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Enchanted Hour(2020) GURDON, MEGHAN COXA fascinating look at the scientific benefits - and joys - of reading aloud to children of all ages.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Shadowy Third(2022) PARRY, JULIACritically acclaimed, this unique and compelling personal biography uncovers the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author’s grandparents.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Iris Trilogy: Memoirs of Iris Murdoch(2020) BAYLEY, JOHNAll three books (Iris, Iris and the Friends, and Widower's House) are now available in a single edition, told by the person who knew her best, with gentle humour - at times unbearably moving - in Bayley's portrayal of a remarkable woman.Vezava: Trda42,06 € -
Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric(2021) ARISTOTLE, ROBERT COne of the foundational works of Western culture, Art of Rhetoric has shaped our understanding of speech and persuasion for millennia now; this fresh translation makes it available anew for teacher of rhetoric, philosophy, politics, and intellectual histoVezava: Mehka28,51 € -
Women Are Up to Something(2021) LIPSCOMB, BENJAMIN J.B. (PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND DIRECTOR OF THE HONORS PROGRAM, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND DIRECTOR OF THE HONORS PROGRAM, HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY)Vezava: Trda53,21 € -
Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England(2017) NOVACICH, SARAH ELLIOTT (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY)Tracing three episodes in sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's Ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - Sarah Elliott Novacich shows how medieval writers and artists pondered ways of preserving and transmitting the past, and considered the pleVezava: Trda83,89 € -
How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information(2022) HESS, JILLIAN M. (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK)This volume studies an important manuscript form of nineteenth-century England: the commonplace book and its descendent, the scrapbook. It explores the tradition of managing information in nineteenth-century England and excavates notes and drafts of the mVezava: Mehka47,51 € -
Bibliophobia(2022) CUMMINGS, BRIAN (ANNIVERSARY PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF YORK AND FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY)Richly illustrated with manuscripts, printed objects, and art works, Bibliophobia tells a 5000-year history of writing and of books to give readers a fascinating account of why books matter and how they impact on our lives.Vezava: Trda76,99 € -
Dragon in the West(2021) OGDEN, DANIEL (PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER)The Dragon in the West is the first book to offer an in-depth examination of the history of the image and idea of the dragon. A creature popular in contemporary fiction and cinema, Ogden reveals how the dragon was known to the ancient Greek and Roman worlVezava: Trda81,24 € -
Bite of the Apple(2020) GOODINGS, LENNIE (PUBLISHER, PUBLISHER, VIRAGO PRESS)In this insightful memoir Lennie Goodings takes the reader behind the scenes at Virago, the feminist press that she has led for twenty years. Moving from Virago's early days of independence, through its various commercial incarnations, the author reflectsVezava: Trda30,83 € -
Reading for Life(2020) DAVIS, PHILIP (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, FORMERLY DIRECTOR OF CRILS (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH INTO READING, LITERATURE AND SOCIETY), EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, FORMERLY DIRECTOR OF CRILS (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH INTO READING, LITERATURE AND SOCIETY), UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL)This volume presents original case-histories of readers to delve into just what reading is and how it works. Each chapter begins with a poem or excerpt which becomes the scene either of a reading-group transcription or of a thought-piece from an interviewVezava: Trda54,81 € -
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems(2017) POST, JONATHAN F. S. (DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UCLA)Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry, including the sonnets and his great narrative poems, and explores themes of love and lust in these works. He also considers the debates surrounding their disputed authorship, and the impact these poemsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek(2019) VAN EMDE BOAS, EVERT (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD),RIJKSBARON, ALBERT (UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM),HUITINK, LUUK (UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN),DE BAKKER, MATHIEU (UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM)This entirely new, comprehensive reference grammar of Classical Greek is aimed at students, teachers and academics. It combines traditional grammatical description with the latest insights from Greek and general linguistics, covering morphology, syntax, aVezava: Mehka70,33 € -
Only Wonderful Things(2021) HOMESTEAD, MELISSA J. (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN)Drawing on newly uncovered archives, The Only Wonderful Things offers a groundbreaking look at American novelist Willa Cather's creative process by arguing that the writer's life partner, magazine editor Edith Lewis, had a crucial impact on Cather's literVezava: Trda61,76 € -
Jewish Literature(2021) STAVANS, ILAN (LEWIS-SEBRING PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES AND LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO CULTURE, LEWIS-SEBRING PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES AND LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO CULTURE, AMHERST COLLEGE)Vezava: Mehka14,01 €












