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In the Wake of First Contact

Eliza Fraser was an English woman shipwrecked on the Australian coast in 1836, where she lived with an Aboriginal community until her rescue. The story of a 'civilised' white female being taken captiv...

Syria Speaks

In Syria, culture has become the critical line of defence against tyranny. Villagers have joined the cultural frontline alongside urban intellectuals, artists, writers and filmmakers and to create ar...

Against Everything

Against Everything is a thought-provoking study and essential guide to the vicissitudes of everyday life under twenty-first-century capitalism. Mark Greif is one of the most exciting writers of his ge...

Twilight in Delhi

Een fantastische prestatie van Ard Posthuma: de gedichten worden door de prachtige vertaling, door de tweetalige presentatie en door de toegevoegde commentaar niet alleen toegankelijk voor wie ze niet...

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) zählt neben Homer, Dante, Shakespeare und Goethe zu den fünf Großen der europäischen Literatur. Mit seinem Don Quijote hat er den modernen Roman erfunden und eine der h...

A History of Chinese Literature

In Praise of Ambiguity

"In Praise of Ambiguity" presents a discourse about the seriousness of play. Erasmus and Huizinga are its main characters, their books In Praise of Folly (1511) and Homo Ludens (1938) its main subject...

Multicultural Children's Literature

Multicultural Children's Literature: A Critical Issues Approach is designed to prepare primary and secondary preservice and inservice teachers to address the social, cultural, and critical issues of o...

Insight Guides Switzerland (Travel Guide with Free eBook)

Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey. An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook. From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all yo...

Affective Methodologies

The collection proposes inventive research strategies for the study of the affective and fluctuating dimensions of cultural life. It presents studies of nightclubs, YouTube memes, political provocatio...

Are We All Scientific Experts Now?

To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have...

Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can

Miranda whips up over 100 very delicious cakes, traybakes and cupcakes proving how quick and easy baking can be. This is the perfect book for beginner bakers. Miranda's tried-and-tested recipes are...