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Studying the Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hawthorn, Jeremy, PUBLISHER: Hodder Education Publishers, How do literary critics distinguish between "story" and "plot," between a symbol and an image, or between "tone" and "mood"? How do we define "realism," "modernism," and "postmodernism"? What do narrative theorists mean by "frequency" and "distance"? In the revised, expanded and updated fifth edition of this standard introduction to the novel, these questions and many others are answered in a way that is readable and entertaining without being simplistic. A new section on cyberfiction has been included and fuller coverage of Postmodernism and the novella are given, as well as extra tips for writing essays and answering exam questions. Widely acclaimed for its erudite yet accessible explanations, Studying the Novel is an invaluable guide to the essential concepts and approaches for all students of the novel.

Dune

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herbert, Frank, PUBLISHER: ACE Charter, 24-copy mixed floor display with special riser (4 each of Neuromancer, Forever Peace, Stranger in a Strange Land, Dune, Robot Dreams, and The Left Hand of Darkness) Can.

La compagnia dell'anello

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien The first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful ppower of the One ring. All the members of the fellowship, hobbits, elves and wizards, are plunged into a clash between good and evil.

Stardust: The Visual Companion

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Stephen / Goldman, Jane / Vaughn, Matthew, PUBLISHER: Titan Books (UK), Neil Gaiman's critically-acclaimed adult fairy tale makes the leap from novel to screen in this spectacular new movie starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Rupert Everett, Peter O'Toole, Sienna Miller and Ricky Gervais. Young Tristan Thorne vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over an ancient wall and into a magical realm that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining... This stunning volume follows the storyline of the movie, with commentary and interviews with the starry cast and the crew, enchanting color photos, and beautiful, fully painted production art, plus the full magical screenplay and an exclusive introduction by Neil Gaiman.

The Red House

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Haddon, Mark, PUBLISHER: Random House, From Mark Haddon, the bestselling author of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," comes a dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family life. Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister and her family to join his family for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Against the backdrop of a strange family gathering, Haddon skillfully weaves together the stories of eight very different people forced into close quarters. "The Red House" is a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly guarded secrets and illicit desires, painting a portrait of contemporary family life that is at once bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt.

DC Comics Diorama 1/6 Batman vs Bane 55 cm

Sideshow and Iron Studios are proud to present the Batman vs Bane Battle 1:6 Diorama. This limited edition diorama is crafted from polystone and is based on concept art by official DC Comics artist Ivan Reis. Standing approximately 55 cm tall the hand-painted diorama features an epic battle between Pena Duro, also known as Bane, one of Batman,s most dangerous adversaries and The Dark Knight.

The Last of the Barons

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, PUBLISHER: Wildside Press, Lord Lytton () wrote extensively, and coined the phrases "The pen is mightier than the sword" and the line "It was a dark and stormy night."

Oliver Twist

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dickens, Charles / Tavner, Gill / Donnelly, Karen, PUBLISHER: Skyview Books, IDW is proud to introduce a new line of graphic novels that adapt some of the best-loved books of all time. The second book in the line is Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Oliver Twist is the story of a young orphan who is subjected to ill-treatment in institutions in Victorian England. He falls into the clutches of the ghastly Fain and comes into contact with the seediest parts of London. The adventures of young Oliver are a story of fear, poverty, and the darkness of the human soul. Our young hero, caught between good and evil, has to survive amidst crime and a group of characters who are each worse than the other.

Starting from Scratch

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ralph, Susan, PUBLISHER: Avalon Books, The usually reliable and compliant Agatha Marple decides to dump her two-timing fianc? and run away from the small town and the eccentric family stifling her dreams. Settling in a large city, she embarks on a mission of self-improvement: Healthy food, daily exercise, meditation, and positive thoughts. But Agatha's careful plans get thrown into turmoil when her eccentric grandmother and the man of her dreams show up and keep her off balance along with a tempting bakeshop whose specialty are freshly made, mouth-watering donuts

The Return of the Political

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mouffe, Chantal, PUBLISHER: Verso, An original and powerful statement which enables us to close the widening gap between liberal democracy and the events of a disordered world.

China dolls

Lisa See The glorious new novel from the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Dreams of Joy, Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

The Dangerous Animals Club

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tobolowsky, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, From celebrated character actor and uncommonly talented storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky, "The Dangerous Animals Club" is a series of stories that touch on life's great mysteries with a cast of characters that include legendary film directors, physicists, ghosts, pygmy hippos, and hostage takers."The Dangerous Animals Club" is a beguiling series of stories that woven together form the story of a man in the middle of his life reflecting on life's many mysteries. Parents raise children and then pass on, a girlfriend embarks on a theatrical career with Stephen and then breaks his heart, animals--dangerous and docile--come and go, toes are smashed and necks break, and children are born. Small incidents are later revealed as momentous turning points. Woven through these tales are lessons in quantum physics, Jewish mysticism, and stagecraft. Told in a unique voice and with a spiritual inquisitiveness, these tales have charmed live audiences and podcast listeners--and will charm a whole new audience on the page.

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vaillant, John, PUBLISHER: Vintage Books Canada, It's December and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. To the horrified astonishment of a team of hunters, it emerges that the attacks are not random: the tiger is engaged in a vendetta. Injured and starving, it must be found before it strikes again, and the story becomes a battle for survival between two main characters: Yuri Trush, the lead tracker, and the tiger itself. Culminating in a showdown deep in the Siberian forest, "The Tiger "is a haunting, spellbinding tale of a hunt to the death; of man and nature in collision; of the ancient relationship between predators and prey; and an intimate portrait of a remarkable animal and its increasingly threatened world.

