A six-level general English course. Suitable for adult learners, it places an emphasis on effective communication in English between both native and non-native speakers. It helps users to learn English, to learn about English and to learn through English.[...]

This provocative book meets the supposedly 'live' practices of performance and the 'no-longer-live' historical past at their own dangerous crossroads. Focussing on the 'and' of the title, it addresses the tangled relations between the terms, practices, ideas, and aims embedded in these compatriot - [...]

The past decade has seen an extraordinary array of offerings labelled as luxury. The concepts of 'better' and 'best' have never been so confused. The authors examine what true luxury is and in conversations with influencers from the worlds of art, science, industry and philanthropy explore an array [...]

Eighteenth-century philosophy owes much to the early novel. Using the figure of the romance reader this book tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fic[...]

Displays the Coursebook pages whilst making all the associated multimedia assets (audio/video/ interactive activities) instantly accessible. It features a full set of tools for creating content in the Teacher's Area, and is platform independent so it can be used with any interactive whiteboard or ev[...]

It's lunchtime for one little girl, but she's just not hungry. A visiting crocodile, bear and wolf, however, are starving. It's just as well that children taste revolting! A beautifully illustrated tale of food, friendship and fun.[...]

With bright, attractive artwork and touch-and-feel ears and paws on the cover, this new Buggy Buddy with Sweetie the panda is perfect for baby girls. "Driver Dan's Story Train" is a brilliant new "CBeebies" television series perfectly pitched for the pre-school audience. Visually distinctive, it fea[...]

A renowned film scholar reveals the surprisingly frequent instances of cross-dressing, transvestism, and every kind of gender-bending in more than 250 films from Sylvia Scarlett to The Crying Game.[...]

In this broad-ranging and ambitious intervention in the debates over the politics, ethics, and aesthetics of cosmopolitanism, Rebecca L. Walkowitz argues that modernist literary style has been crucial to new ways of thinking and acting beyond the nation. While she focuses on modernist narrative, Wal[...]

Designing a website or brochure without an art background? Then step away from the computer and read this engaging, conversational introduction to visual communications first. Written for the beginner, White Space is Not Your Enemy, Second Edition, is a practical graphic design and layout guide that[...]

This rich collection of essays and interviews explores modern-dance technique training from the last fifty years. Focusing on the culture of dance, editors Melanie Bales and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol examine choreographic process and style, dancer agency and participation in the creative process, and chang[...]