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Dante, Artist of Gesture proposes a visual technique for reading Dante's Comedy, suggesting that the reader engages with Dante's striking images of souls as if these images were arranged in an architectural space. Art historians have shown how series of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528977722Author Ben TippettFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Collecting stories from a range of artists of colour across the UK, this comics anthology unites their voices under a single theme: 'catalyst'. In one story, the accidental witnessing of a horrific scene turns a regular day into a nightmare; in another,...

Exploring a wide range of material including dramatic works, medieval morality drama, and lyric poetry this book argues for the central significance of literary material to the history of emotions. Early modern English writing about pity evidences a...

Due diligence is a prominent concept in international law, frequently referred to in arbitral awards, court decisions, and in scholarly discussions on state responsibility. However, until now, the specific normative content and systemic relation of due...

If we live according to the gospel, we're going to make waves. Why? Because the way of Christ is countercultural. It doesn't go with the flow, compromise on truth, or stay silent in the face of injustice--so neither can we. No matter how young or old we...

Irish Women's Speeches (Vol. II): A Rich Chorus of Voices follows on from the ground-breaking, best-selling Voices that Rocked the System. Related to arts, culture and heritage this compilation of Irish women's speeches, includes those of authors,...

At turns surprising, funny, and gut-wrenching, this is the hopeful story of the ordinary yet extraordinary people who have figured out how to build lasting peace in their communities The word "peacebuilding" evokes a story we've all heard over and...

It can be difficult to ask questions, far less answer them. Perhaps you've felt that sometimes the questions you really want to ask just can't be answered. They're too difficult; too embarrassing; and perhaps you shouldn't be asking them anyway. William...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838575977Author Alex WoolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Custom, Common Law, and the Constitution of English Renaissance Literature argues that, ironically, custom was a supremely generative literary force for a range of Renaissance writers. Custom took on so much power because of its virtual synonymity with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901091793Author J. P. SperatiFormat PaperbackPage Count 189Imprint Irregular Special PressPublisher Baker Street StudiosWeight(grams) 234gDimensions(mm)...

As early as the eighteenth century, white Americans and Europeans believed that people of African descent could not experience nostalgia. As a result, black lives have been predominately narrated through historical scenes of slavery and oppression. This...

When the future of his family's rope business in Liverpool was threatened at the end of the 1920s Eric Rigby-Jones had to leave his wife and young family behind to risk everything on establishing a new factory in the Irish Free State. He was still an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143792031Author Josephine MoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Michael JosephPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

Using this poetic form (of five 3-line stanzas and a final quatrain) throughout to great effect, John Kinsella's latest collection is a work of ecological and political passion. The birds and animals of Western Australia, its landscape of vibrant colours...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912436866Author Lizzi LinklaterFormat PaperbackImprint Lendal PressPublisher Valley Press

Organizations do moral wrong. States pursue unjust wars, businesses avoid tax, charities misdirect funds. Our social, political, and legal responses require guidance. We need to know what we're responding to and how we should respond to it. We need a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849676410Author Helen MortimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Rily Publications LtdPublisher Rily Publications LtdDimensions(mm) 194mm * 193mm * 11mm

Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal States have sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage the living resources of the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). However, 40 years after the...

In this inspirational volume of spoken word, social commentary, play, essay and memoir, Ros Martin peels apart the onion layers of our deeply fragmented society. By presenting the author's personal journey, the book throws a harrowing spotlight on issues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739693404Author Onyeka NwelueFormat PaperbackPage Count 173Imprint Abibiman Publishing UKPublisher Abibiman Publishing UK

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789980868Author David BedfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint The Secret Book CompanyPublisher The Secret Book CompanyWeight(grams)...

By means of careful analysis of relevant writings by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, David James argues that the concept of practical necessity is key to understanding the nature and extent of human freedom. Practical necessity means being, or...

We live in a pluralist world of multi-level law and governance. More than ever before multiple legal systems and governing authorities at different levels - sub-state, state, supranational, international - are recognized as applying to, and claiming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719828058Author Catherine MoloneyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Robert Hale LtdPublisher Joffe BooksWeight(grams) 634gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915356000Author Veneta HooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Townhouse Publishing LtdPublisher Townhouse Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm...

Fathers, you have a brief--but powerful--window to help usher your son into manhood. Using this thrilling interactive fantasy adventure, you can engage your son at a critical point in his life: the transition into adulthood. Each day a brief...

The first history of drama at the universities in the Tudor and Stuart periods. It guides the reader through the theatrical worlds of Englands universities in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Early Modern Drama at the Universities opens up an...

Identifying gaps in knowledge is the first duty of any historian who sets out to understand the past. It is impossible fully to understand our forebears without some idea of what they did not know: the history of ignorance is an indispensable part of...

Through funny stories, Scripture, and a Speak Love Revolution challenge that could help you change the lives of every person you see, tweet, or message for the better, bestselling author Annie F. Downs explores the difference you can make when you speak...

Wild Cooking presents innovative and inspiring fruit and vegetable recipes for wonderful, seasonal meals, served on handmade artisanal ceramics. Throughout his career, Frank Fol, the former chef/owner of a Michelin starred restaurant in Belgium, has been...

A comprehensive guide to meditating. Two principles inform the White Eagle way of meditation, which has been presented in books and classes since 1955. One is working from the heart - the heart chakra, rather than the brow - and the other is that the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615275086Author Neil A MillerFormat HardbackImprint Milmar PublishersPublisher Milmar Publishers

The new, eight-level course that teaches business English and business skills Business Partner gives students the practical training they need to bridge the gap between the classroom and the world of work. It helps learners to make measurable progress in...

I can see how I carry Yiayia's war in the ample dunes of my belly, the moment she smelt the guns, she pinched the candle's wick, gathered the startled shadows of her children, flung my baby-mother onto her back and sprinted towards the neutral...

Some architects regard a visit to Chicago as equal in importance to a pilgrimage to Rome or Athens: The soaring American metropolis at the shores of Lake Michigan has amassed an unmatched collection of first-rate buildings in every possible style since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913917142Author Kevin P. GildayFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Verve Poetry PressPublisher Verve Poetry Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784640101Author Tony LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Badger PublishingPublisher Badger PublishingWeight(grams) 84gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm *...

Regional development banks (RDB) have become increasingly important in the world economy, but have also been relatively under-researched to date. This timely volume addresses this lack of attention by providing a comprehensive, comparative, and...