This book will transform the way you think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal to the medical equipment used to save lives. John Heskett goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalise objects.

Developing Employability is an outstanding guide to the skills involved in job-hunting and entering the workplace. Straightforward, practical, and engaging, it allows students to develop, experience, and refine the skills and techniques that will help them stand out from the crowd as they look forward to their future career.

This title is a synthesis of the thought of economist Amartya Sen, who views economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. By widening his outlook to include poverty, tyranny, lack of opportunity, individual rights, and political structures, Professor Sen provides a useful overview of the development process.

The development of a single fertilized egg into a fly, an elephant, or a human baby is one the most remarkable near-miracles achieved by nature. This Very Short Introduction, written by the distinguished developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert, gives a concise account of, and explores, one of the liveliest areas of scientific research.

This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious questioning that characterizes Tolstoy's criticism and philosophy. The stories range over much of the Russian world of the nineteenth century and present a fascinating picture of Tolstoy's skill and artistry.

The Devil has fascinated writers and theologians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many dramatic and haunting works of art. Today he remains a potent image in popular culture. The Devil: A Very Short Introduction presents an introduction to the Christian Devil through the history of ideas and the lives of real people.