Now in its third edition "Poetry: The Basics" remains an engaging exploration of the world of poetry. Drawing on examples ranging from Chaucer to children's rhymes, Cole Porter to Carol Ann Duffy, and from around the English-speaking world, it shows how any reader can understand and gain more pleasure from poetry. Exploring poetry s relationship to everyday language and introducing major genres and technical aspects in an accessible way, it is a clear introduction to how different types of poetry work through the study of details and of whole poems. With a revised chapter on the different...

Humans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political speech, advertising and newspaper articles to address key questions such as:

• What is discourse?
• Why are there different approaches to...

Humans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political speech, advertising and newspaper articles to address key questions such as:

• What is discourse?
• Why are there different approaches to...

Gerontology: The Basics is a vibrant and compelling introduction to the human aging process. Examining the complex issues which surround the study of adult development and aging in a clear and accessible way, it introduces the reader to the socially constructed life-course stages of mid- and later-life and explores the biophysical, psychological and emotional experience of becoming and being "old person." Inviting the reader to consider what it means to be an older adult, it answers such questions as: 　

• What is Gerontology?
• How and why did aging become a...

Gerontology: The Basics is a vibrant and compelling introduction to the human aging process. Examining the complex issues which surround the study of adult development and aging in a clear and accessible way, it introduces the reader to the socially constructed life-course stages of mid- and later-life and explores the biophysical, psychological and emotional experience of becoming and being "old person." Inviting the reader to consider what it means to be an older adult, it answers such questions as: 　

• What is Gerontology?
• How and why did aging become a...

We can't imagine our lives without the Internet. It is the tool of our existence; without it we couldn't work, plan our social and leisure activities, and interact with friends. The Internet's influence on contemporary society extends across every aspect of our personal and professional lives, but how has this altered us in psychological terms? How are we to understand how the Internet can promote enormous amounts of caring and kindness to strangers and yet be the source of unremitting acts of terror?

This book, grounded in the latest cutting-edge research, enhances our...

We can't imagine our lives without the Internet. It is the tool of our existence; without it we couldn't work, plan our social and leisure activities, and interact with friends. The Internet's influence on contemporary society extends across every aspect of our personal and professional lives, but how has this altered us in psychological terms? How are we to understand how the Internet can promote enormous amounts of caring and kindness to strangers and yet be the source of unremitting acts of terror?

This book, grounded in the latest cutting-edge research, enhances our...

Das Gebiet der Gebaudetechnik wird bei der zunehmenden Komplexitat des Bauens immer wichtiger. Als Mittler zwischen allen am Bau Beteiligten muss der Architekt die Zusammenhange verstehen unddie Bauherren kompetent beraten konnen.
Basics Gebaudetechnik befasst sich mit den Gebieten der Wasserver- und Entsorgung, der Elektroinstallation und mit den energierelevanten Themen Heizung, Luftung und Beleuchtung. Das Kompendium vereint die erfolgreichen Einzelbande Raumkonditionierung und Wasserkreislauf im Gebaude und erganzt diese um die zwei neuen, bislang nicht...