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Following the runaway bestsellers This is New York and This is Paris, Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M. Sasek's beloved and nost...

Following the runaway bestsellers This is New York and This is Paris, Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M. Sasek's beloved and nost...

In this comprehensive introduction to Robert Burns detailed commentary on the artistry and critical contexts of his work is complemented by materia...

The Edinburgh Festival is the world's largest arts festival. It has also been the site of numerous 'culture wars' since it began in 1947. This book...

Find out everything there is to know about the city of Edinburgh in this fascinating city guide. A map of Edinburgh city centre will help you find ...

Walk Edinburgh is the second map in the OS Urban Map series. This Edinburgh title contains artwork and mapping that is both beautiful and informati...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Scottish Gaelic language.Publisher: Edinburgh University PressNumber of pages: 376P...

This comprehensive study by leading scholars in an important new field the history of letters and letter writing is essential reading for anyone in...

Reducere. Edinburgh is a modern, lively capital in a civilized western country. Yet it has a reputation for being one of the most haunted places on earth. Th...

It was long believed that evolutionary theories received an almost universally cold reception in British natural history circles in the first half ...

This book examines why Beckett's writing is so queer, so disabled and disabling.Publisher: Edinburgh University PressNumber of pages: 168Publicatio...

This practitioner's guide is the the first up-to-date overview of the costsand funding landscape in Scotland.Publisher: Edinburgh University PressN...

Insight Guides Flexi Map Edinburgh: This easy to use, full-colour, water-proof map is all you need tonavigate Edinburgh. It also includes handy des...

This is a comprehensive collection devoted to the work of Sir Walter Scott, drawing on the innovative research and scholarship which have revitalis...

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This is a study of Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided by urban studies theory, it pinpoints the distinctive f...

This dictionary is dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, providing an in-depth and lucid introduction to a leading figure in continental philoso...

This is the first book to focus on the Tetrarchy as an imperial dynasty.Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Byron WaldronIllustration(s...

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This is the colourful story of how Edinburgh rose to be one of the top 10 financial centres in Europe - and how the crisis of 2008 decimated its ba...

This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and qu...

Suitable for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture and critical theory, this title offers insight into the ...

Tackling the role of syntactic constructions, this companion brings out the connections between syntactic structures and semantics/pragmatics and t...

At first glance this is a witty and comical collection of poems. But the eccentric nature of many of the poems nevertheless belies the often seriou...

This book examines John Keats's immensely important collection of poems, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, And Other Poems (1820), and is publi...

Explore new places with dependable maps from Collins. Edinburgh, home to the Scottish Parliament, is on the itinerary of many visitors to Scotland....

Reducere. 44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 3 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirica...

Discover the most famous and popular sights in Scotland with classic picture book character, Katie. Come on a tour from the Highlands to the Edinbu...

Reducere. Each year for ten years, a young woman s body was found in Edinburgh at Christmastime: naked, throat slit, body washed clean. The final victim, Kir...

Trishna Singh OBE was born in Glasgow, a first generation Scottish Bhat Sikh. She left school, age 13, with no qualifications. She had an arranged ...

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This is the first English-language collection on this innovative director, exploring Tulio's unique style and the extent and effect of his obsessiv...

Charting a new course between performance studies and literary criticism, this book explores how recognition of the dramatic person is involved in ...

This book is designed to provide undergraduate students of English historical linguistics with a concise description of the language during the per...

This resource in contemporary Gothic literature, film and television takes a thematic approach, providing insights into the many forms the Gothic h...

Reducere. This story is set in the 1820s in Edinburgh, home to the infamous Burke and Hare, who sold their murder victims to brilliant anatomist Dr. Robert K...

Written in 1714, the Monadology is widely considered to be the classic statement of Leibniz's mature philosophy. This is a fresh translation and in...

Reducere. Make Your Journey To Scotland The Best Possible Scotland is filled with numerous of fascinating attractions and offers a deeply diversified culture...

This stunning book is an important contribution to a key area of non-western art, being the first reference work on the art of beautiful writing in...

An introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, this book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is p...

What is the meaning of 'being' - or, rather, 'existence' - and how does that concept relate to the totality of what there is? This title presents a...

DescriptionIn the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. How can we awaken,...

This Castle Grey Tartan pocket real cloth tartan notebook is part of the Scottish Traditions series. It has four shades of grey with a red and whit...

This book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and the death of Julian.

This book maps out the novel's complex network of intertexts, sources and echoes, interprets its highly experimental writing and explains the work'...

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and his work is of continuing relevance...

This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinbur...

This Castle Grey Tartan mini real cloth tartan notebook is part of the Scottish Traditions series. Inspired by Edinburgh Castle, the tartan has fou...

This is the first monograph that brings together the fields of Gothic Studies and children's fiction to analyse a range of popular and literary wor...

To the readers who ask themselves: 'What is science?', this volume provides an answer from an early modern perspective, whereby science included su...

This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and t...

Assessing his work in the context of film aesthetics, philosophy, history, adaptation studies and cultural studies, this is the first book-length E...

Reducere. About the AuthorDr MARK DENNY pursued research in theoretical physics at Edinburgh University and Oxford University, before embarking on a 20-year ...

This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand's national cinema, tracing its development...

First published in 1999, this new edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside coverage of older Scots....

A powerful novel that evokes the poverty of the Edinburgh slums in the 1820s and the brutality of a little-known medical practice. This is the seco...

The 25th novel in the popular Edinburgh crime series featuring Bob Skinner, this moves the action to Catalunya in Spain, where Skinner is asked by ...

This textbook, now in its second edition, is designed to equip students with a basic 'conceptual toolkit' for the study of political thought: (i) a...

This book encompasses the long sixteenth century, starting with James IV's accession and concluding with Mary, Queen of Scots' execution. At its he...

This book is first to historicise and theorise the significance of the early twentieth-century little art colony as a uniquely modern social format...

DescriptionThis new addition to Luster's successful, practical and attractive Hidden series, covering countries and regions, is the perfect book fo...

Read the New Testament from a biblical-theological perspective. Featuring contributions from nine respected evangelical scholars, this volume intro...

Are the general and the particular separated in legal rhetorics? What is the function of singular events, facts, names in legal argumentation and w...

DescriptionYour darkest moment is your most vulnerable...Stephen Berry is about to jump off a bridge until a suicide prevention counsellor stops hi...

"This is a thoughtful update on previous editions; Julier takes time to pick up on 'sticky' issues and explain them in detail without sounding peda...

This book details the narrative and history of Iraq in the 20th century and reinserts the Assyrian experience as an integral part of Iraq's broader...

This book charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the eighth and the eleventh centuries. Central to this n...

This book is an invaluable survey of the allusions to ancient Greek and Roman culture in the work of seven major modern American novelists: Willa C...

This Bestselling textbook introduces undergraduates to the concepts, terminology and representations needed for an understanding of how English is ...

Analysing the ubiquity of the small town in fiction of the mid-century US South, Living Jim Crow is the first extended scholarly study to explore h...