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Renewable Energy A Very Short Introduction by Jelley Nick
Category: Science | Series: Very short introduction
Energy is vital for a good standard of living, and much of the world's population does not have enough. Affordable and adequate sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial; and renewables provide the answer. Wind and solar farms can now provide the cheapest electricity in ...Show more
Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Toye
Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions
Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetor ...Show more
Robbed ! by Anne Cassidy
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Edge: Slipstream Short Fiction Level 1
Lizzie's brother Tommy is late. She is told that Big Alex is taking him to the cash machine. Lizzie guesses Tommy is being robbed by Big Alex, but does she have the right person? Slipstream is a new generation of reading resources specifically designed for struggling and reluctant readers. Through exci ...Show more
Robotics: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Winfield
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions
Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Robots are a well-established part of manufacturing and warehouse automation, assembling cars or washing machines, and, for example, moving goods to and from storage racks for Internet mail order. More recently robots have taken their first steps into ho ...Show more
Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Salway
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
For four centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire, a political system stretching from Turkey to Portugal and from the Red Sea to the Tyne and beyond. Its involvement with Rome started long before the Conquest launched by the Emperor Claudius in 43 AD, and it continued to be a part of t ...Show more
Romance: Short Stories by Great Writers by Various
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Pocket Library of Classic Short Stories #1
Romance contains stories by F Scott Fitzgerald — W S Gilbert — Edith Wharton — Robert Louis Stevenson — Arnold Bennett — Katherine Mansfield — Mark Twain — Edgar Allan Poe — Kate Chopin — H H Munro (Saki) — Joseph Conrad — Rudyard Kipling — O Henry — Wilkie Collins — Mary E Wilkins Freeman — ...Show more
Romeo and Juliet: Globe Education Shorter Shakespeare by Globe Education; 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 Romeo and Juliet; students' confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare's language, which is supported t ...Show more
Romeo and Juliet (Short, Sharp Shakespeare Stories) by Anna Claybourne
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Short, Sharp Shakespeare Stories
Two families at war, and a pair of young, star-crossed lovers caught in the crossfire...Discover the tragic story at the heart of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's most famous play. The age-appropriate text in Short, Sharp Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet introduces readers to the play by re-telling the stor ...Show more
Run, Spy, Run! (EDGE World War One Stories) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Children's History | Series: Edge: World War One Short Stories
A British secret agent is photographing top secret German files when he is unexpectedly interrupted, and the alarm is raised. What follows is a desperate battle for survival as Jaques is pursued, hiding where he can and not able to trust anyone. He must find a path out of Occupied France to get the came ...Show more
Russell by A.C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A.C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. ...Show more
Russian History by Geoffrey Hosking
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. But Russia's territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime contact with the outside world, and has open and vulnerable l ...Show more
Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Catriona Kelly
Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions
Explores the place and importance of literature in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? This book uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare', as an example.