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The Oxford Guide to British Women Writersby Joanne Shattock
Oxford University Press 1993; US$ 40.00This introduction to British women's writing, from the earliest times to the present day, ranges across novelists, poets, playwrights, historians, scientists and translators. It covers, in an A-Z sequence, the lives and works of 400 writers in detail. more...
Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by: Expanded Editionby Hamilton Holt
Routledge 2000; US$ 37.95This is a collection of touching autobiographies of ordinary people. First published in 1906, and reissued a decade ago, this new edition is expanded to include lives not included originally. more...
Operaby Edward O.D. Downes; Guy A. Marco
Routledge 2001; US$ 175.00Covering over 320 composers and 43 countries, this book will be invaluable to opera scholars, researchers and serious listeners throughout the world. more...
Colloquial Arabic (Levantine)by Leslie McLoughlin
Routledge 1982; US$ 31.95Colloquial Arabic is easy to use and completely accomplishable. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Arabic. more...
Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministersby Robert Eccleshall; Graham Walker
Routledge 1998; US$ 69.95Written by some of the leading authorities on British politics, this dictionary is a wide-ranging, comprehensive guide to the lives of Britain's prime ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Tony Blair. more...
Women Writers of the First World Warby Sharon Ouditt
Routledge 1999; US$ 165.00This bibliography lists and annotates hundreds of published books, articles, memoirs, diaries and letters written by women during the First World War. more...
Gabriel Fauréby Edward R. Phillips
Routledge 1999; US$ 125.00This work is part of a series which presents information on composers. Each volume offers annotated lists of all writings in major languages plus lists of works by the composers, biographical sketches and guides to library resources, organizations more...
Medieval Warfareby Everett Crosby
Garland Science 2000; US$ 125.00This unique bibliography of medieval warfare, is the most comprehensive available. Containing many thousands of references it is the perfect research tool. more...
Britain and Tibet 1765-1947by Julie Marshall
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 180.00A hundred years ago, in 1904, a British mission under Francis Younghusband, along with a formidable military escort commanded by Brigadier-General James Macdonald, entered Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Thus nearly 150 years of British attempts from their Indian base to establish formal diplomatic relations with the ruling Tibetan theocracy culminated in the deployment of massive armed force. While the Younghusband venture failed to achieve nearly all its stated objectives, it undoubtedly marked the opening of a new era in Central Asian history the full consequences and complexities of which have yet to be revealed in full. To the steadily growing band of students of the history, nature and consequences of Anglo-Tibetan contacts, in which... more...
Companion to Contemporary Architectural Thoughtby Ben Farmer; Hentie Louw; Adrian Napper
Routledge 1993; US$ 675.00101 in-depth articles by international scholars and practitioners bring this subject into focus by examining current issues from various viewpoints. Thematically arranged and usefully illustrated; Reading lists, bibliographies and complete index. more...