Philip Roth - one of the most renowned writers of his generation. From his debut, Goodbye, Columbus, which won the National Book Award, to his Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral, to his inventive works such as Exit Ghost and Nemesis, Roth has produced literature of the past hundred years. This[...]

A critical evaluation of Philip Roth--the first of its kind--that takes on the man, the myth, and the work
Philip Roth is one of the most renowned writers of our time. From his debut, "Goodbye, Columbus," which won the National Book Award in 1960, and the explosion of "Portnoy's Complaint "in 196[...]

Who would have thought that seventy-three years after Joseph Roth s lonely death in Paris, new editions of his translations would be appearing regularly? Roth, a transcendent novelist who also produced some of the most breathtakingly lyrical journalism ever written, is now being discovered by a new [...]

(Guitar Play-Along). The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case y[...]

Gathered together for the first time in this seventh volume of The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works is the acclaimed "American Trilogy," a major milestone in contemporary American literature. In "American Pastoral" (1997), Swede Levov is wrenched from the tran[...]

What kind of choices fatally shape a life? How does the individual withstand the onslaught of circumstance? These are the dark questions that animate "Nemeses," the quartet of thematically related short novels that are published here together for the first time in this final volume of The Library of[...]

For forty years the author has collected rare examples of rock tour posters, advertising posters, rock memorabilia, original artwork and items of merchandise. This book includes many of the pieces of his vast collection. It also features artefacts from the 70s and 80s.[...]

An anthology of three major works includes The Great American Novel, a farcical celebration of baseball; My Life as a Man, which follows a tragic marriage of obsessive need; and The Professor of Desire, in which a man ventures into the world of erotic possibilities.[...]

Provides the theoretical background and a description of plasma-related devices and processes that are used industrially for physicists and engineers. Acting as an introduction to the principles of plasma engineering, this book gives the terminology, jargon and acronyms used in the field of industri[...]

I Married a Communist is the story of the rise and fall of Ira Ringold, a big American roughneck who begins life as a teenage ditch digger in 1930s Newark, becomes a big-time 1940s radio star, and is destroyed, both as a performer and a man, in the McCarthy witch-hunt of the 1950s. In his heyday as[...]

Gives a treatment of the major issues, theories and findings in perception and representation. this work introduces the student to conceptual categorization, object recognition and face recognition by working through actual problems and so is able to test and develop theoretical frameworks by 'hands[...]

Rethinking Scientific Literacy presents a new perspective on science learning as a tool for improving communities. By focusing on case studies inside and outside of the classroom, the authors illuminate the relevance of science in students' everyday lives, offering a new vision of scientific literac[...]