Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the hive. The experience of...

Brautigan's poetic style is often surreal, often tender, with touches of humor. The poems are written in clear, straightforward free verse. Here is an example of his style from "The Chinese Checker Players": "When I was six years old/I played Chinese...

From the lairs of the fantastical and fabular and from the domains of the unconscious's mysteries... Lie the brides in the Bloody Chamber - Hunts unwillingly the Queen of the Vampires - Slips Red Riding Hood into the arms of the Wolf - Pimps our Puss...

A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at first, like where they left their keys…then the not-so-small things like how to drive, or the letters of the alphabet. Then their b...

The last decade has seen the development of a number of novel biophysical methods that allow the manipulation and study of individual biomolecules. The ability to monitor biological processes at this fundamental level of sensitivity has given rise to...

English for the Oil Industry is part of the Pearson Longman Vocational English series. It is designed for students in vocational education and for company employees in training at work. Level 1 is designed for students with a basic knowledge of gener...