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Misogynies
Saqi 2013; US$ 7.28Misogynies is one of the most celebrated feminist texts by a British author. First published in 1989, it created shock waves with its analyses of history, literature and popular culture. Joan Smith drew on her own experience as one of the few women reporting the Yorkshire Ripper murders and looked at novels, slasher movies, Page Three and Princess... more...
Rhino Chasers
Allen & Unwin 2002; US$ 16.31A story of surf, friendship and the long road to adulthood. ''There is a lot to like about this exciting road novel? Imagine Endless Summer as directed by David Lynch. Grant's vivid description of surfing action is awesome; likewise his ability to describe changing landscapes in a few strokes.''. Australian Bookseller & Publisher more...
de baai de binnenbaai
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 10.50Voor de meeste Nederlands behoort Nederlands-Indi ot een afgesloten tijdperk. Maar Indi s een onlosmakelijk deel van het culturele geheugen van Nederland, een hedendaagse herinnering, die vooral voortleeft in de literatuur en film. Vanaf de zestiende-eeuwse reisverhalen tot in dit postkoloniale tijdperk zijn (her-) vertellingen over Indi teeds populair... more...
Poetiken
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 238.00The encyclopaedia contains more than 400 articles on poetics and poetological texts from all epochs of Western literature. Particular emphasis is placed on poetological reflection in the modern age, especially on poetics by authors themselves and on literature in German. The encyclopaedia, a collaborative project involving over 150 experts from various... more...
Echoes of Memory
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 14.00John O'Donohue won hundreds of thousands of admirers with his now classic work on Celtic spirituality, Anam Cara . Just as To Bless the Space Between Us was being published, he died suddenly at the age of fifty-two. His powerfully wise and lyrical voice is profoundly missed, but his many readers are now given a special opportunity to revisit John... more...
Sicher handeln bei Korruptionsverdacht
Erich Schmidt Verlag 2010; US$ 37.69Hauptbeschreibung Besteht der Verdacht auf Korruption in Unternehmen oder öffentlichen Institutionen, ist konsequentes Handeln erforderlich. Doch welche Schritte müssen von den Leitungsgremien konkret eingeleitet werden? Welche Informationen dürfen verwendet werden? Wie sichern sich Mitglieder von Geschäftsführung und Vorstand gegen Haftungsansprüche... more...
A Life Like Other People's
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010; US$ 7.99FROM ONE OF BRITAIN?S GREATEST LIVING WRITERS AND THE AUTHOR OF THE UNCOMMON READER , A FAMILY MEMOIR AND UNIQUE WORK OF ART? A LIFE LIKE OTHER IS ALAN BENNETT AT HIS BEST In this poignant memoir of his parents? marriage, Alan Bennett recalls the lost world of his childhood and the lives, loves, and deaths of his unforgettable aunties, Kathleen... more...
The Theatre of Tom Stoppard
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 40.00Addressed to the enthusiastic theatregoer as well as to students of contemporary theatre, this new edition includes a fresh chapter on Hapgood. Anthony Jenkins is an actor and director as well as a teacher of drama, and this refreshing perspective informs his writing. He is interested in how Stoppard's plays work in the theatre (and on radio and... more...
Murphy Plays:6
A&C Black 2010; US$ 22.09Murphy Plays: 6 brings together four plays by the author inspired by other great works of literature. The Cherry Orchard: In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them. Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine... more...
Edward Gants Amazing Feats of Loneliness
A&C Black 2009; US$ 11.69Ladies and gentlemen, as some of you may know, my name is Edward Gant: prodigy, soldier, traveller, poet - but always and ever a showman.' In 1881, the famed and enigmatic impresario Mr Edward Gant presented his renowned travelling show for the final time. The opiate-addicted actor manager showcased his troupe creating a spectacle of grotesquery,... more...









