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The Pleasures of Babel
Jay Clayton's new book offers a lucid cutting-edge explication of the often stormy relationship between contemporary literature and criticism. Repudiating the jargon of theory, …
Cultural History of Marriage in the Age of Empires
During the age of empires (1800 1900), marriage was a key transition in the life course worldwide, a rite of passage everywhere with major cultural significance. This volume …
The Adventures of Camellia N.; The Rainforest Volume 3
The Adventures of Camellia N. The Rainforest is the third in a series of environmentally-focused educational storybooks targeted to young readers 5-9. In this extraordinary …
Sport in the Cultures of the Ancient World
Sport has been practised in the Greco-Roman world at least since the second millennium BC. It was socially integrated and was practised in the context of ceremonial performances, …
Representing Violence in France, 1760-1820
Violence was an inescapable part of people’s daily lives in eighteenth-century France. The Revolution in general and the Terror in particular were marked by intense outbursts of …
Shakespeare's Heroines
Make way for the fabulous women characters from Shakespeare's best-loved plays as they take centre stage. Discover Lady Macbeth's cunning methods of persuasion to kill the king, …
Unicorn Sparkle Hidden Pictures Puzzles
A perfect gift for any unicorn-loving child, this collection of fantastical Hidden Pictures puzzles offers a sparkly puzzling experience. Kids can use the included sparkly metallic …
Conquistadores
NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TABLET AND THE LADY'This book is a terrific read ... I could not put it down' Matthew Restall, …
Shakespeare's Cross-Cultural Encounters
This text focuses on the cross-cultural experience, arguing that Shakespeare reinterprets, refashions, and reinscribes stage aliens such as Jews, Moors, Amazons, and gypsies and …
Breve Historia de los Gladiadores
"Breve Historia de los Gladiadores es una obra completísima que nos acerca de forma asombrosa al mundo de los ludi circenses (carreras de caballos) y munera (juegos gladiatorios) …
The Literatures of Spanish America and Brazil Volume 2
Charting the twentieth-century course of the literature of the Americas The second volume of Earl E. Fitz’ s magisterial survey of the field, The Literatures of Spanish America …
Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!
In Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off! Glenn Murphy shows us that it is OK to be scared and that there are very good reasons why we are able to feel fear. He looks closely at our …