This major new edition, originally commissioned for the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode, brings together a unique combination of Shelley's poetry and prose - the lyric poems, plays, longer poems, criticism, and essays - to give the essence of his work an[...]
Strategic Brand Management approaches the subject of brand management from a unique socio-cultural perspective, providing students with an understanding of the dynamics of the subject and enabling them to engage with the issues that lie within. Whilst adopting this innovative framework, the book als[...]
Strategic Advertising Management offers a systematic look at advertising within a theoretical and strategic planning framework. The authors present an overview of 'how advertising works' and what is required from a manager's perspective, in the development of an effective communication plan. The new[...]
Half Boy. Half God. ALL Hero.Honestly, blowing up another school was the last thing I wanted to do.As the son of a Greek God, I've had my share of near-death disaster - and now my arch enemy Luke wants to invade our camp via an ancient labyrinth.If he succeeds, thousands of bloodthirsty monsters wil[...]
A hilarious short story from Rick Riordan, that unites Percy Jackson with the god Apollo - this edition exclusively for World Book Day 2019When the god Apollo asks for a favour, it's never going to be straightforward.Percy Jackson is celebrating a friend's birthday when Apollo turns up. The god is s[...]
'The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.' Destined to be a haunter of libraries, Lewis's cautious progress through life reveals to him only his own shortcomings. Es[...]
The Classic Guide. This is a seminal work of golf instruction, and is used extensively today. First published in 1942 (it even has a foreword by the late Duke of Windsor), it has been constantly reprinted.[...]
The contemporary art world has been challenged and invigorated by outsider art-works by self-taught practitioners who, by definition, have little to do with mainstream art production, but are nonetheless actively engaged with the visual culture of their time and place. This is the first book to exp[...]
In "Message" i"n the" "Bottle," Walker Percy offers insights on such varied yet interconnected subjects as symbolic reasoning, the origins of mankind, Helen Keller, Semioticism, and the incredible Delta Factor. Confronting difficult philosophical questions with a novelist's eye, Percy rewards us aga[...]
At his death in 1990, Walker Percy left a considerable legacy of uncollected nonfiction. Assembled in "Signposts in a Strange Land," these essays on language, literature, philosophy, religion, psychiatry, morality, and life and letters in the South display the imaginative versatility of an author co[...]
In this account of Shelley's literary career from his earliest published work to his last unfinished masterpiece, the author draws on recent research about the poet and his age. It includes a discussion of Shelley's social background, politics and response to rationalism.[...]
Begins with consideration of what a community profile is, explores the different reasons why community profiles are undertaken, and offers tips for planning research. This book looks at methods for collecting, storing and analyzing data, and ways of involving the community. It concludes with a chapt[...]
Winner of the 1961 National Book Award
The dazzling novel that established Walker Percy as one of the major voices in Southern
literature is now available for the first time in Vintage paperback.
The Moviegoer is Binx Bolling, a young New Orleans stockbroker who surv[...]
A collection of stories about Percy, Harold the Helicopter, and other friends of Thomas the tank engine.[...]
This second edition is based on the authoritative texts chosen by the editors from their scholarly edition of "The complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley". Each selection has been re-edited, and the order of the poems re-arranged, inlight of re-dating or other reconsiderations. All headnotes are ne[...]
Woza Albert! is based on one dazzlingly simple idea - that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ should take place in present-day South Africa. This brilliant two-man show from the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, took the Edinburgh Festival then London by storm in September 1982, playing to standing ovati[...]
When 'The Moviegoer' was first published in 1961 it won the National Book Award and established its author as one of the most exciting new voices in American fiction. Wry, ironic, romantic and sharp, this is a genuine original and an American classic.[...]
37 poems include "Ode to the West Wind," "To a Skylark," "Adonais," "Ozymandias," many more.