Unexpected Professor, Paperback - John Carey

The English professor at Oxford, controversial commentator, book critic and beekeeper John Carey reflects on his life immersed in literature, from ...

After its publication in 1667, John Milton's Paradise Lost was celebrated throughout Europe as a supreme achievement of the human spirit.

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature

From one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value...

An experienced and imaginative anthologist, editor of The Faber Book of Reportage and The Faber Book of Science, Carey has gathered together a vast...

So too are today's experts - Steve Jones on the Human Genome Project, Richard Dawkins on DNA and many other representatives of the contemporary gen...

William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. Lord of the Flies, his first novel, was an...

This book is a study of the rich and fascinating traditions found early Irish literature concerning smiths and the fashioning of metal. The smith h...

In this new series of short books under the Histories of the Unexpected brand, Sam Willis and James Daybell take on some of greatest historical sub...

In this new series of short books under the Histories of the Unexpected brand, Sam Willis and James Daybell take on some of greatest historical sub...

Reducere. "My life shows that we as humans cannot always change or control our circumstances. We cannot anticipate all the obstacles in our path. We can, how...

Yeats and other canonized writers, he relates this to the cult of the Nietzschean Superman, which found its ultimate exponent in Hitler. Carey's as...

Reducere. Welcome to Deliverance-a theological and experiential journey in dealing with evil so people can be set free to live as Jesus promised."Jon Thompso...

In Unexpected News, Robert McAfee Brown looks at ten biblical texts through a new lens. Brown's analysis is concerned with how our reading of the B...

Reducere. DescriptionAnd now for something completely different. Professor at Large features beloved English comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of Iv...

Publisher: BC PublishingAuthor(s): Professor John BoyagesIllustration(s): 6 illusNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 209 x ...

DescriptionA vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatu...

The Grey Among The Green is John Fuller's eleventh collection, and his first since Selected Poems 1954-1982. Generally acknowledged to be the most ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An enchanting Japanese novel about a brilliant mathematician who only has 80 minutes of short term memory, and the young housekeeper entrusted to l...

The Fires at Max Gate, Professor Dante Blythe's biography of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), would not be the last word on the Victorian novelist. There ...

After refusing his uncle's proposals to become clergyman, young William Crimsworth seeks work as a tradesman and becomes a clerk to his rich brothe...

Reducere. First published in 1857, "The Professor" was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It follows the story of William Crimsworth, a young man who gets ...

Birds? Modern Insurance Law presents a concise yet analytical explanation of the fundamental principles of insurance law. Written in an accessible ...

DescriptionOrphaned in his boyhood, William Crimsworth was sent to Eton by aristocratic relatives who withdrew their support when he declined to be...

Publisher: Carey CompanyAuthor(s): Jacqui CareyIllustration(s): 46 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 100Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 270 x ...

Issues of movement - of people, things, information and ideas - are central to people's lives and to most organisations.

Publisher: Carey CompanyAuthor(s): Jacqui CareyIllustration(s): 270 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2001Dimensions: 295 x...

Publisher: Carey CompanyAuthor(s): Jacqui CareyIllustration(s): 128 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 214 x...

Offers a general introduction to the philosophy of the mind. Giving a survey of the major issues, including philosophical issues in cognitive scien...

A collection of John Carey's greatest, wisest, and wittiest reviews-amassed over a lifetime of writingPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Jo...

Reducere. When Harry Carey, Sr., died in 1947, director John Ford cast Carey's twenty-six-year-old son, Harry, Jr., in the role of The Abilene Kid in 3 Godfa...

DescriptionWhen the orphaned William refuses his uncles' proposal to become a clergyman and angrily leaves his job in the counting-house of his bro...

Global icon Mariah Carey finally tells the unfiltered story of her life in The Meaning of Mariah Carey.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Mariah Ca...

DescriptionThe gull is a familiar sight by the seaside, and one of the most recognisable bird species, but most people know surprisingly little abo...

Reducere. A serious disruption will happen in every business-it's not a question of if but when. If the disruption is big enough, it can destroy you, but it ...

The hero of Charlotte Bronte's first novel escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. There, howev...

A practical and sympathetic guide on how to cope with the loss of an unborn or newborn baby

Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Mariah CareyNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 137 x 210 x 28Cover type: Pape...

Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recen...

Publisher: Carey CompanyAuthor(s): Jacqui CareyIllustration(s): Photographs and drawingsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 268 x...

Based on sound research and data, this book offers names and faces for the feelings, thoughts, and reactions in the many transitions in our life. I...

Reducere. CD1 1. Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey 2. Love Takes Time - Mariah Carey 3. Someday - Mariah Carey 4. I Don't Wanna Cry - Mariah Carey 5. Emotions - ...

The entire CD includes: 1. ”Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (Intro)2. ”Oh Santa!”3. ”O Little Town of Bethlehem / Little Drummer Boy Medley”4. ”Chri...

Professor Toby Salt has worked in some of the hardest, most stress-inducing jobs in the wider education space, as well as juggling a large family. ...