This book provides an authoritative analysis of the impact of climate change on migration.

From the much loved Oliver Twist to the fact-grubbing Mr Gradgrind, the obstinate Martin Chuzzlewit to the embittered Miss Havisham, this book covers the famous and lesser known characters in Dickens.

Featuring a broad range of contemporary British novelists from Iain Banks to Jeanette Winterson, Louis de Bernieres to Irvine Welsh and Salman Rushdie, this book offers an excellent introductory guide to the contemporary literary scene.

Charts the making of colonial spaces in settler colonies of the Pacific Rim during the last two centuries.

This expanded second edition has been revised and updated throughout, and now also features a new chapter on the younger "generation" of novelists born in the 1970s.

" "Poetry: The Basics is an invaluable and easy-to-read guide for anyone wanting to get to grips with reading and writing poetry."--Jacket.

This volume aims to demystify Shakespeare's plays for the beginning reader.

New to this Edition: Offers an expanded clinical work-up section to include recently developed, as well as more specialized, diagnostic procedures Expands coverage of molecular methods for fish pathogen identification Provides coverage of ...