New Releases by Paul Scott

In 'The Evolution of Social Systems' J.P. Scott for the first time combines genetic theories of evolution, system theory and theories of behavioural evolution to explain the evolution of social behaviour and organisation. He proposes that caregiving has evolved from self care, to care of fertilised eggs, to developing embryos, to hatchlings. Care may then be extended to adult offspring, collateral relatives and to unrelated others. Humans, Scott shows, ae unique in the degree to which caregiving behaviour is extendable to nonrelated humans, other animals as pets, and even to plants. He concludes that social organisation is based on caregiving as well as processes such as unconscious physiological cooperation, site attachment, sexual behaviour, defensive behaviour, competition and conflict. Competition is thus not the sole mode of evolution. This view challenges some of the conventional sociobiological theories of the evolution of altruism. The book's broad interdisciplinary scope and social relevance has significant import for the general reader as well as for researchers and students in evolution, animal behaviour, ecology, psychobiology, and the human sciences of anthropology, political science and sociology.

Enric Valor (1911–2000) is one of the most important Valencian authors of the 20th century. This third selection of his highly popular rondalles (folktales) will complete the publication of his folktales in English translation. At a time when Catalan was under threat from the cultural bulldozer of the Franco regime, which condemned the use of anything but Castilian Spanish in public communication, Valor went to great lengths to disseminate knowledge of the language, through writing grammar and linguistic studies (as well as teaching it to fellow inmates when he was imprisoned by the regime for his cultural activities). These tales, collected over a number of years in small villages in the province of Alacant, were a significant part of his ongoing efforts to safeguard the Catalan language and the culture and history of the region. The Rondalles Valencianes have been compared to Italo Calvino’s Italian Folk Tales and Henri Pourrat’s Treasury of French Folk Tales. Like them, Valor aimed in rewriting the oral material to establish a common national body of folk narratives and to make the stories more appealing to Valencian readers, young and old alike. The critical introduction provides a classification of the tales in terms of themes and motifs and also explores relevant historical and social aspects that characterize Valor’s folktale corpus.

Nella sua prima traduzione italiana, La divisione delle spoglie è l’ultimo capitolo del quartetto del Raj di Paul Scott, opera monumentale e saga appassionante definita il Guerra e pace anglo-indiano. Hitler è morto e in Europa regna nuovamente la pace: anche il Raj britannico è giunto alla sua conclusione. La caduta dell’Impero segna la fine di un’era; ma per ogni era che finisce, ne comincia una nuova. In un’India che deve ancora risolvere il “problema giapponese” e affrontare la transizione verso la pace e l’indipendenza, indù e musulmani sono divisi da inevitabili recriminazioni del dopoguerra e future dispute territoriali. Ad affiancare i protagonisti della saga ne subentra uno nuovo: il sergente Guy Perron, ex compagno di scuola di Hari Kumar in Inghilterra, rampollo della buona società britannica. È attraverso il suo sguardo cinico che viene ripresa la narrazione. Hari Kumar è stato finalmente liberato e conduce una semplice esistenza di insegnante privato a Ranpur. Sarah Layton è riuscita a staccarsi emotivamente dalla famiglia ma anche a elaborare un rapporto con l’India (e con se stessa) più consapevole e aperto; il suo incontro con Perron le porterà nuova gioia. Ronald Merrick ha fatto carriera nell’esercito, lavorando nell’ombra dei servizi di sicurezza, spiando, tramando e perseguitando, finché non saranno proprio le sue devianze a portarlo alla resa dei conti. E infine Perron: dal canto suo, ha deciso di non perseguire una carriera nell’esercito, di restare in disparte e osservare, da studioso qual è, gli accadimenti della Storia e delle storie che lo circondano. Per lui, questi ultimi giorni costituiscono un’occasione per riflettere sull’eredità che gli inglesi hanno lasciato in India. Intanto, per le famiglie britanniche che risiedono ancora qui è il momento di prendere decisioni sul futuro e di dedicarsi agli ultimi saluti; il tutto sullo sfondo di uno dei periodi di cambiamento sociale più turbolenti che il mondo abbia mai visto. Sui volumi precedenti è stato scritto: «Disagio, doppiezza morale, violenze: raccontando la fine ingloriosa del Raj Paul Scott leggeva i vibranti anni Sessanta... straordinario, sempre più seducente, ardimentoso edificio narrativo realizzato da Scott». Margherita Ghilardi, «il manifesto» «Le due grandi virtù di quest’opera, che resistono al tempo, sono la straordinaria gamma di personaggi che ritrae così abilmente e la sua potente evocazione degli ultimi giorni in India». «The Times Literary Supplement» «Molto semplicemente, monumentale». «The Washington Post»

