The Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume XII Slice II: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, and General Information

The Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume XII Slice II: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, and General Information
Various (Author)

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The Road

The Road
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The Western Canon

The Western Canon
Harold Bloom (Author)
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Encyclopedia of Monsters

Encyclopedia of Monsters
Jeff Rovin (Author)
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Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen (Author), Juliet Stevenson (Narrator)
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture)

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture)
Tatiana Smorodinskaya (Editor), Karen Evans-Romaine (Editor), Helena Goscilo (Editor)

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This encyclopedia examines Russian culture from 1953, Stalin's death, to the present day. Both ‘Russian’ and ‘Culture’ are defined broadly. Given the diversity of the Federation in its ethnic composition and regional characteristics, questions of national, regional, and ethnic identity receive special attention as do Russian-speaking immigrant communities. ‘Culture’ embraces all aspects of culture and lifestyle, high and popular, artistic and material: art, fashion, literature, music, cooking, transport, politics and economics, film, crime – all are covered to give a full picture of the Russian way of life through the extraordinary changes since the middle of the twentieth century.

The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture is an unbeatable resource on recent Russian culture and history for students, teachers, and researchers. It is a valuable acquisition for both academic and public libraries. Entries include cross-references and often short bibliographies. There is a full index.

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• Published on: 2014-04-26
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
• 800 pages

The Classical Tradition (Harvard University Press Reference Library)

The Classical Tradition (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
Anthony Grafton (Editor), Glenn W. Most (Editor), Salvatore Settis (Editor)
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How do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus’ sirens to an ambulance’s? The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science.

Arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology, the essays—designed and written to serve scholars, students, and the general reader alike—show how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from art to government, mathematics to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture.

At once authoritative and accessible, learned and entertaining, comprehensive and surprising, and accompanied by an extensive selection of illustrations, this guide illuminates the vitality of the Classical tradition that still surrounds us today.

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• Published on: 2010-10-25
• Released on: 2010-11-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 1088 pages

The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness

The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness
Rebecca Solnit (Author)

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The incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed books of nonfiction, brings the same dazzling writing to the twenty-nine essays in The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness. As the title suggests, the territory of Solnit’s concerns is vast, and in her signature alchemical style she combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, and community, all while writing with the lyricism of a poet to achieve incandescence and wisdom. Gathered here are celebrated iconic essays along with little-known pieces that create a powerful survey of the world we live in. In its encyclopedic reach and its generous compassion, Solnit’s collection charts a way through the thickets of our complex social and political worlds. Like the women who've pioneered before herASontag, Didion, and DillardAher essays are a beacon.

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• Published on: 2014-11-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• 360 pages

The Dorothy Dunnett Companion

The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
Elspeth Morrison (Author)
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Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò series.

Elspeth Morrison has re-created the author’s exhaustive original research, documenting her myriad sources and literary references. Foreign phrases are translated; poems and quotations presented in full; historical figures and events fleshed out; subtle allusions–and there are many–noted. From the origins of the Arabic drink qahveh to a recipe for quince paste, from the medical uses of ants and alum, to Zacco, Zenobia, and Zoroaster, this easy-to-use A-to-Z reference richly illuminates the intricacies of the complex and far-flung Renaissance world Dorothy Dunnett’s creations so colorfully inhabit.

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• Published on: 2001-07-10
• Released on: 2001-07-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction

In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction
Lee Gutkind (Editor), Annie Dillard (Introduction)
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A cross section of the famous and those bound to become so, this collection is a riveting experience highlighting the expanding importance of this dramatic and exciting new genre.

Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, interpret, speculate, and even re-create their subjects. Lee Gutkind collects twenty-five essays that flourished in this new turf, all originally published in the groundbreaking journal he founded, Creative Nonfiction, now in its tenth anniversary year.

Many of the writers here are crossing genres—from poetry to fiction to nonfiction. Annie Dillard provides the introduction, while Gutkind discusses the creative and ethical parameters of this new genre. The selections themselves are broad and fascinating. Lauren Slater is a therapist in the institution where she was once a patient. John Edgar Wideman reacts passionately to the unjust murder of Emmett Till. Charles Simic contemplates raucous gatherings at his Uncle Boris's apartment, while John McPhee creates a rare, personal, album quilt of his own life. Terry Tempest Williams speaks on the decline of the prairie dog, and Madison Smartt Bell invades Haiti. 

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• Published on: 2004-11-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

On Writing

On Writing
Stephen King (Author)
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Sears Pregnancy Encyclopedia (Chinese Edition)

Sears Pregnancy Encyclopedia (Chinese Edition)
William Sears (Author), Martha Sears (Author)

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Sears Pregnancy Encyclopedia is an all-round encyclopedia for nurturing a new life. The book shows, step-by-step, the amazing changes within the uterus during the monthly stages of pregancy, summarizing the things moms-to-be need to know, including: while the baby is growing, the physical and emotional changes you will experience; for obstetric examination, professional answers to the mode of delivery and other concerns; how to be a happy pregnant white collar; amazing tips to control morning sickness and pain etc.

