Catalog Search Results

"A completely new collection of poetry with a celestial theme"--Publisher website.

No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction-from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography to fantasy, romance, and high literature. Each author...

After missing for twenty years, Tara Martin appears on her parents doorstep barely a day older than when she vanished.

Turning her back on what is considered conventional, Makhosazana Xaba engages with her subject-matter on a revolutionary level in Running and Other Stories. She takes tradition--be that literary tradition, cultural tradition, gender tradition--and re-imagines it in a way that is liberating and innovative. Bracketed by Xaba's revisitings of Can Themba's influential short story, The Suit, the ten stories in this collection, while strongly independent,...

Sherlock Holmes: A Secret History unveils a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the world of Sherlock Holmes, revealing lesser-known aspects of the legendary detective's life and career. Author John V. Hennessy offers readers a unique exploration of Holmes' private world, exploring the mysteries surrounding his persona, his early years, and the enigmatic facets of his character that were not fully explored in Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories. The...

The SWEL coaching model provides teacher leaders with the tools they need to develop customized professional development. This book is designed to facilitate the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) peer coaching model at any school that serves multilingual learners of English, whether they make up most of the student body or a smaller group within the school. By capitalizing on the expertise that is already in the building, schools can transform the...

The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a privileged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world - those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of The Children...

In graphic novel format looks at the childhood of English writer, Agatha Christie.

Discover how icons can become part of your own life of prayer. Encounter twelve of the world's most significant Orthodox icons with one of today's best-loved spiritual writers as your guide. "The Open Door provides an open window into a radically different approach to spiritual formation, one that is more ancient/Eastern than modern/Western, one that feels refreshingly new as well as seasoned, rich, and time-tested." -Brian McLaren, author of Everything...

For decades, James Joyce's modernism has overshadowed his Irishness, as his self-imposed exile and association with the high modernism of Europe's urban centers has led critics to see him almost exclusively as a cosmopolitan figure. In Joyce's Ghosts, Luke Gibbons mounts a powerful argument that this view is mistaken: Joyce's Irishness is intrinsic to his modernism, informing his most distinctive literary experiments. Ireland, Gibbons shows, is not...