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Della Giurisdizione Penale Relativamente Ai Reati Commessi All' Estero (1875)

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Report copyright infringementby Pasquale Fiore (Author)Il libro ""Della Giurisdizione Penale Relativamente Ai Reati Commessi All�� Estero"" scritto da Pasquale Fiore nel 1875, tratta della giurisdizione penale in relazione ai reati commessi all'estero. L'autore analizza la questione della competenza giurisdizionale in caso di reati commessi all'estero da parte di cittadini italiani o stranieri. Il libro si concentra sull'applicazione delle leggi penali italiane in casi di reati commessi ...

Freedom in This Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's Writing, 1979 to the Present

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Report copyright infringementby E. Lynn Harris (Editor)Freedom in This Village charts for the first time ever the innovative course of black gay male literature of the past 25 years. Starting in 1979 with the publication of James Baldwin's final novel, Just Above My Head, then on to the radical writings of the 1980s, the breakthrough successes of the 1990s, and up to today's new works, editor E. Lynn Harris collects 47 sensational stories, poems, novel excerpts, and essays. Authors featured i...

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Report copyright infringementby F. M. Dostoevsky (Author), G. Humphreys (Volume Editor)This indispensable text can justly be regarded as the forerunner to the great flowering of Dostoevsky's novels which was to follow. The first part of this unusual work is often treated as a philosophical text in its own right, the second part illustrates the theory of the first by means of its own fictional practice. At the same time the reader is introduced to the phenomenon of the 'Underground Man' one of...

The King Family Of Suffield, Connecticut: Its English Ancestry, 1389-1662, And American Descendants, 1662-1908 (1908)

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Report copyright infringementby Cameron Haight King (Author)The book titled ""The King Family Of Suffield, Connecticut: Its English Ancestry, 1389-1662, And American Descendants, 1662-1908"" was written by Cameron Haight King and published in 1908. The book is a comprehensive account of the King family's history, tracing their roots back to England in the late 14th century and following their American descendants up until the early 20th century.The book begins by detailing the English ancestr...

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Report copyright infringementby Jerry Norman (Author)This general introduction to the study of Chinese traces the language's history from its beginnings in the second millennium B.C. to the present, and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese, in its numerous dialects, has more speakers than any other language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an exceptional complexity. Nevertheless, Norman'...

Proclus the Successor on Poetics and the Homeric Poems: Essays 5 and 6 of His Commentary on the Republic of Plato

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Lamberton (Author)Proclus's Commentary on the Republic of Plato contains in its fifth and sixth essays the only systematic analysis of the workings of the allegorical text to reach us from polytheist. In the context of defending Homer against the criticisms leveled by Socrates in the Republic, Proclus, a late-antique polytheist thinker, provides not only a rich selection of interpretive material, but also an analysis of Homer's polysemous text whose infl...

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Report copyright infringementby I. R. MacPherson (Translator), J. Minett (Author), John E. Lyon (Author)One of Lorca's best known plays tells the story of a young peasant wife in rural Spain whose sole conscious desire is to embody what she regards as the natural, moral and social laws governing her life as a woman in motherhood. The tragedy of Yerma, which literally means 'barren', in this powerful and emotive drama, is that she remains childless and so is denied the dignity and the emotiona...

Myth and Its Making in the French Theatre: Studies Presented to W. D. Howarth

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Report copyright infringementby E. Freeman (Editor), H. Mason (Editor), M. O'Regan (Editor)The authors of the fifteen essays that make up this volume were invited to interpret 'Myth and its Making' in the widest possible sense. They were encouraged to re-examine not only the time-honoured ancient themes exploited in the French theatre from the Renaissance onwards, but other literary, historical or legendary subjects that have undergone a similar process of mythic enhancement and stylisation. ...

Deciphering Shakespeare's Plays: A Practical Guide to the Twenty Best-Known and Enduring Works

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Report copyright infringementby Cynthia Anne Greenwood (Author)Deciphering Shakespeare's Plays: A Practical Guide to the 20 Best-Known and Enduring Works brings William Shakespeare's 400-year-old dramas alive in a new introduction for students, playgoers, and general readers. This guide doesn't just dissect great soliloquies on the page--it illuminates the essence and experience of the Shakespearean spoken word.This practical guide brings you closer to the heady, behind-the-scenes world of fr...

