First published in 1988, this book is a study of all Blake’s work in illuminated printing. It traces in particular, the development of his ideas on politics, religion, sexuality, and the imagination. There are substantial sections on some of Blake’s best-known works, including the Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and the Songs of Innocence and Experience, and full critical essays on the Four Zoas and Jerusalem.The book describes the historical contex...

A gripping historical novel of love and vengeance starring Harry Longbaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid.Legend has it that bank robber Harry Longbaugh and his partner Robert Parker were killed in a shootout in Bolivia. That was the supposed end of the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy.Sundance tells a different story. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Longbaugh is very much alive, though serving in a Wyoming prison under an alias.

Romantic criticism, of which Shakespeare is the central figure, invented many of the modes of modern criticism. It is also distinct from many contemporary academic norms. Engaged with the social and intellectual currents of an age of revolutionary change, it is experimental, writerly, and individually expressive. Above all it is creative in response to the difficulties of understanding aesthetic experience in new ways, and in setting those experiences in new cultural and political contexts...

Legend has it that bank robber Harry Longbaugh and his partner Robert Parker were killed in a shootout in Bolivia. That was the supposed end of the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. Sundance tells a different story. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Longbaugh is very much alive, though serving in a Wyoming prison under an alias. When he is released in 1913, Longbaugh reenters a changed world. What hasn't changed are Longbaugh's ingenuity, his deadly aim, and his and his love for his...

"A fascinating and highly readable account." - Sir Stanley Wells"An outstanding, remarkable book." - Lisa S. Starks, University of South Florida, USAThis new and comprehensive study of Shakespearean ballets and their unique interpretive possibilities is also the first to foreground the importance of music to the aesthetics and meanings of Shakespeare dance-works.Organised around adaptations of key ...

Robert Laliberte has a dream—a dream to convert a run-down building into a premier space for bring-your-own-venue productions in his city’s Summer Theatre Festival, a.k.a. Skeeter Fest. But achieving his dream isn’t easy. Amid mounting debt and numerous technical problems, Robert is unaware that his beloved Venue 13 is also haunted. And if the belligerent ghost has anything to say about it, nobody's shows will go on.

Flying beasties, swimming beasties, creepy crawly leggy beasties – you’ll find them all in this delightfully suspenseful, subtly spine-tingling collection of three short stories written by the illustrious H.G. Wells. Carefully curated from Wells’s more than 30 short stories, the selections you’ll hear in this volume are: In the Avu Observatory, The Valley of Spiders, and The Sea Raiders.H.G. Wells, perhaps best known for science fiction masterpieces such ...

This book provides a concise guide to the group of biblical books commonly called "The Book of the Twelve Prophets" or simply "The Twelve" (also know as "the Minor Prophets"). In the past twenty years, scholars have explored how reading this set of books as a unified "Book of the Twelve" creates new avenues for understanding and depth. This Cascade Companion introduces the key questions, themes, and topics related to the Twelve in an accessible way. Starting with a discussion of why schola...

Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.Join David Attenborough on his journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds. In this short, the world’s best-loved naturalist explains why these charismatic birds dance so beautifully.Collins Shorts are a fresh look at the ebook short, with the emphasis on vibrant design, animated content and expert authors who can provide accessible...

The BCS Glossary is the most authoritative and comprehensive work of its kind. This unrivalled study aid and reference tool has newly updated entries and is divided into themed sections making it more than just a list of definitions. Written in an easily accessible style, it is specifically designed to support those taking computer courses or courses where computers are used, including GCSE, A-Level and 14-19 Functional Skills qualifications in schools and further education colleges.

A magnificently illustrated celebration of the birds of paradise and the myths and history surrounding them, from the beloved BBC host.The sixteenth-century Europeans gave them the name birds of paradise—birds so beautiful that they must have come from paradise. Originally, they were thought not to have legs and therefore never to touch the earth. Still very rarely encountered, even in their natural habitat of New Guinea, they elicit sheer awe in those who are lucky...

This book, it reveals the brilliant strategies on how to develop and show you step by step, how in benefit you too. Discover powerful techniques to remember all these things you missed so far: birthday dates, phone numbers, names and faces of your news knowledge, dozens of PINs, oral presentations, where you put your keys, lists, road trips complex, data ...You will come back not your progress! Follow the path of a world champion: raise your own pe...