NO8DO, this enigma, this royal bestowal, this rebus of Seville, this symbol of loyalty, would accompany me throughout my life. Its invisible weaver’s weft binds my story, this enchanting skein of thread that will tie me to my mother, my father, my home, my lover… and everything I will become.”Born in the first quarter of the twentieth century to a privileged Sevillian trading family, Carlos is sheltered from the impending dangers of the civil war and is sent to study in the two com...

New times. Expanded worlds. Emerging possibilities. In Using Virtual Reality in English Language Arts Education, authors from multiple institutions across the United States and abroad share practical insights for teaching English language arts with virtual and augmented realities. These chapters draw on multiple theories and ideas to share perspectives from practicing and prospective teachers, as well as young learners themselves, about how to use applications and tools to transfo...

First published in 1989 Chimera was Simon Mawer’s first novel. Mawer is renowned as one of today's most talented writers of historical spy fiction.The fabulous Chimera - mythic monster, part lion, part goat, part serpent - is more that just an Etruscan bronze discovered by archaeologist David Hewison. It lurks in the background of this novel as a symbol of the man himself: part Italian, part English, an explorer of the past who is haunted by his own past when he parachuted into war...