Litteraturforskning
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Why We Read : On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
Reed, ShannonHanover Square Press 2024*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* *A Good Housekeeping Reads pick*A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a "beloved and wonderful writer" (George Saunders), teacher,...
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The Victorian Age in Literature
Chesterton, G. K.Saga EgmontMost books of literary criticism are written long after their age has passed, but a rare few are written during their time - and G. K. Chesterton’s ‘The Victorian Age in Literature...
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Crying in the Bathroom : A Memoir
Sánchez, Erika L.Penguin Publishing Group 2022“Equal parts pee-your-pants hilarity and break your heart poignancy- like the perfect brunch date you never want to end!"—America Ferrera, Emmy award-winning actress in Ugly Betty...
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The New Teaching of History
Wells, H. G.Saga Egmont‘The New Teaching of History’ represents a collection of essays written by Wells to address criticism of his seminal work ‘The Outline of History’, in which he covered the entire h...
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The Writing of Fiction
Wharton, EdithSaga EgmontAmong the many twentieth century treatises on the art of writing, there were few that attempted to analyze the development of form and style. But Edith Wharton's bestselling classi...
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Super-Infinite : The Transformations of John Donne--Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022
Rundell, KatherineFaber & Faber 2022**A Sunday Times top ten bestseller** **Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2023** **Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction 2023** **Shor...
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A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume II
Gibb, E. J. W.Gibb Memorial TrustThe History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time...
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Tahafut al Tahafut
, AverroesGibb Memorial TrustIbn Rushd, known to Christian Europe as Averroes, came from Córdoba in Spain and lived from 1126 to 1198. He is regarded as the last great Arab philosopher in the Classical traditi...
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On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy
, AverroesGibb Memorial TrustIn this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrar...
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A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume VI
Gibb, E. J. W.Gibb Memorial TrustThe History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time...
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Beatrix Potter
Norman, AndrewPen and SwordEven before she emerged from the cot in her nursery Beatrix Potter was up against it. With her prodigious memory she recalled being placed under the tyranny of a cross old nurse wh...
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A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume I
Gibb, E. J. W.Gibb Memorial TrustThe History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time...
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A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume III
Gibb, E. J. W.Gibb Memorial TrustThe History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time...
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A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume IV
Gibb, E. J. W.Gibb Memorial TrustThe History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time...
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A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume V
Gibb, E. J. W.Gibb Memorial TrustThe History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time...
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Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion
Barthold, W.Gibb Memorial TrustAcademician Barthold's famous work begins in the late 7th century with the Muslim invasions of what became Russian Central Asia and carries the history of the region through the pe...
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A Concordance to Biblical Gothic
Snaedal, MagnusIceland University PressIncludes all Gothic texts in Biblical Gothic, and the Gothic calendar and the Deeds from Naples and Arezzo. Complete with Introduction, Texts and Concordance.
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The Vagaries of the Qasidah by J. E. Montgomery
Montgomery, J. E.Gibb Memorial TrustA study of the tradition and practice of early Arabic poetry, this book provides an investigation of the multiple versions of early poems that exist in various Abbasid collections....
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Peadar O'Donnell
Gonzalez, AlexanderDufour EditionsThe first comprehensive examination of one of Ireland's leading social novelists of this century. No other Irish novelist has succeeded so completely in rendering rural Irish life...
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These Precious Days : Essays
Patchett, AnnHarperCollins 2021The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "The elegance of Patchett's prose is s...