This title explores a range of key materials, their properties and their uses. The title encourages readers to engage with this subject area via accessible text and modern imagery.Discover & Learn is a fascinating series that delves into key areas of learning. Each title features a mixture of diagrams, illustrations and photographs to make the information accessible and

We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousness. Bernard Williams\'s original and radical book questions this picture of Western history. While we are in many ways different from the Greeks, Williams claims that the differences are not to be traced to

From Jessica Fellowes, author of the acclaimed Mitford Murders series, comes the terrifying and unmissable story of a toxic female

This work assists young men in the quest for manhood through

German literature in all genres and from all historical periods has exerted an enormous influence on the history of western thought. From Martin Luther, Frederick Schiller, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, and Gunter Grass, Germany has produced an impressive number of great writers and great works. In German Literature: A Very Short Introduction,

Nothing ruins a good meal faster than a dry, rubbery, or gummy texture. Including a list of moist ingredients and suggestions for maintaining a lush consistency, Hunt guides readers through five chapters of global appetizers, mains, side dishes, desserts, and baked goods. Written for both novice and accomplished cooks, this masterclass in texture inspires an appreciation for the skills needed to craft

A little girl and her family are getting ready to go on vacation . . . or at least they are trying to. In the effort to pack everything that will be needed, there\'s bound to be something overlooked, and what that is provides a funny ending to this meter-perfect \"twist\" on Clement Moore\'s

Deep in the heart of 19th Century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society in which he was born. Forced to become an Earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Marie Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates

The Alexander Technique is a long-established, accessible and highly effective way of learning to change and retrain postural and behavioural habits that cause unnecessary tension, stress and illness. Developed over a century ago by F.M. Alexander (who taught the technique to George Bernard Shaw, Henry Irving, Aldous Huxley and many others), the Alexander Technique is a form of conscious awareness

But when her editor asked her to write an instant true crime book on the murder trial of Ashlyn Bryant, Mercer finds a new purpose. On trial for the murder of her baby, Ashlyn is currently the most hated person in America. And Ashlyn is so obviously the villain of the story: a party girl, man-crazy, ambitious and

Beginning with the oil blowout in 1922 that is considered the moment that marked Venezuela\'s entry into a \"modern\" era, Refined Material explores the integral relationship between Venezuelan oil industry and artistic production. In this groundbreaking study, Sean Nesselrode Moncada examines Venezuela\'s mid-century art and architecture in an argument that reinforces the inextricability of the rise

Relive Jim Henson\'s classic film Labyrinth in a storybook that moves through the alphabet and is perfect for new and returning fans B is for Baby Brother, lost in the labyrinth. G is for the Goblin King, whose castle lies at the maze\'s center. S is for Sarah, who must go on an incredible adventure to make it right. Only by journeying across the ABCs can our hero find her way through the labyrinth,

On the 100th anniversary of the publication of History and Class Consciousness, a new edition of this indispensable guide to Lukacs\'s thought and politics The philosophical and political development that converted Georg Lukcs from a distinguished representative of Central European aesthetic vitalism into a major Marxist theorist and Communist militant has long remained an enigma. In this this now

The paperback edition of the New York Times bestseller that the Wall Street Journal said was \"chock full of momentous events and larger-than-life characters.\"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war,

A woman\'s ambitions clash with familial expectations in a captivating novel about generational secrets and self-discovery by the bestselling author of The Candid Life of Meena Dave.Raised by her mother and grandmother and tutored in the healing wonders of spices, Tulsi Gupta is expected to carry on the ancestral tradition from her family\'s Salem spice shop. Restless and reluctant, Tulsi yearns to

The guide covers the High Pyrenees from the Cirque de Lescun on the edge of the Basque country in the west to the Carlit massif and Cerdagne east of Andorra, and is divided into five regional chapters: the Western Valleys; Cirques and Canyons; the Central Pyrenees; Enchanted Mountains; and Andorra and the Eastern High Pyrenees. Intended as a resource book for those planning a range of mountain activities