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"A great teacher," Jeremy Paxman, BBC's Newsnight.

"Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher," Philip Pullman, author of 'Northern Lights'.

"Gilbert writes so well that you half-suspect he could give up the day job," The Independent.

Are you a student struggling to understand Jane Austen's classic novel 'Pride and Prejudice'? Or are you an English teacher wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this difficult text? Do your students need support to understand the language properly and work independently on the book? This...

Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can contribute significantly to the sustainable management of desert regions for the welfare of the people.

Yet while there are many books on the flora of the countries fringing the important desert countries of the Mediterranean and Red Seas, there or few books reporting on their ecophysiology and vegetation ecology. This book presents the vegetation types of the African and Asian countries of the Mediterranean and Red...

"Why did Conan Doyle feel so ambivalent about the famous detective he created? "

"Why do many critics regard this text as the first modern detective story? "

This is a detailed, lively study guide on Sherlock Holmes's most notorious case. It contains a detailed explanation of the contexts of the novella: how and why it came to be written, and the ways in which it invented the concept of the modern detective. In contrast to many other study guides, it encourages the reader to develop his or her own personal response. It does this by including detailed analysis of key passages from...

Do you know the answer to these questions?

What dream led to the writing of this novel?

Why is the novel also called "The Modern Prometheus"?

Why has the story become the most famous horror story ever written?

What famous philosophers influenced the writing of it?

Why is the Monster such a tragic figure?

This study guide will help both teachers and pupils. It contains a lively series of essays on the different contexts of the novel, its structure and themes, and also offers a great deal of analysis of the text itself. While it is authoritative, it encourages students to...

Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can contribute significantly to the sustainable management of desert regions for the welfare of the people.

Yet while there are many books on the flora of the countries fringing the important desert countries of the Mediterranean and Red Seas, there or few books reporting on their ecophysiology and vegetation ecology. This book presents the vegetation types of the African and Asian countries of the Mediterranean and Red...

What ghost story inspired James' novella?

Are the ghosts in the novel real or figments of a neurotic imagination?

How does James use an unreliable narrator to create suspense?

This is a detailed study guide for anybody either studying or teaching Henry James's classic ghost story. The guide is tailored to help students write an excellent piece of coursework on the book, or assist them with studying for an exam - but it will be of interest to the general reader too. For the teacher, it quotes important passages in the book and offers literary analysis of them. There are...

Why did Jane Austen never marry?

Who shows pride and who shows prejudice?

How and why does Austen create comedy in the novel?

This is an up-to-date study guide to Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice ," aimed at 15-19 year olds and the general reader. The guide is modern in its approach and provides all the necessary information to get a top grade in an exam and/or coursework. It is particularly useful because it not only provides the key details about Austen's life and the social and literary influences upon the text, but also offers a detailed textual analysis of key...

"A great teacher," Jeremy Paxman on BBC's Newsnight.

"Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher," Philip Pullman, author of 'Northern Lights'.

Are you struggling to understand Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'?

Or are you an English teacher wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this difficult text? Do your students need support to understand the language properly and work independently on the book?

This brilliant edition of Stevenson's novel may be the answer to your prayers. Written by an experienced...

'The author of several books including the bestselling memoir I'm a Teacher, Get Me Out of Here, Gilbert draws from a deeper emotional well for this painfully honest novel about mid-life crisis and young love. Flicking between the present day -- in which Nick is a recently fired journalist, reeling from the news of a former girlfriend's death --and the past (university in the 1980s, full of drugs, passion & experimental theatre), Who Do You Love is a sharp take on the complexity of the human heart.' The New Statesman.

'I enjoyed Who Do You Love a lot. It's...