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A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester
BRILL 2011; US$ 197.00During the six hundred years of its existence, innumerable of manuscripts with, mostly, Turkish texts were produced in the Ottoman Empire. These are mainly preserved in libraries in the countries that once were part of that extended empire; a lesser number of such manuscripts had their origin in central Asia, Persia and India. From the sixteenth century... more...
Prairies and Plains
KWS Publishers 2009; US$ 59.99Prairies and Plains is an analysis of the reference sourcesencyclopedias, bibliographies, biographies, almanacs, dictionariesthat readers and researchers will need to prepare class papers, resolve queries, build collections and develop strategies for investigating questions regarding the history and culture of the Prairies and Plains region.... more...
Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett
Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 350.00The scholarship devoted to the dramatic writings of Samuel Beckett is so vast that there is a real need for a full and easy-to-use secondary bibliography enabling students and scholars at all levels to locate and select what they need. This requires comprehensive coverage of those publications which can be deemed both substantial and accessible treatments... more...
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
Workman Publishing Company 2008; US$ 19.95The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz?author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die?does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners... more...
The Obits: The New York Times Annual 2012
Workman Publishing Company 2011; US$ 13.95The obits. It?s the first section many of us turn to when we open the paper, not to see who died, but rather to find out about who lived to discover the interesting lives of people who?ve made a mark. A new annual that collects nearly 300 of the best of The New York Times obituaries from the previous year, The Obits Annual 2012 is a compelling,... more...
Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 70.00Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. more...
Nietzsches persönliche Bibliothek
De Gruyter 2003; US$ 238.00This volume presents the first compilation of all the works and notes from Nietzsche's personal library up to the beginning of January 1889. It lists the stocks from both the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek and the Goethe- und Schiller Archiv in Weimar. The critical analysis of other stock lists has revealed numerous further titles which are no longer... more...
The Recorder
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 175.00A Choice "Best Academic" book in its first edition, The Recorder remains an essential resource for anyone who wants to know about this instrument. This new edition is thoroughly redone, takes account of the publishing activity of the years since its first publication, and still follows the original organization. more...
501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die
UNP - Nebraska Paperback 2013; US$ 24.95Propounding his ?small ball theory? of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that ?the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature.? Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable?vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array... more...









