Literature in the Modern World, Paperback

An Introduction to Modern Arab Culture, Paperback - Bassam Frangieh

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DescriptionAn Introduction to Modern Arab Culture exposes readers to fundamental characteristics of the Arab people, their culture, and their socie...

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Materials Concepts for Solar Cells (Second Edition), Paperback - Thomas Dittrich

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A modern challenge is for solar cell materials to enable the highest solar energy conversion efficiencies, at costs as low as possible, and at an e...

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Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages, Paperback - ***

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Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with post...

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Sacred Act of Reading. Spirituality, Performance, and Power in Afro-Diasporic Literature, Paperback - Anne Margaret Castro

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From Zora Neale Hurston to Derek Walcott to Toni Morrison, New World black authors have written about African-derived religious traditions and spir...

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The Chemical Formulary, Volume 1, Paperback - H. Bennett

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There is hardly any technical library in the world in which the volumes of the Chemical Formulary (Volumes 1-34) do not occupy a prominent place. C...

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World Literature in Motion: Institution, Recognition, Location, Paperback - Flair Donglai Shi

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DescriptionBy bringing in different degrees of circulation in different regions and languages, this collection shows that while literary centers do...

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Introducing Chinese Religions, Paperback - Mario Poceski

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Introducing Chinese Religions is the ideal starting point for students exploring the fascinating religious traditions of China. This introduction c...

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My New Gender Workbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Kate Bornstein

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Contributor(s): Author: Kate Bornstein"This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introductio...

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The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, Paperback - J. Gordon Melton

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Reducere. The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction Death and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and te...

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Heroes Masked and Mythic: Echoes of Ancient Archetypes in Comic Book Characters, Paperback - Christopher Wood

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Reducere. Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles,...

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The Orthodox Church in the Arab World, 700-1700: An Anthology of Sources, Paperback - Samuel Noble

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Reducere. Arabic was among the first languages in which the Gospel was preached. The Book of Acts mentions Arabs as being present at the first Pentecost in J...

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Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean, Paperback - Charles Freeman

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DescriptionEgypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and ...

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The Aesthetic Illusion in Literature and the Arts, Paperback - Jiri Koten

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DescriptionThe notion of aesthetic illusion relates to a number of art forms and media. Defined as a pleasurable mental state that emerges during t...

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The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity, Paperback - Benjamin Isaac

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There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This groundbreaking book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "e...

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Saharasia: The 4000 BCE Origins of Child Abuse, Sex-Repression, Warfare and Social Violence, in the Deserts of the Old World, Paperback - James DeMeo

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Reducere. Ancient humans were peaceful - modern violence is avoidable. That's the basic message contained in "Saharasia, " a controversial "marriage of heres...

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Meaningful Living Across the Lifespan: Occupation-Based Intervention Strategies for Occupational Therapists and Scientists, Paperback - Moses N. Ikiug

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Reducere. In this book, Ikiugu and Pollard explore the notion of meaningfulness, in the light of Viktor Frankl's (1992) assertions that the will to meaning i...

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Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, Paperback - Howard Schwartz

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Reducere. The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Draw...

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Story of the World, Vol. 3 Activity Book: History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times (Revised Edition), Paperback - Susan Wise Bauer

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Reducere. Don't just read about history--experience it Color a picture of Captain Cook in Botany Bay, design a Persian rug, play the Battle of Bunker Hill bo...

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Reading and Understanding the Bible, Paperback - Ben Witherington III

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With his usual flair and reader-friendly style, Ben Witherington III brings us a fresh and distinctive guide to interpreting the Bible. Ideal for c...

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Sky and Symbol, Paperback - Liz Greene

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DescriptionHuman beings in all cultures have long used the sky to tell stories and weave myths that impart meaning to life on earth. The key to all...

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Arab Women Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories, Paperback - Dalya Cohen-Mor

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Reducere. Consisting of sixty short stories by forty women writers from across the Arab world, this collection opens numerous windows onto Arab culture and s...

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The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization, Paperback - ***

258,99 RON 277,99 RON

Reducere. During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her sometimes flashy,...

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Story of the World, Vol. 4 Activity Book, Revised Edition: The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR - Susan Wise Bauer

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Natural Questions, Paperback - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Reducere. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age...

