Originally published in 1981. This book looks at the autobiographical work of nine twentieth-century writers – Henry Adams, Henry James, W. B. Yeats, Boris Pasternak, Leiris, Jean-Paul Sartre, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Green and Adrian Stokes. The author argues that often the writer has shaped his life through his craft, coming to understand the pattern of his own existence through the formalism of language. In each case the writer stamps his personality on the work by mean of a distinctive ...

When Samuel Beckett’s work first appeared, it was routinely described, by Adorno amongst others, as a clear example of European high culture. However, this judgement ignored an aspect of Beckett’s work and its reception that is, arguably, not yet fully understood; the intimate relation between his work and popular culture. Beckett used popular cultural forms; but popular culture has also found a place both for the work and for the man. This collection of essays examines how popular cultura...

The world fame of Samuel Beckett is due to a combination of high academic esteem and immense popularity. An innovator in prose fiction to rival Joyce, his plays have been the most influential in modern theatre history. As an author in both English and French and a writer for the page and the stage, Beckett has been the focus for specialist treatment in each of his many guises, but there have been few attempts to provide a conspectus view. This book, first published in 1994, provides thirte...

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE Combined Science: TrilogyFirst teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018AQA approvedGCSE Science is changing and AQA GCSE (9-1) Biology for Combined Science Trilogy from Collins has been developed to embed the skills your students need to succeed in all three assessment objectives, while providing a clear and supportive route through the new, more challenging GCSE content.Each spread starts with language...

Exam Board: OCRLevel & Subject: GCSE Combined ScienceFirst teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018OCR endorsedGCSE Science is changing and OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) Biology for Combined Science from Collins has been developed to embed the skills your students need to succeed in all three assessment objectives, while providing a clear and supportive route through the new, more challenging GCSE content.Each spread starts with language and idea...

Go beyond the basics and unleash the full power of QGIS with practical, step-by-step examplesKey FeaturesThis book is your one-stop solution to all of your GIS needs using the open source QGISMaster QGIS by learning about database integration, geoprocessing tools, Python scripts, advanced cartography, and custom pluginsThis example-rich, practical guide will help you create sophisticated analyses and mapsBook DescriptionQGIS ...

Exam Board: OCRLevel & Subject: GCSE BiologyFirst teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018OCR endorsedGCSE Science is changing and OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) Biology from Collins has been developed to embed the skills your students need to succeed in all three assessment objectives, while providing a clear and supportive route through the new, more challenging GCSE content.Each spread starts with language and ideas at a lower level and increas...

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE BiologyFirst teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018AQA approvedGCSE Science is changing and AQA GCSE (9-1) Biology from Collins has been developed to embed the skills your students need to succeed in all three assessment objectives, while providing a clear and supportive route through the new, more challenging GCSE content.Each spread starts with language and ideas at a lower level and increases in co...

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE BiologyFirst teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018AQA approvedGCSE Science is changing and AQA GCSE (9-1) Biology from Collins has been developed to embed the skills your students need to succeed in all three assessment objectives, while providing a clear and supportive route through the new, more challenging GCSE content.Each spread starts with language and ideas at a lower level and increases in co...

Go beyond the basics and unleash the full power of QGIS 3.4 and 3.6 with practical, step-by-step examplesKey FeaturesOne-stop solution to all of your GIS needs Master QGIS by learning about database integration, and geoprocessing tools Learn about the new and updated Processing toolbox and perform spatial analysisBook DescriptionQGIS is an open source solution to GIS and widely used by GIS professionals all over the world. It is the leading al...

This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on the neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse. - Brings together cutting-edge research on the neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse - Emerging topics: stimulants, amphetamines, legal highs, designer drugs, neuropsychiatric complications.

The extraordinary Bill Bryson takes us from the Big Bang to the dawn of science in this book about basically everything.Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something?Or thought about how we can weigh the earth?Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe?Uncover the mysteries of time, space and life on earth in this extraordinary book - a journey from the centre of the planet to the dawn of the dinosaurs, and everything in between....