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The Cambridge Companion to Zola
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 26.00These newly commissioned essays focus on Zola's works, his life and times and his role in the Dreyfus Affair. more...
The Ladies' Paradise (BBC tie-in)
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 4.50The Ladies' Paradise is a compelling story of ambition and love set against the backdrop of the spectacular rise of the department store in 1860s Paris. Octave Mouret is a business genius who transforms a modest draper's shop into a hugely successful retail enterprise, masterfully exploiting the desires of his female customers and ruining small... more...
The Making of the Modern State
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 37.00Nelson provides a historical overview of the theoretical and ideological evolution of the modern state, from pre-state and pre-modern state formations to the present. A major theme of the book is the need to understand the modern state holistically, as a totality of social, political, and ideological factors. more...
A Comprehensive Dictionary of Economics
Abhishek Publications 2009; US$ 70.00Taxatione numerous terms related to subjects that we are unaware of. Here, in this series we have introduced various Dictionaries that will enrich your sphere of knowledge. The series comprises dictionaries on a number of subjects. All the Science students can make use of dictionaries of Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc. For students of Arts,... more...
The Silence and the Scorpion
Nation Books 2009; US$ 18.99A dramatic retelling of how the 2002 uprising against Hugo Chavez evolved into a violent struggle for the soul of Venezuela and control of its most precious commodity, oil more...
The Belly of Paris
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 8.99Florent Quenu returns to Paris after being unjustly imprisoned and finds the city utterly changed. The great new food market, Les Halles, has been built, and food dominates the political and social life of the capital. The third in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, The Belly of Paris appears in a vibrant new translation. - ;'Respectable people...... more...
The Kill
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 8.99The Kill (La Cur--eacute--;e) is the second volume in Zola's great cycle of twenty novels, Les Rougon-Macquart, and the first to establish Paris - the capital of modernity - as the centre of Zola's narrative world. Conceived as a representation of the uncontrollable 'appetites' unleashed by the Second Empire (1852-70) and the transformation... more...
The Fortune of the Rougons
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 8.99He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.'Set in the fictitious Provençal town of Plassans, The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvère and Miette, two idealistic young supporters of the republican resistance to... more...
Design for Learning in Virtual Worlds
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95Design for Learning in Virtual Worlds , the first book focused specifically on how to design virtual worlds for educational purposes, explores: ? the history and evolution of virtual worlds ? the theories behind the use of virtual worlds for learning ? the design of curricula in virtual worlds ? design guidelines for elements experienced... more...









