Shows how to read a play-text and to see and hear its potential for performance. This work engages its readers in the realities of the theatre. It provides practical advice for understanding how theatre works and how plays come alive in performance. It also includes suggestions for student essays and class discussions.

The What Works initiative is having a profound impact on the work of the National Probation Service. This book aims to provide a critical overview of What Works, providing a wider set of perspectives on a project which is vital for the future of the service.

Includes stories of patients and their families, details of personal events, comedies and tragedies.

In the twenty-first century, religion has become a political power. It affects us all, whether we're religious or not. This title separates the political from the personal, the power-seeking from the compassionate.

A concise, empirically-based study of the types of psychological treatments effective for common psychological problems in childhood and adolescence.

Originally published in 1930, The Wheel of Fire is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar G. Wilson Knight, in which he founded a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism.

When A Baby Dies describes the tragic and bewildering experience of losing a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death. The book is based on the experiences of many hundreds of bereaved parents.

Drawing on her personal and professional experiences, as well as the stories of many others, Rebecca Abrams provides a compassionate and insightful exploration of the experience of losing a parent. An indispensible aid to the bereaved and the professionals who work with them, this third edition has been fully revised.