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You Are Here (Paperback): David Nicholls You Are Here (Paperback)
David Nicholls
R442 R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Save R37 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way

Marnie is stuck.
Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.

Michael is coming undone.
Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.

When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.

But can they survive the journey?

A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.

The Functions of Criticism - A Lecture Delivered Before the University on February 22, 1909 (Paperback): Smith David Nichol... The Functions of Criticism - A Lecture Delivered Before the University on February 22, 1909 (Paperback)
Smith David Nichol 1875-1962
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare (Paperback): Smith David Nichol 1875-1962 Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare (Paperback)
Smith David Nichol 1875-1962
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson (Hardcover): William Prideaux Courtney, David Nichol Smith A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson (Hardcover)
William Prideaux Courtney, David Nichol Smith
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Tale of a tub to Which is Added The Battle of the Books, and the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit: Jonathan Swift, David... A Tale of a tub to Which is Added The Battle of the Books, and the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit
Jonathan Swift, David Nichol Smith, Adolph Charles Louis Guthkelch
R1,016 Discovery Miles 10 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Day (Paperback): David Nicholls One Day (Paperback)
David Nicholls 1
R305 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R33 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Now a major Netflix TV series.

Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY.

15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.

So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?

And every year that follows?

Us - As featured on BBCTV Between the Covers with Sara Cox (Paperback): David Nicholls Us - As featured on BBCTV Between the Covers with Sara Cox (Paperback)
David Nicholls 1
R318 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA STARRING TOM HOLLANDER AND SASKIA REEVES David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself' now that their son is leaving home. He just thought they'd be doing their rediscovering together. So when Connie announces that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family holiday into the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie fall in love with him all over again. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?

Napoleon - A Biographical Companion (Hardcover, Annotated edition): David Nicholls Napoleon - A Biographical Companion (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
David Nicholls
R2,027 R1,753 Discovery Miles 17 530 Save R274 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Describes the life, achievements, rise to power, and influences of the military leader who crowned himself Emperor of the French and established dominance over Europe.

Sweet Sorrow - The Long-Awaited New Novel from the Best-Selling Author of One Day (Paperback): David Nicholls Sweet Sorrow - The Long-Awaited New Novel from the Best-Selling Author of One Day (Paperback)
David Nicholls
R440 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Community Green - Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition: David Nichols, Robert Freestone Community Green - Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition
David Nichols, Robert Freestone
R1,276 Discovery Miles 12 760 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments, originating from the development of urban planning as a profession and the proliferation of the garden suburb. Community Green uniquely connects the past, present and future of planning for small open spaces around the narrative of internal reserves. The distinctive planned spaces are typically enclosed on every side, hidden within residential blocks, serving as local pocket parks and reflecting the evolving values of community life from the garden city movement to contemporary new urbanism. This book resuscitates the enclosed, almost secretive reserve from history as a distinctive form of local open space whose problems and potentialities are relevant to many other green community spaces. In so doing, it opens up even wider connections between localism and globalism, the past and the future, and for connecting community initiatives to broader global challenges of cohesion, health, food, and climate change. This fully illustrated book charts the outcomes and implications of this evolution across several continents, injecting human stories of civic initiatives, struggles and triumphs along the way. Community Green will be of interest to a wide readership interested in studying, managing and improving the quality of all small open spaces in the urban landscape.

The Lost Prime Minister (Hardcover): David Nicholls The Lost Prime Minister (Hardcover)
David Nicholls
R3,879 R3,481 Discovery Miles 34 810 Save R398 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Sir Charles Dilke's claim to a leading place in the pantheon of Victorian radicalism, with Cobden, Bright and Chamberlain, has been overshadowed by the sensational divorce case in 1886 that ruined his career. Yet his political abilities were great and his career a most remarkable one. He was regarded by many of his contemporaries as a likely successor to Gladstone and a probable future Prime Minister. It can be argued that his political eclipse was a crucial contributing factor to the Liberal Party's failure to provide a viable alternative to the rise of the Labour Party.
This is the first new biography of Dilke since Roy Jenkins' "Sir Charles Dilke: A Victorian Tragedy," published in 1958. David Nicholls has used substantial new material to provide what is likely to be the definitive work on Dilke, shedding new light on his character, personal life and political career, as well as on the famous divorce scandal. This highly readable book is both an account of a remarkable man and an important contribution to the understanding of Victorian politics.

