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This introduction offers an overview of early English theatre from the earliest recorded vernacular texts in the late medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642. Where most...

The Cambridge Companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe establishes new parameters for both scholarly and classroom discussion of Beecher Stowe's writing and life. This collection of specially commissioned essays provides new...

Victorian women were exhilarated by the authoritative voice and the professional opportunity that, uniquely, the theatre offered them. Victorian men, anxious to preserve their dominance in this as in every...

The past fifty years have witnessed major achievements in ecological physiology, the study of physiological adaptations that improve survival or permit organisms to exploit extreme environments. New Directions in Ecological...

Between 1200 and 1520 medieval English society went through a series of upheavals--wars, pestilence, and rebellion. This book looks at aristocrats, peasants, townsmen, wage-earners, and paupers, and examines how they...

This is the most comprehensive study available of the popular theater that developed during the last decades of tsarist Russia. Swift examines the origins and significance of the new "people's...

Around-the-clock tobacco talks, multibillion-dollar lawsuits against the major cigarette companies, and legislative wrangling over how much to tax a pack of cigarettes-these are some of the most recent episodes in...

A groundbreaking biography of one of the century's most important writers. A portrait of Thomas Mann's Germany, his work, his life, his exile and arrival in America - a life...

An organization shrouded in myth and secrecy, the Freemasons are an ancient brotherhood with members including some of the most influential people in history and in the world today. Some...

A fabulous look -- with incredible four color, on-scene photography throughout -- of the power of weather, including hurricanes, twisters, thunderstorms, and cyclones, devastating places around the globe.

#1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Edgar (R) Award Drawing from his experience as a correspondent in Iraq, Alex Berenson exploded onto the thriller scene with this perfectly...

The Biography of a Building tells the remarkable story of the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, built to contain Sir Robert and Lady...

This revised text covers movements in art since 1945.

Gathers selections from letters, critical reviews, and reminiscences by the impressionist artists and their contemporaries.

Chanel is a fashion word that everyone knows: the epitome of taste, glamour and style. Founded in the '20s by the legendary Coco Chanel, the House of Chanel continues to...

Robert Frost (1874 1963) was the most celebrated poet in America for most of the twentieth century. Although chiefly associated with the life and landscapes of New England, his work...

This scrupulously researched and abundantly illustrated book includes 315 drawings based on renderings by artists of the period to achieve utmost accuracy and authenticity.Included are elaborate examples of Aegean costume,...

Clothing was hardly a practical necessity in North Africa and what is today the Middle East. Often a luxury item in these warm, humid climates, it became more essential as...

Five decades of exquisite confections of satin, taffeta, and lace for the bride, superb ruffled creations for sisters of the bride and scores of lovely pleated and lace-trimmed outfits for...

Rich selection of 134 poems published between 1889 and 1914: "Lake Isle of Innisfree," "When You Are Old," "Down by the Salley Gardens," many more. Note. Alphabetical lists of titles...

Little has been written about the nurses and less so the chaplains who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War One. Several members of the New Zealand...

Susan Glaspell in Context not only discusses the dramatic work of this key American author -- perhaps best known for her short story "A Jury of Her Peers" and its...

Produced by the advisors to the Nobel Peace Prize and the 1984 Olympics, this book offers practical event management and marketing advice flavoured with various anecdotes in one easy-to-read format....

"Any damn fool can put on a deal, but it takes genius, faith, and perseverance to create a brand."-David Ogilvy In today's ultra-competitive world, the average supermarket has 40,000 brand...

A clear, practical approach to making your organization more responsive to change Response Ability: The Language, Structure, and Culture of the Agile Enterprise helps companies keep up with an ever-changing...

In 1992 the British Secret Intelligence Service exfiltrated from Russia a defector whose presence in the West remained a secret until the publication of The Sword and the Shield in...

With wide format pages to give generous margins for notes, the editor presents the latest Aeschylus scholarship in an introduction, and also includes notes, plot summary, selected criticism and chronology...

Part of the Everyman series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times...

Recently named the world's chief clairvoyant, Cassandra Palmer still has a thorn in her side. As long as Cassie and a certain master vampire - the sizzling-hot Mircea - are...

Millions of readers have been helped by the famous "Babylonian parables, " hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth....

An autobiography by Ronnie Barker taking the reader behind the scenes of his career and discusses his background. His stories include how he advised Maggie Smith to give up acting,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Over 7 million copies sold in 30 languages! Simple Abundance is a book of evocative essays - one for every day of the year -...

Join the Women's Murder Club on an exhilarating thrill ride as love and murder test their friendships like never before in this thrilling novel from the world's #1 bestselling author....

When the powers-that-be succeeded in ignoring and then silencing the nations widespread dissent over war, one man stood on an Oscar stage and, in front of a billion people, outed...

This series of books is aimed at all health science students requiring an introductory, low cost and highly illustrated guide to the clinical specialties. The material is presented in double...

All nurses must be able to calculate and check drug dosages quickly and accurately, therefore they need the basic skills of arithmetic. This is a short guide to basic arithmetic...

A helpful reference guide for readers is designed to encourage, inspire, and improve story writing abilities, complete with writing guidelines, helpful tips, writing techniques and methods, examples of character and...

A thrilling science-fiction classic, with an introduction by Orson Scott Card. Thirty-five million miles into space, a species of Martians sets eyes on planet Earth. With their own planet doomed...

After the Pony Pals teach Christine, who has cerebral palsy, to ride, Anna becomes jealous when she starts to think that her pony likes Christine better and when Christine comes...

The Magic School Bus blasts off on a tour of the solar system, and the kids discover how other planets differ from Earth. This field trip is definitely far out!

Wanda and her classmates accompany Ms. Frizzle on a whale watch, where they learn about whales and have incredible adventures.