426 results for '"Geoffrey Holland'

"A vivid and engrossing account of Darwin's inner life and his search for the laws of life. We feel the durable texture of his friendships and family attachments, and we witness the slow, painful...

Describes the cultural and social milieu of seventeenth-century Holland, where, despite great material wealth and general prosperity, an "anxiety of superabundance" permeated all aspects of the...

Completed in 1136, this classic chronicle traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary...

This is a comprehensive guide to the feature films of the first eight decades of film-making in Australia -- from Soldiers of the Cross (1900) to movies such as Don's Party and The Last Wave. Pike...

Text: English, Portugese (translation)

A major gathering of new work by one of the greatest poets of the English language Geoffrey Hill's latest collection takes its title from a pamphlet by Milton of 1659 that attacks the concept of a...

From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict - Catholic against...

Markets, Information and Uncertainty is a collection of essays by leading theorists offering powerful new insights on the role of uncertainty and information in today's market. This book features...

Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, and Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher, whose joint translation of the Inferno was acclaimed as a new standard in English, bring their...

Holland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each other’s thoughts, but they couldn’t be more different. Holland is bold and...

This is a short, illustrated account of the world's oldest publishing house, from the publication of the Press's first book in 1584 through to the present day. It emphasizes the constitutional basis...

Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland At the beginning of the twentieth century, as America...

Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie HollandAt the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples...

A recount of 19th Century European Civilization History during the years of 1815 to 1914. According to Geoffrey Brun "The years from 1815 to 1914 were remarkably peaceful and prosperous years, during...

Dans une Hollande imaginaire se dresse l'histoire de la princesse Maleine que la guerre sépare du prince Hjalmar, le jour de leurs fiançailles. Enfermée dans une tour, elle s'échappe et rejoint le...

The gruff widower Holland has two possessions he cherishes above all others: his sprawling property of eucalyptus trees and his ravishingly beautiful daughter, Ellen. When Ellen turns nineteen...

In a series of debates with Oliver Cromwell in Civil War England of 1647, the Levellers argued for democracy for the first time in British history.Evolving from Oliver Cromwell’s New Model army in...

"Self is the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation."--Guardian A blistering, refracted novel from the Booker-shortlisted author, elegantly bookending his Geoffrey Faber Memorial...

Was It For This ...?: Wordsworth And The Birth Of The Gods / Geoffrey Hartman -- Facing Language: Wordsworth's First Poetic Spirits / Andrzej Warminski -- Monument And Inscription: Wordsworth's Rude...

Zadie Smith's first time writing for the stage, a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Wife of Bath“Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend.She plays...