Illuminating Eco covers the range of British scholarship on the prolific literary and theoretical work of Umberto Eco.

With essays by scholars such as Michael Caesar and David Robey, the volume provides an overview of current research being carried out by a new generation of academics. In addition it provides an opportunity to view the interaction between Eco's fiction and his theoretical texts and suggests future avenues of research.

OSS software (operational supposrt systems)is used to manage modern telecom networks and provides the data that is needed in the day-to-day running of a telecom network - including the delivery of telecom services to end customers.

The past decade has witnessed unprecedented activity in the feild of asylum law, with four major acts passed in nine years. Yet asylum seekers and refugees are not a new phenomoenum in the UK, nor is the perception of them as a problem.

What does 'autonomy' mean within language learning? Should it be enhanced in different national, institutional or small group cultures and, if so, how? A variety of new theoretical perspectives are here firmly anchored in research data from projects worldwide.

This is the first book of its kind which focuses on a public health approach to the health and sicknesses of children and young people, who make up about a quarter of the population.