“gillian mary hanson”

Certain settings have long been a common element in British mystery and detective fiction: the quaint village; the country manor; the seaside resort; the streets of London. More than simply providing background, physical setting-in particular the city of London and the British seashore-takes on an a... More

The waters of river and sea represent a kind of freedom, a liberty which, as Iris Murdoch writes, enables man ?to exist sanely without fear and to perceive what is real.? As settings in fiction, the riverbank and seashore are rich in potential, offering a sense of destiny and suggesting the possibil... More

The Grammar Detective invites readers to get to grips with English grammar by solving a series of three short murder mysteries, accompanied by several whimsical illustrations. The book introduces aspects of grammar such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectiv... More

With more than 90 percent of film effects houses and half of the North American game studios using Maya in their projects, the pressure is on for 3D modelers to prove their Maya chops! It's not enough to just know how to use the program; you need to demonstrate that you can do so swiftly, efficientl... More

ONCE UPON A time, in a grand castle, there lived a rat named Bob, who was fond of baking and wild about reading. So begins Bob's quest to save himself from being eaten by Muffin and Brutus, the Queen's cats. How does Bob attempt to escape their claws? By telling them fractured fairy tales about his ... More

As he watches Mr. Giotto decorate the walls and ceiling of a chapel with beautiful frescoes, little Mario longs to help, but Giotto always says no. When Father Prior inspects the work, he frowns and tells Giotto the sky is too dark. Try as he might, Giotto can't lighten the fresco. Later that night,... More

Known primarily for his novels Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, Sillitoe has written more than fifty books over the last forty, years, including novels, plays, and collections of short stories, poems, and travel pieces, as well as more than four hundr... More