Jack Roberts's detective novel is set in Szeged, in the South of Hungary in 2000 and it represents the symbiosis of political and personal life in post-Communist Hungary in a university context. When the retired professor of history dies, the question of motive is this: was the crime committed because of political or personal reasons, and the reconstruction of the crime follows up both agendas in minute detail. The text relies on the framework of the hard-boiled detective novel to expose a difficult moral dilemma of manipulation and being manipulated through tightly composed psychological close-ups worthy of a Modernist novel. This mix of features results in a very much regional but at the same time philosophical novel.

Also Includes Alexander Hamilton And The Reform Of The League; A Demilitarized League Of Nations; Collective Public Opinion; International Monetary Agreement; And World Economic Progress. Preface By Nicholas Murray Butler.

Title: Robert Burns in Other Tongues. A critical review of the translations of the songs & poems of Robert Burns. With selections from various translations, and portraits.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Jacks, William; Burns, Robert; 1896. xviii. 560 p.; 8 . 11612.d.24.

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Sheela-na-Gigs are carvings of female images depicted as naked and posing in a manner which accentuates the most powerfully evocative symbol of the vulva. They were erected on many churches of the medieval period and invariably in a prominent position such as over the main entrance door or a window. In Ireland where the practice continued into the later middle ages, they are found on castles and some other important structures. The sheela-na-gigs are primarily sacred religious symbols but some historians have been reluctant to treat them seriously. This book has been produced in the hope that we may once again be able to look at, accept and fully appreciate sheela-na-gigs and thereby begin to feel respect for these once esteemed aspects of our heritage. The text is written from a non-academic perspective and so aims to be accessible to the general reader. The catalogue section of the book is a very comprehensive aplphabetical listed reference to all known sheela-na-gigs in Ireland and Britain. There are over 144 figures, over a hundred in Ireland and 40 in Britain and each entry includes a description, details of the location, and a drawing.

This is the first scholarly edition of Browning's greatest collection of short poems, Men & Women. A comprehensive introduction shows how new research has unearthed material which throws fresh light on the composition and dates of such famous pieces as `Fra Lippo Lippi', `Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came', and `One Word More: To E.B.B.'. This edition uses a critical text based on that of Browning's final collection, and has detailed introductions to the individual poems. It is the fifth volume in the highly praised Poetical Works of Robert Browning.