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L. T. C. Rolt was born at Chester in 1910. After his education at Cheltenham College he embarked on am engineering career, until he decided to turn to writing. Among his many publications were biographies of Thomas Telford and George and Robert Stevenson (both published by Penguin). Mr Rolt died in 1974.

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The three modern Indian plays brought together here are established classics, all written around the mid-1960s. Girish Karnad's Tughlaq was originally written in Kannada and explores the psyche of a medieval monarch. Evam Indrajit, by Badal Sircar, originally written in Bengali, uses myth to examine some of the dilemmas of the Indian middle classes. Girish Karnad has here translated this and his own work into English. Violence and the sexual c...

Based on Bernard Comrie's much praised The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to an important language family. The areas covered include Chinese, Japanese and Sino-Tibetan languages.

Based on the Tavistock Lectures of 1930, one of Jung's most accessible introductions to his work.

A detailed revision and refinement of the "semantic theory of metaphor, " this book provides a comprehensive philosophical theory explicating metaphor's cognitive contribution. According to the author, metaphor effects a transference of meaning, not between two terms, but between two structured domains of content, or "semantic fields." Semantic fields, construed as necessary to a theory of word-meaning, provide the contrastive and affinitive r...

Knowledge about brain neuroanatomy has played a major role in elucidating the brain mechanisms underlying psychological processes. Nowhere has the role been stronger than in the study of the relation between specific areas of brain damage and changes in perception, memory, and language. Thisbook is about that particular approach to brain and behavior studies--the lesion method--as applied to humans. It reviews advances made with modern neuroim...

Youth Policy" explains how the Council of Europe and the EC have developed their policies for youth, guides the reader through current programmes and discusses proposals affecting the immediate future.

This collection of short stories by Patricia Volk shares heartwarming and comical tales of the relationships between wives, husbands, mothers, sisters, and daughters.From "Mystery Salad" to "Something Wet in the Dark, " All it Takes is a charming and heartfelt collection of stories that are sure to remind readers of the enchanting relationships among family members and the puzzling stages of love. With fifteen stories from the perspective of w...

Transport in the European Community is undergoing a new revolution. The completion of the Channel Tunnel and a network of high-speed railways, the expansion of the road system, and the improvement of urban transport systems are all set to make a profound impact. The Community is actively involved in supporting improvements both in northern and southern Europe, in projects which represent a major investment of interest both to private-sector de...

The biological action of radiation undoubtedly constitutes an issue of actual con­ cern, particularly after incidences like those in Harrisburg or Chernobyl. These considerations, however, were not the reason for writing this book although it is hoped that it will also be helpful in this respect. The interaction of radiation with biological systems is such an interesting research objective that to my mind no special justification is needed to ...

A selection of essays from the Seventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts examining, both mainstream and fantasy literature from many countries. Five sections treat the fantastic in poetry, short fiction, neo-Romantic fairy tales and film from various perspectives.

Computerunterstützte Informationsverarbeitung wird in den Unternehmen immer mehr zu einem entscheidenden Einflußfaktor im Wettbewerb, und die Gestaltung von Informationssystemen gewinnt an strategischer Bedeutung. Rechnersysteme sind in heutigen Unternehmen überwiegend zentral organisiert. Neue Technologien ermöglichen jedoch die dezentrale Nutzung von Rechnerleistung, wobei oft jedoch lediglich Insellösungen mit dezentraler Datenhaltung (PCs,...

Für den erfolgreichen Einsatz verteilter Informationssysteme zur funktionsübergreifenden, integrierten betrieblichen Informationsverarbeitung ist neben der Verfügbarkeit der Systemkomponenten eine aufgabengerechte technisch-organisatorische Gestaltung und die Möglichkeit zur Weiterentwicklung und Anpassung der Systeme erforderlich. In dieser Publikation wird eine Systemarchitektur für Werkzeuge zur Gestaltung und zum Management verteilter Info...

John Guy here provides the most complete narrative history of Tudor England in more than 30 years. A compelling account of political and religious developments from the advent of the Tudors in the 1460s to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, his authoritative study discusses the far-reaching changes in government and the Reformation of the Church under Henry VII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth, and is enriched with illuminating character studies...

Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and...

On 15 August 778, Charlemagne's army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written by an unknown poet, tells of Charlemagne's warrior nephew, Lord of the Breton Marches, who valiantly leads his men into battle against the Saracen...

This book examines the organization of domestic life in the context of recent economic change. Lydia Morris argues that relationships within the household can only be understood with reference to the social and economic environment in which it is located.