Provides an extension to the "Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops" range. This work provides a detailed analysis of our cosmic neighbour and its importance to our planet and people. It explores the purpose of numbers on maps, their use in orienteering, and describes the amazing power of the wind, the sun a[...]

One of the most fascinating figures of seventeenth-century music, composer and singer Antonia Padoani Bembo (c.1640 - c.1720) was active in both Venice and Paris. Her work provides a unique cross-cultural window into the rich musical cultures of these cities, but owing to her clandestine existence i[...]

The intimate history of love, marriage, and emotional revolution in twentieth century Britain

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the study of generics and pursues the enterprise of the influential Generic Book edited by Gregory Carlson and Jeffry Pelletier, which was published in 1995. Genericity is a key notion in the study of human cognition as it reveals our capacity to orga[...]

The Violet Bakery is bustling cake shop and cafe in Hackney, east London. Famed for its exquisite baked goods and contemporary feel it has become a cult destination. Owner, Claire Ptak, brings a Californian sensibility to her recipes with wholegrain flours, unrefined sugars, the natural sweetness of[...]

Ekphrasis, a genre of poetry describing a work of art, has traditionally existed on the ideological battleground between the verbal and visual arts. Medieval ekphrases, however, reveal ekphrasis as a process rather than a genre and show how it works with cultural memory to transform, shift, and revi[...]

Marketing Literature, now available in paperback, is a timely, original and important study of the publishing of contemporary writing in Britain. It analyses the changing social, economic and cultural environment of the publishing industry in the 1990s-2000s, and investigates its impact on genre, fo[...]

What role does 'vanity' play in the lives of 21st century subjects? Exploring a range of fields including public health, information technology, media studies and feminist approaches to the body and beauty, this book offers a broad analysis of how 'vanity' shapes contemporary Western societies and i[...]

A study of Irish advertising's cultural, literary and ideological resonance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[...]

Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers' work, literary techniques, and influences, and on their views of such issues as the hijab, [...]