253 results for '"Wilkie Collins'

The Idea of Nature propounds Collingwood's theory of philosophical method applied to the problem of the philosophy of nature. The book is divided into four major sections: Introduction, Greek...

A devastating analysis of what is happening to our academia In recent decades there has been an immense global surge in the numbers both of universities and of students. In the UK alone there are now...

The New Leviathan, originally published in 1942, a few months before the author's death, is the book which R. G. Collingwood chose to write in preference to completing his life's work on the...

A historic collection of metal art from ancient Iran, featuring images of more than 150 objects described in detail and fully illustrated, some with X-rays. Medieval metalwork is one of the...

In this first annotated edition of F. R. Leavis' famous critique of C. P. Snow's influential argument about 'the two cultures', Stefan Collini reappraises both its literary tactics and its purpose as...

William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run after escaping from a mental institution.One afternoon he meets Fay, a beautiful young widow. She is smart and...

In July 1861 London newspapers excitedly reported two violent crimes, both the stuff of sensational fiction. One involved a retired army major, his beautiful mistress and her illegitimate child,...

Contributors: L.A. Clarkson, Joseph Lee, D.E.C. Eversley, L.M. Cullen, E. Margaret Crawford, Peter Roebuck, J.M. Goldstrom, Liam Kennedy, Brenda Collins, E.R.R. Green, H.D. Gribbon, Alun C. Davies,...

Signs of the Material World traces the literary effects of nineteenth-century materialism that includes the mind and body within a multifaceted “living life.” The book examines a range of scientists,...

THRILLER OF THE YEAR: The Times (London) • The Telegraph BEST FIRST NOVEL WINNER: Edgar Awards • International Thriller Writers Awards • Barry Awards • Macavity Awards A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The...

Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "a luscious Victorian thriller" that "sends two characters from Wilkie Collins's 1860s novel [The Woman in White] on a brilliant literary mission," James...

From best-selling authors Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins comes the 21st century's definitive book on world hunger. Driven by the question, "Why hunger despite an abundance of food?" Lappé and...

2018 Edgar Award NomineeFrom Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte�s Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle�s creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern...

A highly anticipated collection from one of the most powerful voices at work in America today.Combining sensitivity and eloquence with a broad appeal, Li-Young Lee walks in the footsteps of Stanley...

With the adventurousness of Ashbery and the gregariousness of Billy Collins, no one's bag of tricks is as bottomless as Caroline Knox's. They're Quaker guns, a creative ruse, the kind you couldn't...

In this sexy thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, an unruly detective and an ambitious TV show producer work against the clock to prevent another young woman from...