A History of Chilean Literature. New ed, Hardback - ***

This book covers the heterogeneity of Chilean literary production from the times of the Spanish conquest to the present. It shifts critical focus f...

Looking into the economics of American Protestantism, this work examines how churches have raised and spent money since colonial times and consider...

In the Cause of Humanity is a major new history of the emergence of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention during the nineteenth cent...

Reducere. Uncover the history of Chile, the South American country with a rich and tumultuous history.From the Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world...

Examines a watershed moment in the recent history of digital publishing through a case study of the pre-web, serious hypertext periodical, the East...

Begins with the auctions of Babylon and ancient Rome and goes on to describe the slave auctions of the 17th and 18th centuries, then on to the rise...

Offers the first systematic study of Roman vehicles in Latin literary texts. Examining key modes of transport including carts, carriages, chariots,...

From novelists and professors to suffragists and Irish revolutionaries, Shakespeare's women editors lived extraordinary lives and produced editions...

Publisher: SPCK PublishingAuthor(s): Esther WhittockNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 201 x 246 x 17Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

A timely examination of the role of progressive Muslim intellectuals in the Pakistan movement. In Hidden Histories of Pakistan, Sarah Waheed offers...

Examines the role of history in the study of media and of newness itself, discussing how the 'new' in new media must be understood to be historical...

The illustrated story of the past 100 years of the women's movement, from suffrage, alleged bra burning and the politics of hair to Beyonce, body p...

When is hope a good thing, and when is it not? Adam Potkay creatively explores the cases for and against hope in literature, from antiquity to the ...

Analysing the representation of women in modern novels, short stories and cinema, this study is an examination of the controversial social institut...

A scrapbook of the 1930s that overflows with nostalgia for those who remember that extraordinary era.Publisher: The Museum of BrandsAuthor(s): Robe...

Publisher: Palmtree PublishersAuthor(s): Sophie ParkinIllustration(s): 245 photographs and drawingsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2013Dimens...

For scholars and students of Shakespeare Studies, Book History and Early Modern Drama, this book overturns how we understand the relationships betw...

Reducere. DescriptionPoetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by many hands. This anthology offers a broad spectrum of modern and contempor...

This expansive study analyzes how discourses on emotion serve to create and maintain White supremacy and racism, providing a new understanding of t...

A History of Financial Technology and Regulation explains business, economic, financial, and legal concepts clearly, while its historical approach ...

Publisher: Lucis Press LtdAuthor(s): Alice A. BaileyNumber of pages: 744Publication date: 1972Dimensions: 189 x 120 x 25Cover type: PaperbackRedesc...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Albert HouraniAfterword by: Malise RuthvenUpon its publication in 1991, Albert Hourani's masterwork was hailed as the defin...

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): Stephen WiacekNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 259 x 308 x 34Cover type: HardbackR...

Offers an introduction to the Lebanon's fractious politics and a portrait of a people that continue to rise again and again from the ashes.Publishe...

Reducere. The Chilean coup d'état of 1973 was a watershed event in the history of Chile. It was also a defining moment in the life of writer Marjorie Agosín....

Based on rich archival and oral histories, this book uses the life of an African clerk who became a king under French indirect rule policies to exa...

Publisher: The Dovecote PressAuthor(s): John FowlesIllustration(s): 50ill.; 50ill.Number of pages: 52Publication date: 1991Dimensions: 217 x 157 x ...

The Western world's views on China are filled with prejudices and misunderstandings caused by the ignorance of the history and current situation of...

Reconstructing the roles and careers of key actors in the drama of early Occultation politics and the emergence of the first leaders of Twelver Shi...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Barry M. (Professor of Humanities and Design; Consulting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California College...

This book is about the origins of agriculture and plant domestication that occurred in the Neolithic Near East 10, 500 years ago. It is directed no...

A tender, acute, hilarious saga about fathers, sons and the many forms of family, from a writer internationally heralded as a voice of his generati...

Publisher: Bookmarks PublicationsAuthor(s): John NewsingerNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 211 x 135 x 22Cover type: Paperback...

This book traces an unexpected journey to Latin America for South Asian literature in English. It shows how this encounter fundamentally shaped the...

Delving into the interaction between satire and more serious forms of literature, Shane Herron overturns long-standing assumptions around genre and...

Publisher: New Island BooksAuthor(s): Michael VineyNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 145 x 222 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

Publisher: Lomond BooksIllustration(s): 16ill.Number of pages: 72Collection: Illustrated PoetsPublication date: 2000Dimensions: 111 x 92 x 14Cover ...

Children's version of the popular Greek myth, filled with humour, drama and adventure.Publisher: Faros BooksIllustration(s): 12 Illustrations, colo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael H. JacksonTwenty thousand copies of the first edition of Galapagos were sold. An attractive and comprehensive guide...

Through the untold stories of the biracial children born from the encounter between Italian women and Black Allied soldiers in the immediate afterm...

This novel-like tale of the life of, and legends surrounding, a remarkable Black celebrity and his ancestors and community, who engaged in a multig...