The French novel’s “return to the story” in the last decades of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first is has been widely acknowledged in literary scholarship. But is this assessment accurate? With French Fiction in the Twenty-First Century, Simon Kemp looks at the work of five contemporary writers—Annie Ernaux, Pascal Quignard, Marie Darrieussecq, Jean Echenoz, and Patrick Modiano—in the context of the current French literary scene, and examines how far they pursue th...

Crime fiction is a popular target for literary pastiche in France. From the nouveau roman and the Oulipo group to the current avant-garde, writers have seized on the genre to exploit it for their own ends, toying with its traditional plots and characters, and exploring its preoccupations with perception, reason and truth. In the first full-length study of the phenomenon, Simon Kemp's investigation centres on four major writers of the twentieth century, Alain Robbe-Grillet (b. 1922), Michel...

This book explores whether the ideology of communism was doomed to failure due to psychological rather than structural flaws. Does communism fail because there is not enough individual incentive and does it discourage psychological ownership? If so, does it produce learned helplessness and therefore empower evil? This book considers such questions, both with respect to how communism actually functioned and how it could have functioned using examples from Eastern Europe and the USSR itself ...

"My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop. I exist because I think… and I can’t stop myself from thinking." – Jean-Paul Sartre, NauseaWriting the Mind: Representing Consciousness from Proust to Darrieussecq explores the works of seven ground-breaking thinkers and novelists of recent history to compare and contrast the varying representations of the conscious and the unconscious mind. Grounding his study in the writings of philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Marcel Proust, Sim...

The last ten years have seen an enormous surge of interest in issues that are common to psychology and economics. How do people make decisions about economic issues? How should they make such decisions? Does public policy or regulation succeed in its aim of helping people make these decisions? What situations aid cooperation?This volume explores some of the ways in which economists and psychologists have tried to answer these questions. The authors are an international mix of econo...

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that we believe all men to be created equally. It is true that all men are created equally, but all men are not the same. From a biblical perspective, God is not a respecter of persons (Romans 2:11). He is not, but we are. Our differences affect individual concepts of self and our relationships to other people in the world. Diversity causes problems with identity and identity is a creation issue. Any issue that stands between the individual and the...

Informed by theory and full of practical advice, this key title offers a clear route to education for sustainable development (ESD) whilst questioning how we reconcile participatory, inclusive processes and the urgency of global crises.This handbook provides guidance for those with an interest in the purpose and direction of learning and the principles and practices of sustainability in universities in the UK and beyond. With critical analysis and useful case studies and recommenda...

“A little peep behind the net curtain of swinging London. Meet the people that made the 60s tick.” Noel Gallagher‘This is an extraordinary book…An amazing work of cultural and social history.’ Tom Holland'This is granular Beatles. 1967 the year mop-topperies optimism gave way to long-hairdoms disaffection…and the people who gave birth to both. Fabulous.' Bob Geldof1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and the Beatle...

“A little peep behind the net curtain of swinging London. Meet the people that made the 60s tick.” Noel Gallagher‘This is an extraordinary book…An amazing work of cultural and social history.’ Tom Holland'This is granular Beatles. 1967 the year mop-topperies optimism gave way to long-hairdoms disaffection…and the people who gave birth to both. Fabulous.' Bob Geldof1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and the Beatle...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Expectant Dad's Survival Guide written by Rob Kemp, read by Simon Darwen.The accessible and practical parenting book for fathers-to-be about pregnancy, birth and what to expect during the first 6 weeks with your new baby, from a man who has been through it all (multiple times).From buying buggies to cutting the cord, the life of a first-time father will throw up new experiences ...

This book constitures selected and revised papers presented at the First International Workshop on Measuring Ontologies for Value Enhancement, MOVE 2020, held as Virtual Event in October 2020.The 7 extended and revised papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 13 submissions. Along with them, the volume presents 5 invited papers. The volume articles are arranged in the topical sections on complexity of knowledge-intensive endeavors; ontology modeling; enterpri...

The Salvator Mundi is the first Leonardo painting to be discovered for over a century. Following its re-emergence, it played a leading role in the landmark Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London in 2011, after which it was purchased by a Russian oligarch. In 2017 it was auctioned by Christie's in New York, fetching the world record price of $450m, and now forms part of the collection of Louvre Abu Dhabi. The Salvator Mundi may be seen as the devotional coun...