This books aim is to introduce the English reader to the major Swiss novelist.

A number of essays by the colleagues and pupils of Margery Perham, one of Britain's best known commentators on contemporary developments in colonial policy and in particular the problems of administration and politics in Africa. The essays reflect the range of her interests within her chosen fields of history and government.

This book investigates how the Anglican Church, and its most illustrious theological writers, attempted to reconcile the doctrines of episcopal and royal supremacy during the Church's formative years. This analysis sheds light on the larger question of how the influence of the Protestant Reformation affected the development of the Church of England.

A study of cadence in Chaucerian and Medieval verse with particular attention to often-neglected marks of punctuation in the manuscripts.

The author emphasizes Moore's contributions to philosophy and discusses his appeals to common sense and to ordinary language and his concept of the theory of meaning. This is followed by a close examination of the method of analysis. The application of the method is then illustrated in chapters on Moore's ethics and on his views on visual perception.

A short story of one man's experience, in the Navy, of the Second World War. Recorded by Basil Blackwell's daughter in 1998 it has been published to honour his memories and his bravery during the War, since his passing in February 2009. All profits will be donated to Help for Heroes and The British Legion.