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A concise, accessible introduction to Shakespeare's life and work which focuses on what we know, assessing the differing theories and avoiding specula...
Harold Pinter is one of the most important writers in English of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. This brief biography offer...
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Since the earliest days of the silent era, American filmmakers have been drawn to the visual spectacle of sports and their compelling narratives of co...
The Moral Hazards of Socialism
A detailed look at how, and why, the American financial system has reached its current state Today's economy and capital markets are faced with the lo...
A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work
Jane Austen has been one of the world's most popular writers for 200 years and is best known for her works Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Se...
Religion and Modern Sport
Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemna...
Egypt and the New Islamists
For the last several decades an influential group of Egyptian scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect in the Islamic world...
Published as part of the K25 celebrations this year, Kylie / Fashion is the official book celebrating twenty-five years since Kylie burst onto the mus...
Relationships, Obsessions, and Artistic Endeavors
Pinter’s World: Pinter and Company is not a full-scale biography but a series of illuminating chapters about Pinter’s life, character, and thought...
Struggles for Egypt's Political Soul
In this compelling study, Baker recreates the public worlds of eight groups on the periphery of Egyptian politics. They range in their political stanc...
A Reconstruction
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) is a major British Victorian novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and journalist. He is best known today as the author ...
How Good People Consistently Get Superior Results
By now, many leaders have realised that when it comes to business, nice guys often finish first. Old fashioned images of corporate callousness and gre...
"A true account of life at Alcatraz written by a former prisoner."--Page 4 of cover....
Billy Don't, a novel, takes place in Oakland, and other parts of California during the 1930's. It is a story of the conflicts and behaviors which take...
The most detailed chronological account of Harold Pinter to appear, this new volume in the Author Chronologies series traces the daily activities of t...
Foregrounds the importance of arts education to children's development and learning....
Spirituality, Identity, and Resistance Across Islamic Lands
In One Islam, Many Muslims Worlds Raymond Baker addresses the main paradox of the Islamic world today: the fact of its emergence as a civilizational f...
A Case Study in Critical Performance
Every student of literature needs to understand how to use literary theory to analyse and interpret the text. Literary Theories challenges the out-dat...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in...
Presents George Eliot's shorter poetry. This volume includes an introduction, which discusses Eliot's interest in poetry verse and its relation to her...
The Quest for the Righteous Community from Abu Dharr to Muhammad Ali
"Justice stands as the crown jewel of the Islamic moral universe. Qur'anic referenes to justice are more frequent than those to the prophets of Islam....
Containing a Brief Historical Survey of Mesmer's Operations ... and a ... Description of the Various Phenomena Belonging to this State ...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins and William Thackeray by their contemporaries
Considers the reputations and biographical portrayal of three innovative and controversial writers: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins and William...
A succinct examination of Nobel prize-winner, Harold Pinters creative output, providing introduction to drama (including theatre, film, TV and radio) ...
The origins of this study rest in the spring of 1962 when the author picked up a paperback version of George Eliot's 'Daniel Deronda.' With breaks mer...
How Performing Artists Can Make a Living While Still Doing What They Love
Most performing artists don’t do what they do for the money. And that’s a good thing, because jobs are scarce and talent alone no longer assures s...
Gale Researcher Guide for: Tom Stoppard is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles t...
The Collected Letters
The editors have transcribed 2,500 of Wilkie Collins's letters, around 700 of them previously unidentified, and have given them all a full scholarly a...
The Convict Experience in Early Australia