A concise look at how the economic approach to the environment fits together
Ideal for readers interested in the world in which we live and the relationship between economic activity and the envi ... Read more
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It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything'
After the death of his wife, the handsome politician Phineas Finn returns from Ireland to the parliamentary fray. In his absence the pol ... Read more
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Selected by the man whom the Sunday Timescalled 'the greatest explorer of the past twenty years', a comprehensive and enthralling anthology of the writings of explorers through the ages
Robi ... Read more
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Includes two Nobel-prize winners: Oe and Kawabata and the acclaimed writers Tanizaki, Mishima, and Murakami
Captures the exoticism and appeal of Japanese culture
Includes many new, previously u ... Read more
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Represents 200 years of the French literary tradition
Includes well-known stories by writers such as Balzac, Maupassant, Sartre, and Camus
Features work by Francophone writers from Quebec, Afri ... Read more
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Edited by William Trevor, a distinguished writer of novels and short stories
Excellent and widespread review coverage
45 stories, 35 authors, seven early folk tales
Includes Ireland's finest ... Read more
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A personal collection by a distinguished writer of short stories, novels, and travel books
An impressive list of authors including Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, H. E ... Read more
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I have so much and my feeling for her devours everything, I have so much and without her everything is nothing.'
The Sorrows of Young Werther propelled Goethe to instant fame when it first appeare ... Read more
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I daresay I shall get through my trouble somehow.'
Esther Waters is a young, working-class woman with strong religious beliefs who takes a position as a kitchen-maid at a horse-racing estate. She ... Read more
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What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, faeries, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? In this introduction to the history of angels, ... Read more
