Since her death in 1979, Jean Rhys's reputation as an importantmodernist author has grown. Her finely crafted prose fiction lendsitself to multiple interpretations from radically differentcritical perspectives; formalism, feminism, and postcolonialstudies among them. This Introduction offers a reliable andstimulating account of her life, work, contexts and criticalreception. Her masterpiece, Wide Sargasso Sea, is analyzed togetherwith her other novels, including Quartet and After Leaving MrMackenzie, and her short stories. Through close readings of theworks, Elaine Savory reveals their common themes and connects theseto different critical approaches. The book maps Rhys's fictionaluse of the actual geography of Paris, London and the Caribbean,showing how key understanding her relationships with themetropolitan and colonial spheres is to reading her texts. In thisinvaluable introduction for students, Savory explains thesignificance of Rhys as a writer both in her lifetime andtoday.

Well known for coining the term 'Global Village', MarshallMcLuhan's thinking was, and still is, revolutionary. His theories,many of which are illustrated in this astonishing 'inventory ofeffects', force us to question how modes of communication haveshaped society. This is an astonishing work by a truly astonishingman. "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creativethinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changedour vision forever. This is one of four books in that series.

This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns, Germs and Steel is one of the most important and humane works of popular science.

The human brain will do a number of unusual, interesting and important things-if given time. As described in this book, there is evidence from cognitive science and elsewhere that it will learn patterns of a degree of subtlety which normal, purposeful, busy consciousness cannot even see, let alone master; it will make sense out of hazy, ill-defined situations which leave everyday rationality flummoxed; it will get to the bottom of personal, emotional issues much more successfully than the questing intellect; it will detect and respond to meaning - in poetry, for example - that cannot be articulated; and it will sometimes come up with solutions to complicated predicaments that are wise rather than merely clever. The book explores these slower ways of knowing and explains how we could, or should, use them more often and more effectively.

The only thing wrong with this readable, funny memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure and balance is that it seems so much like a Jennifer Aniston movie. Like Jen, Liz is a plucky blond American woman in her thirties with no children and no major money worries. As the book opens, she is going through a really bad divorce and subsequent stormy rebound love affair. Awash in tears in the middle of the night on the floor of the bathroom, she begins to pray for guidance, "you know -- like, to God." God answers. He tells her to go back to bed. I started seeing the Star headlines: "Jen's New Faith!" "What Really Happened at the Ashram!" "Jen's Brazilian Sugar Daddy -- Exclusive Photos!" Please understand that Gilbert, whose earlier nonfiction book, The Last American Man, portrayed a contemporary frontiersman, is serious about her quest. But because she never leaves her self-deprecating humor at home, her journey out of depression and toward belief lacks a certain gravit

A great master of the early Renaissance, Piero della Francescacre-ated paintings for ecclesiastics, confraternities, andillustriousnobles throughout the Italian peninsula. Since the earlytwentiethcentury, the rational space, abstract designs, lucidillumination,and naturalistic details of his pictures haveattracted a wide audi-ence. Piero's treatises on mathematics andperspective also fasci-nate scholars in a wide range ofdisciplines. The Cambridge Com-panion to Piero della Francescabrings together new essays thatoffer a synthesis and overview ofPiero's life and accomplishmentsas a painter and theoretician. Theyexplore a variety of themesassociated with the artist's career,including the historical and reli-gious circumstances surroundingPiero's altarpieces and frescoes;the politics underlying hisportraits; the significance of clothing inhis paintings; theinfluence of his theories on perspective andmathematics; and theartist's enduring fascination for modernpainters and writers.

The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria isamong the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same timeit is the most elusive. Freud's recognition that hysteria stemmedfrom traumas in the patient's past transformed the way we thinkabout sexuality. "Studies in Hysteria" is one of the founding textsof psychoanalysis, revolutionizing our understanding of love,desire and the human psyche.

