Författare: Chris Beckett

George Simling has grown up in the city-state of Illyria, an enclave of logic and reason founded as a refuge from the Reaction, a wave of religious fundamentalism that swept away the nations of the t …

THE WINNER OF THE 2013 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION BEST NOVEL CATEGORY SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 BRITISH FICTION ASSOCIATION BEST COVER DESIGN ( …

Pro Share Point 2013 Branding and Responsive Web Development is the definitive reference on the technologies, tools, and techniques needed for building responsive websites and applications with Share …

Praise for the First Edition : `All readers will be drawn to the style of the book as well as its content. The structure will make sure that it is not just a ’one-off’, being read as part of a course …

Chris Beckett′s new book on assessment and intervention in social work practice covers the core topics for qualifying social work students. The book provides a thorough understanding of the issues an …

Focusing on what students really need to know, this book breaks down all of the key social work theory covered across a students′ training, demystifying complex concepts by demonstrating their applic …

An awareness of one’s own ethical assumptions and how these inform everyday practice is crucial for all student social workers. Social workers who genuinely wish to do the right thing by their servic …

Mother of Eden has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Novel of the Year Award, 2015. 'We speak of a mother's love, but we forget her power. Power over life. Power …

Angie Redlantern is the first to spot the boats – five abreast with men in metal masks and spears standing proud, ready for the fight to come. As the people of New Earth declare war on the people of …

A thought-provoking collection of contemporary short stories from the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award 2013. Chris Beckett's thought-provoking and wide-ranging collection of contemporary sho …

Arthur C. Clarke Award-Winning Author'An uneasy read that manages to feel both timely and urgent… Beckett offers an intelligent, visceral reminder that unless we change what today looks like, …

'A disturbing descent into a surreal world, written with a deft hand.' Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2016 South America, 1990. Ben Ronson, a British police office …

The fascinating Eden trilogy, now, for the first time, collated as one e-book First novel in the Eden trilogy, won the extremely prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of t …

Chris Beckett grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a ’barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions… old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz’. E …

Überall auf der Welt werden Wissenschaftler wie Ketzer verfolgt. Wer entkommen kann, flieht nach Illyria, das Mekka der Technik und des Fortschritts. Hier verliebt sich der schüchterne George in die …

A special limited edition of J. G. Ballard’s cult, post-modern and shocking novel I knew that Vaughan could never really die in a car-crash, but would in some way be re-born through those twisted rad …

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Praise for the First Edition: `All readers will be drawn to the style of the book as well as its content. The structure will make sure that it is not just a "one-off", being read as part of …

Chris Beckett’s new book on assessment and intervention in social work practice covers the core topics for qualifying social work students. The book provides a thorough understanding of the issues an …

Focusing on what students really need to know, this book breaks down all of the key social work theory covered across a students’ training, demystifying complex concepts by demonstrating their applic …

An awareness of one’s own ethical assumptions and how these inform everyday practice is crucial for all student social workers. Social workers who genuinely wish to do the right thing by their servic …

'Brilliantly and chillingly imagined'Guardian 'Explored with wit, thoughtfulness and emotional weight' Spectator As a historian in the bleak, climate-ravaged twenty-third century, …

Finalist for the 2021 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry This is the very first anthology of Ethiopian poetry in English, packed with all the energy, wit and heartache of a beautiful country and …

Azon a bizarr, nap nélküli bolygón, amit Édennek hívnak, a Család 532 tagja az Erdő lámpásfáinak fénye és melege alatt talál menedéket. Az Erdő mögött a Havas Sötét hegyei terülnek el, ahol olyan csí …

A Tenderfoot is a novice, someone unaccustomed to hardship. Here, he is a white boy growing up in 1960s Ethiopia, a place he loves even as he learns his own privilege and foreignness. Later he hears …

Supervising work that takes place outside your view is a challenge, as is making the best use of the supervision you receive.This guide aims to help both supervisors and supervisees use supervision t …

Supervising work that takes place outside your view is a challenge, as is making the best use of the supervision you receive.This guide aims to help both supervisors and supervisees use supervision t …

The fascinating new novel from Chris Beckett, the Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author. 'Tomorrow I'm going to begin my novel…' A would-be author has taken time out from life in the …

Supervising work that takes place outside your view is a challenge, as is making the best use of the supervision you receive.This guide aims to help both supervisors and supervisees use supervision t …

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Our bestselling social work textbook is back again. Taking you right back to basics, this book explains and analyses key theories in a really accessible way before going on to discuss, in detail, how …

Our bestselling social work textbook is back again. Taking you right back to basics, this book explains and analyses key theories in a really accessible way before going on to discuss, in detail, how …

Our bestselling social work textbook is back again. Taking you right back to basics, this book explains and analyses key theories in a really accessible way before going on to discuss, in detail, how …

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