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Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background — all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure. In CliffsNotes on Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land, you follow the autobiographical account of... more...
Homage to Catalonia
Penguin Books Ltd 2003; Not AvailableIn this chronicle of his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic and brutal episode in European history. 'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery... more...
The Literature Review
SAGE Publications 2012; US$ 31.95Updated with technology tips and new graphics, this bestseller takes readers through the entire literature review process in six steps, from selecting a topic to writing the review. more...
Orpheus
Random House 2011; US$ 20.01For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work Ann Wroe goes in search... more...
How to Read a Book
Touchstone 2011; US$ 16.99How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated. You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through... more...
The War of the End of the World
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 13.11The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a libertarian paradise. more...
Complete Verse
Random House Group Ltd 2011; US$ 20.01Here is the distinctly surreal world of Henry King, who perished through his 'chief defect' of chewing little bits of string; of dishonest Matilda whose dreadful lies led her to death by burning; and of Godolphin Horne who 'held the human race in scorn' and ended as the boy 'who blacks the boots at the Savoy'. Here too are the beautiful... more...
The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 27.00A lively overview of the current state and development of the field, including suggestions for further reading. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Brecht
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 25.00Updated edition of The Cambridge Companion to Brecht, introducing new voices and themes. more...
Levels of Life
Random House Group Ltd 2013; US$ 14.67'You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed...' Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded him the 2011 Man Booker Prize described him as 'an unparalleled... more...









