Reading for Life, Hardback - Philip , University of Liverpool) Davis

This volume presents original case-histories of readers to delve into just what reading is and how it works. Each chapter begins with a poem or exc...

This new biography of George Eliot is not just the story of her life. It gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to think like ...

Traces of War examines how the trauma of the Second World War influenced the work of the brilliant generation of writers and intellectuals who live...

Learn the ancient art of reading runes to inspire, empower, and jumpstart your journey to self-discovery and fulfillment Reveal the wisdom of the r...

Davis presents original case-histories of readers to delve into just what reading is and how it works. Each chapter begins with a poem or excerpt w...

Life as Creative Constraint is the first book to focus on the extraordinary life-writing of the French experimental writing group, the Oulipo. The ...

From its long coastline, with cliffs and islands that bustle with breeding seabirds in the summer, to its open moorland that hold some of the most ...

As Liverpool Football Club's head of nutrition, Mona Nemmer ensures the champion players eat right and this fascinating book will inspire the next ...

This Element provides a comprehensive overview of collocation and writing quality as an area of academic scholarship and discusses the need for mor...

The first comprehensive, illustrated survey of public sculpture in Sussex, incorporating extensive research on individual works and their creators.

A compilation of poems on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, and of mournin...

_Timesaver For Exams_ is a new series of photocopiable materials for English teachers to use with students who are preparing for exams. _Reading an...

This volume explores the multiple forms and functions of reading and writing in nineteenth-century Ireland. It traces how understandings of literac...

This book analyses how the idea - or the problem - of belonging is articulated in a range of contemporary francophone Mauritian novels. Waters expl...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Julia WatsonNumber of pages: 392Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 211 x 139 x 25Cover type: Pape...

Contextual information on the ancient practice of yoga and its holistic relevance to the modern condition. Attractively designed for the coffee table.

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 ...

In this collection of 65 short poems, Roberta Quance exemplifies the range, vitality and inner mysticism of work by one of Spain's foremost, if con...

Over 160 distinguished poets representing a diversity of class, race, gender, and generation offer fascinating perspectives on stately exteriors an...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Lyn StoneIllustration(s): 1 Line drawings, color; 31 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black a...

The origins of Judaism's regional 'subcultures' are poorly understood, as are Jewish identities other than 'Ashkenaz' and 'Sepharad'. Through case ...

This interdisciplinary collection focuses on the history of the future and in particular how Irish people in the nineteenth century thought about t...

In this volume, poet John Kinsella presents a selection of Paul Muldoon's most linguistically innovative and overtly `experimental' poems. Kinsella...

In the 1880s and 1890s, Walter Besant was one of Britain's most lionized living novelists. Today he is comparatively unknown. Bringing together lit...

Reducere. Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long...

The articles compiled in this book discuss different aspects of the cultures and literatures of the Amazon, focusing not on its natural resources o...

Explores the architectural and artistic projects of Philip II of Spain, placing them in the wider context of the peninsular, European, and transoce...

This book synthesises research on violence for researchers and policy makers to inform future practice. Those who are interested in human conflict ...

Reducere. Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he c...

Publisher: Liverpool University PressAuthor(s): Alice JohnsonNumber of pages: 376Collection: Reappraisals in Irish HistoryPublication date: 2022Dim...

Publisher: Liverpool University PressAuthor(s): Haym SoloveitchikNumber of pages: 144Collection: The Littman Library of Jewish CivilizationPublicat...

Publisher: Liverpool University PressIllustration(s): 12 Tables, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 328Collection: ...

Demonstrates the ways post colonial studies has adapted Bourdieu's sociology of literature to examine the institutions that structure the creation,...

Wendy Cope is one of Britain's most popular poets: her first two collections have together sold almost half a million copies, and in 1998, when Ted...

In this first comprehensive study of Paterson's poetry, Ben Wilkinson presents him as a modern-day metaphysical, whose work is characterised by gui...

About the AuthorSharon M. Harris is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of A Feminist Reader: Feminist...

Our Civilizing Mission is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the 'humanities'. ...

Pioneering study offering a 'new comparatism' - a new world-systems' approach to the 'world' in 'world literature'.Publisher: Liverpool University ...

This accessible critical introduction, written by a leading expert, highlights W.G. Sebald's double role as writer and academic.

Publisher: Liverpool University PressNumber of pages: 339Collection: Oxford University Studies in the EnlightenmentPublication date: 1988Dimensions...

In the vastness of space, countless planets exist. Scientists are actively studying as many of them as they can. How many planets could support lif...

A general book for those seeking motivation and advice in order to get the most out of going to the gym - and any other sport they are doing.

Providing a systematic analysis of electoral coverage in newspapers since 1918, this book demonstrates that for women to be effectively represented...

Reducere. A manifesto about the toxic effect of news on our well-being, from the internationally bestselling author of THE ART OF THINKING CLEARLY. News is t...

This book is conceived as a handbook for graduates interested in texts and their manuscript presentation, not solely in editing them. As such, it i...

Revisioning French Culture brings together a striking group of leading intellectuals and scholars to explore new avenues of research in French and ...