Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate (Mendelsohn Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate (Mendelsohn Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

In this genre-defying book, best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of the stories we tell. Combining memoir, biography, history, and literary criticism, Three Rings weaves together the stories

Odyssey: A Father, A Son and an Epic - Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2017 (Mendelsohn Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

From the award-winning, best-selling writer: a deeply moving tale of a father and son’s transformative journey in reading – and reliving – Homer’s epic masterpiece. When eighty-one-year-old retired scientist Jay unexpectedly enrols in his estranged classicist son Daniel’s course on the

Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox (Fenn Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Featuring 450 full-color photos and 241 of the world's foremost narrative jewelry makers, this book showcases the best of what today's makers, ranging from newly graduated students to the luminaries of the jewelry world, have to offer us: jewelry that's designed to evoke a range of thoughts and

Merry Spinster - Tales of everyday horror (Ortberg Daniel Mallory)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and fairy tales (but with a feminist spin) that find the sinister in the familiar and the familiar in the alien. From Daniel Mallory Ortberg, author of Texts From Jane

Selected Poems (Keats John)(Pevná vazba)

Keats is celebrated as a writer in three forms: lyric verse, narrative verse and letters. All three are represented here in a volume which reprints all the famous odes, a selection os sonnets and other short poems, both versions of HYPERION, extentsive selections from ENDYMION, and the complete

Gazza in Italy (Storey Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant, funny and insightful analysis of Paul Gascoigne's crazy up and downs during his three years at Lazio - a period which shows his entire career in microcosm.4th July, 1990.Turin, ItalyEngland are on the brink of reaching their first World Cup final in 24 years. Twenty-three-year old Paul

Greek Myths: Three Heroic Tales (Lupton Hugh)(Paperback)

Master storytellers Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden bring three of the most famous myths of the ancient Greek world to life. Vividly illustrated by award-winning French illustrator Carole Henaff, Greek Myths is a captivating introduction to the stories of Demeter and Persephone, Theseus and the

Three Korean Fairy Tales: Beloved Stories and Legends (So-Un Kim)(Pevná vazba)

This multicultural children's book presents a selection of traditional Korean folk tales that are instantly recognizable to Koreans of all ages. These treasured tales are retold by Kim So-un, an eminent storyteller who is a household name in Korea. The illustrations combine modern and traditional

Narrative in Performance (Sellers-Young Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

A far-reaching and engaging overview of the role of narrative in dance and theatre performance, bringing together chapters written by an international range of scholars and subsequently creating a critical dialogue for approaching this fundamental topic within performance studies. Drawing on

Maps of Narrative Practice (White Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Maps of Narrative Practice provides brand new practical and accessible accounts of the major areas of narrative practice that White has developed and taught over the years, so that readers may feel confident when utilizing this approach in their practices. The book covers each of the five main

Postmodernism and Narratives of Erasure in Culture, Literature, and Language (Zriba Hassen)(Pevná vazba)

Edited by rising Tunisian literary scholar Hassen Zriba, Postmodernism and Narratives of Erasure in Culture, Literature, and Language is a collection of interdisciplinary essays arguing that the concept of 'erasure' is an essential analytical tool/mode of thought in shaping conceptualizations of

Tree of Leaf and Flame (Morden Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure (Cheshire Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Narrative Faith: Dostoevsky, Camus, and Singer (Stromberg David)(Pevná vazba)

Narrative Faith engages with the dynamics of doubt and faith to consider how literary works with complex structures explore different moral visions. The study describes a literary petite histoire that problematizes faith in two ways-both in the themes presented in the story, and the strategies used

Old Testament Narratives (Anlezark Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

The Old English poems in this volume are among the first retellings of scriptural texts in a European vernacular. More than simple translations, they recast the familiar plots in daringly imaginative ways, from Satan's seductive pride (anticipating Milton), to a sympathetic yet tragic Eve, to Moses

On Exile (Filelfo Francesco)(Pevná vazba)

Francesco Filelfo's philosophical dialogue On Exile (ca. 1440) depicts a prominent group of Florentine noblemen and humanists, driven from their city by Cosimo de' Medici, discussing the sufferings imposed by exile such as poverty and loss of reputation, and the best way to endure and even profit

Gin: A Short History (Jenkins Moses)(Pevná vazba)

An accessible and colorful illustrated narrative of the manufacturing and social history of a favorite British tipple. Uncovering the mysteries of gin manufacture and production, as well as its fascinating history, this book is a complete guide to one of the world's drinks of choice. Gin is a drink

Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit (Van Vuuren Hennie)(Pevná vazba)

In its last decades, the apartheid regime was confronted with an existential threat. While internal resistance to the last whites-only government grew, mandatory international sanctions prohibited sales of strategic goods and arms to South Africa. To counter this, a global covert network of nearly

The Fate of Stars (Simper S. D.)(Pevná vazba)

'The Fate of Stars, the first book in the Sea and Stars trilogy, is delightfully dark and sexy, full of lush imagery, vibrant characterization, and enough adrenaline to keep me up way past my bedtime.'-Anna Burke, award winning author of THORN and COMPASS ROSEA devout mermaid. A disgraced princess

Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals (Rajcak Helene)(Pevná vazba)

Revelation and Other Tales of Fantascience (Cowdrey Albert E.)(Pevná vazba)

Plague, Fall, Exile And The Kingdom And Selected Essays (Camus Albert)(Pevná vazba)

Three Tales (Flaubert Gustave)(Paperback)

This collection of three tales, 'A Simple Heart,' 'Saint Julian,' and 'Herodias' offers an excellent introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest novelists. In settings as familiar to the author as Normandy or as distant as biblical Palestine, these three stories reveal a writer skilled

The Tales of Ise (MacMillan Peter)(Paperback)

One of the three seminal works of Japanese literature--a beautiful collection of poems and tales that offers an unparalleled insight into ancient JapanAlong with the Tale of Genji and One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each, the Tales of Ise is considered one of the three most important works of Japanese