Enric Valor is one of the most important Valencian authors of the 20th century. This selection of his highly popular rondalles (folk tales) will for the first time introduce his work to an English-speaking audience. At a time when Catalan was under threat from the cultural bulldozer of the Franco regime, which condemned the use of anything but Castilian Spanish in public communication, Valor went to great lengths to disseminate knowledge of the language, through writing grammars and linguistic studies, as well as teaching it to fellow inmates when he was imprisoned by the regime for his cultural activities. These tales, collected over a number of years in small villages in the province of Alacant, were a significant part of his ongoing efforts to safeguard the Catalan language and the culture and history of the region. The Rondalles Valencianes have been compared to Italo Calvino’s Italian Folk Tales and Henri Pourrat’s Treasury of French Folk Tales. Like them, Valor aimed in rewriting the oral material to establish a common national body of folk narratives and to make the stories more appealing to Valencian readers, young and old alike. The critical Introduction provides an outline of the author’s life and an overview of his work as novelist, grammarian and folklorist, as well as an assessment of the tales which identifies their place within the broader European folklore tradition.

Dopo Il gioiello della corona, il secondo volume di The Raj Quartet, capolavoro del Novecento definito il Guerra e pace anglo-indiano. India, 1942. L’Impero britannico è una fortezza in rovina. L’eco dello stupro di Daphne Manners e dell’incarcerazione di Hari Kumar non si è ancora spenta, mentre Ronald Merrick, il responsabile dell’iniquo trattamento di Kumar (nonché di ripetute torture ai suoi danni), è diventato ufficiale dell’esercito. Trattenuto in prigione per un anno, Hari non è mai stato informato del fatto che Daphne ha partorito una bambina e poi è morta. È in questo scenario che fanno la loro apparizione i Layton, un’antica famiglia del Raj le cui vicende si intrecceranno a quelle del primo libro del quartetto. In primo piano, le due giovani figlie: Sarah, vero centro morale della storia, incapace di venire a patti con l’ambiguità dei suoi connazionali, e Susan, che spinta da un senso di vuoto sposerà Teddie Bingham, un incolore e convenzionale ufficiale del prestigioso reggimento Fucilieri di Pankot, compagno di stanza di Merrick. Gli inglesi non sono più ciò che erano: come lo scorpione circondato da un anello di fuoco – protagonista di un’immagine impressa nella memoria di Susan – finirà per incontrare la morte, così il Raj britannico, minacciato dalle fiamme dell’indipendenza indiana, si avvicina alla propria fine. E nel mezzo del caos, gli inglesi si ritirano da un mondo che non conoscono più per cercare conforto nella negazione, nell’alcol e nella follia. Con grande forza e sottigliezza, Paul Scott si spinge ancora più a fondo nella sua epopea indiana, raccontando un intero subcontinente giunto a un punto di svolta. Su Il gioiello della corona è stato scritto: «È un’opera poderosa e avvincente, e penso che ancora oggi possa incontrare il favore del pubblico. Si rassicuri il lettore, Paul Scott è uno scrittore amico: la sua prosa è leggera e scorrevole». Luigi Sampietro, «Il Sole 24 Ore» «L’autore è maestro nell’intrecciare drammi macroscopici e vicende personali. Seguendo e incastonando le vite di sei personaggi, Scott allestisce un romanzo coloniale che dietro un dramma privato svela le secolari crudeltà degli inglesi nei confronti di un popolo che non vuole più essere il gioiello della corona britannica ma lotta per trovare la propria identità». Angelo Molica Franco, «il Venerdì – la Repubblica» «Una tetralogia sontuosa. Scott tesse un quadro storico con cura dei particolari, del miscuglio fra i sentimenti personali e la rivalsa di un paese narrato con acutezza». Francesco Musolino, «Il Foglio»

