W pewien upalny dzień w 1984 roku piętnastoletnia Holly Sykes ucieka z domu i spotyka starszą panią, która proponuje jej kubek herbaty w zamian za „schronienie“. Minie kilkadziesiąt lat, zanim Holly zrozumie, o jakie schronienie prosiła nieznajoma…

"Czasomierze" to opowieść o meandrach losów Holly, od lat dorastania w Gravesend, na których piętno odciska rodzinna tragedia, po późną starość w Irlandii, w domu nad brzegiem oceanu, kiedy w całej Europie kończą się zasoby ropy naftowej. Życie Holly jest niby całkiem zwyczajne, a jednak naznaczone przebłyskami z...

The Influences of Television Viewing on the Developing Human Brain are stunning to understand completely.-Educators and parents must consider a serious question: Does the experience of watching television negatively affect the cognitive development of a growing child? The answers are digested for us in this little dynamo of a collection. Dr. Buzzell uses his years of experience as a doctor observing children to characterize and identify the effects of television on the developing brains of children. Sobering and instructive, this book will help parents and teachers in their decision making...

Politics and peace in Northern Ireland analyses the complex and contradictory process of implementing the Good Friday Agreement. Using the lens of security dilemma theory, it begins with an original overview of the conflict, the Agreement and post-1998 politics. The book then explores post-Agreement Northern Ireland through the eyes of each of the four main political parties, showing how they tried to shape the course of peace implementation, and how implementation, in turn, shaped the fates and fortunes of the parties.
Drawing on extensive original research, this book explains the...