emergencies, divorce, or the death of a loved one. But if you are queer or gender non-conforming, life stresses may also include discrimination in housing and health care, employment barriers, homelessness, family rejection, physical attacks or threats, and general unfair treatment and oppression-all of which lead to overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness. So, how can you gain resilience in a society that is so often toxic and unwelcoming?In this important workbook, you'll discover how to cultivate the key components of resilience: holding a positive view of yourself and your abilities; knowing your worth and cultivating a strong sense of self-esteem; effectively utilizing resources; being assertive and creating a support community; fostering hope and growth within yourself, and finding the strength to help others. Once you know how to tap into your personal resilience, you'll have an unlimited well you can draw from to navigate everyday challenges.By learning to challenge internalized negative messages and remove obstacles from your life, you can build the resilience you need to embrace your truest self in an imperfect world.

In Provisionally Applied Treaties: Their Binding Force and Legal Nature, Anneliese Quast Mertsch analyses the binding force and legal nature of treaties during the period of their provisional application in light of international practice and academic opinion.

A cocktail of fun poems about small garden creatures and their colour portraits. Anneliese's extraordinary insights and talent bring to life the world of minibeasts that crawl and fly about us. Enjoy her sense of fun and wit, as revealed in her remarkable verse.