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Robinson Crusoe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Defoe, Daniel / Keymer, Thomas / Kelly, James, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one level a simple adventure story, the novel also raises profound questions about moral and spiritual values, society, and man's abiding acquisitiveness. This new edition includes a scintillating Introduction and notes that illuminate the historical context.

Xicotencatl: An Anonymous Historical Novel about the Events

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Varela, Felix / Castillo-Feliu, Guillermo, PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press, "This translation of Xicotencatl makes available to English-speaking readers a key text in the nineteenth-century history of Spanish American literature.... I am delighted that someone has seen fit to rescue this marvelous story of good and evil, with its still] pertinent discussion of political and personal morality." --Nancy Vogeley, Professor of Spanish, University of San Francisco As Spain's New World colonies fought for their independence in the early nineteenth century, an anonymous author looked back on the earlier struggle of native Americans against the Spanish conquistadores and penned this novel, Xicotencatl. Writing from a decidedly anti-Spanish perspective, the author describes the historical events that led to the march on Tenochtitlan and eventual conquest of the Aztec empire in by Hernan Cortes and his Indian allies, the Tlaxcalans. Xicotencatl stands out as a beautiful exposition of an idealized New World about to undergo the tremendous changes wrought by the Spanish Conquest. It was published in Philadelphia in . In his introduction to this first English translation, Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliu discusses why the novel was published outside Latin America, its probable author, and his attitudes toward his Spanish and Indian characters, his debt to Spanish literature and culture, and the parallels that he draws between past and present struggles against Spanish domination in the Americas.

A Natural History of Nature Writing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stewart, Frank, PUBLISHER: Island Press, "A Natural History of Nature Writing" is a penetrating overview of the origins and development of a uniquely American literature. Essayist and poet Frank Stewart describes in rich and compelling prose the lives and works of the most prominent American nature writers of the19th and 20th centuries, including: Henry D. Thoreau, the father of American nature writing. John Burroughs, a schoolteacher and failed businessman who found his calling as a writer and elevated the nature essay to a loved and respected literary form. John Muir, founder of Sierra Club, who celebrated the wilderness of the Far West as few before him had. Aldo Leopold, a Forest Service employee and scholar who extended our moral responsibility to include all animals and plants. Rachel Carson, a scientist who raised the consciousness of the nation by revealing the catastrophic effects of human intervention on the Earth's living systems. Edward Abbey, an outspoken activist who charted the boundaries of ecological responsibility and pushed these boundaries to political extremes. Stewart highlights the controversies ignited by the powerful and eloquent prose of these and other writers with their expansive - and often strongly political - points of view. Combining a deeply-felt sense of wonder at the beauty surrounding us with a rare ability to capture and explain the meaning of that beauty, nature writers have had a profound effect on American culture and politics. "A Natural History of Nature Writing" is an insightful examination of an important body of American literature.

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Talisman

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vimal, Ganga P. / Vimala, Gagngeapraseada / Wright, W., PUBLISHER: Forest Books, Vimal's lively short stories and poems are an excellent introduction to contemporary Indian literature. The author is a well known Indian writer and journalist, president of the Writer's Union in New Delhi. This is the first collection to be translated into English in volume form. Teachers in multi-ethnic schools and Asian Studies departments will find the book invaluable with its insights into modern Indian society.

My Man Jeeves

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wodehouse, P. G. / Prebble, Simon, PUBLISHER: Blackstone Audiobooks, My Man Jeeves introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. This collection includes "Absent Treatment." "Helping Freddie," "Rallying Round Old George," "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good," "Fixing It for Freddie," and "Bertie Changes His Mind."

Women in German Yearbook, Volume 18

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Women in German Yearbook / Joeres, Ruth-Ellen B. / Herminghouse, Patricia A., PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, "Women in German Yearbook" is a refereed publication that presents a wide range of feminist approaches to all aspects of German literary, cultural, and language studies, including pedagogy. Each issue contains critical studies on the work, history, life, literature, and arts of women in the German-speaking world, reflecting the interdisciplinary perspectives that inform feminist German studies.

