Oxford University Press

Do we love someone for their virtue, their beauty, or their moral or other qualities? Are love's characteristic desires altruistic or selfish? Are there duties of love? What do the sciences tell us about love? In this Very Short Introduction, Ronald de Sousa explores the different kinds of love, from affections to romantic love.

Emma Bovary yearns for a life of luxury and passion of the kind she reads about in romantic novels. But life with her country doctor husband in the provinces is unutterably boring, and she embarks on love affairs to realize her fantasies. This new translation by Margaret Mauldon perfectly captures Flaubert's distinctive style.

When Maya receives a special colouring book - The Magical Kingdom of Birds - she is transported to a beautiful realm filled with magnificent birds and their fairy friends. But the Kingdom is in trouble, wicked Lord Astor has frozen the Diamond Lake and turned its beautiful swans into ice statues. Can Maya break the enchantment and save the day?

Spring is in the air, the flowers are blooming, and Maya is excited to meet the tiny fairy-wrens in the Magical Kingdom of Birds. But something's wrong: half of the birds have gone missing. Can this be another of Lord Astor's despicable plans? And can Maya and her friends stop him before it's too late?

When Maya colours the pages of her special colouring book, she is transported to a beautiful realm filled with magnificent birds and their fairy friends. But the kingdom is in trouble - evil Lord Astor has a plan to capture and cage the tiniest residents, the hummingbirds - and as Keeper of the Book it's up to Maya to protect them.

Meet Mark (a boy) and Shark (a shark) - they're experts(ish) in detectiving and stuff. When an enormous polar asks for their help with her ice cream business, little do they realize that they'll end up doing more detectiving than they bargained for! With wild humour and hilarious illustrations, it's non-stop fun from beginning to end.

When ordinary boy Marvin wears his super-suit he becomes MARV. A superhero with infinite powers . . . In this story, supervillain Master Blaster takes over the ice rink with his army of penguins. Armed with his super-suit and robot sidekick, Pixel, Marvin skates into action to become the invincible, unstoppable superhero, MARV!

Marvin is on a school trip at the Natural History Museum when a chilling roar resonates through the exhibition . . . the dinosaurs have come back to life and are wreaking havoc! Marvin will need to assume his secret super-identity and try to save the Museum. It's time for another thrilling adventure for the intrepid Marv!