The poems in "The Poetry of Mental Illness and Abuse" are a collection of feelings and thoughts from someone who has suffered every kind of abuse and who suffers from mental illness. These poems have brought readers to tears and helped them to understand what happens in the mind of someone with a severe mental illness. From the child who is trying to cover the bruises of abuse, to the adult who feels the world would be better off without them. This book elicits and brings to mind all the thoughts and feelings of the readers and helps them to see life through the pain of mental illness.

The significance of the Corinthians Football Club, founded in 1882, has been widely acknowledged by historians of football and by sports historians generally. As a 'super club' comprising the best amateur talent available they were an important formative influence on football in Britain from the 1880s to the 1930s. As a touring club - they first travelled to South Africa in 1897 and made regular forays into Europe and also to Canada, the United States and Brazil - they were the self-proclaimed standard bearers for gentlemanly values in sport.

Indeed for many years they were most...