Pan

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Knut Hamsun, Hamsun, PUBLISHER: Book Jungle, Knut Hamsun was a major Norwegian author who received the Noble Prize for Literature in . Hamsun writing makes excellent use of symbolism. Glahn and Edvarda fall in love in the spring, they are lovers in the summer and their relationship deteriorates in the fall. Hamsun also shows the contradiction of culture and nature. Glahn lives as a part of nature while Edvarda's life in a part of culture.

Bradt Kenya Highlights

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Briggs, Philip, PUBLISHER: Bradt Travel Guides, The new "Kenya Highlights" takes the best of this magnificent country and condenses it into an informative guidebook designed for those visiting on organised tours. Renowned Africa expert, Philip Briggs - author of ten Bradt guides, and arguably the best-respected guidebook writer on the region - chooses the highlights of each region of the country (including the parks and reserves), and provides full background information, together with all the practical information required by a visitor on a tour. There's a chapter offering advice on planning a safari holiday, detailed sections on wildlife, history and people, and suggested lodge accommodation (selected in conjunction with some leading tour operators to Kenya). Featuring beautiful full-colour photos and maps throughout, this book serves equally as a holiday planner, a travel companion and a memento of your trip.

Jellicoe Road

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marchetta, Melina, PUBLISHER: Harper Teen, In this lyrical, absorbing, award-winning novel, nothing is as it seems, and every clue leads to more questions. At age eleven, Taylor Markham was abandoned by her mother. At fourteen, she ran away from boarding school, only to be tracked down and brought back by a mysterious stranger. Now seventeen, Taylor's the reluctant leader of her school's underground community, whose annual territory war with the Townies and visiting Cadets has just begun. This year, though, the Cadets are led by Jonah Griggs, and Taylor can't avoid his intense gaze for long. To make matters worse, Hannah, the one adult Taylor trusts, has disappeared. But if Taylor can piece together the clues Hannah left behind, the truth she uncovers might not just settle her past, but also change her future.

Jane Eyre: A Counting Primer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Jennifer / Oliver, Alison, PUBLISHER: Gibbs Smith Publishers, With the perennial popularity of classic writers like Charlotte Bronte and Lewis Carroll, Baby Lit is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar's Alison Oliver, Little Miss Bronte and Little Master Carroll are a must for every savvy parent's nursery library.

A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 1, the Earlier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guthrie, William K. / Guthrie, W. K. C. / W. K. C., Guthrie, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.

The Book of Job

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Habel, N. C. / Habel, Norman C., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The book of Job, which deals with deep-seated conflict between the integrity of God and the integrity of man and belongs to a group of writings known as wisdom literature, surpasses any of its known Babylonian or Egyptian forerunners in the beauty of its poetic discourses and in its insight - the poet struggles to probe the meaning of life, especially life where suffering and injustice prevail for no apparent reason.

More Daily Prayers for Busy People

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Malley, William J., PUBLISHER: Saint Mary's Press, A companion to the best-selling Daily Prayers for Busy People, this new volume offers a four-week cycle of morning, midday, and evening prayers that are evocative, challenging, and draw on the Bible and passages from other great works of literature. Though composed primarily for personal use, the prayers have a message that sustains one for the whole day and could readily be used by any gathering of faith.

Germanische Heldendichtung Im Mittelalter: Eine Einf Hrung

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Millet, Victor, PUBLISHER: Walter de Gruyter, The book provides a clear introduction to heroic poetry in medieval German, English and Scandinavian literature, from its first appearance to its final demise in the 16th cen-tury. It presents the texts in their historical context, provides synopses and discusses their themes and their intentions, together with the problems they present for scholars. In the process it demonstrates how the old sagas were being continually re-interpreted in widely varying geographical and cultural contexts.