Leatherface

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dudley, Ernest, PUBLISHER: Ulverscroft Large Print, Leatherface is the sobriquet earned by John Neville, the highwayman who haunted the Dover Road. Swashbuckling action is set against city taverns and roadside inns, and played out amongst rogues, the Bow Street Runners, cheats and gamblers - not forgetting the Drury Lane actress, Royall Demarest, and the notorious pickpocket, George Barrington, both of whom come under Leatherface's strange spell.

The Double Life of Pocahontas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fritz, Jean / Young, Ed, PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, In a story that is as gripping as it is historical, Jean Fritz reveals the true life of Pocahontas. Though at first permitted to move freely between the Indian and the white worlds, Pocahontas was eventually torn between her new life and the culture that shaped her.

Kita: The Last Tosa

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kita, Sandy, PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press, Extending its analysis beyond the individual artist, The last Tosa examines the trends and artistic developments of a transitional period and makes heretofore unexamined connections between the world of the aristocrat and the merchant as well as the two artistic schools that reflected their tastes.

European Multinationals in Core Technologies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tulder, Rob Van / Junne, Gerd / Van Tulder, Rob, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Evaluates the position of European companies compared to American and Japanese companies, and looks at the social and regional impact of the application of "core technologies" by multinational companies. Analyzes the shift in power between multinational firms and national governments that has resulted from the firms' position in new technologies, and from the international cooperation agreements between European firms. Shows how core technologies are used more in Europe than in the U.S. by multinational corporations, and looks at the future of multinationals and their relationships with smaller companies.

Land of Dreams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schreiber, Mordecai, PUBLISHER: Shengold Publishers, In the State of Israel is celebrating its 50th anniversary. This memoir, written by a native son, recalls everyday life before, during, and after the birth of the state. More than a personal memoir, Land of Dreams, written from the viewpoint of both a keenly observant child and an adult looking back half a century later, helps the reader understand the why and the how of the new nation, which grew in 50 years from a precarious community of half a million, to a strong state of over five million people.

Dangerous Encounters: Tangled Truths & Twisted

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maselli, Christopher P. N., PUBLISHER: Zonderkidz, Danger may be closer than you think. At first, Matt and his friends just think Lamar isn't ready for his mother to start dating again. But constant unease is proven dead-on when the boys witness an event that proves the man invading Lamar's life is downright dangerous. Immediately, with laptop in hand, the QoolQuad join together to expose the truth about the con artist... no matter what it takes Filled with suspense, mystery, and hilarity, Matt and his friends discover that judging others can lead to deadly consequences in Dangerous Encounters.Through imaginative and innovative products, Zonderkidz is feeding young souls.

Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Koepnick, Lutz, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, Lutz Koepnick analyzes the complicated relationship between two cinemas--Hollywood's and Nazi Germany's--in this theoretically and politically incisive study. "The Dark Mirror "examines the split course of German popular film from the early s until the mid s, showing how Nazi filmmakers appropriated Hollywood conventions and how German film exiles reworked German cultural material in their efforts to find a working base in the Hollywood studio system. Through detailed readings of specific films, Koepnick provides a vivid sense of the give and take between German and American cinema.

Clybourne Park

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Norris, Bruce, PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, Winner, Best Play, Evening Standard Awards . An acerbically brilliant satire that explores the fault line between race and property in a Chicago neighborhood first in and revisited in .

The European Union and Africa: The Restructuring of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Willi, PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris & Company, This book is an in-depth study of one of the most important agreements in the recent history of EU-developing world relations: the Lome convention--the principles upon which all relations between the states of the European Union and ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries are based. Over the course of its 25-year life, the Convention has been altered to suit the changing relationship of those states involved. This historical study not only charts the course of that vital relationship between haves and have-nots but also, in its changing focus and shifting concerns, reflects recent broader changes at the global level in the international relations.

Dreams of Bread and Fire

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kricorian, Nancy / Dricorian, Nancy, PUBLISHER: Grove Press, Kricorian's second novel is a beautifully etched tale of romance, idealism, and the quest for self-identity by a writer praised for her "admirable economy and grace" (The Baltimore Sun). Poetic and assured, it is the story of a young American woman whose half-Jewish, half-American heritage seems a mere footnote to her own identity until the dark shadows of history propel her into a quest for her long dead father, and a search for the clues of a nearly forgotten genocide. While studying in Paris, Ani Silver receives a letter from her New England boyfriend ending their relationship. Thus begins a series of romantic misadventures, culminating in her reconnection with a childhood friend. Their shared preoccupation with their Armenian heritage provides Ani with a new facet to her own identity--even as she begins to suspect that her friend has a secret--and dangerous--identity. Funny and heartbreaking to its bold and exquisite conclusion. Dreams of Bread and Fire is an irresistible novel of passion, ideals, and the temptations of trying to outrun our origins.

Logistics in the National Defense

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eccles, Henry E. / Logistics Research Project, The George W / Wriston, Henry M., PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, The author develops the concept that logistics constitute a bridge between the national economy and the combat forces. He explains the role of the civilian as well as of the professional, and discusses the differences in their modes of thought and methods of operation.

Brief History of the Middle East

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Catherwood, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Robinson Publishing, For over a millennium, the Islamic empires were ahead of the West in learning, technology, and medicine, and were militarily far more powerful. It took another three hundred years for the West to catch up and overtake the Middle East. In this fully updated and revised edition, historian Christopher Catherwood brings the account up to the present day and places in context the continuing friction between Israel and Palestine, the aftermath of the Iraq conflict, and the rising threat of Iran.

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