'If life could write, it would write like Tolstoy.'
Isaac Babel Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and t ... Read more
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An accessible and up-to-date examination of the principal arguments both for and against our right to maintain free speech
Looks at controversial issues ranging from Holocaust denial and pornogra ... Read more
He appears to be persecutor and I the persecuted: is not this difference the mere creature of the imagination?'
Caleb is a guileless young servant who enters the employment of Ferdinando Falkland, ... Read more
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Over 6,000 slang words and phrases
Full information for each entry: definitions, origins, and the date of the first use in print
Wide coverage of the English-speaking world
Thousands of illustrat ... Read more
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A new verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid, the only one to use the same poetic metre as Virgil and to explore the subtleties of Virgil's wordplay.
Ahl's translation captures the excitement and d ... Read more
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Introduces Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present day
Discusses themes and issues that have recurred throughout history and which are still important today
Covers a wide range o ... Read more
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM features the full text of the Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, which is a complete update of this unique reference work. Based on ... Read more
Covers a hugely important period with modern-day resonance and influence
Considers the whole European Reformation
Will cover the social history but will also cover the theological implications ... Read more
A brand-new, top of the range dictionary and thesaurus combined. The ultimate all-in-one reference tool.
140,000 words, definitions, and phrases, and 220,000 synonyms and antonyms.
Brand-new in ... Read more
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While other books describe the concept and the processes by which evolution proceeds, Why Evolution is True presents the evidence: using modern science to demonstrate the 'indelible stamp' of the p ... Read more
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