Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic, Hardcover - Julian Havil

DescriptionTen amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writersCurves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfu...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Julian HavilIllustration(s): 125 b/w illus.Number of pages: 280Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 13...

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Barack Obama's election as the first African American president seemed to usher in a new era, and he took office in 2009 with great expectations. B...

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Publisher: Smith|Doorstop BooksPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 231 x 154 x 13Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Stuart MaconieRedescopera...

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Bringing together more than one hundred poems from the many thousands submitted to the Forward Prizes for Poetry in the first decade of the 21st ce...

A beautiful and updated edition of this collection of the world's greatest diarists on its twentieth anniversaryEditor(s): Alan Taylor

Embraces death as a concept with due complexity. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and...

DescriptionThis brand new anthology is comprised of creative prose, non-fiction and poetry that ranges from St. Columba to the present day, all lin...

The excruciating beauty, exoticism and mystery of tattoos is laid bare in this new collection of 12 stories ranging from the 1880s to the 1940s.

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An anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. It illustrates important aspects of the social, cultural, political, and ...

"For years I've fielded queries from colleagues around the world seeking an anthology through which to teach introductory history and philosophy of...

Contributor(s): Editor: Albert GelpiAuthor: Robinson JeffersRobinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is not only the greatest poet that the American West has p...

The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.Editor(s): Patrick Barkham

Description"The world has been waiting for this book." --Jeffrey Morganthaler, author of The Bar Book and Drinking Distilled In Bourbon Curious: A ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: P. G. WodehouseIntroduction by: John Mortimer P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) was perhaps the most widely acclaimed British humo...

Reducere. Dominion is the first anthology of speculative fiction and poetry by Africans and the African Diaspora. An old god rises up each fall to test his s...

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Gathering one hundred poems by writers and performers who have drawn new audiences to the artform, it highlights poetry as a space for fresh powerf...

DescriptionThis lucid and captivating book takes the reader back to the early history of all the sciences, starting from antiquity and ending rough...

Reducere. Long before the Romantics embraced nature, people in the West saw the human and nonhuman worlds as both intimately interdependent and violently ant...

Over 150 of the 20th century's most significant poems.Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Michael SchmidtNumber of pages: 224Publication date: ...

A fascinating anthology of war journals and diaries from the editor of The Assassin's CloakPublisher: Canongate Books LtdNumber of pages: 688Public...

Slaves in chains, toiling on master's plantation. Beatings, bloodied whips. This is what many of us envision when we think of 19th century African ...

An eclectic collection of fact and fiction, fantasy and experience, this fascinating book incorporates prose, poetry and practical advice for every...

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Beginning in the 1920s, the Scottish Renaissance saw Scottish writers increasingly engaged with social and political issues. Hugh MacDiarmid, his c...

Reducere. This anthology reflects a search of the Ukrainian nation for its identity, the roots of which lie deep inside Ukrainian-language poetry. Some of th...

DescriptionThis collection featuring nearly 50 memorable poems from some of the best writers of the time: Rupert Brooke, Siegried Sasson, Wilfred O...

DescriptionA bespoke hardcover suite of short fictions set after the events of HG Wells' War of the Worlds A thrilling, timely anthology of short f...

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The Highlands and Islands of Scotland experienced massive changes during the nineteenth century. Economic restructuring, introducing sheep and deer...

Presents the first anthology of Latin American Yiddish writings translated into English. Included are works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from...