Product Description: World War II defined the lives of a generation and shaped the modern world. This new series gives readers an accessible summary of the war and an understanding of what the experience was like for those who lived through it-from the perspective of soldiers, generals, nurses, politicians and civilians...read more

Product Description: World War II defined the lives of a generation and shaped the modern world. This new series gives readers an accessible summary of the war and an understanding of what the experience was like for those who lived through it-from the perspective of soldiers, generals, nurses, politicians and civilians...read more

Narrative is a central concept necessary to any student of literature seeking to develop a critical vocabulary. In Narrative, John Coyle provides a lucid overview of the ideas which are basic to this concept. Groundbreaking advances are described in this focussed and wide-ranging theoretical study, in which all of the key concepts of narrative are closely examined. This explanatory guide will prove essential for introductory students, as it illustrates how narrative works and demystifies technical terms. While poetry is also encompassed, the emphasis is placed upon prose narrative, covering a wide range of genres in addition to fiction, including biography, autobiography, and histriography. Narrative addresses contemporary literary theory, including postmodernism, and provides the reader with a solid basis of understanding which will prove invaluable for further study.

Product Description: Life in the past was in many ways very different from life today, but in one way it was very similar. There were always some people who were wealthier, more powerful or more famous than everyone else - and it was those early celebrities who set the fashions of the age and who got tongues wagging with early celebrity gossip...read more

Product Description: Part history, part Diary of a Wimpy kid, these books present the history of Ancient Egypt with all the detail of an encyclopedia, with all the "funny reflection" of the Facebook generation. This tongue in cheek history brings out the best in the critical thinking focused classroom...read more

Product Description: U.S. and other coalition soldiers fighting in the Gulf War faced violence on the battlefield, extreme heat, and blinding sandstorms after they were sent to fight the Iraqis in 1991. Experience life on the front lines, in a time of shifting political power and advanced technology...read more