Product Description: Over the last half century scholars from a range of disciplines have attempted to theorise silence. Naively we tend to think of silence negatively, as a lack, an emptiness. Yet silence studies shows that silence is more than mere absence...read more

Product Description: This beautifully illustrated book offers the first look back on a storied career by acclaimed jewelry designer Stephen Webster. Setting luxurious reproductions of Webster’s stunning creations alongside a charming collection of musings on his life and experience, it is a book like no other, a hybrid that enhances our understanding of Webster’s work and the genesis of his artistic vision...read more

Product Description: When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform biology—he told us that humans too are part of nature. His decisive experience—a five-year round-the-world voyage on the Beagle—set him thinking about the diversity of life, ideas that would challenge the scientific establishment and Victorian society...read more

Product Description: Online grooming is a topic of increased importance in global debates. This pioneering text offers a comprehensive overview of the established themes and emergent debates relating to the online abuse and victimisation of children.With important new findings from a European study of online grooming, the first and largest study of its kind, this volume provides a unique insight into the behaviour of offenders and those who are 'groomed', aiming to understand the 'place' of the child in relation to the characteristics of online groomer behaviour...read more