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IRON BLOOD--300 Years of the Dmitri Kantemir Dynasty - Updated and Revised (Paperback, Updated and Expanded ed.): Princess... IRON BLOOD--300 Years of the Dmitri Kantemir Dynasty - Updated and Revised (Paperback, Updated and Expanded ed.)
Princess Eleonora Borisovna Kantemir
R621 R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Save R79 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
British Enlightenment Theatre - Dramatizing Difference (Hardcover): Bridget Orr British Enlightenment Theatre - Dramatizing Difference (Hardcover)
Bridget Orr
R2,658 R2,465 Discovery Miles 24 650 Save R193 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this ground-breaking work, Bridget Orr shows that popular eighteenth-century theatre was about much more than fashion, manners and party politics. Using the theatre as a means of circulating and publicizing radical Enlightenment ideas, many plays made passionate arguments for religious and cultural toleration, and voiced protests against imperial invasion and forced conversion of indigenous peoples by colonial Europeans. Irish and labouring-class dramatists wrote plays, often set in the countryside, attacking social and political hierarchy in Britain itself. Another crucial but as yet unexplored aspect of early eighteenth-century theatre is its connection to freemasonry. Freemasons were pervasive as actors, managers, prompters, scene-painters, dancers and musicians, with their own lodges, benefit performances and particular audiences. In addition to promoting the Enlightened agenda of toleration and cosmopolitanism, freemason dramatists invented the new genre of domestic tragedy, a genre that criticized the effects of commercial and colonial capitalism.

Kazi Nazrul Islam's Journalism - A Critique (Hardcover): Arka Deb Kazi Nazrul Islam's Journalism - A Critique (Hardcover)
Arka Deb
R2,755 Discovery Miles 27 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Negotiating Culture - Writings from Mizoram (Hardcover): Margaret L. Pachuau Negotiating Culture - Writings from Mizoram (Hardcover)
Margaret L. Pachuau
R2,761 Discovery Miles 27 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Long Valley (Paperback, Reissue): John H. Timmerman The Long Valley (Paperback, Reissue)
John H. Timmerman; John Steinbeck
R430 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Save R77 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 1938, this collection of stories set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley includes the O. Henry Prize-winning story "The Murder," as well as one of Steinbeck's most famous short works, "The Snake."

Romanticism, Rousseau, Switzerland - New Prospects (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015): A. Esterhammer, D. Piccitto, P. Vincent Romanticism, Rousseau, Switzerland - New Prospects (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015)
A. Esterhammer, D. Piccitto, P. Vincent
R1,520 Discovery Miles 15 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection brings together current research on topics that are perennially important to Romantic studies: the life and work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the landscape and history of his native Switzerland.

All Other Nights - A Novel (Paperback): Dara Horn All Other Nights - A Novel (Paperback)
Dara Horn
R480 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How is tonight different from all other nights? For Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, it is a question his commanders have already answered for him-on Passover, 1862, he is ordered to murder his own uncle in New Orleans, who is plotting to assassinate President Lincoln. After this harrowing mission, Jacob is recruited to pursue another enemy agent, the daughter of a Virginia family friend. But this time, his assignment isn't to murder the spy, but to marry her. Their marriage, with its riveting and horrifying consequences, reveals the deep divisions that still haunt American life today. Based on real personalities such as Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy's Jewish secretary of state and spymaster, and on historical facts and events ranging from an African American spy network to the dramatic self-destruction of the city of Richmond, All Other Nights is a gripping and suspenseful story of men and women driven to the extreme limits of loyalty and betrayal. It is also a brilliant parable of the rift in America that lingers a century and a half later: between those who value family and tradition first, and those dedicated, at any cost, to social and racial justice for all. In this eagerly awaited third novel, award-winning author Dara Horn brings us page-turning storytelling at its best. Layered with meaning, All Other Nights reinvents the most American of subjects with originality and insight.

England og Grundtvig - Grundtvigs mode med England og dets betydning for hans forfatterskab (Paperback): Helge Grell England og Grundtvig - Grundtvigs mode med England og dets betydning for hans forfatterskab (Paperback)
Helge Grell
R189 Discovery Miles 1 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Text in Danish.

Wuthering Heights (Paperback, Reissue): Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights (Paperback, Reissue)
Emily Bronte
R147 R127 Discovery Miles 1 270 Save R20 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"My greatest thought in living is  Heathcliff. If all else perished, and he remained, I should  still continue to be... Nelly, I am  Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as  a pleasure... but as my own being."  Wuthering Heights is the only novel of  Emily Bronte, who died a year after its  publication, at the age of thirty. A brooding Yorkshire tale  of a love that is stronger than death, it is also  a fierce vision of metaphysical passion, in which  heaven and hell, nature and society, are  powerfully juxtaposed. Unique, mystical, with a timeless  appeal, it has become a classic of English  literature.

The Communist Manifesto (Paperback): Karl Marx The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
Karl Marx
R148 R120 Discovery Miles 1 200 Save R28 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism." So begins one of history's most important documents, a work of such magnitude that it has forever changed not only the scope of world politics, but indeed the course of human civilization. The Communist Manifesto was written in Friedrich Engels's clear, striking prose and declared the earth-shaking ideas of Karl Marx. Upon publication in 1848, it quickly became the credo of the poor and oppressed who longed for a society "in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."
The Communist Manifesto contains the seeds of Marx's more comprehensive philosophy, which continues to inspire influential economic, political, social, and literary theories. But the Manifesto is most valuable as an historical document, one that led to the greatest political upheaveals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and to the establishment of the Communist governments that until recently ruled half the globe.
This Bantam Classic edition of The Communist Manifesto includes Marx and Engels's historic 1872 and 1882 prefaces, and Engels's notes and prefaces to the 1883 and 1888 editions.