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• Published on: 2009-01-03
• Binding: Paperback
• 299 pages

A Tale of Two Cities: A Reader's Companion: With Embedded Notes

A Tale of Two Cities: A Reader's Companion: With Embedded Notes
Susanne Alleyn (Author), Charles Dickens (Author)

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THIS EDITION HAS NOTES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE TEXT OF THE NOVEL.

You’re reading A Tale of Two Cities for the first time—or perhaps for the fourth or fifth time. But what are gaols, bumpers, farmer-generals, tocsins, and the Court of King’s Bench? Where are Shooter’s Hill, Temple Bar, and La Force, and who on earth was Mrs. Southcott? And did all those starving French people have baguettes in mind when they wanted bread?

The Reader’s Companion is not a literary analysis of Dickens’s novel, but a source of information for the new reader, the longterm fan, and the student, about things, people, places, and events mentioned in the text, to enhance the experience of reading a classic historical novel published 150 years ago, and which takes place well over two centuries ago. In 780 notes embedded within the text of the unabridged novel, Susanne Alleyn explains Dickens’s references to things and places familiar to 19th-century Londoners, illustrates his many literary allusions and Victorian expressions, and provides an in-depth, factual background to his gripping but often misleading depiction of the French Revolution—a period that owes much of its distorted image today to the popularity of A Tale of Two Cities itself.

“I was probably in college the last time I read A Tale of Two Cities, and I enjoyed it very much. This time, reading Alleyn’s wonderful annotated edition full of helpful comments and clarifications, I found the experience doubly enjoyable.” (Brian Strayer, Ph.D., Department of History, Andrews University)


Don’t be fooled by cheap “annotated” editions of A Tale of Two Cities available for e-readers! “Look Inside” and you’ll see that they are merely the text of the novel with a brief biography of Charles Dickens cribbed from Wikipedia, with no actual notes. This book is the real thing:—a heavily annotated guide suitable for use in the English or history classroom, plus a chronology of the French Revolution, a filmography, and an extensive bibliography. The eBook edition includes, as a bonus, the complete text of the play The Dead Heart by Watts Phillips, an 1859 historical melodrama that provided Dickens with some elements of the plot of A Tale of Two Cities.

Contents

Preface to the Annotated Edition

Glossary:
Some historical terms which frequently reappear in the notes

Map of Paris in 1789

A Tale of Two Cities
(Complete, annotated text)

Chronology of the French Revolution

Filmography of A Tale of Two Cities
(with reviews)

Bibliography:
Further reading on A Tale of Two Cities, Georgian England, and the French Revolution

eBook-only Bonus:
Complete Script of The Dead Heart

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• Published on: 2014-05-03
• Released on: 2014-05-03
• Format: Kindle eBook

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Romantic Writers and Writing

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Romantic Writers and Writing
Mark Lussier (Author), Dana L. Tait (Author)

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The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Romantic Writers and Writing presents a comprehensive reference volume on the writers, works, themes, and literary genres of the Romantic Period of British literature. 

• Explores lesser-known figures—both men and women—as well as major writers
• Cross-referenced to allow readers to make connections between writers and concepts
• Includes a timeline of key historical and literary moments
• Contains detailed bibliographies for suggested further reading

 

• Rank: #896759 in Books
• Published on: 2014-05-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

Marvel Encyclopedia Volume 4: Spider-Man HC (v. 4)

Marvel Encyclopedia Volume 4: Spider-Man HC (v. 4)
Kit Kiefer (Author), Jonathan Couper-Smartt (Author)
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Marvel's best-selling Encyclopedia series continues! This fully illustrated, comprehensive deluxe hardcover volume includes in-depth biographies, statistics, and essential reading lists for the world's most popular comic book hero, Spider-Man, and all his friends and foes like the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Mary Jane Watson! An essential Who's Who of the Spider-Man universe for fans new and old of all ages!

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• Brand: Marvel
• Published on: 2003-11-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel
by Jan-Philipp Sendker (Author), Cassandra Campbell (Narrator)
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A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present.

When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be - until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father's past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the listener's belief in the power of love to move mountains.

Jan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995 and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Great Wall, a nonfiction book about China. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats is his first novel. He lives in Berlin with his family.

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• Published on: 2012-01-31
• Format: Unabridged
• Running time: 34020 seconds

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
J. A. Cuddon (Author), M. A. R. Habib (Author)

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"An indispensable work of reference". (Times Literary Supplement). The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory is firmly established as a key work of reference in the complex and varied field of literary criticism. Now in its fifth edition, it remains the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind, and is invaluable for students, teachers and general readers alike. It gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality). It explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory. It covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet).

• Rank: #1217422 in Books
• Published on: 2014-09-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1024 pages