Paul Scott, vincitore del Man Booker Prize, torna nelle librerie italiane con Il gioiello della corona, primo capitolo di The Raj Quartet: la sua opera più celebre, definita il Guerra e pace anglo-indiano, in una nuova, brillante traduzione. India, 1942. La seconda guerra mondiale ha mostrato che l’Impero britannico non è invincibile: la frattura con l’India – il gioiello della corona imperiale – si sta facendo sempre più profonda e pericolosa, mentre gli indipendentisti ingrossano le loro fila. In questo clima carico di tensioni e contraddizioni vive la giovane inglese Daphne Manners, che si è da poco trasferita nella cittadina di Mayapore. Qui ha conosciuto il bellissimo Hari Kumar, ragazzo intelligente e colto che come lei è nato e cresciuto in Inghilterra, ma è indiano; per questo, i due sono costretti a tener segreto il loro amore. Una notte, dopo un incontro appassionato con Hari nei giardini di Bibighar, Daphne viene sorpresa da un gruppo di uomini e violentata: per la polizia, guidata dal sovrintendente Merrick, questa è l’occasione ideale per stringere il pugno di ferro sulla popolazione locale. A partire dalla missionaria Miss Crane, insegnante da sempre vicina alla causa indiana che si trova spiazzata e incapace di agire di fronte all’aggressività degli scontri, tutti i membri della comunità di Mayapore dovranno fare i conti con questo e altri crimini violenti. Amori, segreti, rivolte e complotti sullo sfondo di un affresco storico di grande impatto che mostra in maniera dirompente il razzismo, l’ingiustizia sociale ma anche la forte crisi politica e identitaria di due paesi dai destini intrecciati: India e Inghilterra, gioiello e corona, stretti nel soffocante abbraccio imperiale. «La straordinaria opera di Scott è al tempo stesso un’illuminante finestra su un momento storico fondamentale e una guida per il nostro presente turbolento». «The New York Times» «Una pietra miliare della narrativa postbellica». «The Times» «Un trionfo. Il gioiello della corona procede con forza, con urgenza. Oltre a essere un narratore di talento, il signor Scott usa le sue notevoli abilità tecniche per ritrarre un luogo e un tempo, una società e le sue disposizioni sociali, che ora sono storia». «The New Yorker» «È certamente uno dei più grandi lavori di Paul Scott ed è già stato stabilito come lui sia un romanziere raffinato e profondo». «Kirkus Reviews»

Poet Richard Berengarten has published over 25 books including poetry, translations and criticism since his first collection, The Easter Rising, appeared in 1968. His poetry has been translated into more than 90 languages. His book-length poem The Manager was first published in 2001. This original and innovative work received high praise from reviewers at the time and has since then seen two more editions in 2008 and 2011 with various revisions by the author. His complex, entertaining book engages with issues such as the Modernist heritage, Postmodernist experimentation, gender relations and the problem of contemporary spiritual emptiness. Recognized as a seminal work of the late 20th century, this book-length poem employs a little-used poetic form the verset or verse paragraph. This volume brings together original essays on The Manager by nine internationally-known poets, critics and academics. It is aimed primarily at a scholarly audience—teachers, researchers and students of contemporary poetry written in English. While the essays are specialized, they are at the same time clearly-written and avoid academic jargon. Their argumentative transparence will therefore also make them available to a more general readership interested in contemporary poetry and the broader cultural issues that it entails. This book will serve for many as an introduction to a figure who is arguably one of the most significant poets writing in English today.

This book brings together twelve essays published between 1983 and 2015. They reveal the author's continuing interest in what is argued here to be the central, although subversive and recessive line of thinking in American and western society. This romantic thread is followed mainly from Ralph Waldo Emerson through Emily Dickinson to Martin Heidegger and Stanley Cavell. Este libro reúne doce ensayos publicados entre 1983 y 2015, que revelan el continuo interés del autor en lo que se argumenta aquí como la línea de pensamiento central, aunque subversiva y no dominante, de la sociedad americana y occidental. Este hilo romántico es seguido principalmente desde Ralph Waldo Emerson hasta Martin Heidegger y Stanley Cavell, pasando por Emily Dickinson.