Community Green - Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition: David Nichols, Robert Freestone Community Green - Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition
David Nichols, Robert Freestone
R4,489 Discovery Miles 44 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments, originating from the development of urban planning as a profession and the proliferation of the garden suburb. Community Green uniquely connects the past, present and future of planning for small open spaces around the narrative of internal reserves. The distinctive planned spaces are typically enclosed on every side, hidden within residential blocks, serving as local pocket parks and reflecting the evolving values of community life from the garden city movement to contemporary new urbanism. This book resuscitates the enclosed, almost secretive reserve from history as a distinctive form of local open space whose problems and potentialities are relevant to many other green community spaces. In so doing, it opens up even wider connections between localism and globalism, the past and the future, and for connecting community initiatives to broader global challenges of cohesion, health, food, and climate change. This fully illustrated book charts the outcomes and implications of this evolution across several continents, injecting human stories of civic initiatives, struggles and triumphs along the way. Community Green will be of interest to a wide readership interested in studying, managing and improving the quality of all small open spaces in the urban landscape.

Us (Paperback): David Nicholls Us (Paperback)
David Nicholls
R442 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced One Day in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. (Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. )

Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself' now that their son is leaving home. He just thought they'd be doing their rediscovering together. So when Connie announces that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family holiday into the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie fall in love with him all over again.

The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?

The Poems (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Samuel Johnson, Edited by David Nichol Smith and Edward L. McAdam. Revised by J. D.... The Poems (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Samuel Johnson, Edited by David Nichol Smith and Edward L. McAdam. Revised by J. D. Fleeman
R2,392 Discovery Miles 23 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A scholarly edition of the poems of Samuel Johnson. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

Instant Insights: Developing Forestry Products (Paperback): David Nicholls, J. W. 'Jerry' Van Sambeek, Jegatheswaran... Instant Insights: Developing Forestry Products (Paperback)
David Nicholls, J. W. 'Jerry' Van Sambeek, Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam, Tatjana Stevanovic, Michael A. Gold
R1,192 Discovery Miles 11 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on developing forestry products. The first chapter discusses trade-offs between timber products from plantation forests and the need to protect ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration. It reviews ways of innovating business practices, the use of solid wood, reconstituted products and woody biomass as products. The second chapter explores hardwood tree management within agroforestry systems for the production of veneer and high-quality sawlogs. It reviews how to optimise production in alley cropping, riparian buffers and silvopasture systems. The third chapter assesses the range of non-timber forest products from tropical forests. These include non-wood fiber resources, including bamboo, rattan and agricultural biomass. These can be used to replace traditional wood fibers in both building and non-structural applications. The fourth chapter focusses on new processes and applications of forestry products. It discusses cellulose pulp conversion into cellulosic nanomaterials, hydrolysis of hemicelluloses from wood to produce sugars for use in the food industry, as well as extraction of polyphenols from bark for nutraceuticals. The final chapter reviews alley cropping practices to produce overstory nut crops. It discusses genetic improvement of nut trees, orchard design and management as well as pest management in nut tree alley cropping.

New Musical Resources (Hardcover, New ed): Henry Cowell New Musical Resources (Hardcover, New ed)
Henry Cowell; Contributions by David Nicholls
R3,013 R2,541 Discovery Miles 25 410 Save R472 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since its original publication in 1930, Henry Cowell's New Musical Resources has become recognised as one of the few seminal technical studies to be written by a twentieth-century composer. In 1971, Virgil Thomson hailed it as 'a classic'. Cowell aimed to 'point out the influence the overtone series has exerted on music throughout its history, how many musical materials of all ages are related to it, and how ... a large palette of musical materials can be assembled'. In this respect Cowell was anticipating many of the ideas to be realized in electronic music by Stockhausen and others. For this 1996 edition, David Nicholls has provided an explanatory essay and annotations to Cowell's text. The essay traces the sources for the book and attempts to place Cowell's theories in the broader context of musical modernism.

Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities - Rethinking Australian Country Towns (Paperback): Catherine Driscoll, Kate... Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities - Rethinking Australian Country Towns (Paperback)
Catherine Driscoll, Kate Darian-Smith, David Nichols
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There has been a recent expansion of interest in cultural approaches to rural communities and to the economic and social situation of rurality more broadly. This interest has been particularly prominent in Australia in recent years, spurring the emergence of an interdisciplinary field called 'rural cultural studies'. This collection is framed by a large interdisciplinary research project that is part of that emergence, particularly focused on what the idea of 'cultural sustainability' might mean for understanding experiences of growth, decline, change and heritage in small Australian country towns. However, it extends beyond the initial parameters of that research, bringing together a range of senior and emerging Australian researchers who offer diverse approaches to rural culture. The essays collected here explore the diverse forms that rural cultural studies might take and how these intersect with other disciplinary approaches, offering a uniquely diverse but also careful account of life in country Australia. Yet, in its emphasis on the simultaneous specificity and cross-cultural recognisability of rural communities, this book also outlines a field of inquiry and a set of critical strategies that are more broadly applicable to thinking about the "rural" in the early twenty-first century. This book will be valuable reading for students and academics of Geography, History, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, introducing rural cultural studies as a new dynamic and integrative discipline.

Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities - Rethinking Australian Country Towns (Hardcover): Catherine Driscoll, Kate... Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities - Rethinking Australian Country Towns (Hardcover)
Catherine Driscoll, Kate Darian-Smith, David Nichols
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There has been a recent expansion of interest in cultural approaches to rural communities and to the economic and social situation of rurality more broadly. This interest has been particularly prominent in Australia in recent years, spurring the emergence of an interdisciplinary field called 'rural cultural studies'. This collection is framed by a large interdisciplinary research project that is part of that emergence, particularly focused on what the idea of 'cultural sustainability' might mean for understanding experiences of growth, decline, change and heritage in small Australian country towns. However, it extends beyond the initial parameters of that research, bringing together a range of senior and emerging Australian researchers who offer diverse approaches to rural culture. The essays collected here explore the diverse forms that rural cultural studies might take and how these intersect with other disciplinary approaches, offering a uniquely diverse but also careful account of life in country Australia. Yet, in its emphasis on the simultaneous specificity and cross-cultural recognisability of rural communities, this book also outlines a field of inquiry and a set of critical strategies that are more broadly applicable to thinking about the "rural" in the early twenty-first century. This book will be valuable reading for students and academics of Geography, History, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, introducing rural cultural studies as a new dynamic and integrative discipline.

God and Government in an 'Age of Reason' (Paperback): David Nicholls God and Government in an 'Age of Reason' (Paperback)
David Nicholls
R1,531 Discovery Miles 15 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this companion volume to Deity and Domination, David Nicholls broadens his examination of the relationship between religion and politics. Focusing on the images and concepts of God and the state predominant in eighteenth-century discourse, he shows how these were interrelated and reflect the language of the wider cultural contexts. Nicholls argues that the way a community pictures God will inevitably reflect (and also affect) its general understanding of authority, whether it be in state, in family or in other social institutions. Much language about God, for example, has a primarily political reference: in psalms, hymns and sermons God is called king, judge, lord, ruler and to him are ascribed might, majesty, dominion, power and sovereignty. But if political rhetoric is frequently incorporated into religious discourse, the reverse is also true: many key concepts of modern political theory are secularised theological concepts. In his consideration of this important and neglected relationship Nicholls sheds new light on religion and politics in the eighteenth century.

Adolf Hitler - A Biographical Companion (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): David Nicholls Adolf Hitler - A Biographical Companion (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
David Nicholls
R2,034 R1,921 Discovery Miles 19 210 Save R113 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This A–Z biographical sourcebook provides information about the life and times of Adolf Hitler, along with insight into the political movement and world conflict he created. The Hitler regime warns us of the destruction that ensues when a perverted ideology and a cult of leadership are combined with a polity where power is divorced from morality. This illustrated A–Z biographical companion provides easily accessible information about the key events in Hitler's life, his most important collaborators and opponents, his domestic and foreign policies, the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult, racial persecution and the Holocaust, and Hitler as a war leader. Adolf Hitler also includes an introduction, a chronology, maps, primary source documents, a general bibliography, and index.

The End(s) of Community - History, Sovereignty, and the Question of Law (Paperback): Joshua Ben David Nichols The End(s) of Community - History, Sovereignty, and the Question of Law (Paperback)
Joshua Ben David Nichols
R1,201 Discovery Miles 12 010 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book stems from an examination of how Western philosophy has accounted for the foundations of law. In this tradition, the character of the "sovereign" or "lawgiver" has provided the solution to this problem. But how does the sovereign acquire the right to found law? As soon as we ask this question we are immediately confronted with a convoluted combination of jurisprudence and theology.

