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The Steppe and Other Stories

Chekhov, Anton

Oxford University Press / Trade Book / 2006 / 0192836986 / 9780192836984 / 272 Paperback/ 196x129

The first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal, `The Steppe', with its masterly account of a spectacular thunderstorm, signifies his maturation as a writer of short stories. While the majority of his tales focus on the privileged classes, this selection shows that Chekhov never forgot his origins as the son of a failed provincial grocer, and characters as varied as the brutal soldier in `Gusev', the downtrodden old constable in `On Official Business', and the bemused peasants in `New Villa' testify to the power and flexibility of his art.

Kaina: 35,92 Lt

The Peloponnesian War

Thucydides,

Oxford University Press / Trade Book / 2006 / 0192821911 / 9780192821911 / 784 Paperback/ 196x129

Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War combines brilliant narrative and penetrating analysis; his writing has had more lasting influence on western thought than all but Plato and Aristotle. This masterly new translation is the most comprehensive single-volume edition currently available.

Kaina: 39,91 Lt

Restoration Literature

Hammond, Paul

Oxford University Press / Trade Book / 2006 / 0192833316 / 9780192833310 / 480 Paperback/ 196x129

This anthology brings together a variety of literature from the period 1660 to 1700, illustrating politics and nation, theatre, town and country, love and friendship, and religion and philosophy. It includes Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel and Mac Flecknoe in their entirety and a substantial group of lyrics by Rochester, as well as work by diarists, satirists, dramatists, poets and autobiographers.

Flammable

Auyero, Javier; Swistun, Debora Alejandra

Oxford University Press / Academic Paperback / 2006 / 019537293X / 9780195372939 / 256 Paperback/ 234x156

In this collaborative ethnography, Javier Auyero and Débora Alejandra Swistun-who was born and raised in the dreadfully polluted shantytown in Buenos Aires from which the book takes its name-vividly describe everyday life in Flammable and depict how this ongoing, slow-motion environmental disaster is experienced and understood by its residents.

Kaina: 39,91 Lt

Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place

Lowry, Malcolm; Bradley, Nicholas

Oxford University Press / Academic Paperback / 2006 / 0195430069 / 9780195430066 / 328 Paperback/ 131x210

This collection of short stories reveals a world of crashing prose in which Lowry draws heavily from his turbulent life to forge a tale of both heaven and hell on earth. From the rich paradise of British Columbia and the echoing beauty of Italy, to the unrelieved suffering of Mexico, Lowry's stories are layered, interwoven tales that speak to an unrealized literary potential. Includes introduction, chronology, and notes, providing key insight into one of the underappreciated literary minds of the twentieth century.

Rebels Rising

Carp, Benjamin L.

Oxford University Press / Academic Paperback / 2006 / 0195378555 / 9780195378559 / 352 Paperback/ 234x156

A reassessment of the role of the colonial cities in the coming of the American Revolution.

Kaina: 43,90 Lt

Human Rights in a Post Human World: Critical Essays

Baxi, Upendra

Oxford University Press / Academic Paperback / 2006 / 0198061765 / 9780198061762 / 350 Paperback/ 215x140

This is the paperback version of the book, which the author describes as a sequel to The Future of Human Rights. It is an analysis of the state of human rights in a 'post human' and 'machinistic' world facing unprecedented security concerns, 'terrorist threats', and technoscience. It goes on to examine how the 'emancipatory potential' of human rights may be carried forward in theoretical work and through activism.

Hannibal's War

Livy,

Oxford University Press / Trade Book / 2006 / 0192831593 / 9780192831590 / 800 Paperback/ 196x129

Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. This new translation captures the brilliance of Livy's style, and is accompanied by a fascinating introduction and notes.

The Major Works

Browning, Robert

Oxford University Press / Trade Book / 2006 / 0192806262 / 9780192806260 / 864 Paperback/ 196x129

This comprehensive selection includes over eighty of Browning's shorter poems, amongst them his most famous and best-loved dramatic monologues, as well as the complete text of many of his longer poems. This edition also selects generously from the love letters between Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, as well as from Browning's more general correspondence.

A Dictionary of Education

Wallace, Susan

Oxford University Press / Trade & Student Reference / 2006 / 0199212074 / 9780199212071 / 352 Paperback/ 196x129

Education is of relevance to everyone, but it involves specialized terminology which may be unfamiliar or opaque. This new UK-focused dictionary - with 1,250 authoritative entries - provides clear and accessible definitions of the terms, organizations, qualifications, statutes, and much more, involved in education today.