From the Yardbirds to Cream, Blind Faith to Derek and the Dominos, and a hugely-successful solo career, Eric Clapton's fifty years in the music business can look like an uninterrupted rise to become one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived. But his story is as complicated as it is fascinating. Clapton's god-like skill with a guitar was matched by an almost equal talent for self-destruction. He has never shied away from telling the truth about his battles with drink and drugs - or the sometimes catastrophic impact they had on the other people in his life, including his first wife Pattie Boyd. And without those deep personal lows we may never have had the musical highs that won him millions of fans. His story is also one of a long but successful road to sobriety, redemption and happiness. Motherless Child chronicles Clapton's remarkable journey: the music, the women, the drugs, the cars, the guitars, the heartbreak and the triumphs are all here. The book includes interviews with some people close to Clapton who have never spoken on the record before. It explores his musical legacy as one of the most influential musicians of his generation, and as the keeper of the flame for the blues.

The Abingdon Theological Companion to the Lectionary begins with the conviction that Scripture speaks first and foremost to Christians now. Its message engages Christian belief and action in the present day. While informed by the best in current biblical studies, its commentary on the Scripture passages of the Revised Common Lectionary focuses on the questions of Christian life in the world that church members bring to worship. Each entry is co-written by a theologian and homiletician and seeks to answer the questions, ""What does this passage say about the gospel and how does it speak to my e.

The conclusion of the "majestic" quartet about the waning days of the British empire in India, "a commanding achievement" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review). After exploiting India's divisions for years, the British are departing in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. The twilight of the raj turns bloody. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and Pakistan, A Division of the Spoils illuminates one last bittersweet romance, revealing the divided loyalties of the British as they flee, retreat from, or cling to India. "[These] novels are a spectacular explosion of history set off within the lives of a dozen or so Britons and Indians on the edges of vast change . . . If you want to know where the political world we now live in began, Paul Scott's novels are a place to start." — The New York Times Book Review "A rich novel of manners . . . Politics, cultism, police and military interrogation—all moving toward inevitable murder and violence—are integral parts of a carefully crafted, complex novel." — Library Journal

The classic study of canine behavior: "A major authoritative work...Immensely rewarding reading for anyone concerned with dog-breeding."— Times Literary Supplement Based on twenty years of research at the Jackson Laboratory, this is the single most important and comprehensive reference work on the behavior of dogs ever compiled, written by geneticist and comparative psychologist John Paul Scott, known for his research into social behavior and aggression. "One of the most important texts on canine behavior published to date. Anyone interested in breeding, training, or canine behavior must own this book."—Wayne Hunthausen, D.V.M., Director of Animal Behavior Consultations "This pioneering research on dog behavioral genetics is a timeless classic for all serious students of ethology and canine behavior."—Dr. Michael Fox, Senior Advisor to the President, The Humane Society of the United States "Comprehensive...[a] seminal work."—Mark Derr, The Atlantic Monthly "Essential reading for anyone involved in the breeding of dogs. No breeder can afford to ignore the principles of proper socialization first discovered and articulated in this landmark study."—The Monks of New Skete, authors of How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend and the video series Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete

Deu assajos publicats amb anterioritat que, en conjunt, tenen la finalitat de proporcionar un debat coherent de la filosofia antisistemàtica del trascendentalisme americà i la forma que es reflecteix en diversos escriptors i pintors dels segles XIX i XX als Estats Units. Reflexiona sobre les implicacions de la revolució romàntica en el pensament occidental i demostrar la importància del romanticisme per al desenvolupament de la cultura americana.

Aquest llibre comenta la poesia d'Emily Dickinson mitjançant un estudi dels 22 poemes que constitueixen el seu primer quadernet, tots escrits abans de 1859. Comença amb un breu resum del complicadíssim procés de publicació de l'obra dickinsoniana. Després, s'explica què són els quadernets i com els van tractar alguns dels primers editors. A continuació, s'ofereix una lectura crítica del primer quadernet que es centra en la transformació de la fe cristiana de la jove poetessa, i finalitza amb una edició bilingüe amb notes critiques sobre cada poema.

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Doing justice to the complexity of the preaching task and the questions that underlie it, Wilson organizes both the preparation and the content of the sermon around its "four pages." Each "page" addresses a different theological and creative component of what happens in any sermon. Page One presents the trouble or conflict that takes place in or that underscores the biblical text itself. Page Two looks at similar conflict--sin or brokenness--in our own time. Page Three returns to the Bible to identify where God is at work in or behind the text--in other words, to discover the good news. Page Four points to God at work in our world, particularly in relation to the situations described in Page Two.

The New Zealand Legal System: Structures and Processes, 5th edition, covers all you need to know for a successful study of first-year law: context, case and statute. It provides a comprehensive introduction to New Zealand law, an overview of the legal system, the institutions that comprise it, and the way the law is created and implemented within it. This book also details the structures and processes that shape New Zealand law. The New Zealand Legal System: Structures and Processes, 5th edition is: The most widely used first-year law textbook in New Zealand law schools; - Completely up to date with the latest changes in the law, such as the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 coming into force, the changes in electoral law over recent years, and further development in Treaty issues in respect of the foreshore and seabed; Provides a method to enable students to understand, interpret, and apply legal rules, as well as research tools to search for and identify substantive legal concepts themselves; Illustrated concepts are relevant, easy to access and easy to read. Written by Duncan Webb (Professor of Law, University of Canterbury), Katherine Sanders (Lecturer in Law, University of Auckland) and Paul Scott (Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington).

The Raj Quartet, Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and Proustian in detail but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian independence from Britain. In The Towers of Silence, Barbie Batchelor, a British missionary and schoolteacher, befriends a British family and witnesses the trial of Hari Kumar, an Indian man accused of assaulting his beloved Daphne Manners, while observing the dangerously cruel Captain Ronald Merrick, Hari’s nemesis. In A Division of the Spoils, the chaos of the departure of the British and the fervor of Partition wreaks havoc upon the twilight of the Raj — and the end of a era. On occasions unsparing in its study of personal dramas and racial differences, the Raj Quartet is at all times profoundly humane, not least in the author’s capacity to identify with a huge range of characters. It is also illuminated by delicate social comedy and wonderful evocations of the Indian scene, all narrated in luminous prose. The other two novels in the Raj Quartet, The Jewel in the Crown and The Day of the Scorpion, are also available from Everyman’s Library. With a new introduction by Hilary Spurling

A biography of Robbie Williams that sets out to tell the definitive story of his phenomenal journey to the top. Covering his childhood in Stoke-on-Trent, his boy band years with Take That, his battle with drink, drugs and his sexuality, his often-troubled love life and how he continues to be tormented by the demons that have shaped and driven him, to his current position as the undisputed King of Pop with a record-breaking [pound]80 million deal with EMI, the biggest ever in British recording history. Based on exclusive interviews with those closest to Robbie and with previously unpublished photos from the family archive, this is a must-have book for all Robbie fans worldwide.

For this new edition Ceramics and Print has been significantly expanded and treats recent developments in the use of the photocopier, laser printer, and computer-generated prints.

Fleeing his sure wrath and her Houston home, Hannah heads for Karankawa, "the prettiest little town east of Austin," Virgil had assured her, the closest of the only two places he ever spoke of returning to.".

"In Painted Clay, Paul Scott proposes an alternative version of ceramic history ... one where form and function are not dominant, but where painting and the graphic development of ceramic surface are the prime concerns. Covering a range from pre-Dynastic Egyptian painting on pots, through Chinese porcelain, Persian Minai ware and Maiolica to the blue and white of the industrialized West, he charts the development of increasingly sophisticated painted and graphic works." "The book takes an extensive overview of today's contemporary (graphic) ceramic scene, and the figures and movements that have influenced it. In exploring the use "painters" such as Picasso, Miro, the CoBrA Group, Conrad Atkinson, and others have made of ceramics, it also examines the relationships artists have had with the pottery industry, from Soviet Revolutionary Propaganda ware to collaborations at the Wedgwood Pottery company. It highlights a wide range of work by contemporary ceramic artists, painters, and printmakers from around the world: Ann Kraus, Cindy Kolodziejski, Eric Mellon, Grayson Perry, and many others." "This book should appeal to anyone interested in ceramics, as well as to painters, printmakers, graphic artists, and all those generally interested in the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

In August of 1942, a young Englishwoman is raped in an Indian garden, and her fate and that of an elderly English school teacher entwine.

This volume follows the fates of the Laytons and a retired missionary teacher, all of whom can foresee the end of the Raj--and both welcome and lament its passing.