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This ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the...

From inside the chicken factory, a report on the real cost of chicken for farmers, workers, and consumers Anthropologist Steve Striffler begins this book in a poultry processing plant, drawing...

With this second volume of memoirs, Jay Landesman continues the saga of an obscure cult figure who fought and clawed his way through life in America only to end up...

Each of the 18 essays in this collection looks at a different artist within the framework of specific theoretical and historical questions. The art movements covered include Nouveau Realisme in...

From the makers of the Calm app comes a complete guide to sleep - its science, history, mysteries, and remedies from all around the world - and how to do...

The definitive account of D-Day from the author of international bestsellers Stalingrad and Berlin The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever...

The Sunday Times bestseller now with extraordinary new material on the horsemeat scandal In 2004 Felicity Lawrence published her ground-breaking book, Not on the Label, where, in a series of...

What would the world now look like if the historical events we are all so familiar with had turned out completely differently? What if Britain had stayed out of the...

"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out- Trump appointees...

This defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before. World War II is captured in hundreds of compelling images, presenting the people, places, and politics involved...

From the New York Times bestselling author comes the stunning sequel to Lionheart Travelling home from the bloody battlefields of the Holy Land, the Crusader King Richard the Lionheart is...

"NATIONAL BESTSELLER" A look at how our current crises are caused by too much government, and how Ayn Rand's bold defense of free markets can help us change course. The...

Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from the Second World War. The boy's mother has died in the Blitz. The...

When The Emperor of Ocean Park was published, the Observer declared- The book is superb, both as a thriller and as a novel of social observation. Now, with that same...

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The book titled Rational-Emotive Therapy with Alcoholics and Substance Abusers by the author Albert Ellis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In the twelfth century Joachim of Fiore (c.1132-1202) developed a powerful and original theology of history. In the twentieth century, particularly after the Second World War, much interest was focused...

Literature in the Modern World offers a unique combination of English, European, feminist and `new writing', or `Commonwealth', perspectives on literary studies from the 1920s to the 1980s. It is...

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His...

This new biography of Bunyan, published to celebrate the tercentenary of his death, offers a reassessment of the man against in the context of his times. Bunyan is usually studied...

The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual...

This book should be of interest to critical readers of Australian poetry and literature.

James McAuley brings the work of this poet and critic face to face with a range of deconstructive and feminist readings. It is a contentious work, not at home with...

This is a revised edition of an Australian reference book. Giving an account of Australian writing from 1788 to 1993, each entry has been reconsidered and, if necessary, updated.

A.D. Hope has long been Australia's most internationally renowned poet. This study seeks to read Hope's poetry and criticism in terms of several overlapping contexts: critical debate about Australian poetry;...

It is widely accepted that English is the first truly global language and lingua franca. Its dominance has even led to its use and adaptation by local communities for their...

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Under the headings of 'poetics', 'ethics', 'politics', 'teleology', and 'sociology',"Germaine" Greer examines the plays in detail, showing how Shakespeare dramatized moral and intellectual issues in such a way that his...

the book performs well as a dip-in reference book... yet is also satisfying as a cover-to-cover read.

Ben Jonson was one of the world's greatest literary minds. During the reign of James I his literary prestige was at its height, and, during his lifetime, Jonson's contemporary literary...

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`Whoever lives in our country, speaks our language, is brought up in our culture and takes pride in our glory is one of us.' Thus ran a declaration of modern...

Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson's lively, succinct profile of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores his life and enduring legacy Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson's lively, succinct profile of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores his...

All resistance has been crushed. In a few minutes of overwhelming violence the Council's air-dreadnought fleet has destroyed Fiz Gorgo's defences. Xervish Flydd, Irisis and their rallies have been condemned...

Kathleen Krull proves Sigmund Freud deserves a place in her much-lauded series, because he essentially created a brand-new branch of medicine- psychoanalysis.

The bestselling, no-holds-barred expose of the people who are wrecking our democracy, by the master storyteller of our times The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran...

First time in Penguin Classics for this single-volume edition of Churchill's most famous speeches The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business...

Part of a major series of new editions of Conrad's most famous works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains a chronology, further reading, notes, glossaries and an introduction discussing the...

Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever...

Mary Barton is beautiful but has been born poor. Her father fights for the rights of his fellow workers, but Mary wants to make a better life for them both....

The small French town of Concarneau is a summer resort. In winter it becomes the deserted, rain swept scene for a series of murder attempts that attract the interest of...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have...

An indispensable guide to the post-modern era in the humanities The golden age of cultural theory (the product of a decade and a half, from 1965 to 1980) is long...

From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition , and In the Hurricane's Eye-- t he riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick . Winner...

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