The Literary Heritage - A New Anthology of Prose and Short Story (Paperback): Hari Mohan Prasad The Literary Heritage - A New Anthology of Prose and Short Story (Paperback)
Hari Mohan Prasad
R80 Discovery Miles 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Mansfield Park (Paperback): Jane Austen Mansfield Park (Paperback)
Jane Austen
R299 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Culture - A new world history (Paperback): Martin Puchner Culture - A new world history (Paperback)
Martin Puchner
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different peoples has driven artistic innovation in every era - whilst cultural policing and purism have more often undermined the very societies they tried to protect. Travelling through Classical Greece, Ashoka's India, Tang dynasty China, and many other epochs, this triumphal new history reveals the crossing points which have not only inspired the humanities, but which have made us human.

The Pastures Of Heaven (Paperback, Revised): James Nagel The Pastures Of Heaven (Paperback, Revised)
James Nagel; John Steinbeck
R428 R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Save R78 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Each of these delightful interconnected tales is devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all.

Steinbeck tackles two important literary traditions here; American naturalism, with its focus on the conflict between natural instincts and the demand to conform to society's norms, and the short story cycle.

Set in the heart of 'Steinbeck land', the lush Californian valleys.

We Live in Water - Stories (Paperback): Jess Walter We Live in Water - Stories (Paperback)
Jess Walter
R305 R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Save R59 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tragedy (Hardcover): Arif Khan Tragedy (Hardcover)
Arif Khan
R1,503 Discovery Miles 15 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
T.S. Eliot (Hardcover): A. M. Begulia T.S. Eliot (Hardcover)
A. M. Begulia
R1,263 Discovery Miles 12 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Literary Essays (Hardcover): Arif Khan Literary Essays (Hardcover)
Arif Khan
R1,087 Discovery Miles 10 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Communicative English (Hardcover): A.A. Khan, Ali Faraz Communicative English (Hardcover)
A.A. Khan, Ali Faraz
R1,277 Discovery Miles 12 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Sin is a Puppy - That Follows You Home (Paperback): Balaraba Ramat Yakubu Sin is a Puppy - That Follows You Home (Paperback)
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu; Translated by Kamal Aliyu
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Fiction. African & African American Studies. Translated from the Hausa by Aliyu Kamal. Beginning in the late 1980s, northern Nigeria saw a boom in popular fiction written in the Hausa language. Known as littattafan soyyaya ("love literature"), the books are often inspired by Hindi films, which have been hugely popular among Hausa speakers for decades and are primarily written by women. They have sparked a craze among young adult readers as well as a backlash from government censors and book-burning conservatives. SIN IS A PUPPY THAT FOLLOWS YOU HOME is an Islamic soap opera complete with polygamous households, virtuous women, scheming harlots, and black magic.

Fables in the Indian Narrative Tradition (Hardcover): Dhananjaya Singh Fables in the Indian Narrative Tradition (Hardcover)
Dhananjaya Singh
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Imitating the habits, chores, beliefs of the Indian culture, it is the dominant form in texts like the Pancatantra, the Jatakas, and the Hitopadesha. It is included at different places in the long narratives of the Mahabharata and the Yogavasishtha, and is disseminated in the form of the various folktales of India. This volume explores the unique tradition of Indian fables to present a theoretical understanding and critical analysis of the various aspects of the Indian fable. The work studies the Indian fables spread across various compositions in the context of the dominant discourses of the narratives, their form and structure and their continuing relevance. It develops an overall understanding of the Indian fables, their philosophy, mutual relationships, proliferation and textual scholarship. It also establishes the chronological development of the fables, right from the earliest utterances found in the Vedas to the epics, the PaA catantra and Buddhist texts. It emphasises the significance of the Indian fable as a discourse, often the narrative becoming subservient to the fable's discursive function. This interesting study will prove useful to scholars and students of Indology, particularly those concerned with Indian culture and literary tradition, as well as general readers interested in fables and stories of the Indian tradition.

Studies in Literature and History (Hardcover): A. C. Lyell Studies in Literature and History (Hardcover)
A. C. Lyell
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Lord Macaulays - Selected Essays and Writing (Hardcover): G.O. Trevelyan Lord Macaulays - Selected Essays and Writing (Hardcover)
G.O. Trevelyan
R1,036 Discovery Miles 10 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Do Not Stand So Close to Me (Hardcover): Shomshuklla Das Do Not Stand So Close to Me (Hardcover)
Shomshuklla Das
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Somshuklla has a pure and undefeated poetic heart. Her poems resonate with this quality. Her poems are not constrained due to any so called perspective. As a river flows its own course. Somshuklla's creativity, particularly her language, is spontaneous and original. The most interesting thing about her which touches the readers' mind is her poetic eye---how she observes and interprets her world! What Somshuklla sees in the myriad moments of daily existence, she literally transcreates those visuals. As a reader when we read her poems, she coaxes us to share her journey into her world. We identify ourselves with the contours she etches through her deft interplay of words, and simultaneously we feel that she has compelled

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Paperback): Leo Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Paperback)
Leo Tolstoy 1
R173 R141 Discovery Miles 1 410 Save R32 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
This short novel was the artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction. A thoroughly absorbing and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.

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