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Chicharito - The Biography of Javier Hernandez
John Blake Publishing 2012; US$ 14.57Javier Hernandez ? better known to legions of Manchester United fans as Chicharito ? is one of the most exciting young talents in football today.Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Hernandez joined his local club C D Guadalajara at the age of nine and signed his first contract at 15. Making his full debut in 2006, he impressed in the Mexican league so much... more...
Writing Medieval Women's Lives
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00This book is a collection of thirteen essays representing the growing variety of approaches being used to write the history of medieval women. In the aggregate, the essays reflect the "European" medieval "world" socially, (peasants, urban women, religious women, aristocrats and queens), geographically (including medieval Rus) and across religious... more...
Origins of Arthurian Romances
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 35.00There are three archetypal and widespread Arthurian stories--the abduction of Guinevere, the Holy Grail, and Tristan. Through the author's painstaking research of the literature and comparative literature of the stories, and by studying the history, laws, and archaeology of the post-Roman period, a new methodology was found for approaching sources.... more...
A Sociology of Japanese Ladies Comics
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 169.95This work is a book about the history, content, and functions of ladies comics, the most recent addition to the modern comics in Japan. This book employs the methodology of visual sociology which uses imagery as a source of data and material for analysis. It describes Japanese ladies comics unique history and explores how love and... more...
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 26.00Fifteen original essays offer an introduction to one of the most influential genres of Western literature. more...
The Bluffer's Guide to Golf
Bluffer's Guides 2013; US$ 7.28From 'baffy' to 'bogey', and from 'courses' to 'cleeks', here's all you need to know to put yourself on an even par with friends and colleagues. more...
Boundaries in Medieval Romance
Boydell & Brewer 2008; US$ 90.00A wide-ranging collection on one of the most interesting features of medieval romance. more...
Ancient Legends Retold
The History Press 2013; US$ 11.65The tragedy of King Arthur is one segment of a vast cycle, the 'Matter of Britain', stretching across generations of early British kings. Vortigern is central to this cycle. King two generations before Arthur, he opens Britain to the Saxons, ancestors of the modern English. Rising from humble roots, he takes centre stage at court in a crisis moment,... more...
Perceval/Parzival
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00This volume in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series treats the fascinating character of Perceval, the naive and flawed but gifted youth who becomes the Grail hero in some texts and yet is eclipsed in others by Galahad. Also includes eight musical examples. more...
Ancient Legends Retold: The Seat Perilous, The Quests of Arthur's Knights
The History Press 2013; US$ 11.65Around the round table there was always one seat which remained empty. This was the place left for the one who would one day attain the grail and redeem and restore the land. It was the first Hot Seat - if you sat there and were not that man you would be consumed by fire. It was known as the Seat Perilous. These are the untold stories of the knights... more...









