Gore Vidal. A Critical Companion, Hardback - Curtis S. Gibson

Baker and Gibson show that while Vidal's novels are tremendously entertaining, they are also serious examinations of a recurring theme-the decline ...

A new exploration of the complexities and resolutions at play in the writings of Marguerite de Navarre, offering insights into how her work reflect...

Reducere. Vidal on Vidal--a great and supremely entertaining writer on a great and endlessly fascinating subject. Chosen by the New York Times as No. 7 among...

Reducere. "Mr. Vidal demonstrates a political imagination and insider's sagacity equaled by no other practicing fiction writer I can think of. And like the e...

This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal's life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He describes his difficult family, talen...

Reducere. Awards🏆Finalist (2014) - Lambda Literary Awards - (Gay Memoir/Biography)Contributor(s): Author: Tim Teeman"Gore Vidal was a good friend for over si...

A collection of essays taken from 40 years of the author's work. It is divided into three sections: State of the Art , which covers literature; Sta...

DescriptionIn a witty and elegant autobiography that takes up where his bestelling Palimpsest left off, the celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, ...

In their teens, Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy and Jim spends years searching for the recreation of that moment. When t...

A clear and concise exposition of mainstream microeconomics from a heterodox perspective.

* The magnificent concluding volume of Vidal's epic NARRATIVES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American history.

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Gore VidalNumber of pages: 480Collection: Vintage InternationalPublication date: 2001Dimensions: 132 x 20...

Reducere. Detached and ironic; a master of the pointed put-down, of the cutting quip; enigmatic, impossible to truly know: this is the calcified public image...

This comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of Steven Spielberg is written by some of the top scholars working in fields ranging from ...

Reducere. Gore Vidal has been described as the last 'noble defender" of the American republic. In Imperial America, Vidal steals the thunder of a right wing ...

This is a comprehensive, critical introduction to the sociology of money, covering many topics, from the origins of money to its function today. Th...

A comprehensive and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible This book brings together some of the world's most exciting scholars from across a variety...

This volume offers eight interdisciplinary readings to the films of Sophia Ford Coppola, analyzing her oeuvre with a focus on her treatment of masc...

Mappae mundi (maps of the world), beautiful objects in themselves, offer huge insights into how medieval scholars conceived the world and their pla...

Publisher: Clairview BooksAuthor(s): Gore VidalNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2002Dimensions: 218 x 138 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softback...

Filmspanism explores the geopolitics of knowledge involved in academic approaches to Spanish cinema.Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Juan ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the HARDBACK version. From 2000 to its final episode in 2007, Gilmore Girls raised the bar for television writing, redefined the...

Reducere. Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin's Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes...

In Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men: A Reader's Companion, author Jonathan S. Cullick considers the themes of this famous novel within the c...

A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.

The specific lessons learned at each age between one and one-hundred are presented alongside accompanying artistic illustrations from Valerio Vidali.

Endless Time. A Companion to Don DeLillo s 21st-Century - Alexadru Oravitan

This scholarly study presents a new political Wordsworth: an artist interested in 'autonomous' poetry's redistribution of affect. No slave of Whig ...

Reducere. Publisher: Rizzoli International PublicationsAuthor(s): Michael GordonIllustration(s): 150 COLOR & B/W ILLUSTRATIONSNumber of pages: 168Publication...

This literary guide leads students with advanced knowledge of Russian as well as experienced scholars through the text of Nikolai Gogol's absurdist...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: A. S. BermanForeword by: Edward HerrmannFrom 2000 to its final episode in 2007, Gilmore Girls raised the bar for television...

Publisher: TFM Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Ajay H. RaithathaIllustration(s): 100 graphs, line drawings, photos, tables & illusNumber of pages: 400Publ...

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty LtdAuthor(s): Jacqui VidalIllustration(s): 130 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 160Publicati...

Influential but often neglected in historical accounts, this spectacular melodrama was an intercultural product of Curtis' encounter and collaborat...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Storytelling brings young and old into one place. The faces of the children and adults take in the story, using the mind's eye to bring images in t...

The Chinese Medicine Companion is a condensed edition of The New Chinese Medicine Handbook.Illustrations: b-w line illustrations

Delays, price rises, leaves on the line, rail replacement bus services, snowflakes, sunshine, rain, the list of excuses is endless. Forget enjoymen...

Publisher: Prospect BooksAuthor(s): Hannah WoolleyIllustration(s): illustrationsNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2001Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 2...

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 ...

Featuring an international team of specialists on the subject, The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the ...

Reducere. This collection of fifteen essays offers both student and theatergoer a guide to the stage plays, novel, and screenplays of one of the most celebra...

Ca un adevarat profesionist al scrisului, Letitia Ilea si-a muiat pana in mai multe calimari. Intr-una vibrau licorile poeziei - o poezie eliberata...