Written to the 2010 QCF standards, and suitable for all awarding bodies, this new textbook covers the core and most popular optional units of the NVQ Level 2 in Business and Administration. Written by experienced authors and overseen by a senior external verifiier, this book maximises your chances o[...]

'I rejoice', said Doctor Johnson, 'to concur with the Common Reader.' For the last century, the tastes and preferences of the common reader have been reflected in the American and British bestseller lists, and this Very Short Introduction takes an engaging look through the lists to reveal what we ha[...]

'the first and greatest of English detective novels' T.S.Eliot A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder. Outside her Yorkshire country house watch the Hindu priests who have waited for many years to reclaim their ancient talisman, looted from the holy city of S[...]

How well do you really know your favourite author? Ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland and Austen buff Deirdre Le Faye challenge the reader to find out. Starting with easy, factual questions that test how well you remember a novel and its characters, the quiz progresses to a [...]

No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's "Lives of the Poets, " acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers [...]

This "little history" takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Canterbury Tales to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task. He has researched, taught and written on virtually every area of literature, and his infec[...]

"Do we still know how to read a novel?" John Sutherland, Chairman of the 2005 Booker Prize Committee, asks. His answer is an unequivocal, "No." But Sutherland has not given up hope. With acerbic wit and intellect, he traces the history of what it used to mean to be well-read and tells readers what i[...]

Martin Amis's acclaimed novel--now in a twenty-fifth-anniversary hardcover edition--is a blackly comic murder mystery about a murder that has not yet happened.
First published in 1989, LONDON FIELDS is set ten years into a dark future, against a backdrop of environmental and social decay and th[...]

Arranged in chronological order, the novelist's lives are opinionated, informative, frequently funny and often shocking. Professor Sutherland's authors come from all over the world; their writings illustrate every kind of fiction from gothic, penny dreadfuls and pornography to fantasy, romance and h[...]

Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends J[...]

What is'Great Expectations' about? Is Pip a snob? How real is his love for Stella? Is Great Expectations a misogynist novel? What makes the opening scenes so powerful? Why does Pip feel so drawn to Satis House? What is the significance of Magwitch? How corrupt is the world Dickens shows us in 'Great[...]

Examines the ways in which ICT can be used in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning in different settings and across different subjects. This book explains why the process of integrating ICT is not straightforward. It emphasises the pivotal role that teachers play in supporting learning wit[...]