Your classic advanced microeconomic theory textbook delivering rigorous coverage of modern microeconomics.[...]

World War I, the first "total war" in history, set in motion profound changes in the economics, demographics, and philosophies of the warring states. In this book, leading experts on the Great War discuss its causes, character, and legacy. Their writings show that to study World War I is to encounte[...]

Revised and updated from its earlier edition, this latest volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides series provides a comprehensive guide to the significant buildings of Berkshire, ranging from the "Silicone Valley" commercial buildings of Reading, to Slough (the place on which John Betjeman invite[...]

Andrew Lloyd Webber is the most famous - and most controversial - composer of musical theatre alive today. Hundreds of millions of people have seen his musicals, which include "Cats", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Starlight Express", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Jesus Christ Super[...]

Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live and worship in Catholic France. These Huguenots survived persecution and armed conflict to win--however briefly--freedom of worship, civil rights, and unique status as a protected minority. But in 1685, the Revo[...]

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Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, wi[...]

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An edition of Chaucer's WIFE OF BATH which includes an introduction to the biographical and historical context, with five critical essays representing a variety of contemporary critical approaches, and including a glossary of theoretical and critical terms. A title in the CASE STUDIES IN CONTEMPORAR[...]

The award-winning author applies his grasp of American history to the most admired and most reviled African American of his era, heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, drawing on a wealth of contemporaneous documents, including Johnson's never-before-published prison memoir.[...]