This comprehensive and very readable overview of research methodology is an outstanding book, elegantly and lucidly written, authoritative, thorough, profound and fascinating. The author is an inspiring scholar who conceives of research not only as a body of knowledge to be learned but also as an activity to be performed. Stimulating, engaging, exploratory, and written with exceptional clarity, this book demystifies the gray areas of research and brings the ideas and interpretations within the reader's grasp. Undoubtedly the best study of its kind available in the area of research methodology, the book has extensively benefited from the author's wide experience in teaching and mentoring researchers in different universities around the globe. This marvelous achievement is an essential resource for every researcher and can be used at all levels. EMEKA NWABUEZE, Emeritus Professor and award-winning playwright and critic. is an international scholar with significant experience in teaching and research. He was the Head of the Department of Theater and Film Studies, Dean of Arts and Director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Nigeria. An alumnus of Eastern Michigan University and Bowling Green State University, Ohio, he was Chairman of the Division of Humanities at Edward Waters University, Jacksonville, Florida, participant in the international Writing Program of the University of lowa, where he earned an Honorary Fellowship in Writing, Visiting Scholar at the University of Eswatini. Southern Africa, Visiting International Professor at Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia, and Founding Professor of Theater at the Academy for the Performing Arts of the University of Trinidad and Tobago.