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Ian Johnston is a physicist interested in music and with a belief that the two fields have much to offer one another. The purpose of this book is to show...

Focusing on nineteenth-century attempts to locate the northwest passage, the essays in this volume present this quest as a central element of British culture.

Whether you want a quick overview of Romeo and Juliet to set the scene before a night at the theatre or an in depth reference guide for that challenging essay,...

Actors and actresses need a constant supply of fresh and exciting audition speeches. When applying to drama school or university, or for theatre, film and television roles, good, origins speeches...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A TV SERIES STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON AND RUPERT EVERETT'Simply unputdownable' Guardian'Hilarious' Daily Telegraph'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times _________________Make them laugh, and they're yours forever ....

'Each time we lay down together, I thought of pounding fetlocks, the flex of tendons, the press of horse shoe against my chest, the ring of purple flesh it would...

This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence....

A fun, write-in book packed with brain-teasing puzzles, useful facts and clever tips that show how to play chess and improve your game. Some of the puzzles are answered using...

These three tragedies were written at the height if Lorca's powers and display his innovative mix of Spanish popular tradition and modern dramatic technique. Blood Wedding tells the story of...

An unforgettable and sweeping interwar love story, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling Irish author of Life Sentences'Imaginative, beautifully told... Superb'SPECTATOR'The best book yet by a truly gifted Irish writer'GABRIEL BYRNE,...

Replacing the "Annals of English Literature" (first published by OUP in 1935), the "Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature" presents a chronological record of around 15,000 works published in the...

This selection of twenty-one short stories by M.R. James--a first-class writer of supernatural fiction--represents his best work, including "Count Magnus," "The Rose Garden," "The Uncommon Prayer-book," "Rats," "The Malice of...

From popular histories through to reworkings of classical subject matter by contemporary poets, dramatists, and novelists, the classical world and the masterpieces of its literature continue to fascinate readers and...

What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs,...

Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to...

Theodor Adorno is widely acknowledged to be one of the twentieth century's most original thinkers. The extraordinary range of his work is matched by the distinctiveness of his central intellectual...

The first novel in one of the most beloved crime series of all time - more than30 million copies of the Mikeneko Holmes books sold in JapanDetective Yoshitaro Katayama is...

One damp evening in August, two little girls went missing. For two weeks, the entire country was transfixed by their disappearance, and a shrine grew in the village where they...

Cristiano is thirteen. Home life is far from perfect. When his father and two friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a...

We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved...

This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the best-selling introductory reader in sociology. The book offers a comprehensive, yet challenging set of readings for students approaching the study...

A super-charged, irresistible tour de force about two people fighting their own feelings - and fighting for their lives...A failed marriage between Melissa Elmett and Will Hyde did a lot...

Emerging from the gritty streets of Manchester, Oasis ignited the Britpop movement and defined a generation with their raw energy and insightful lyrics. From their explosive debut album Definitely Maybe...

Robert Holohan's disappearance on the 4th of January 2005 touched the heart of the nation. For eight days people from all over Ireland searched for the boy. All their hopes...

Mary Jago donates her bone marrow to save the life of a complete stranger; a generous act of kindness that culminates in a violent break-up with her brutish boyfriend.Moving to...

The award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller. The past is behind them, but what's still to come will tear...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet New York City Guide is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what...

Spanning six centuries and 73 painters, this title examines what makes a painter one of the "greats". Their life and career, style and artistic approach are all described and their...

Henry Pierce has a whole new life - new apartment, new telephone, and new telephone number. But the first time he checks his messages, he discovers that someone had the...

It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At...

He is watching her... The chillingly brilliant read from Mark Edwards and Louise Voss, the bestselling authors of Catch Your Death. Doesn't love always feel this way? Alex Parkinson is...

Embark on a quest through the realm where romance and fantasy collide to solve the puzzles in this enchanting activity book- IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF ROMANTASY while you...

'A magnificent achievement . . . Hugely recommended' STEPHEN FRY'I simply adored this book' JILLY COOPER'Will send you rushing back to your bookshelves' DAVID NICHOLLS'A pleasure' DEBORAH LEVYThis is a...

Le Chiffre. Dr No. Goldfinger. James Bond has faced them all. But now the world is changing, and even 007 has no idea what's coming for him...It starts with a...