Peter Barry

Beginning Theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists, and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics...

This entertaining and informative guide explains the meanings of bird names, many of which have fascinating origins and stories behind them. The universal system of scientific names, based largely on Greek and Latin, is used in all good bird books and assists birdwatchers around the world in figuring out exactly what they are looking at. While some of the names...