Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to...
Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some o...
Feminism: A Very Short Introduction provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots as well as key issues including voting rights, the liberation of the sixties, and its relev...
Since its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the mind works, whilst some of its ideas such as the Oedipus complex have become part of everyday conversation. In ...
This richly documented book traces the evolution of American sports from the colonial period to the present, when sports have become fully integrated into the political, social, cultural, and economic...
A Companion to the American Short Story traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past two centuries. Written by leading critics in the field, and edited by two major scholars,...
A sports agent. In its simplest form, a sports agent is an individual or company who represents a sportsperson. They try to get them a better contract, a better endorsement, a better sponsorship, a be...
< I>World of Sports Science< /I> provides a comprehensive overview of the science of sports. Consisting of 600 entries alphabetically organized across 2 volumes, entries will range in length from 250 ...
Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundr...
During the Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933) a distinctive culture evolved fromthe roots of the Modern Movement. It was a unique effort to bring intocommon use technical and artistic discoveries of the gr...
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is bestselling author Marina Lewycka?s hilarious and award winning debut novel, now available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. ?Two years after my mo...
The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics...
What does Drew Evans have to say next? Find out in this forty page short story, filled with his sexy charm, unique advice and hilarious one-liners. Marriage: the final frontier. Steven went first. He...
From his infamous libertine novels to his championing of atheism, the Marquis de Sade's writing remains as powerful and shocking today as when it was first published. This Very Short Introduction dise...
Explains one of the most publicized, but little understood, modern conflicts Chapters are arranged by successive decades - to highlight the complex nature of the conflict over time Gets to the heart o...
Only the expansive imagination of H.P. Lovecraft could conceive the delicious and spine-tingling horrors you will find within the pages of this unique collection. In addition to such classics as 'The ...
Aimed at students of conference interpreting, whether on university and professional training courses or self-learners, Note-Taking for Consecutive Interpreting - A short Course offers future interpre...
The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives (SEAL) has documented the lives of thousands of deceased Americans, both world famous and lesser known. Now, a new Thematic Series focuses on people in spec...
A comprehensive highly illustrated atlas of human living and surface anatomy for effective physical examination of sports injuries. An accompanying DVD includes illustrations of the various manoeuvres...
A wax museum in London boasts a new exhibit, which no man has seen and remained sane... A businessman is trapped in a train carriage with a madman who claims to have created a new and efficient method...
From the dark, mind-expanding imagination of H P Lovecraft, Wordsworth presents a third volume of tales penned by the greatest horror writer of the 20th Century. Here are some of Lovecraft’s weirdest...
A public restroom even more horrific than most, with a stained toilet that can swallow a man whole, sending him to a sewage-filled hell. A riverbank lined with swaying mops given faces and philosophi...
The second part of Gollancz's definitive collection of Moorcock's short fiction, this selection features some of his finest work. From 'The Brothel in Rosenstrasse' to 'The Surrealist Sporting Club'...