When The Paris Diary exploded on the scene in 1966 there had never been a book in English quite like it: Its intimate combination of personal, literary, and social insights was unprecedented. Rorem's self-portrait of the artist as a young man, written between 1951 and 1955, was also a mirror of the[...]

In his first novel, A Happy Death, written when he was in his early twenties and retrieved from his private papers following his death in I960, Albert Camus laid the foundation for The Stranger, focusing in both works on an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood. But he also revealed himself t[...]

"The Conquest of America" is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spaniards' conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the Caribb[...]

Considered by many to be his greatest book, Michel Butor's Mobile is the result of the six months the author spent traveling across America. The text is composed from a wide range of materials, including city names, road signs, advertising slogans, catalog listings, newspaper accounts of the 1893 W[...]

Arne Klingborg (1915-2005) var först och främst konstnär men kanske mest uppmärksammad som den inspirerande kraften bakom Rudolf Steinerseminariet i Järna. Förutom biografiska och konstvetenskapliga essäer innehåller boken ett antal texter av Klingborgs egen hand och berättelser från ett a[...]

The poems of Richard Howard are noted for their unique dramatic force and for preserving, in their graceful, exquisitely wrought lines, human utterance at its most urbane. "Inner Voices," the first volume to draw together material from Howard's twelve books of poems, leaves no doubt as to why he has[...]

Institutional research is more relevant today than ever before as growing pressures for improved student learning and increased institutional accountability motivate higher education to improve its ability to use ever-expanding data and information resources.[...]

Oral Microbiology At A Glance is a title in the highly popular at a Glance series. It provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear diag[...]

This is the final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein that was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport[...]

Provides a diagnostic exam so readers can determine their strengths and weaknesses, reviews major topics on the test, and includes six full-length practice exams with answers and explanations.[...]