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On Benefits, Paperback - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Reducere. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age...

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The Magic Mountain, Paperback - Thomas Mann

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Reducere. "The Magic Mountain is simply one of the greatest novels ever written." - The Guardian With this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose t...

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Propertius: Elegies I-IV, Paperback - L. Richardson

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Reducere. The Latin poet Propertius (ca. 50-16 B.C.) is considered by many to be the greatest elegiac poet of Rome. Long neglected because of the obscurity o...

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How Literatures Begin: A Global History, Paperback - Joel B. Lande

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A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from anc...

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Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish Mystics, Paperback - ***

216,99 RON

Publisher: Modern Language Association of AmericaNumber of pages: 297Collection: Approaches to Teaching World Literature 109Publication date: 2009D...

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Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Paperback - Stephen Bertman

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Reducere. Modern-day archaeological discoveries in the Near East continue to illuminate our understanding of the ancient world, including the many contributi...

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Food Cure, The: Clinically Proven Antioxidant Foods to Prevent and Treat Chronic Diseases and Conditions, Paperback - Monte Lai

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Modern medicine has done much in the field of acute conditions, such as trauma, infections, burns and bone fractures, but it has limited success in...

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The Dream Encyclopedia, Paperback - James R. Lewis

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Reducere. Exploring the fascinating world of dreams, this comprehensive reference examines more than 250 dreamrelated topics, from art to history to science,...

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The Dutch in the Early Modern World: A History of a Global Power, Paperback - David Onnekink

209,99 RON

DescriptionEmerging at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic rose to become a powerhouse of economic growth, artistic creativity,...

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Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political Change in World History, Paperback - Alan Strathern

209,99 RON

DescriptionWhy was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world come to be dominated by just a handful of religi...

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A History of Ayutthaya, Paperback - Chris Baker

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Reducere. Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history ...

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The Tarot of the Bohemians - The Most Ancient Book in the World - For the Exclusive Use of Initiates - Absolute Key to Occult Science, Paperback - Pap

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Reducere. DescriptionG rard Anaclet Vincent Encausse (1865 - 1916), commonly known by his esoteric pseudonym Papus, was the French hypnotist, physician, and ...

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Truth Will Make You Free: The New Evangelization for a Secular Age; A Study in Development, Paperback - Robert F. Leavitt

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Reducere. The available literature on the new evangelization is wide-ranging and focused on issues of ecclesial renewal. In The Truth Will Make You Free, Fr....

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Reading Isaiah: A Literary and Theological Commentary, Paperback - Hyun Chul Paul Kim

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In this commentary, Hyun Chul Paul Kim brings together innovative interpretive approaches and the proposals of various scholars to interpret the bo...

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Toward Stonewall: Homosexuality and Society in the Modern Western World, Paperback - Nicholas C. Edsall

193,99 RON

DescriptionAs recently as the 1970s, gay and lesbian history was a relatively unexplored field for serious scholars. The past quarter century, howe...

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Religious Refugees in the Early Modern World, Paperback - Nicholas Terpstra

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Reducere. The religious refugee first emerged as a mass phenomenon in the late fifteenth century. Over the following two and a half centuries, millions of Je...

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Culture and Customs of Nigeria, Paperback - Toyin Falola

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Reducere. Nigeria, one of the largest and most important countries in Africa, is rich in traditions and customs, both indigenous and modern. Culture and Cust...

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Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World, Paperback - Carrie L. Ruiz

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Seafaring activity for trade and travel was dominant throughout the Spanish Empire, and in the worldview and imagination of its inhabitants, the sp...

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Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere, Paperback - Anna Westerstahl Stenport

185,99 RON

Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere introduces a new concept to Nordic film studies as well as to other small national, transnational and...

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Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery, Paperback - Yogita Goyal

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Argues that the slave narrative is a new world literary genre In Runaway Genres, Yogita Goyal tracks the emergence of slavery as the defining templ...

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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, Paperback - Raymond Williams

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Raymond WilliamsFirst published in 1976, Raymond Williams' highly acclaimed Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society i...

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Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children's Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century, Paperback - Maria Sachiko Cecire

179,99 RON

From The Hobbit to Harry Potter, how fantasy harnesses the cultural power of magic, medievalism, and childhood to re-enchant the modern world Why a...