The author begins by tracing a lengthy and deeply nuanced exchange between Derrida and Nancy on the question of community and fraternity and then moves on to engage with a diverse set of texts from the Marquis de Sade, Saint Augustine, Kant, Hegel, and Kafka. These texts--which range from the canonical to the apocryphal--all struggle in their own manner with the question of the foundations of law. Each offers a path to the law. If a reader accepts any path as it is and follows without question, the law is set and determined and the possibility of dialogue is closed. The aim of this book is to approach the foundations of law from a series of different angles so that we can begin to see that those foundations are always in question and open to the possibility of dialogue.

Whole World of Music - A Henry Cowell Symposium (Hardcover): David Nicholls Whole World of Music - A Henry Cowell Symposium (Hardcover)
David Nicholls
R4,502 Discovery Miles 45 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The author of "New Musical Resources", Henry Cowell's works include innovative single movement vocal or instrumental pieces, 20 symphonies, five string quartets, and 8 suites of various kinds. He was also innovative in his use of instruments from different cultures (jalatarang, dragonmouths, Japanese wind glasses, the shakuhachi flute) and in this book, Nicholls brings together a symposium of articles and reminiscences dealing exclusively with Cowell.

Whole World of Music - A Henry Cowell Symposium (Paperback): David Nicholls Whole World of Music - A Henry Cowell Symposium (Paperback)
David Nicholls
R1,752 Discovery Miles 17 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It is impossible to contain Henry Cowell within the boundaries of the consistencies of forms, styles, ensembles, and genres of Western art music. John Cage once described Cowell as the "open sesame for new music in America." Of the thousand or so works catalogued by William Lichtenwanger, the majority are formally innovative single movement vocal or instrumental pieces, although there are 20 symphonies, five string quartets, and 8 suites of various kinds. Cowell was also innovative in his use of instruments from different cultures (jalatarang, dragonmouths, Japanese wind glasses, the shakuhachi flute) and in this book, Lou Harrison writes of Cowell's "adventurous promotion of automobile junkyards for the finding of new sounds." In addition, Cowell was a tireless advocate of new music in the West, and Musics from other cultures worldwide, as a teacher, lecturer, publisher, and performer. He founded "New Music Quarterly" in 1927, wrote the influential book "Ne
In this major book of articles"

God and Government in an 'Age of Reason' (Hardcover, New): David Nicholls God and Government in an 'Age of Reason' (Hardcover, New)
David Nicholls
R5,052 Discovery Miles 50 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this companion volume to "Deity and Domination," David Nicholls broadens his examination of the relationship between religion and politics. Focusing on the images and concepts of God and the state used in the eighteenth century, he shows how these have been related to political rhetoric in particular cultural contexts. Nicholls argues that the way a community pictures God will inevitably reflect (and also affect) its general understanding of authority, whether it be in state, in family or in other social institutions. Much language about God, for example, has a primarily political reference. In psalms, hymns and sermons God is called king, judge, lord, ruler and to him are ascribed might, majesty, power and sovereignty. But if political rhetoric is frequently incorporated into religious discourse, the reverse is also true: many key concepts of modern political theory are secularized theological concepts. In his consideration of this relationship, Nicholls sheds new light on religion and politicsin the eighteenth century.

Deity and Domination - Images of God and the State in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Paperback, 1st Paperback Ed): David Nicholls Deity and Domination - Images of God and the State in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Paperback, 1st Paperback Ed)
David Nicholls
R1,299 Discovery Miles 12 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Religion and politics are necessarily related", declared Ronald Reagan, while addressing an ecumenical prayer breakfast of 17,000 people in Dallas. But how are they connected? Many popular images of God - King, Lord, and Judge - are essentially political, while concepts of might, majesty, dominion, and power are used of both God and the state. This work explores the relations between these images and their political context through the analogy between divine and civil government, and considers what images of God may legitimately be employed by Christians in the 20th century. David Nicholls suggests that religious conceptions have often affected political thinking - theological rhetoric, child of political experience, may also be mother of political change. Drawing upon politics, theology, history, sociology, anthropology, and literary criticism, this text should be of interest to all concerned with the relation between Christianity and politics.

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