A look at how volcanoes are formed, their locations around the world, and the impact that volcanic eruptions can have on people and landscapes. Vivid photos show the different forms that volcanoes-and their eruptions-can take.
It was Freidenberg's special genius that anticipated the structural and semiotic approaches to myth and literatue. Image and Concept develops the notion that with the transition from mythological thinking to formal-logical concepts came the appearance of literature. Inherited mythological forms were reinterpreted conceptually: causalized, ethicized, generalized, and abstracted.
Neutral Ground: A Political History of Espionage FictionThis unique and perceptive history unravels geopolitical intrigues and reveals how they have influenced the authors who fashioned one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the literate world the spy novel. Espionage fiction is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the literate world and, since its widespread acceptance in the early twentieth century, it has sought to pursue the secret politics of Western social order. Drawn from reality, exposing what is generally concealed, it provides a unique glimpse into the darker, more conspiratorial affairs of state through the use of fictional covert actions, double agents, treason, and international intrigues. It is a carefully crafted, clandestine venue wherein the situations are circumscribed, the moods are forever gray, and the heroes if indeed there are heroes generally emerge as ordinary individuals who believe that virtues such as truth and loyalty are simply matters of convenience. People who are, in fact, not that much different from those whom they oppose.
Writing began as a pictorial record, then the pictures became representations of an idea and writing became symbolic. In the final stages of its evolution, the symbols represented a sound. This evolution is set forth within this volume, with emphasis on the common primitive forms and concepts from which the modern alphabet have been derived. With 90 illustrations.
The "Practise your" is a series of workbooks designed to give intermediate students practice in particular areas of English. Each book features - contextualised practice to make it easy to see the meanings which determine the choice of a particular form, varied practice, with a mixture of exercise types focusing on both form and meaning, graded practice, from items with simple rules to more complex language uses, a pull-out answer key and material suitable for self-study or classroom use. Practise your Tenses sets out to cover the areas of the tense system which are most important for learners, briefly and simply. It takes the learner through forms expressing the present, past and future to the tense forms occurring in complex sentences. With key
