Michael Ryan's Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction Second Edition introduces students to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature & culture from Formalism Structuralism & Historicism to Ethnic Studies Gender Studies & Global English. * Introduces readings from a variety of theoretical perspectives on classic literary texts. * Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work. * Contains an accessible account of different theoretical approaches * An ideal resource for use in introductory courses on literary theory & criticism. * Designed to function both as a st&-alone text & a companion to Rivkin & Ryan's Literary Theory: An Anthology Second Edition. ...

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics & genres. The Literature of Love is designed to introduce students to one of the central themes in literature. Focusing first on different types & aspects of love
- physical emotional spiritual
- it then offers a chronological coverage aiming to illustrate ways in which attitudes to the representation of love in literature have evolved from Chaucer to the present time. Other sections of the book examine particular genres such as the love sonnet the love letter & 'romantic' fiction; & the differing reception of this literature over time is also considered. The book

Includes:: extracts from & a discussion of a range of authors including Chaucer Lady Mary Wroth Shakespeare Jane Austen Thomas Hardy & Tony Kushner.



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After over a decade of independence from the Soviet Union this Baltic country of 4 million inhabitants is hoping to join the European Union & NATO in the near future. A compact grammar section & a pronunciation guide are included along with a phrasebook designed for travellers businesspersons students & diplomats. The bilingual dictionary designates part of speech & case declension & gives crucial everyday vocabulary. ...

David Zinc has it all: Big firm big salary life in the lawyer's fast lane. Until the day he snaps & throws it all away. Leaving the world of corporate law far behind he talks himself into a new job with Finley & Figg. A self-styled 'boutique' firm with only two partners Oscar Finley & Wally Figg are ambulance-chasing street lawyers who hustle nickel-&-dime cases dreaming of landing the big win. For all his Harvard Law Degree & five years with Chicago's top firm Zinc has never entered a courtroom never helped a client who really needed a lawyer never handled a gun. All that is about to change. ...

Oscar Finley: street cop turned street lawyer. Wally Figg: expert hustler & ambulance-chaser. David Zinc: Harvard Law School graduate. Together this unlikely trio make up Finley & Figg: specialists in injury claims quickie divorces & DUIs. None of them has ever faced a jury in federal court. But they are about to take on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the States. David gave up his lucrative career at Chicagos leading law firm for this: the chance to help the little guy stand up to the big corporations. But if Finley & Figg have right on their side why do his new partners feel the need to carry guns in their briefcases? David thought he was used to cut-throat law from his days at Rogan Rothberg but this is something else. He knows he was right to get out. He just may live to regret his new choice of firm... ...

Research shows that the seemingly simple act of being read to brings remarkable health & happiness benefits. It stimulates thought & memory encourages the sharing of ideas & feelings hopes & fears. It enriches our lives & minds. This unique book offers a selection of prose & poetry especially suitable for reading aloud to children. It

Includes:: extracts ranging from modern day favourites (David Almond Frank Cottrell Boyce & Neil Gaiman) to old classics (Kipling Dickens & E. Nesbit) & features a foreword from Michael Morpurgo. Each piece has been chosen by the Reader Organisation whose team has unique experience in the effect & benefits of books that immediately capture children's interest & imagination.

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The American Government invested millions in Helmand Afghanistan in the 1950s & 1960s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis. It became the largest international development effort after the Marshall Plan. Little America was the name for this specific region first used in the 1940s by Afghanis themselves. Four decades later in 2009 the region was again the focus of the US efforts in the country as waves of Marines descended upon the Helmand River Valley. In this extraordinarily insightful illuminating book Rajiv Chandrasekaran focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of Obamas surge. Little America is a story of the long arc of American involvement & of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obamas watch. & reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the president & a military that once on the ground increasingly went its own way. This political battles profound ramifications for the region & the world are laid bare through a cast of fascinating characters
- disillusioned & inept diplomats frustrated soldiers headstrong officers
- who played a part in the process of pumping millions of dollars of American money & soldiers into Afghan nation-building. He addresses the British involvement around Kandahar prior to the arrival of the US Marines & reveals the uneasy
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- relationship between the United States & Britain as they began in 2009 to share responsibility for Helm&. What emerges is a detailed picture of unsavoury compromise
- warlords who were to be marginalised were suddenly embraced the Karzai family transformed from foe to friend fighting corruption no longer a top priority
- & a venture that has become unsustainable in every way: politically financially & strategically. As in his award-winning Imperial Life in the Emerald City by bringing to life a corner of a conflict & Chandrasekaran reveals the bigger story of the war. Has the war in Afghanistan been worth the money spent & bloodshed? Through vivid on-the-ground storytelling Little America takes readers toward an answer in a way no other book on Afghanistan has.





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Bring love happiness & fulfilment into your own life & those around you with this gift book of inspirational guidance "es & stories of angels & spirits from the other side. I saw the angel in the marble & carved until I set him free." ~ Michelangelo A Little Angel Love is a delightful gift book of messages stories affirmations "es based on angel inspirations & afterlife communication. Discover a wealth of practical things to do to bring happiness into your life & other peoples by spreading a little angel love. Learn how to achieve your potential in life angelic things to do every day & how to pursue your dreams. Also read amazing anecdotes from people who spoke to their loved ones after they died or received visitations from angels & spirit guides & experienced prophetic dreams. A perfect gift of angelic inspiration." ...

Rita Blackthorns heart was barren & hard. In all of her life she had never truly loved. But she had hated. Beneath the loving gaze of her daughters soft green eyes her heart swelled with dark & dangerous emotions. Young Cathy Blackthorn has never experienced any loving response from her mother; it is her beloved aunt Margaret with a heart as big & warm as the summer sky who has been more of a mother than her own could ever be. & when Cathys father Frank Blackthorn brings home a London street urchin & announces this will be the son he & Rita have never had Cathy despairs of ever winning her parents love. Cathy is a generous soul though & tries to give the young lad a chance to prove himself but unlike her best friend David Leyton something about him makes her more than uneasy... ...

Its Tillys birthday & shes off to a REAL theatre with her auntie a REAL ballerina! Join Tilly as she steps backstage to experience the excitement of a ballet performance from the dressing rooms to centre stage! But will Tilly be given the chance to dance under the spotlight? Of course she will! This is the magical sequel to the bestselling The Ballet Class. ...