Modern, original fiction for learners of English. It is the start of a new school year for teenager Hu at an international school in the exciting city of Bangkok. She has a problem with one of the tea
Are transnational corporations (TNCs) the solution to poverty in the Third World or are they part of the problem? They are portrayed as bringing rapid economic growth, jobs and development - yet inequ
Making American Government Work argues that divided responsibility and fragmented power in American government have made it unworkable. The author claims the only solution to this problem is to reinvi
*Over 400 common errors alphabetically listed under key words*Checklists of special problem words*Original cartoon illustrations*Question and answer sections to test your knowledge or Enlgish
Challenging the sentimentalized and moralized view of comedy that prevails in modern criticism, Christopher Herbert outlines a theory of comedy as a mode whose dominant motive and function is the glor
GEORGE?KHOURY?(author of The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore and Kimota:?The Miracleman?Companion) presents a “love letter”?to his personal golden age of comics, 1976-1986, covering all the things t
Will the Great Pumpkin ever visit the Peanuts gang? Once again, Linus holds out hope that his Halloween hero will choose his pumpkin patch to visit. Lucy, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and even Sally think h
