Literature: history & criticism books

The perfect gift for the Shakespeare fan, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is an elegant edition boasting...  Read More >>

Lee Child tells the stories behind the stories from the bestselling Jack Reacher novels. Includes a new, never-before-seen...  Read More >>

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""Stories can build bridges."" - Elif Shafak Elif Shafak's novels cross borders-geographical, historical, and...  Read More >>

Step into the fascinating realm of Simplified Chinese characters with our engaging book series, Chinese Character...  Read More >>

Step into the fascinating realm of Simplified Chinese characters with our engaging book series, Chinese Character...  Read More >>

Discover the remarkable journey of one of literature's most compelling voicesBetween Two Worlds offers an intimate...  Read More >>

In this volume Adam Fox brings together a collection of his essays on oral, scribal and printed communication across...  Read More >>

This edited collection focuses on the nexus between literary consumption, memory and collective identity formation...  Read More >>

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The works of French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926-1984) form a multilingual network of ideas. It is for this...  Read More >>

Divine predication is a central concern of two key authors of Western medieval culture: the theologian and poet...  Read More >>

This monograph is one of the first on the market that focuses entirely on Damon Galgut’s novels. The authors of...  Read More >>

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Feel the ground tremble. Hear the roar of a thousand-year storm. Witness the searing gaze of a volcanic eruption....  Read More >>

National imagination at work in multicultural borderlands of Dalmatia in the period 1890 to 1941  Read More >>

繁华不过聚宝盆，兴衰皆由流年定。 清末年间，辽东小镇K市依傍大辽河之湾，因水得势，因商而兴。一道""井""字街巷勾勒出阶层的界限，也串联起烟火与浮梦。市井之中，有豪门张家，张老爷白手起家，一门富贵；有绣楼之上，明珠张颖儿，一笑倾城；也有厨房之中，学徒王长生，悄然而来，命途由此翻转。...  Read More >>

盛夏时节，一场席卷全国的风暴骤然而至，滔天巨浪拍打着时代的堤岸，也击碎了李家世代相守的安宁。家族几代人被无情卷入外部世界的剧变漩涡。 当年埋下的祸根，终究在此时破土--李鸣岐蒙受奇耻，父子恩断义绝，兄弟反目成仇，一幕幕家庭悲剧接踵上演。至亲同处一檐之下，心却隔着重山万水，相见如陌路，相顾无言。...  Read More >>

旧岁已去，新春将临，李家上下在短暂的安宁中迎来许久不曾有过的欢乐气氛。写真部生意兴隆、家中喜添新丁，欢笑盈门，仿佛曾经的风雨已成过往。然而，历史的齿轮并未停歇。 在日本殖民政权逐步强化控制的背景下，保甲制度如铁网般收紧了百姓的自由，东北的天越来越冷，局势也越来越紧。李鸣岐虽力图保持本心，却终究难以与时代脱钩。身为家长的他，在一张张春联、一道道家规中筑起了一道温柔的屏障，庇护着这个家，抵御外界的风霜。...  Read More >>

""ବେଶଘର"" କବିତା ସଂକଳନରେ ସ୍ଥାନିତ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ କବିତା ଏକ ଦର୍ପଣ- ପ୍ରେମ, ପ୍ରତିରୋଧ, ଅନ୍ୟାୟ, ଅବିଚାର, ବିଦ୍ରୋହ, ବିଦ୍ରୂପ, ସମୟର...  Read More >>

In the infinite expanse between a heartbeat and a supernova, where logic dances with wonder, this book of sci-fi...  Read More >>

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