1. Introduction -- 2. Rock failure in uniaxial tension -- 3. Rock failure in indirect tension -- 4. Rock failure in uniaxial compression -- 5. Confinement and shear -- 6. Effects of heterogeneity on rock failure -- 7. The effect of rock anisotropy on rock failure -- 8. Loading, unloading and the Kaiser Effect -- 9. Time dependency of rock failure -- 10. Coalescence of fractures -- 11. Dynamic loading of rock -- 12. Rock failure and water flow -- 13. Rock failure induced by thermal stress -- 14. Slope failure in rock masses -- 15. The fracture process when cutting inhomogeneous rocks -- 16. Rock failure around tunnels in jointed rock -- 17. Rock failure induced by longwall coal mining -- 18. Gas outbursts in coal mines -- 19. Particle breakage and comminution -- 20. 3-D modelling and 'turtle crack formation' in rock -- 21. Concluding remarks.