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Traditionally, in the year 312, the Roman emperor Constantine experienced a "vision of the Cross" that led him to convert to Christianity and to defeat his last rival to the imperial throne; and, in 394, a divine wind carried the emperor Theodosius to...

The original and insightful collection that combines Mark Twain's journal writings with his rarely seen sketches and doodles. Fascinating and often hilarious, this is a complete record of the thoughts, ideas, and observations of the father of American...

Romantic criticism, of which Shakespeare is the central figure, invented many of the modes of modern criticism. It is also distinct from many contemporary academic norms. Engaged with the social and intellectual currents of an age of revolutionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733165617Author Stefan ThemersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Black Scat BooksPublisher Black Scat Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486852034Author Henry, O.Format PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 589gDimensions(mm)...

In October 1928 Virginia Woolf was asked to deliver speeches at Newnham and Girton Colleges on the subject of 'Women and Fiction'; she spoke about her conviction that 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620931519Author Karen DanielsFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Karen DanielsPublisher Karen DanielsWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909631250Author Hattie PondFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Sylph EditionsPublisher Sylph Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536287Author Kate BolickFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

For over four hundred years, in every country where Shakespeare's plays have been performed, The Merchant of Venice has aroused controversy and excitement. This edition is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the Merchant in performance. Charles...

Presents an account of the UDF's efforts in the struggle for freedom. This study argues that South Africa after apartheid cannot be properly understood without a knowledge of the UDF and its role in the transition to democracy. North America: Ohio...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Honorary Doctorate, University of Otago 1984 and MBE (Military Division) 1945 and CBE (New Zealand list) 1987 and Rhodes Scholarship 1935.Book InformationISBN...

'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison 'You Don't Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston ... her words make it impossible for readers to consider her anything but one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494111809Author K SchilderFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm)...

Describes the manner in which the Herero of Namibia struggled to maintain control over their own freedom in the face of advancing German colonial control. The Herero-German war led to the destruction of Herero society in all of its pre-war facets. Yet...

In the historic tradition of calendar stories and calendar illustrations, author and film director Alexander Kluge and celebrated visual artist Gerhard Richter have composed December, a collection of thirty-nine stories and thirty-nine snow-swept...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438454436Author Gabrielle Sidonie ColetteFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams)...

This is the first anthology of Decadent short stories reflecting a variety of fin-de-siecle themes. This wide-ranging anthology showcases for the first time the short story as the most attractive medium through which writers experiment with Decadent...

From Sioux Falls to Khartoum, from Kyoto to Darwin; from the panchayat forests to the Giant's Causeway; in taxis and at bus stops, in kitchens and sleigh beds, haystacks and airports-people are kissing one another. The sublime kiss. The ambiguous kiss...

This eighteenth and final volume in the Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald is a variorum edition of The Great Gatsby (1925), the author's masterpiece. The variorum text is based on multiple witnesses including the extant holograph of...

WINNER OF THE HERITAGE TORONTO 2022 BOOK AWARDRich and diverse narratives of Indigenous Toronto, past and present Beneath many major North American cities rests a deep foundation of Indigenous history that has been colonized, paved over, and, too...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316925280Author David Foster WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353338541Author R. GopalakrishnanFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd...

What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974878935Author S., T. JoshiFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Hippocampus PressPublisher Hippocampus PressWeight(grams) 506gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Focusing on the first 20 years of Katherine Mansfield's life, from her birth in 1888 to her final departure from New Zealand in 1908, this biography reveals the importance of Mansfield's childhood and teenage years to her development as a writer and...

The focus is centered on town politics and the ways in which the Ga political action shaped Accra's transition from pre-colonial city-state to colonial port city. North America: HeinemannBook InformationISBN 9780852556436Author John ParkerFormat...

The history of Korea in the twentieth century has been a grim succession of oppressions, humiliations, and betrayals. Yet through it all, modern Korean writers have been able not only to find their own distinctive voices but to forge a national...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063089044Author Nana Ekua Brew-HammondFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992858193Author Leone RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Fincham Press RoehamptonPublisher Fincham Press RoehamptonWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062432964Author Annie DillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 183mm *...

A facsimilie copy of his most influential work by Morgan Llwyd (1619-1659), being a powerful and multi-layered allegory in the form of a conversation between three birds - an eagle, a raven and a dove - which represent the State, the Established Church...

The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in the emerging field of Plant Studies. The volume is the first of its kind to bring together a dynamic body of scholarship that shares a critique of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781877578946Author David ElliotFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University PressWeight(grams) 1405g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640094574Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374527457Author Juan Ramon JimenezFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

A fresh look at early dramatic activity in Scandinavia, using archaeological, historical and literary evidence. This book takes a new approach to the question of whether some form of drama existed in early Scandinavia. Dr Gunnell examines the dialogic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912484058Author Angelis PublicationsFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Angelis PublicationsPublisher Angelis PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999136508Author James GallantFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Odd VolumesPublisher Odd VolumesWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

This collection of essays celebrates 10 years of the SI Leeds Literary prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women writers. These are important words spoken by important women about the lives they have lived, their experiences, and all the...