E-book Star Chamber Matters : An Early Modern Court and Its Records

The court of Star Chamber remains notorious even now: commentators sometimes invoke its name to suggest that a judicial body or legal action is not quite lawful, something secretive and illegitimate. The court provoked concern in its own time, too, though its vilification deepened after its death. With roots in the mid fourteenth century, St…

E-book Northern Exposure : COVID- 19 and Regional Inequalities in Health and …

There is a longstanding and well-established regional health divide in England: on average, people in the Northern region of England live two years less than those in the rest of the country. These geographical divides were exacerbated by austerity and feelings of being ‘left behind’ are considered to have contributed to the 2016 Brexit vote and spurred the Cons…

E-book Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling

Starting as a f ilm that almost single-handedly transformed the American f ilm industry, expanding into a merchandising and branding juggernaut, and resulting in one of the world’s most prof itable entertainment fran-chises, Star Wars has, over the past 40 years, redef ined the popular media landscape. Its multiple transformations make it not only a vivid case study of media-indust…

E-book Plant Physiology

The term cell is derived from the Latin cella, meaning storeroom or chamber. It was first used in biology in 1665 by the English botanist Robert Hooke to describe the individual units of the honeycomb-like structure he observed in cork under a compound microscope. The “cells” Hooke observed were actually the empty lumens of dead cells surrounded by cell walls, but the term is an apt one be…

E-book Communicating Linguistics Language, Community and Public Engagement

In his 1980 book Language: The Loaded Weapon, Dwight Bolinger decries the number of ‘shamans,’ as he calls them, who comment without authority (and usually without recourse to evidence) on the use of language. The problem, he says, is that ‘they are almost the only people who make the news when language begins to cause trouble, and someone must answer the …

E-book The red seal

Te Assistant District Attorney glanced down at the papers in his hand and then up at the well-dressed, stockily built man occupying the witness stand. His manner was conciliatory. "According to your testimony, Mr. Clymer, the prisoner, John Sylvester, was honest and reliable, and faithfully performed his duties as confidential clerk," he stated. "Just when was Sylvester in your employ?" "…

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