A Proximate Remove. Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji, Paperback - Reginald Jackson

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Reginald JacksonIllustration(s): 4 illustrationsNumber of pages: 250Collection: New Interventio...

Reducere. The abridged edition of the universally acknowledged masterpiece concerning the love of Prince Genji and life in the imperial court of Kyoto in the...

This is the prose masterpiece of the Heian era of the 10th and 11th centuries, which is recognized as a great period in Japanese literature. It is ...

Edith Sarra radically rethinks the Tale of Genji by focusing on the figure of the house-both the narrative's images of aristocratic mansions and it...

Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, written in Japan in the early eleventh century, is acknowledged to be one of Japan's greatest literary achiev...

Reducere. The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike are the two major works of classical Japanese prose. The complete versions of both works are too long t...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Sinclair McKayNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 240 x 47Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Reducere. On a small stretch of sand in north-eastern Sri Lanka 2009, the armed forces slaughtered tens of thousands of Tamils. The Tamil Tigers, who had wag...

A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.

Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Sean Michael WilsonIllustration(s): b&w illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Di...

A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.Publisher: Profile Book...

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics, U.S.Author(s): Yoshitaka AmanoIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2021...

Marli's Tangled Tale is a true and gentle story about the global problem of balloon releases and plastic rubbish. Aimed at primary and preschool ch...

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 ...

DescriptionWhen I had finished the old lady spoke softly: "It takes great strength to open such a heavy door." At the start of the twentieth centur...

A respected teacher presents the core and essential wisdom of Tibet and shows us the possibilities of "enlightenment in this present life" through ...

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 ...

Reducere. Any kid growing up in the New York area in the 1970's was regaled by their father with stories of Mickey Mantle, the "Mick, " a player with the spe...

In The Dance of Intimacy, the bestselling author of The Dance of Anger outlines the steps to take so that good relationships can be strengthened an...

Part memoir, part love story, part wildly scenic travel piece, The Greek for Love is every bit as sumptuous as its settingPublisher: John Murray Pr...

Reducere. In the bestselling novels of suspense master David Morrell, fear is the main subject. But Morrell himself had never known genuine terror until he w...

In 1919, Florence Deshon--tall, radical, and charismatic--was well on her way to becoming one of Hollywood's brightest stars. Embroiled in a clande...

Reducere. Working Girl meets What Remains in this New York Times bestselling, behind-the-scenes story of an unlikely friendship between America's favorite Fi...

Description#1 Best-Selling Author on Grief and NarcissismExpert guidance, healing exercises and experience from others who have lost a parent. Ther...

This book examines death and loss within Chinese medicine and related Taoist models, offering practical advice for working with frail or dying clie...

Reducere. An illustrated adventure telling the story of King Harald Sigurdsson, the last king of the Vikings. Based on medieval sagas and the true story of K...

Enter the cross-cultural tale of gusto and enchantment, adaptation and loss, preserving the old ways of making a life. Presented in six acts with i...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Anastasia QarawaniNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 203 x 262 x 10Cover type: H...

Reducere. Insubordinate Spirit is a unique exploration into the life of Elizabeth Winthrop and other seventeenth-century English Puritans who emigrated to th...

In this boardbook edition of this traditional folk tale about the hopes and dreams of the three little trees, the story has been simplified for you...

Reducere. Featuring the wonderful illustrations of Tim Jonke, this best-selling children's book tells the Easter story from a new and unusual point of view. ...

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal winning tale. Welco...

Contributor(s): Author: Loren R. GrahamEight miles long and four miles wide, Grand Island lies off the south shore of Lake Superior. It was once ho...

Reducere. Often referred to as the "Iliad" of medieval Japanese literature, "The Tale of the Heike" is the epic 14th-century story of the struggle between th...

A poetic and fantastical tale of friendship, which highlights the distress caused to sea creatures by plastic. A debut by both a talented new autho...

Reducere. Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost.He's a strange man. Very short, very fat. And he likes his room cold. Some say inhumanly cold.Mr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Tanure OjaideIn this collection, Nigerian poet Tanure Ojaide adopts the persona of a homeboy griot returning from travels t...

Reducere. Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm called Little-town. She was a good little girl--only she was always losi...

DescriptionThe official picture-book adaptation of "Change Your Mind" by series creator Rebecca Sugar In 2019, Cartoon Network aired a pivotal epis...

Reducere. Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost.He's a strange man. Very short, very fat. And he likes his room cold. Some say inhumanly cold.Mr...

Reducere. Noble Tiger Lily of the Piccaninny Tribe is young and beautiful ... but behind those almond-shaped eyes, she harbors a deep sadness. When Tiger Lil...

Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Pierina MatthewsNumber of pages: 24Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 204 x 6Cover type: Paperback / s...

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 ...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Shawn VithanageIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 48Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 202 x 7...

Publisher: Gecko PressAuthor(s): Barbro LindgrenIllustration(s): Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 201 x 236...

Reducere. The Tale of Kieu is an epic poem in Vietnamese written by Nguyen Du (1766-1820), and is widely regarded as the most significant work of Vietnamese ...