Michael Mason Books

This work chronicles the adventures of the last generation of British men and women who went East to seek their fortunes. Drawn into the colonial territories scattered around the South China Sea, they found themselves in an exotic, intoxicating world. It was a land of rickshaws and shanghai jars, sampans and Straits Steamers, set against a background of palm-fringed beaches and tropical rain-forests. But it was also a world of conflicting beliefs and many races, where the overlapping of widely differing moral standards and viewpoints created a heady and dangerous atmosphere.

A classic history of Britons' experiences of India in the last days of the Raj.

What did the Victorians think about sex? What was the reality of their sexual behaviour? What wider concepts - biological, political, religious - influenced their sexual moralism? A lively and fascinating synthesis of a wealth of new research, The Making of Victorian Sexuality expertly disrupts our present comfortable consensus on nineteenth-century society. Moreover, it persuasively argues that the Victorians may have much to teach the libertarian twentieth-century.

In this comprehensive glossary, the reader finds necessary definitions needed to navigate the labyrinth of terms and phrases used in development literature. It explains the origin of terms and places definitions within the historical context of the literature.

Author Michael Mason has experienced the dangerous encounters of street life that are viewed as part of the game. Where every man is for himself -- friend against friend for money and fame. This was the era when crime and violence were highlighted as a model for successful living. A period when no one dared to speak the truth about the destruction of the streets, gangs, drugs, and the harsh reality of prison life. After serving over 20 years in prison for a non-violent offense, he decided not to sit back idly and selfishly while young men foolishly and ignorantly mimicked his steps and made poor decisions that would, in the long run, destroy their futures. No one warned him about the path he chose and the detrimental effects that accompanied his decisions, so out of selflessness and a sincere concern for these young men, sons, brothers, future husbands, and fathers, Mr. Mason took it upon himself to expose the ugliness of "Street Life." He wants teens and adolescents to know the truth about a life that is dressed in the fine apparel of riches and fame, but inwardly means a life of death, grief, embarrassment, imprisonment, and hopelessness. This book was written in hopes of saving at least one life, if not many more.