Showing 37–48 of 63 resultsSorted by latest
Look at the front cover of any parenting book and what do you see? Glowing mothers-to-be, or pristine, beautifully-behaved children. But the reality is, your pregnancy might be a sweaty, moody rollercoaster, and your children will almost certainly spend the first few years of their lives covered in food, tears and worse. In this no-holds-barred collection of essays, prominent women authors, journalists and TV personalities explore the truth about becoming mothers.
From Plato to Virginia Woolf, Structuralism to practical criticism, ‘Introducing Literary Criticism’ charts the history and development of literary criticism into a rich and complex discipline. Tackling disputes over the value and meaning of literature, and exploring theoretical and practical approaches, this unique illustrated guide will help readers of all levels to get more out of their reading.
Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full. But her glamourous existence hid a dark secret: she was no Comtesse. She was born into abject poverty, raised on a squalid Paris backstreet; the lowest of the low. Yet she transformed herself into an enchantress who possessed a small fortune, three mansions, fabulous carriages, and art the envy of connoisseurs across Europe. Catherine Hewitt’s biography tells, for the first time ever in English, the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who, though her roots were lowly, never stopped aiming high.
Look at the front cover of any parenting book and what do you see? Glowing mothers-to-be, or pristine, beautifully-behaved children. But the reality is, your pregnancy might be a sweaty, moody rollercoaster, and your children will almost certainly spend the first few years of their lives covered in food, tears and worse. In this no-holds-barred collection of essays, prominent women authors, journalists and TV personalities explore the truth about becoming mothers.
Gretchen Reynolds explains how exercise affects the body in distinct ways and provides the tools readers need to achieve their fitness goals – whether that’s a faster 5K or staying trim.
What really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature? This title explores the very frontiers of our knowledge, even showing how particle physicists are now using theory and experiment to probe our very concept of what is real. From the earliest history of the atomic theory through to dark matter, Tom Whyntie gives us a mind-expanding tour of cutting-edge science.
Richard Appignanesi and Oscar Zarate collaborate for the first time since ‘Introducing Freud’, first published in 1979. This is a book on existentialism. Can it have meaning in our age of postmodern crisis?
The Ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave awa ythe secret. A German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers. How will you fare? Brian Clegg and Oliver Pugh’s graphic introduction to ‘infinity’ is a unique guide.
Can machines really think? Is the mind just a complicated computer program? This book focuses on the major issues behind one of the hardest scientific problems ever undertaken, from Alan Turing’s influential groundwork to cutting-edge robotics and the new AI.
Tracing the development of mathematics through some of its major turning points, this text covers occasions when ideas such as the square root of minus one and space-filling curves have forced themselves upon the attention of mathematicians.
Genetics is emerging as one of the most important scientific areas for the millennium. This introduction to the subject is illustrated by Borin Van Loon and takes the reader from Mendel’s discoveries to the latest gene maps.
This volume traces the life of Machiavelli whose clear-sighted patriotism made him the first truly modern political scientist. Machiavelli is seen as central to the postmodern debate on civil society.
No products in the basket.
Notifications