La Dama Numero Trece

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Somoza, Jose Carlos, PUBLISHER: Arete, Salomon Rulfo is a college literature professor, he is passionate about poetry and is trying to get over a tragedy in his recent past. Lately he has been suffering recurring nightmares. He dreams of a triple murder in a house he had never seen before and a woman begging for help. He will soon discover that the house really exists, so do the murders...and the woman begging for help was one of the victims.

Writing Huck Finn: Mark Twain's Creative Process

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doyno, Victor A., PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press, In "Writing Huck Finn," Vic Doyno offers a new, accessible, and innovative approach to America's favorite novel. He presents new material from the revised manuscript of "Huckleberry Finn" and also draws upon Samuel Clemen's unpublished family journal, his correspondence, and his concerns about the lack of an international copyright law. Doyno focuses on Twain's creative artistry in stylistic matters, such as tone of voice, characterization, humor, plot, description, and imagery, using genetic criticism to reveal how the novel grew through creative revision. He also uses the evidence from the manuscript to explore new thematic interpretations about the role of nobility and religion in the novel. Generations of readers have loved Twain's masterpiece but have been confused or vexed by the novel's ending. Doyno offers some surprising information about topics as varied as literacy, the economics of authorship, and the leasing of Black convicts. This information provides a new, coherent, and satisfying reading of the ending. Although there have been several perceptive books about "Huckleberry Finn," none reveals so much about the composition process and about how Twain created his meanings. Creative writers will be fascinated to learn how Twain revised his work-in-progress to sustain the reader's interest, scholars of American literature will discover many new interpretations-- and all readers will gain new perspectives on this rewarding masterpiece and on the survival of our national literature.

The Light Keeper: An Epps Kids Mystery

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burnell, Pamela H., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Schoolas out and summer vacation has begun. Kids everywhere are all smiles but the Epps kids are not smiling. Kenny and his siblings are still struggling with the divorce of their parents and the intrusion of their new stepfather in their lives. While visiting a local art museum, Kenny is drawn to a painting of a lighthouse. Suddenly, without warning, he is transported back in time to the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the s. There he is befriended by Debbie Harris. She takes him on a tour and introduces him to her special friends. Together they help save a manas life. The stranger dressed in white is there, as he always is on these adventures. In the blink of an eye, Kenny is back at the museum and no one seems to have missed him.

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Great Personalities of the Bible

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lasor, William Sanford, PUBLISHER: Hendrickson Publishers, LaSor introduces over 30 Bible figures along with their backgrounds, their weaknesses and their strengths. Careful attention is given to historical facts revealed by archaeological research and a broad knowledge of ancient literature. Through identification with these men and women comes the revelation that God works in similar ways today in dealing with people. Each chapter ends with a personal application that promotes individual reflection. An extremely helpful volume for pastors, students, and Bible teachers.

Gender

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Colebrook, Claire, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This book offers a clear introductory overview of the concept of gender. It places gender in its historical contexts and traces its development from the Enlightenment to the present, before moving on to the evolution of the concept of gender from within the various stances of feminist criticism, and recent developments in queer theory and post-feminism. Close analysis of key literary texts, including Frankenstein, Paradise Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream, shows how specific styles of literature enable reflection on gender.

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Catholicism in the English Protestant Imagination:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tumbleson, Raymond D., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This study examines the role of anti-Catholic rhetoric in late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century England. Raymond Tumbleson shows how the fear of Popery, a potentially destabilizing force under the Stuarts, ultimately became a principal guarantor of the Hanoverian oligarchy. Discussing writers from Middleton, Milton and Marvell to Swift, Defoe and Fielding, as well as numerous pamphleteers, the book crosses traditional generic, disciplinary and chronological boundaries between poetry and prose, literature and polemic, the Reformation and the Augustan age.

Washington Irving

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Warner, Charles Dudley, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing, This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

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