Masterpieces, the story goes, spring fully formed from the dark imaginings of temperamental geniuses moved by intuition, inspiration and epiphany. Such revelations can certainly fuel the creative process, but so too can auspicious accidents, false starts and even failures. In printmaking, occurrence[...]

Since the incredible global success of The Lord of the Rings films and now The Hobbit trilogy, New Zealand has become the embodiment of Middle-earth to millions of moviegoers and readers the world over.This definitive full-color guide showcases the principal movie-set locations around New Zealand as[...]

At the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short stories. In Brodie's Report, he returned also to the style of his earlier years with its brutal realism, nightmares, and bloodshed. Many of these stories, including "Unworthy" and "The Other Duel," are se[...]

This is beautifully packaged reissue of Muriel Spark's best loved novel, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". 'You girls are my vocation...I am dedicated to you in my prime'. Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly [...]

Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains - author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers.[...]

Designed for GCSE and A-level students of English literature, this book provides notes on three of Pinter's most frequently set plays: "The Caretaker", "The Homecoming" and "The Birthday Party".[...]

Hodder Science is an exciting and innovative course that supports the latest National Curriculum guidelines for Key Stage 3 Science.[...]

With a novelist's skill and a scholar's attention to detail, Fawn M. Brodie portrays Thomas Jefferson as he wrestled with the issues of his time: revolution, religion, power, race and love. In a new introduction, Annette Gordon-Reed, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello ([...]

This boxset of Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of The Mr Porter Paperback is the ultimate compendium of life and style advice for the modern man. It covers everything from the essential (how to take care of dress shoes or charm the in-laws) to the just-in-case (how to pull off daring feats or dance at a wedding)[...]

The first paperback edition of the classic biography of the founder of the Mormon church, this book attempts to answer the questions that continue to surround Joseph Smith. Was he a genuine prophet, or a gifted fabulist who became enthralled by the products of his imagination and ended up being mart[...]

Provides a systematic approach to teaching and learning number facts. This work features Mental Maths sheet that is split into four columns - teachers photocopy the sheet, then slice the copies to provide strips of questions to give to the children. It addresses specific skills such as addition, sub[...]

Part of "Literacy Now" series designed for use at home to support children with their work in literacy lessons at school, these books include activities for reading, writing, spelling, and feature comprehension exercises.[...]