887 results for '"V. A. Gubanov'

"Second volume in Pritchett's autobiography, his years in Paris, later as a reporter in Ireland, then Spain, his travels, reminiscences etc. "

A richly illustrated introduction to the incredible world of beetlesWith some 400,000 species, beetles are among the largest and most successful groups of organisms on earth, making up one-fifth of...

The kinds of punishment used in a society have long been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. Focusing...

The only textbook of its kind, An Introduction to the Languages of the World is designed to introduce beginning linguistics students, who now typically start their study with little background in...

A cultural history of the work of nineteenth-century black women writers, this volume traces the emergence of the novel as a forum for political and cultural reconstruction, examining the ways in...

Paperback - second edition - from the collection of Sir Anthony Atkinson. Covers are faded, and spine is sunned; instances of minor shelfwear and one or two light creases to exterior. Minor marks and...

In recent years, there has been a striking resurgence of interest in the traditional Judeo-Christian concept of God. This anthology contains a representative sample of some of the best contemporary...

In this scholarly study, the author examines the way in which Peter the Great has been perceived over the years by artists, writers, intellectuals, and other historians, and what his image has meant...

Bibliography: P. [161]-177.

An evocative account of the author's days in 1950s Rome, this text takes readers from the Fontana di Trevi and the Colosseum to the Vatican Gardens, highlighting such topics as the idiosyncrasies of...

This text offers a complete and thorough introduction to Horace's life and work. It includes Latin text of twenty-eight poems with facing notes, glossaries on meter and figures of speech, and a...

Tim Davenport and David Walters have extracted the essential core of Debs's life work, illustrating his intellectual journey from conservative editor of the magazine of a racially segregated railway...