The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries saw anextraordinary flowering of arts and culture in Germany whichproduced many of the world's finest writers, artists, philosophersand composers. This volume offers students and specialists anauthoritative introduction to that dazzling cultural phenomenon,now known collectively as German Romanticism. Individual chaptersnot only introduce the reader to individual writers such asFriedrich Schlegel, Novalis, Eichendorff, Heine, Hoffmann, Kleist,Schiller and Tieck, but also treat key concepts of Romantic music,painting, philosophy, gender and cultural anthropology, science andcriticism in concise and lucid language. All German quotations aretranslated to make this volume fully accessible to a wide audienceinterested in how Romanticism evolved across Europe. Briefbiographies and bibliographies are supplemented by a list ofprimary and secondary further reading in both English andGerman.

Have you ever wanted to set up your own totally cool club?Then check out this fabulous book to guide you on your way.

This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organand its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player andthe repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's historyand construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds andthe development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of theorgan case, and consider the current trends and conflicts withinthe world of organ building. Central chapters investigate thepractical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce thecomplex area of performance practice, and outline the relationshipbetween organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The finalsection explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on aselection of the most important traditions.

The story of "In America" is inspired by the emigration toAmerica in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebratedactress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, herfifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and futureauthor of "Quo Vadis", Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few friends; theirbrief sojourn in Anaheim, California; and, Modrzejewska'ssubsequent triumphant career on the American stage under the nameHelena Modjeska.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years-from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding--that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives--the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness--are inextricable from the history playing out around them. Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made TheKiteRunner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love--a stunning accomplishment.

Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) is recognisedas a classic of modern political philosophy. Along with JohnRawls's A Theory of Justice (1971), it is widely credited withbreathing new life into the discipline in the second half of thetwentieth century. This Companion presents a balanced andcomprehensive assessment of Nozick's contribution to politicalphilosophy. In engaging and accessible chapters, the contributorsanalyse Nozick's ideas from a variety of perspectives and exploreneglected areas of the work such as his discussion of anarchism andhis theory of utopia. Their detailed and illuminating picture ofAnarchy, State, and Utopia, its impact and its enduring influencewill be invaluable to students and scholars in both politicalphilosophy and political theory.

Also Available as a Time Warner AudioBook, eBook, and in Large Print Edition This book is vintage Jack Welch: down to earth, powerful, and filled with common sense. As CEO of General Electric for the past twenty years, he has built its market cap by more than $450 billion and established himself as the most admired business leader in the world. His championing of initiatives like Six Sigma quality, globalization, and e-business have helped define the modern corporation. At the same time, he's a gutsy boss who has forged a unique philosophy and an operating system that relies on a "boundaryless" sharing of ideas, an intense focus on people, and an informal, give-and-take style that makes bureaucracy the enemy. JACK In anecdotal detail and with self-effacing humor, Jack Welch gives us the people (most notably his Irish mother) who shaped his life and the big hits and the big misses that characterized his career. Starting at GE in 1960 as an engineer earning $10,500, Jack learned the need for "getting out o

Creativity is fundamental to human experience. In On Creativity David Bohm, the world-renowned scientist, investigates the phenomenon from all sides. This is a remarkable and life-affirming book by one of the most far-sighted thinkers of modern.

Man's evolution as an artist and designer is traced in this collection of signs and symbols associated with the supernatural. Included, among others, are Egyptian motifs representing life, earth, and fertility; Greek and Roman emblems of Medusa and Zeus; Nordic runes; and early-seventeenth-century characterizations of the devil. Included in the set are: One CD-ROM containing 171 high-quality, permission-free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, as well as Internet-ready JPEG and GIF) A large-format 64-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly on one side of the page only and numbered for easy reference A fascinating compilation for anyone interested in the art of graphic communication, this collection will be invaluable to craftworkers as well as specialists in art and design. Original Dover (2004) publication. 171 black-and-white illustrations. One CD-ROM and 64-page paperbound book. 8X1/4x 11.

The Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder allows you to enjoyinformative and entertaining discussions of English words derivedfrom Greek and Latin roots：and expand your working vocabulary atthe same time. Words that share the same root are grouped for easystudy. This is the ideal book for people who want to increase theirword power. Thorough coverage of 1,200 words and 240 roots whileintroducing 2,300 words. The Vocabulary Builder is organized byGreek and Latin roots for effective study with nearly 250 new wordsand roots. Includes quizzes after each root discussion to testprogress. A great study aid for students preparing to takestandardized tests.

Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang (or Z as she calls herself) arrives in London to spend a year learning English. Struggling to find her way in the city, and through the puzzles of tense, verb and adverb; she falls for an older Englishman and begins to realise that the landscape of love is an even trickier terrain. 作者简介： Xiaolu Guo was born in a fishing village in south China. She studied film at the Beijing Film Academy and published six books in China before she moved to London in 2002. The English translation of Vi/lage of stone (Chatto, 2004) was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Xiaolu's feature film, How is Your Fish Today? (2006) was selected for the Sundance and Rotterdam Festivals and awarded the prize for best feature at the Creteil International Women's Film Festival. She divides her time between Europe and China.

Beautifully illustrated with 75 photographs in full color, The Robert Pattinson Album by Paul Stenning is a breathtaking visual biography of one of the world’s most talked-about young actors. The hugely successful vampire romance Twilight was a box-office phenomenon, and Robert is that smash-hit film’s breakout star. In the space of a few short years, the twenty-two-year-old Londoner has gone from amateur stage performer to full-blown Hollywood idol, and his staggering ascent is already the stuff of legend. The public first took notice when Robert appeared in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire but the role that would change his life forever was that of charismatic teenage vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight, the film adapted from author Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling book series.

At the end of a star's life, it wraps itself in a cocoon byspilling out gas and dust. Sometime later, a butterfly-like nebulaemerges from the cocoon and develops into a planetary nebula. Theyare among the most beautiful of the celestial objects imaged by theHubble Space Telescope. Their structures, like bubbles floating inthe void, are complemented by a kaleidoscope of colour emitted byglowing gases. Delicate, lacelike, streamers of gas add to theircomplexity. The production of a planetary nebula by a star is amilestone in the life of a star, an event that foretells the doomof the star when its central energy source runs out. In this book,Sun Kwok tells the story of the discovery process of the creationof planetary nebulae and of the future of the Sun. Full colourillustrations are included throughout the book. · Many spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope areshowcased for the first time · Explains the life of stars frombirth to old age · Covers star dust, white dwarfs, and blackhol

Forensic science has helped bring bo justice some of the most evil,devious and dangerous criminals in history. Using advanced technology,dogged research and intelligent analysis,forensic scientists can follow a trail of DNA,fingerprints,ballistics records and microscopic fibres directly to a criminal.Featuring accounts of hundreds of real-life crime investigations and illustrated with more than 450 photographs,Crime investigation takes a global look at how forensic science has evolved from ancient times to today's Crime Investigation takes a global look at how forensic science has evolved from ancient times to today's sophisticated technologies,including:Infrared spectrometers which can iedntify the exact nature of clothing fibres left by suspes·CT scanners,used to pinpoint weapons in suitcases ·Software programmes and specialist modelers able to rebuild a victim's tacial features over a bare skull·DNA profiling -a revolutionary tool which has allowed investigators to solve ‘cold case' decades old,using

War is a compelling subject. It is common to almost all knownsocieties and periods of history. The Cambridge History of Warfareprovides a detailed account of war in the West from antiquity tothe present day, and is unique because of its controversial thesisthat war in western societies has followed a unique path leading towestern dominance of the globe. From the Greek victory at Marathonto the Gulf War, readable and authoritative, The Cambridge Historyof Warfare places in context the key events in the history of armedengagement. All aspects of war on land, sea, and in the air arecovered: weapons and technology; strategy and defense; disciplineand intelligence; mercenaries and standing armies; cavalry andinfantry; chivalry and Blitzkrieg; guerilla assault and nucleararsenals. This volume, first published as The Cambridge IllustratedHistory of Warfare, includes maps and an updated bibliography.

本书系统地介绍了有关社会变迁的主要理论观点，清晰、准确地分析了社会变迁的原由、发展、模式及其对社会的影响，考察了在多元文化背景下促进或妨碍社会变迁的诸多因素，对促成变迁的方法及其评估方式进行了详细描述，同时对社会变迁中的重大现实问题，如国际恐怖组织、伊拉克战争等进行了深入的探讨和分析。 本书广泛借鉴了人类学、社会心理学、经济学、政治科学和历史学等领域的有关理论，进一步拓展了研究的深度与广度。 新版广泛参考了采用此书的教师和学生的建议，在保持原结构体系不变的前提下进行了内容的充实与修订，关键思想有了新的深入。