1778 results for '"Alan Stephens'

From the USA Today bestselling author of Churchill’s Secret Messenger comes a WWI novel based on little-known history, as four very different lives intertwine across Europe from Germany to France—a...

This monograph attempts to go beyond Nietzsche's flamboyant but ambiguous words of praise for violence and oppression, in search of the subtler teachings. White's search leads through the nihilism of...

This volume is designed as a companion to the standard undergraduate mythology textbooks or, when assigned alongside the central Greek and Roman works, as a source-based alternative to those...

Perhaps one of the most revered works of fiction in the twentieth-century, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a modern classic about integrity, courage, and bucking the system. Its title...

Population biology has been investigated quantitatively for many decades, resulting in a rich body of scientific literature. Ecologists often avoid this literature, put off by its apparently...

The Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend provides a systematic, well-illustrated guide to the web of legend, folklore, and superstition that is crucial to understanding Judaism. The result is a vital...

'Bauhaus Goes West' is a story of cultural exchange - between the Bauhaus emigres in the years following the school's closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on...

This collection of essays is the first volume in a new series, Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy. Edited by the series editors, it focuses on the economic performance of the Roman empire, analysing...

What do we know about animal evolution in the early twenty-first century? How much more do we know today than Darwin did? What are the most exciting discoveries that have been made in the last few...

A vibrant verse translation of three key works from one of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition; combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich...