Oxford University Press

Uses innovative digital methods to track the life course of 500 Victorian children living within, or at the margins of, the early English juvenile reformatory system, offering rich interdisciplinary insights into how far the efforts of these institutions were successful, and their long-term, practical impact.

Activity Book helps students review and practice Class Book material.

Young Explorers 1 is the third book in an exciting new six-level course that brings real-world English into the classroom. Explorers helps children learn English by encouraging them to explore the world around them.

This selection of twenty of Hawthorne's tales is the first in paperback to present his most important short works with full annotation in one volume.

Before his name became legend, who was the young Harry Houdini? Find out in this epic reimagining of Harry's early life. In this adventure, Harry uses his extraordinary skills to investigate a murder. But as he and his friends delve deeper into the mystery, a disguised assassin starts to focus his lethal attentions on them . . .

The world's most famous magician. But before his name became legend, who was the young Harry Houdini? Find out in this epic reimagining of Harry's early life, in which he uses his extraordinary skills to investigate fiendish mysteries. In this adventure, Harry travels to New Orleans, uncovering a deadly plot along the way . . .

Denis Sampson explores John McGahern's discovery of art as a young man and traces the development of his signature vision and style. Sampson considers McGahern's early efforts as an apprentice novelist and weaves the inner story of the composition of his acclaimed first novel The Barracks into a narrative of imaginative formation.

Denis Sampson explores John McGahern's discovery of art as a young man and traces the development of his signature vision and style. Sampson considers McGahern's early efforts as an apprentice novelist and weaves the inner story of the composition of his acclaimed first novel The Barracks into a narrative of imaginative formation.

Ludwig Wittgenstein is universally recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers of his age and as a personality of great magnetism and power. Not all who recognize his importance admire him or approve of it; his life and work are both surrounded by controversy. In this welcome reissue of his classic biographical study, complete with a brand-new Preface, Brian McGuinness traces the early years of this fascinating figure and examines the formative influences which shaped his extraordinary life.