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The Decadent Traveller
Dedalus 2012; US$ 14.57It contains enough excitement and excess to last most armchair travellers their reading lifetime. more...
Rural Space in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 182.00In the wake of the Spatial Turn and the emergence of ecocritical theory, rural space proves to be a highly fertile ground for the reexamination of medieval and early modern literature, history, and art history. This volume combines critical articles that examine the way how rural space was perceived, presented, and evaluated in the Middle Ages and... more...
Wege in die Moderne
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 210.00In diverse ways, Arcadian utopias led the way toward modernity in European literature. Support for this notion is provided by the studies in this volume, written by Klaus Garber. They provide examples of interdisciplinary research in the humanities that is not only independent from shifting academic theoretical models, but also exemplary in its approaches,... more...
The Impossible Takes Longer
D & M Publishers 2012; US$ 19.95Bringing together a rich assortment of quotations by Nobel Prize winners, "The Impossible Takes Longer" lends itself as easily to browsing as to research purposes. David Pratt has been collecting quotes from Nobel laureates since 2003, and chose for this book his favourites. Words of wisdom from literature, peace and economics winners feature prominently,... more...
What the L?
Bywater Books 2012; US$ 9.99I mean ?What the L ?? in a buoyant, smart-ass, get-a-load-of-this, relentlessly optimistic, might-as-well-live ?What the L?? tone. A leap of faith, if you will. And I will. I am a faith-based comic. In addition to the frivolous, salutary pleasure of laughing, I believe in the power of laughter to subvert authority and promote democracy. more...
Uncle John's Colossal Collection of Quotable Quotes
Portable Press 2012; US$ 16.95Aficionados of the Bathroom Reader have long remarked on Uncle John's ability to select quintessential quotations. The ever-accommodating Uncle John has responded to this shameless praise by flushing out the all-time best and most hilarious quotes to form this cunning compilation. Highlights include Five Things You Should Never Do ("Never test the... more...
Must Try Harder!
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 7.28A side-splitting collection of the most earnest and mangled attempts at the English language made by generations of schoolchildren. Includes, amongst hundreds of others, the following howlers: Coal is decayed vegetarians. Socrates died of an overdose of wedlock. Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak. The King wore a scarlet robe trimmed with... more...
365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy
Regnery Publishing 2011; US$ 14.95Start every day off RIGHT! Try one of our 365 ways to drive a liberal (even more) crazy. Whether you quote from the Constitution (what, that old relic?) or point out the facts about global warming (as in, the planet has been steadily cooling for the past decade)?this is one sure-fire way to get under a lefty?s (thin) skin. more...
Die nahe Fremde
Tectum Verlag 2012; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Wer Europa und die Türkei eindeutig voneinander abgrenzen will, scheitert spätestens an Istanbul: Indem die Metropole mit dem Bosporus eine auch symbolische Grenze zwischen den Kontinenten überbrückt, macht sie starre Grenzziehungen zwischen Europa und der Türkei unmöglich. Diese Beobachtung hat Konsequenzen für die interkulturelle... more...
'Melusine' und 'Fortunatus'
De Gruyter 1993; US$ 126.00"Melusine" und "Fortunatus" : verrätselter und verweigerter Sinn more...









