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A Disgraceful Affair by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Short Story Collections
The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literatureÃÂââÃÂìÃÂòs most revered works and offer keys to understanding the themes in his longer works. Contained in this volume are the short stories "White Nights," ...Show more
A Midsummer Nights Dream by Globe Education Staff; Hodder Education Staff (Editor); William Shakespeare
Category: Education | Series: Globe Education Shorter Shakespeare Ser.
Exam Board: Non-Specific Level: KS3 Subject: English First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2018 Get straight to the heart of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; students' confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare's language, which is su ...Show more
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Short, Sharp Shakespeare Stories) by Anna Claybourne
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Short, Sharp Shakespeare Stories
A fairy king, his queen and their servants cause chaos and confusion between four young people in Ancient Greece...Discover the hilarious story at the heart of A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays. The age-appropriate text in Short, Sharp Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Drea ...Show more
A SHORT HISTORY OF BRISBANE ARCHITECTURE by BINGHAM-HALL PATRICK
Category: No Category | Series: Short History of...
A Short Guide to Risk Appetite by David Hillson; Ruth Murray-Webster
Category: Health | Series: Short Guides to Business Risk Ser.
How much risk should we take? A Short Guide to Risk Appetite sets out to help all those who need to decide how much risk can be taken in a particular risky and important situation. David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster introduce the RARA Model to explain the complementary and central roles of Risk Appet ...Show more
A Short History of Ancient Greece by P. J. Rhodes
Category: History | Series: Short Histories Ser.
Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual c ...Show more
A Short History of Cambodia by John A. Tully
Category: No Category | Series: Short History of Asia S.
This title offers a concise and readable history of Cambodia, from its rich and powerful past, through the era of French protection, the Vietnamese conflict, the Pol Pot regime and to its present day incarnation as a constitutional monarchy and popular tourist destination. Temples and killing fields, mi ...Show more
A Short History of Coffee by Gordon Kerr
Category: Cook Books | Series: Short History Ser.
Having conquered the world's taste buds and established itself as a staple in our daily lives, coffee has mirrored the moods and movements of society for centuries - yet, how much do we know about its history?In his riveting new book, Gordon Kerr investigates the fascinating history behind the global ob ...Show more
A Short History of Disease by Sean Martin
Category: World History | Series: Short History Ser.
In 2014, the world faces a global crisis as the Ebola epidemic threatens to spread from Western Africa across the planet. Even before recorded history began, disease has plagued human civilisations, claiming more lives than natural disasters and warfare combined. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Sea ...Show more
A Short History of Disease: Plagues, Poxes and Civilisations by Seán Martin
Category: History | Series: Short History Ser.
This second edition contains an afterword on COVID-19, looking at the origins and nature of the virus, and how governments across the globe dealt with the most serious public health emergency in a century.A Short History of Disease chronicles the historical and geographical evolution of infectious and n ...Show more
A Short History of Florence and the Florentine Republic by Brian Jeffrey Maxson
Category: History | Series: Short Histories Ser.
The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its classically-inspired palaces and piazzas, it is perhaps the finest single expression of a society that is still at its heart an urban one. For, as Brian Jeff ...Show more