For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. This version also comes with a unique code to access Straightforward Practice Online.[...]

Even in our increasingly sexualized culture hard-core pornography and the representation of explicit sex is still hard to swallow. This lively and provocative new collection of essays by leading scholars explores screen representations of pornography and sex in a variety of cultural, historical, and[...]

Beginning in the 16th century when Portuguese traders started importing blue and white porcelain to Europe, Chinese ceramics manufacturers produced goods specifically for export to the West. This industry flourished through the early 20th century as the market for fine porcelain expanded in Europe a[...]

Even as a young girl,Jill was a favorite of the magical, mysteriousWildfolk, who appeared to her from their invisiblerealm. Little did she know her extraordinaryfriends represented but a glimpse of a forgotten pastand a fateful future. Four hundred years-and manylifetimes-ago, one selfish young lord[...]

Written for the popular option in the Intermediate History course, this text uses a source-based approach to the study of US race relations. Activities and end-of-chapter questions are pitched at Intermediate level 1 and 2, and the exam structure and extended-response questions are also covered.[...]

Written specifically to cover the Paper 1 content of the revised Higher History course

A runaway bestseller on its publication in 1887, H. Rider Haggard’s She is a Victorian thrill ride of a novel, featuring a lost African kingdom ruled by a mysterious, implacable queen; ferocious wildlife and yawning abysses; and an eerie love story that spans two thousand years. She has bewitch[...]

The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time Of Exile, Katharine Kerr opens new territory in The Deverry Saga, exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west of Deverry. It is years since the half-elven Lord [...]

From Philip Kerr, the "New York Times" bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels, comes a breathtaking journey of survival in the dark days of WWII in Ukraine, a country that remains tumultuous today. This inspiring tale captures the power of the human spirit and is perfect for fans of "The Bo[...]

Philip Kerr delivers a novel with the noir sensibility of Raymond Chandler, the realpolitik of vintage John le Carre, and the dark moral vision of Graham Greene.
"Bernie Gunther is the most antiheroic of antiheroes in this gripping, offbeat thriller. It's the story of his struggle to preserve w[...]

From "New York Times"-bestselling author Philip Kerr, the much-anticipated return of Bernie Gunther in a series hailed by Malcolm Forbes as "the best crime novels around today."
A beautiful actress, a rising star of the giant German film company UFA, now controlled by the Propaganda Ministry. Th[...]