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by Patti Smith (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Riveting, elegant, humorous--this "picaresque voyage through Patti Smith's dreams and life, blending fiction and reality, conjured characters and actual ones" (The New York Times) is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times. Illustrated by Smith's signature Polaroids. Following a run of new year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a ...

Playing Joan: Actresses on the Challenge of Shaw's Saint Joan - Paperback

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by Holly Hill (Author)Includes: Jane Alexander, Eileen Atkins, Elisabeth Bergner, Marjorie Brewer, Zoe Caldwell, Ann Casson, Constance Cummings, Judi Dench, Joyce Ebert, Pat Galloway, Ellen Geer, Lee Grant, Uta Hagen, Wendy Hiller, Frances Hyland, Barbara Jefford, Laurie Kennedy, Roberta Maxwell, Siobhan McKenna, Nora McLellan, Sarah Miles, Sian Phillips, Angela Pleasence, Joan Plowright, Lynn Redgrave and Janet Suzman. Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.8 x 9 x 5.4 IN Publication Date: Janua...

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by Vladimir Nabokov (Author)Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude," an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers, an executioner who masquerades as a fellow prisoner, and by his in-laws, who lug their furniture with them ...

Japan Through Children's Literature: An Annotated Bibliography; Enlarged

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Report copyright infringementby Yasuko Makino (Author)Japan Through Children's Literature should prove a useful bibliography in public and school libraries for collection building and reader's guidance. Reference Books Bulletin The book is a marvelous resource for teachers who teach Japan to children and young adults. The ALAN Review This bibliography of children's books on Japan is designed to help young Americans acquire a more accurate image and understanding of Japanese culture. The anno...

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Report copyright infringementby Neil Cornwell (Author)Vladimir Nabokov's extraordinary literary career, as a master of Russian and English prose, is unique. Acclaimed in the limited Russian émigré world, under the name of Sirin, Nabokov switched to writing in English and settled in America, a refugee from Hitler's Europe. Exile, memory, lost love and the magic of childhood are among his themes; stylistic and structural dexterity are his hallmarks; Lolita (ranked number 4 in the 1998 New York ...

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Report copyright infringementby Theodora Bosanquet (Author)"Henry James at Work," by Theodora Bosanquet, offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind and method of one of America's most celebrated authors. This volume, meticulously prepared for a new print edition, provides a unique perspective on Henry James's creative process. Bosanquet, intimately familiar with James's work, sheds light on his approach to both English and American literature. Readers interested in literary criticism and the ...

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths - Paperback

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by Natalie Haynes (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!"--Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women at the heart of classical stories Greek mythology from Helen of Troy to Pandora and the Amazons to Medea.The tellers of Greek myths--hist...

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Hussey (Editor)Woolf Studies Annual is a refereed journal publishing substantial new scholarship on the work of this major writer and her milieu. Each volume includes several articles, reviews of new books, and an up-to-date guide to library special collections of interest to researchers. The Annual also occasionally features edited transcriptions of previously unpublished manuscripts. Number of Pages: 336 Dimensions: 0.82 x 9.08 ...

Deep Ends: A Ballardian Anthology 2018 - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Rick McGrath (Editor)Deep Ends: A Ballardian Anthology features 15 contributions from artists influenced by or inspired by J.G. Ballard. This large format, full color book features five short stories by established writers Paul Di Filippo, Lawrence Russell, James Reich, Maxim Jakubowski, and Paul Green; paintings by Del Baldo; photographs by Ana Barrado, Rick McInnis and Sam Scoggins; travelogues by Geoff Nicholson, Mike Holliday and Stephen Andrews; computer-g...

Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry

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Report copyright infringementby David Streitfeld (Author)By his longtime friend and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the definitive biography of Larry McMurtry, the legendary author and screenwriter of Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, and Brokeback Mountain, who transformed our vision of the West.Before Larry McMurtry became one of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century, he worked on his family's ranch in rural Texas. At night he heard vivid stories of his cowboy uncle...

Di'bil B. 'Ali: The Life and Writings of an Early 'Abbasid Poet

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Report copyright infringementby Leon Zolondek (Author)Dibil b. 'A1 (765-860) was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the best satirists in the school of Arabic poets which flourished during the early 'Abbasid age. Mr. Zolondek has collected, translated, and annotated 229 fragments of Dibil's verse and has assembled materials for a reconstruction of his long-lost yet widely quoted Book of the Poets. Arabic texts of the poems and of the citations of Book of the Poets are included.Author Bi...

