In this important new study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe to Conrad. Focusing in particular on the image of the body, he illustrates how these works are built around the disparity between the masculine and often brutal regime of the ship and the civilized values of those who remain on the shore. The first comprehensive discussion of its subject, Maritime Fiction is an original exploration of the relationship between national identity, fiction, and the sea.

Part of the reason why I find science fiction attractive as a focus for study is because of its inherent uncertainties. For instance, Altman states that ‘most genre critics prefer to deal with films that are clearly and ineluctably tied to the genre in question’. This has certainly not been my approach to science fiction. For instance, I have included discussion of films that are less than clear examples of the genre and have chosen to read films like Crash (dir. David Cronenberg, 1996) and The Terminal Man (dir. Michael Hodges, 1974) as science fictions. I am not sure that it is possible to consider science fiction in the kind of vacuum that Altman suggests is prevalent ...

This book is on TOEFL , containing some methods , teacher and learners ' roles, classroom management, assessment, planning , skills and course-book evaluation.
A complete survey with a detailed discussion of all the areas of Applied  Linguistics is impossible to achieve here in the present volume.

English Reading Skills I Year is meant for Armenian students which is written in English and made available by Yerevan State Linguistic University.
CONTENTS
Unit I A: Analytical Reading
Unit I B: Book Discussion
Unit II A: Analytical Reading
Unit II B: Book Discussion
Unit II C: Preposition Study
Unit III A: Analytical Reading
Unit III B: Book Discussion
Unit III C: Preposition Study
Unit III D: Word Study
Unit IV A: Analytical Reading
Unit IV B: Book Discussion
Unit IV C: Preposition Study
Unit IV D: Word Study
Unit V A: Analytical Reading
Unit V B: Book Discussion
Unit V C: Preposition Study
Unit VI A: Analytical Reading
Unit VI B: Book Discussion
Unit VI C: Preposition Study
Unit VI D: Word Study
Unit VII A: Analytical Reading
Unit VII B: Book Discussion
Unit VII C: Preposition Study
Unit VII D: Word Study