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FATHERS AND SONS was the most closely studied of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's works in the Soviet high school curriculum. An inadvertent political agenda favorite, juxtaposing two generations, "the fathers," or the fading aristocracy, and "the sons," or the new fresh blood of the middle class and the nihilists, the novel seemed a perfect vehicle for portraying the brewing unrest of the pre-revolutionary era, and... (more)

Chimera

by John Barth

In CHIMERAJohn Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. In a book that the Washington Post called "stylishly maned, tragically songful, and serpentinely elegant," Barth retells these tales from varying perspectives, examining the myths" relationship to reality and their... (more)

Mechanics of Flight (11th Edition)

by Alfred Cotterill Kermode

Mechanics of Flight is an ideal introduction to the principles of flight. The eleventh edition has been updated to conform to current teaching practices and technical knowledge. Written in a clear jargon-free style, the book contains simple numerical examples. The book commences with a summary of the relevant aspects of mechanics, and goes on to cover topics such as air and airflow, aerofoils, thrust, level... (more)

The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form

by Kenneth Clark

From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form.

Rudyard Kipling: An Illustrated BiographyMartin Fido

Rudyard Kipling: An Illustrated Biography

by Martin Fido

The Companion Guide to London (Companion Guides)

The Companion Guide to London (Companion Guides)

by David Piper

David Piper's classic book is the most elegant, lyrical and stimulating of all guides to London, written with undisguised enthusiasm, intimacy and affection. It traverses London from Regent's Park to Lambeth, from the Tower of London to Kensington, with excursions on the river and forays to outlying points of interest, each chapter covering an area which can be comfortably walked in a day. The author draws out the... (more)

Language

by Leonard Bloomfield

Perhaps the single most influential work of general linguistics published in this century, Leonard Bloomfield's Language is both a masterpiece of textbook writing and a classic of scholarship. Intended as an introduction to the field of linguistics, it revolutionized the field when it appeared in 1933 and became the major text of the American descriptivist school.

The Art of Memory (Frances Yates: Selected Works)

The Art of Memory (Frances Yates: Selected Works)

by Frances A. Yates

"Once in a very great while, historical scholarship produces a book which makes one immediately begin re-thinking many of one's major suppositions about the thought systems of the past. Professor Yates has given us such a book."--Norman D. Hinton, The Modern Schoolman

Art Through the Ages

Enemies of promise

by Cyril Connolly

“Whom the gods wish to destroy,” writes Cyril Connolly, “they first call promising.” First published in 1938 and long out of print, Enemies of Promise , an “inquiry into the problem of how to write a book that lasts ten years,” tests the boundaries of criticism, journalism, and autobiography with the blistering prose that became Connolly’s trademark. Connolly here confronts the evils of domesticity, politics,... (more)

A Course in Modern LinguisticsCharles F. Hockett

A Course in Modern Linguistics

by Charles F. Hockett

ART TREASURES OF THE WORLD.No Author.

ART TREASURES OF THE WORLD.

by No Author.

The Palace of Pleasure Vol. 3William Painter

The Palace of Pleasure Vol. 3

by William Painter

France (Concise history of great nations)Jacques Levron

France (Concise history of great nations)

by Jacques Levron

EverywomanGina Luria

Everywoman

by Gina Luria

The Geography of Air TransportKenneth R Sealy

The Geography of Air Transport

by Kenneth R Sealy

Consciousness and society

by H. Stuart Hughes

Hughes' ideas, and the way they are expressed in Consciousness and Society, have become paradigms of twentieth-century scholarship. In dealing with the changing social thought after 1890 in Europe, Hughes was able to cover a wide array of thinkers and issues in a scholarly, yet graceful manner. It is a study of the "cluster of genius" of Europe at that time: Croce, Durkheim, Freud, Weber, and Nietzsche, as well as... (more)

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Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev