A modern fable, a post-apocalyptic romance, a gothic horror story; Angela Carter's genre-defying fantasia "Heroes and Villains" includes an introduction by Robert Coover in "Penguin Modern Classics". Sharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and the other [...]
Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting on his adventures a host of cannib[...]
'Curiosity is the most fleeting of pleasures; the moment it is satisfied, it ceases to exist and it always proves very, very expensive.' Angela Carter's playful and subversive retellings of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tales conjure up a world of resourceful women, black-hearted villains, wily a[...]
Ten beloved fairy tales, given new life by the one and only Angela Carter
Many classic fairy tale characters might not have survived into the present were it not for Charles Perrault, a seventeenth-century French civil servant who rescued them from the oral tradition and committed them to paper[...]
For the 75th anniversary of her birth, a Deluxe Edition of the master of the literary supernatural s most celebrated book featuring a new introduction by Kelly Link
Angela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowlin[...]
Widely acknowledged as one of the most important English writers of the last century, Angela Carter's work stands out for its bawdiness and linguistic zest, its hospitality to the fantastical and the absurd, and its extraordinary inventiveness and range. Her life was as vigorously modern and unconve[...]
This newly expanded edition of Beyond Talent provides user-friendly real-life advice, examples, and perspectives on how to further a career in music. Understanding the unique talents and training of musicians, veteran music career counselor Angela Myles Beeching presents a wealth of creative solutio[...]
Written by Teachit contributors and OCR examiners, GCSE English Literature for OCR is the most comprehensive, accessible endorsed support package for the 2010 OCR GCSE English Literature curriculum. This book covers foundation and higher levels, delivering the controlled assessment and exam requirem[...]
Our OCR GCSE Gateway Science course provides the simplest, clearest approach to the new specifications - easing the transition for you, and helping students understand how to maximise their potential. We focus on support, motivation and exam preparation. The Student Book helps your students develop[...]
The most student-friendly and engaging resource for the OCR AS Health and Social Care specification. Endorsed by OCR, this student book motivates your students with accessible, interesting content and real-world case studies, while retaining exam-driven rigour.[...]
The most student-friendly and engaging resource for the OCR A2 Health and Social Care specification. Endorsed by OCR, this student book motivates your students with accessible, interesting content and real-world case studies, while retaining exam-driven rigour.[...]
Includes covers, a "TreeTops" logo, parental notes on inside back cover, and teaching materials. Most of these titles were previously labelled as "Stage 10 Pack C". 'Purple Buttons' and 'The Great Spaghetti Suit' have moved down from "Stage 11 Pack B". 'The Wrong Letter' is no longer in this pack.[...]
This book details the rights of private parties to enforce principles of EU law, both before the national courts and the European courts of First Instance and Justice in Luxembourg. These originally amounted to two distinct bodies of case law. However, particularly since the advent of Member State l[...]
Research on the influence of culture on consumer decision-making and consumption behavior has witnessed tremendous growth in the last decade. With increasing globalization, managers are becoming increasingly aware that operating in multiple markets is crucial for firms' survival and growth. As the w[...]
Immunology gives the new biomedical scientist an insight into the function of the immune system, the front line of defence against pathological disease, and the diagnostic techniques used to identify associated malfunctions and disorders.[...]
'No one can write a man's life except himself.' In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, pe[...]
"Schizophrenia has been one of psychiatry's most contested diagnostic categories. It has also served as a metaphor for cultural theorists to interpret modern and postmodern understandings of the self. These radical, compelling, and puzzling appropriations of clinical accounts of schizophrenia have b[...]
Fully updated, the Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics, second edition is a practical quick-reference guide to the vital and valued subject of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health. This handbook will be an invaluable companion for all dietici[...]
While there have always been norms and customs around the use of drugs, explicit public policies--regulations, taxes, and prohibitions--designed to control drug abuse are a more recent phenomenon. Those policies sometimes have terrible side-effects: most prominently the development of criminal ent[...]