Skylar is used to the way people think of him as frightening, mean, and dangerous. Snakes are not the most popular shifters around and the fact he grew up wild doesn't help. He knows the way he's chosen to live alone in the woods only makes things worse, but he didn't think it meant people thought him capable of killing a couple of wolf puppies. Determined to find the real monster who left them to die, Skylar calls up the only wolf he knows, a man he always wished would see him as more than a snake...

Skylar est habitué à ce que les autres le trouvent effrayant, mesquin, dangereux, voire même malveillant. De tous les garous, les serpents ne sont pas les mieux vus, et le fait qu'il ait grandi dans la nature ne joue pas en sa faveur. Il sait que la vie qu'il s'est choisie, isolé dans les bois, ne fait qu'aggraver la situation, mais il n'aurait jamais cru que cela en viendrait à ce que ses pairs le croient capable d'assassiner deux louveteaux. Déterminé à trouver le vrai monstre qui les a abandonnés, Skylar appelle le seul loup-garou qu'il connaisse, un homme qui, à son grand regret, n'a jamais vu en lui qu'un vulgaire serpent...

Books of poems are created with a plethora of secrets, which springs like crystalline waters of immeasurable depth, and are best savored in the stillness of a quiet moment. INSIGHT is an impressive collection of poems, compiled with accomplished flair by the talented Author Williamsji Maveli. He enters a new universe of literary meaning and value, with supreme understanding of rhythm and prose. There is so much depth, in the eloquence sprinkled with beauty throughout the pages that keeps the reader captivated by the changing moods and feelings expressed with great style by the poetic rendering. INSIGHT brings us closer to perceiving the complexity and the many aspects of life; love, passion and despair. The poetic voices ring in unison and deference to the beauty of expression and sheer joy of living. By Adriana Girolami

Examining a number of case studies, including Palestinian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees, David J. Whittaker’s book provides a balanced introduction to this very controversial subject. Fuelled by extensive coverage in the media, the issue of asylum seekers and refugees is one of the most talked about subjects in contemporary politics. Whittaker cuts through the emotive language to give an objective introduction to the subject. Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Contemporary World discusses the international as well as national implications of the issue, and the book looks in detail at the issue as it has affected Britain and Europe in particular, as well as including material on the UN and its response to the refugee ‘problem’. Including a final statement on the British government’s 2005 proposals for dealing with refugees, this volume is essential reading for all students of the history of the modern world and is ideal for newcomers to the subject.

This comprehensive collection provides a fascinating summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Revising and revisiting Foucault, it looks at the significance of ethnicity, race and gender as well as the impact of political and cultural factors, throughout Britain and in a colonial context. It questions historically what it means to be mad and how, if at all, to care.

This ethnographic book enhances our understanding of asylum screening, an area of immigration that is often overlooked and remains under-researched. Falsely perceived as a one-dimensional function of static state power, it is here revealed that asylum decisions at borders respond to a complex cultural construction, saturated by a meta-message of disbelief, denial and moral panics. The author demonstrates that immigration officers’ work patterns, behavior and decisions are informed by such stereotyping, which has led to asylum narratives being interpreted in the light of concepts of social acceptability and rejection. Establishing a parallel with law enforcement, the author argues that this process replicates a professional world of categorization and control, forged within an autonomous immigration service subculture. This timely work will appeal to students and scholars of migration studies, identity and ethnic studies, social anthropology, sociology, law and policy studies.