The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared

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Report copyright infringementby Alice Ozma (Author)When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. On the hundreth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of their storytelling ritual. So they decided to continue what they called "The Streak." Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until the day she left for college. Alice approaches her ...

Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews 1958-1996 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Allen Ginsberg (Author)From his conversation with the conservative William F. Buckley on PBS to his testimony at the Chicago Seven trial to his passionate riffs on Cezanne, Blake, Whitman, and Pound, the interviews collected in Spontaneous Mind, chronologically arranged and in some cases previously unpublished, were conducted throughout Allen Ginsberg's long career. From the late 1950s to the mid-1990s, Ginsberg speaks frankly about his life, his work, and majo...

The Prose Edda: A Comprehensive Guide to the Masterpiece of Norse Mythology - Paperback

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by Erik Hansen (Author)Unravel the mysteries of the Viking Age with THE PROSE EDDA: VIKING LORE UNVEILED, an essential compendium that dives deep into the world of Norse mythology, ancient heroes, and the captivating tales of gods and giants!Are you drawn to the lore of Odin, Thor, Loki, and the pantheon of Norse gods? Do you seek to comprehend the symbolic richness and cultural significance of the Prose Edda? Your adventure begins here!THE PROSE EDDA: VIKING LORE UNVEILED brings you: ✅ A thr...

Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays - Paperback

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by Nicole Graev Lipson (Author)"Sensitive, searingly intelligent, and beautifully written." --Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma "This is--for real--a masterwork, one I will return to over and over." --Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year In this intimate and riveting memoir, Best American Essayist Nicole Graev Lipson breaks through the ready-made stories of womanhood, rescuing truth from the fiction that infiltrates our lives. What does it take to escape the plotlines ...

The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) - Paperback

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by Homer (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Translator)One of the New Yorker's Favorite Books from 2011--from the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization's foundational epic: the Iliad.One of The New Yorker's Favorite Books of 2 011 Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer's story is thrilling, and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or written....

Twenty-Nine Goodbyes: An Introduction to Chinese Poetry - Hardcover

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by Timothy Billings (Author)A primer for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese, this book introduces readers to the fundamentals of classical Chinese poetry through twenty-nine ways of understanding a single poem. "Seeing Off a Friend," by the great Tang poet Li Bai (701-762) has long been praised for its vividness, subtlety, and poignancy. Anthologizing twenty-nine translations of the poem, Timothy Billings not only introduces the poem's richness and depth but also the nuanced art of t...

Edward Fitzgerald's Rubâ'iyât Of Omar Khayyâm

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Report copyright infringementby Omar Khayyam (Author), Edward Fitzgerald (Author)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 the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, t...

Nineteenth-Century Black Women's Literary Emergence; Evolutionary Spirituality, Sexuality, and Identity- An Anthology

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Report copyright infringementby Sallyann H. Ferguson (Editor)Since her forced migration to the United States, the African American woman has consciously developed a literary tradition based on fundamental evolutionary principles of mind and body. She has consistently resisted attempts by patriarchs and matriarchs alike to romanticize and redefine that biologically-based literary heritage. This volume of ten classic texts, including such nineteenth-century writers as Jarena Lee, Harriet Jacobs...

A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume 1: Introduction and Indices

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Tanfield (Author)With this three-volume companion, students can access the literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible yet authoritative introduction and line-by-line commentary. Written by a teacher who has taught the Aeneid in both English and Latin for more than twenty years, this guide unpicks Virgil's literary techniques, structures and historical resonances. Volume 1 gives you a broad introduction to the...

A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume 3: Books 7-12

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A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume 2: Books 1-6

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Abelardo Ed Eloisa Secondo La Tradizione Popolare (1879)

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Report copyright infringementby Francesco Sabatini (Author)Il libro ""Abelardo ed Eloisa secondo la tradizione popolare"" �� stato scritto da Sabatini, Francesco nel 1879. Questo libro racconta la storia d'amore tra Abelardo ed Eloisa, due personaggi storici del XII secolo. La narrazione segue la tradizione popolare, che ha creato una leggenda intorno alla loro relazione amorosa. Il libro descrive la vita di Abelardo, un filosofo e teologo francese, e di Eloisa, una giovane donna colta e i...