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The Secret Doctrine, Paperback - H. P. Blavatsky

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Complete and unabridged, here is the unparalleled landmark of occult philosophy and lost history that reshaped the modern spiritual mindset and con...

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A Dictionary of Symbols, Paperback - Juan Eduardo Cirlot

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Contributor(s): Author: Juan Eduardo CirlotIntroduction by: Philip PullmanTranslator: Valerie MilesA classic encyclopedia of symbols by Catalan pol...

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The Recovery Bible, Paperback - Bill W

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Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words, Paperback - Jeremy Mynott

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Birds pervaded the ancient world. They impressed their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people in town and co...

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Witchcraft: The Basics, Paperback - Marion Gibson

162,99 RON

DescriptionWitchcraft: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the scholarly study of witchcraft, exploring the phenomenon of witc...

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Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism, Paperback - Malka Z. Simkovich

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionExploring the world of the Second Temple period (539 BCE-70 CE), in particular the vastly diverse stories, commentaries, and other docum...

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Rhetorics of Fantasy, Paperback - Farah Mendlesohn

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Reducere. Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, Rhetorics of Fantasy introduces a provocative new system of classification for th...

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Wisdom Literature, Paperback - Samuel E. Balentine

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Reducere. If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom formed in the life of faith, its end is nothing less than the shaping of a moral self and commun...

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Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Life in Joyce's Masterpiece, Paperback - Declan Kiberd

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Declan KiberdDeclan Kiberd, a professor of Anglo-Irish literature at the University College Dublin, offers an audacious new...

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Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia, Paperback - Michael D. J. Bintley

148,99 RON

DescriptionFor people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient creatures tha...

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Modern Greek for Classicists, Paperback - Ilias Kolokouris

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Reducere. Ilias Kolokouris's Modern Greek for Classicists is a reading companion for those who have already had some exposure to the Greek world - be it a so...

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Border Aesthetics: Concepts and Intersections, Paperback - Johan Schimanski

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Description Few concepts are as central to understanding the modern world as borders, and the now-thriving field of border studies has already prod...

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Iran: A Modern History, Paperback - Abbas Amanat

145,99 RON

DescriptionA masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventiona...

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The Great Books: A Journey Through 2, 500 Years of the West's Classic Literature, Paperback - Anthony O'Hear

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Reducere. Anyone Can Read the Great Books . . . with a Little Help "An illuminating, learned, well-written, and entertaining survey of the giants of world li...

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Novel Folklore: On Sadegh Hedayat's "The Blind Owl", Paperback - Jason Reza Jorjani

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Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology, Paperback - David Hinton

138,99 RON 148,99 RON

Reducere. With this groundbreaking collection, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to...

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The Arab Mind, Paperback - Raphael Patai

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Reducere. First published in 1973, revised in 1983, and updated in 2007 with new demographic information about the Arab world, The Arab Mind takes readers on...

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Yi Sang: Selected Works, Paperback - Yi Sang

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Reducere. Formally audacious and remarkably compelling, Yi Sang's works were uniquely situated amid the literary experiments of world literature in the early...

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Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov, Paperback - Robert Golla

131,99 RON 141,99 RON

Reducere. Description Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century's master prose write...

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The Education of Henry Adams: A Centennial Version, Paperback - Henry Adams

131,99 RON 141,99 RON

Reducere. Both a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and at the head of the Modern Library's list of the one hundred best English-language nonfiction books of the t...

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The World Is a Book, Indeed: Writing, Reading, and Traveling, Paperback - Peter Lasalle

129,99 RON 139,99 RON

Reducere. The World Is a Book, Indeed chronicles in eleven rich personal essays the ongoing quest of award-winning writer Peter LaSalle to embark on offbeat,...

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Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One and Two, Paperback - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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A classic of world literature, Goethe's Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Martin Greenberg re-cr...

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The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 01: Nights 1 to 294, Paperback - Anonymous

125,99 RON

The most significant translation in one hundred years of one of the greatest works of world literature From Ali Baba and the forty thieves to the v...

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A History of Tokyo 1867-1989: From EDO to Showa: The Emergence of the World's Greatest City, Paperback - Edward Seidensticker

125,99 RON

Description"This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it...if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city, ' this...

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