Author : I. Kamps
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 134962263X
These essays examine European travel writing from 1500 to 1800, with an emphasis on travel to the East Indies, Africa, and the Levant. By focusing on voyages to the East, the essays allow the voices of marginalised travellers to speak.
Author : T. R. McClanahan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2000-10-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0195352173
Coral reefs are among Earth's most diverse, productive, and beautiful ecosystems, but until recently, their ecology and the means to manage them have been poorly understood and documented. In response to the inadequate information base for coral reefs, this book reviews the ecological and conservation status of coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean, bringing together presentations of the region's leading scientists and managers working on coral reefs. Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation starts with a general overview of the biogeography of the region and a historical account of attempts to conserve this ecosystem. It goes on to describe the state of the reefs in each of the countries with coral reefs, and it concludes with a series of management case studies. The book also summarizes most of the existing ecological information on reefs in this region and efforts at management, making it useful for students, teachers, and investigators interested in tropical or marine ecology, conservation biology and management, and environmental sciences.
Author : M. Eagleton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0230502210
If the author is 'dead', if feminism is 'post-', why does the figure of the woman author keep appearing as a central character in contemporary fiction? She is concerned with ownership but, equally, with loss; determined to enter the cultural field but also rejecting that field; looking for control but subject to duplicity; seeking power alongside desire. Drawing on a diverse range of contemporary authors - including Atwood, Byatt, Brookner, Coetzee, Lurie, LeGuin, Michèle Roberts, Shields, Spark, Weldon, Walker - this study explores the complexity and continuing fascination of this figure.
Author : Edgcumbe Staley
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 1912
Category : France
ISBN :
Om René I (1409-1480), titulær konge af Neapel, hertug af Lorraine, konge af Sicilien, Katalonien m.v.
Author : Dawn Ibach
Publisher : Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,66 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781594720604
Author : Hanna Järvinen
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137407726
Tracing the historical figure of Vaslav Nijinsky in contemporary documents and later reminiscences, Dancing Genius opens up questions about authorship in dance, about critical evaluation of performance practice, and the manner in which past events are turned into history.
Author : Thomas Keightley
Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,61 MB
Release : 1834
Category : Folk literature
ISBN :
Author : Sonya Hartnett
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0763688614
"A one-of-a-kind love story...Those who enjoy fables or magical realism will be spellbound by this redemptive story of a search for love, love lost and love (of a sort) found again...exquisite prose." – Publishers Weekly Maddy, an old lady now, arrives home one day to find a peculiar boy waiting for her. Over tea, she tells him the story of her life long ago, when she wished for her days to be as romantic and mysterious as a fairy tale. It was then that she fell painfully in love with a free spirit named Feather, who put aside his wild ways to live with her in a little cottage, conceived with her a child never to be born, and disappeared -- leaving an inconsolable Maddy to follow after him on a fantastical journey across the sea. In a beautifully crafted tale Sonya Hartnett masterfully explores the mysteries of the heart, the sustaining power of memory, and the ultimate consolation that comes to souls who live fully and fearlessly.
Author : Tim Lucas
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Read What You've Been Missing! This profusely illustrated video consumer guide is a must for all fans & collectors of Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy films on tape & disc. A companion to the popular VIDEO WATCHDOG Magazine, THE VIDEO WATCHDOG BOOK contains witty & informative descriptions of 100s of titles, including out-of-print rarities, alternate versions, foreign language & import releases, continuity errors... even detailed descriptions of missing (& censored) scenes! Written by video authority Tim Lucas, whose work has appeared in numerous books & magazines in the United States & Europe. Also includes an indispensible list of more than 650 retitled videos, a book index, plus a complete index to the first 12 issues of VIDEO WATCHDOG Magazine! Features a Foreword by cult Director Joe Dante (GREMLINS, THE HOWLING), a striking full-color cover by Stephen R. Bissette (SWAMP THING), & spot illustrations by Brian Thomas (TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES). Here's what the experts say about VIDEO WATCHDOG: "Fascinating... the best effort of its kind I've seen!"--Vincent Price. "A thorough, accurate, & knowledgeable source that's as good as anything I've read!"--Christopher Lee. "Intriguing, thought-provoking, & marvelously obsessive!--USA TODAY.
Author : Edmund Clarence Stedman
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Europe
ISBN :
