250 results for '"Wilkie Collins'

A gift-worthy ode to parents, children, and the bonds of love that bind them together, from one generation to the next."When you were born, I held you in my arms and tied a magical thread around your...

Australian Cinema after Mabo is a comprehensive 2005 study of Australian national cinema in the 1990s. Using the 1992 Mabo decision as a starting point, it looks at how the Mabo decision, where the...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names...

In a trawl through the entire sweep of sub-Saharan history, the authors have written an accessible introduction for students and general readers. The opening chapter on geography and climate frames...

The study of the mechanisms by which diseases alter the function of the nervous system was once well described by the appellation "Neurological Pathophysiology," the title of the previous editions of...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER was banned on its publication in 1928, creating a storm of controversy. Lawrence...

Product Description HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment,...

this invaluable recoed of eskimo life in the 1880 is one of the most ethnographic monographs to be presented to the anthropological world, and stands as a classic in the field

An old genre is given a new look, as portraits and self-portraits of Marcel Duchamp invent and cover up as much as they reveal and portray.One of the most influential artists of the twentieth...

In this groundbreaking work, Claude Calame argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry are more than literary texts; rather, they functioned as initiatory rituals in...

Gardens make a significant contribution to the amount of urban green space and are the main contributors to urban biodiversity. Birds are one of the most visible components of this urban...

An anthology of fiction, memoir, biography, and journalism culled from the pages of Granta magazine explores the meaning of the family and includes the contributions of Saul Bellow, Raymond Carver,...

Literacy and Literacies is a new and engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a new synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring...

The first publication dedicated exclusively to Mark Rothko’s art during the critical formative period of the 1940s. Examining the development and artistic exploration of one of the greatest artists...

"The fact that most modern and contemporary art is produced with the idea of it ending up in a museum seems so natural to us that we can hardly think about the relationship between museums and...