Focusing on the historical context in which political theorists have developed their thinking, this textbook provides an invaluable introduction to students of political thought. The authors address a series of canonical major thinkers in the context of three world-changing epochs - the English, French and Industrial revolutions. The theorists' ideas are assessed with reference to the politics of their time and show how they responded to, or interacted with, the political events and issues of their day. Key political thinkers include: Milton Hobbes The Levellers and Diggers Locke Montesquieu...

Take a cup of Erma Bombeck, a tablespoon of Crocodile Dundee, and a pinch of Lenny Bruce and you have the recipe for some wild animal (and human) adventures. Grabbing her snare pole, snake grabber, bear spray and unique ingenuity, Chris responds to some pretty bizarrre calls with sometimes surprising outcomes. Put away any notions of dog catchers and their nets and discover 21st century Animal Control. With her no-nonsense approach and razor-sharp wit, Chris includes us along for the hilarity and sadness that are the landscape of her profession. Spending her days in service of animals, Chris...

Religion amongst ordinary men and women in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages is the subject of this book. Focusing on laypeople attached to the Cathar movement, it investigates the interplay between heresy and orthodoxy, and between spiritual and secular concerns, in people's lives, charting the ways in which these developed through life cycle: childhood, youth, marriage and death. This period was one of great upheaval in the region, brought about by the Church's response to the perceived threat of heresy, and the book also explores the effects of the Albigensian Crusaders and the inquisitors...