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Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, JoyceThis book examines the relations between public speaking and literary expression        in the lives and work of Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, and Joyce. Matthew Bevis        considers the procedures, languages, and styles of oratory reported in the        newspapers and Hansard, and offers a new understanding of...

Digital Games, YouTube, and Virtual PerformancePlaying Along shows how video games and social media are bridging virtual and        visceral experience, transforming our understanding of musicality, creativity, play,        and participation....

A Very Short IntroductionJapan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this   Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy,...

The life and work of Joseph RotblatJoseph Rotblat's life poses deep and important questions about conscience, science and society. This biography presents the full story, from his childhood lived out under anti-Semitism, family tragedy at the hands of the Nazis; work on Britain's nuclear programme; and his single-minded dedication to nuclear...

`I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD,' wrote Dickens of what is the most personal, certainly one of the most popular, of all his novels.  This new edition features an enlarged text, revised notes, and a new introduction. It uses the accurate Clarendon text, and also includes Dickens's trial titles and...

Physics Encounters ConsciousnessIn trying to understand the atom, physicists built quantum mechanics, the most successful theory in science and the basis of one-third of our economy. They found, to their embarrassment, that with their theory, physics encounters consciousness. Authors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner explain all this in...