The Leading eBooks Store Online
for your Apple or Android device, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literatureby Jonathan Wilcox
Boydell & Brewer 2000; US$ 52.50Although the question of humour in the surviving corpus of Old English literature has rarely been discussed, the potential for analyzing this literature in terms of its humor is in fact considerable. In the essays especially commissioned for this volume, the first book-length treatment of Anglo-Saxon humor, eight of the foremost scholars in the field use different approaches to explore humor in the surviving literature of Anglo-Saxon England, in such works as Beowulf and The Battle of Maldon, the riddles of the Exeter book, and Old English saints' lives. more...
Contemporary African Literature and the Politics of Genderby Florence Stratton
Routledge 1994; US$ 43.95The first extensive account of African literature from a feminist perspective, looking at the effect of gender and patriarchy on African literture and the contributions of African women writers. Also includes new readings of canonical male writers. more...
Book of Nonsenseby Edward Lear
Routledge 2002; US$ 17.95One of the world's most loved writers, Lear's verse has delighted whole generations of readers. Now A Book of Nonsense is available once again from his original publishers. more...
The Language of Humourby Alison Ross
Routledge 1998; US$ 26.95This accessible textbook is unique in offering students hands-on, practical experience of textual analysis focused on the language of humour. It combines practical activities with texts, commentaries and further activity suggestions. more...
Selected Essays of Wilson Harrisby A. J. M. Bundy
Routledge 1999; US$ 40.95Best known for his novels, Harris had written fiction and non-fiction since the 1960s. This provides the most comprehensive collection of his essays, interviews and lectures from the '60s to the present. Includes a bibliography of his work. more...
Black South African Womenby Kathy Perkins
Taylor & Francis 1998; US$ 45.95The first anthology to focus on the lives of Black South African women. Includes the work of, and interviews with, award-winning and emerging authors. Contains 6 full-length and 4 one-act plays. more...
The Drama Of South Africaby Loren Kruger
Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 44.95This text chronicles the development of dramatic writing and performance in South Africa from when the country came into official existence to the advent of post-apartheid. It discusses well-known figures and famous phenomena, and lesser known contributors that have enriched their theatre. more...
Literature, Satire and the Early Stuart Stateby Andrew McRae
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 30.00McRae examines the relation between literature and politics at a pivotal moment in English history. Looking at documents beyond literature, he argues that the most influential and incisive political satire in this period is found in manuscript libels, scurrilous pamphlets, and a range of other material. more...
Ethics and the Internet in West Africaby Patrick Brunet; Oumarou Tiemtoré; Marie-Claude Vettraino-Soulard
International Development Research Centre 2004; US$ 25.00The whole world is currently undergoing a period of profound change brought about by the development of the worldwide information and communications network, the Internet, which affects every sphere of social life. This book focuses specifically on ethical questions related to the use of the Internet in West Africa. It examines the manner in which the spread of the Internet in Africa raises serious ethical issues; issues that should be identified to ensure that, in the future, the adaptation and integration of Internet technology will be compatible with the development of Africa's nations. The research behind this book, carried out by means of field surveys, focuses on five nations in West Africa: two Anglophone ? The Gambia and Ghana ? and... more...
White Women Writers and Their African Inventionby Simon Lewis
UPF 2003; US$ 55.00''A pioneering book . . . original in its arguments, thorough in its presentation of the complex contexts of the white woman writer in Africa, and sophisticated in its set of readings and in its combination of biography, social history, and criticism. more...