Very Short Introductions Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Four o\'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and still there\'s no way we\'re going to sleep, not after the film we just saw. The book we just read. Fear is one of the most primal human emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? It seems almost mad that we would frighten ourselves for fun, and

Improve your grade by focusing on the lessons learnt from previous exams. This write-in workbook targets the tricky topics in A-level Chemistry with insights from the examiners\' reports, model answers and practice questions to secure understanding and improve exam

Meet the Four Brothers In Love: Rome, Britain, Paris and Sydney, benevolent young men in a class of their own. Some men are dashing and handsome; but these brothers are simply gorgeous. They are the product of a filthy rich couple who once lived a jet set glamorous life. Their father, Ryan Franklin, was once the biggest movie star in Hollywood until a car accident ruined his looks and brought on despair

As a teenager, Cox dreamed of sporting immortality. Perhaps it was turning thirty, perhaps it was having his first hole in one, but he decided it was time to start again, to live the dream for real. So he switched off his computer, grabbed his checked trouser and headed for the golf

For those who have experienced trauma, life may sometimes feel hopeless, full of feeling too much or too little, and the world can feel like a terrifying and dangerous place. This can be especially true for those hurt by people they loved, trusted, or relied on. To escape the pain, many trauma survivors disconnect from themselves and the world, including in ways that are risky or unsafe. The good news

Gunter Anders\' Philosophy of Technology is the first comprehensive exploration of the ground-breaking work of German thinker Gunter Anders. Anders\' philosophy has become increasingly prescient in our digitised, technological age as his work predicts the prevalence of social media, ubiquitous surveillance and the turn to big data. Anders\' ouevre also explored the technologies of nuclear power and

As heralded everywhere from NPR to the pages of the New York Times Magazine, a new era is underway in our colleges and universities: after a lengthy tenure, the dominance of postmodern theory has come to an end. In this timely and topical book, the legendary Terry Eagleton (\"one of our] best-known public intellectuals.\"-Boston Globe) traces the rise and fall of these ideas from the 1960s through

During March, April and May 2020, after the coronavirus outbreak, Venice was in lockdown and totally deserted for probably the first time in its history. Luc and Danielle Carton, who have lived in Venice since 2005, were lucky enough to be able to photograph the most beautiful city in the world in such exceptional circumstances. Their photos are a rare testimony of this extraordinary time. A uniqu

Homer\'s mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of Western literature. Yet their author, \'the greatest poet that ever lived\' is something of a mystery. By the 6th century BCE, Homer had already become a mythical figure, and even today the debate continues as to whether he ever existed. In this accessible

Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde\'s take on an ideal husband, in this

___________________________________\'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit \'em, but remember it\'s a sin to kill a mockingbird.\'A lawyer\'s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee\'s classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white

Hell is revealed in the sixth nail-biting, hair-rending, creepy cool episode of the

Can love survive when all is lost? England is at war, but nothing can dim land girl Esther Wynford\'s happiness at marrying the love of her life--fighter pilot Monty Grant. Their short honeymoon results in a baby, but on the birth of her daughter, Joy, Esther\'s world falls apart. Esther\'s dying mother confesses to a dark secret that she has kept to herself for 20 years: Esther is not her natural

Through his extraordinarily drawn interpretations of favorite fairy tales and fantastic literature, Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) remains an enduring legend of the Victorian era\'s Golden Age of Illustration. Rackham took the printing developments of the early twentieth century further than any other artist of his time, masterfully manipulating the latest color processes. At once a technical and artistic

After Hurricane Higgins crashed out of snooker\'s top league, Jimmmy White has been the People\'s Champion\' even though he never quite made the top World spot, pipped at the post in 1995 by Stephen Hendry, after missing one single black. Aged 16, White was the youngest player to win the English Amateur Championship. At 18, he won the World Amateur title. By 1984, he\'s a professional success, married

A visual exploration of the Deccan Indian architectural history. Contains maps guiding would-be travellers to these temple

This book explores the fertility and enigma of Erving Goffman\'s sociological reasoning and its capacity to shed fresh light on the fundamental features of human sociality. Thematically arranged, it brings together the work of leading scholars of Goffman\'s work to explore the concepts and themes that define Goffman\'s analytical preoccupations, examining the ways these ideas have shaped significant