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Tending the Heart of Virtue
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 22.99Examining a wide range of children's stories, the author argues that they capture the meaning of morality through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil, in which characters must make choices between right and wrong, or heroes and villains contest the fate of imaginary worlds. more...
The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature
Helicon Publishing 2007; US$ 29.66Guide to authors and works, from classical literature to the present day. more...
Presentation Skills for Students
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 50.00The ability to speak clearly, fluently and persuasively is essential to students in all courses of study. This text discusses a wide range of speaking occasions, such as giving a seminar or a project presentation. more...
Women and the Rise of the Novel, 1405-1726
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 90.00It has long been recognized that women writers played a significant role in the rise of the novel. Women and the Rise of the Novel is the first systematic theoretical study of early modern womens fiction showing how and why it helped shape the novels identity. While most studies of the origin of the novel begin with the eighteenth century,... more...
Adaptation and Appropriation
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 24.95From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. Combining theoretical grounding with the aesthetic pleasure of reading and writing, this book explores: ... more...
Selected Papers from the International Conference on Heating by Electromagnetic Sources
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00HES is becoming a traditional meeting for scientists and engineers dealing with the development and application of new methodologies for the solution of scientific and technical problems concerning the use of electromagnetic fields in the industrial heating and melting processes as well as in the electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM). more...
Playing with Words
Equinox Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 18.95Playing with Words shows how every facet of language is exploited for humour more...
Kiekertak en Klotterbooke
Amsterdam University Press 2004; US$ 10.50De afgelopen decennia hebben zich grote veranderingen voltrokken in het voortgezet en universitair onderwijs. Bij die veranderingen is een cruciale vraag goeddeels buiten beschouwing gebleven: wat willen wij onze kinderen leren?. De kern van deze kwestie is de discussie over de canon. Wat vinden wij belangrijk om over te dragen, welke geschiedenis... more...
Morning Miracle
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.00An in-depth look at the Washington Post from a Pulitzer Prize?nominated Post veteran. Morning Miracle definitively answers the question ?Do newspapers still matter?? with a resounding yes. What The Kingdom and the Power did for the New York Times , Morning Miracle will do for the Washington Post . A reporter for more than forty years,... more...
"Und es trieb die Rede mich an..."
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 154.00On the occasion of his 65th birthday, one of the most prominent German rhetoricians, literary critics and publicists, Gert Ueding, was honoured with a festschrift by the School of Rhetoric at the University of Tübingen. In their contributions, his friends, companions and colleagues reflect the wide range of Gerd Ueding?s interests, which encompass... more...









