Nicholas Nicholas: 2917 books
by Jeremy Jones, Nicholas Ridout
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout...
A New Philosophy of Literature
The Fundamental Theme and Unity of World Literature: the Vision of the Infinite and the Universalist Literary Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
In The New Philosophy of Universalism Nicholas Hagger outlined a new philosophy that restates the order within the universe, the oneness of humankind and an infinite Reality perceived as Light; and its applications in many disciplines, including literature. In this work of literary Universalism, which...
by Nicholas Marsh
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
William Blake was ignored in his own time. Now, however, his Songs of Innocence and Experience and 'prophetic books' are widely admired and studied.
The second edition of this successful introductory text:
• leads the reader into the Songs and 'prophetic books' via detailed analysis of individual...
World Enough and Time
The Life of Andrew Marvell
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Although the century which followed Andrew Marvell's death remembered him primarily as a politician and a pamphleteer, this gifted poet is responsible for some of the most brilliant lyric exploration of his time. World Enough and Time is an extensive biography written by Nicholas Murray, a biographer whose literary scholarship and political astuteness matches that of his subject.
Poisoned Wells
The Dirty Politics of African Oil
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollars' worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the entire African continent. Yet the rising tide of oil money is not promoting stability and development, but is instead causing violence, poverty,...
Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah's Beard
A Journey Through the Inside-Out Worlds of Iran and Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
An engrossing blend of travel writing and history, Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah’s Beard traces one man’s adventure-filled journey through today’s Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, and describes his remarkable attempt to make sense of the present by delving into the past.
Setting...
The Secret Founding of America
The Real Story of Freemasons, Puritans, and the Battle for the New World
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The widely accepted story of the founding of America is that The Mayflower delivered the first settlers from Plymouth to the New World in 1620. Yet in reality, the Jamestown settlers had already become the first English-speaking outpost thirteen years earlier in 1607. The Secret Founding of America...
by Nicholas Gill
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Frommer’s books aren’t written by committee, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We use seasoned journalists like Nicholas Gill has been covering Panama for over a decade and has strong opinions on what travelers should do in country
and...
by Nicholas Christopher
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Film noir is more than a cinematic genre. It is an essential aspect of American culture. Along with the cowboy of the Wild West, the denizen of the film noir city is at the very center of our mythological iconography. Described as the style of an anxious victor, film noir began during the post-war...
Witnesses of War
Children's Lives Under the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A groundbreaking study of what happened to children—of all nationalities and religions—living under the Nazi regime. Drawing on a wide range of new sources, Witnesses of War reveals the stories of life under the Third Reich as never before. As the Nazis overran Europe, children were saved or damned...
Hidden Shakespeare
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
On 26th April 1564, William Shakespeare was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon. He would go on to be the greatest writer who ever lived. In Hidden Shakespeare, Nicholas Fogg explores Shakespeare's life, from his family background and education in Stratford, through his career in London, to 1616, when...
by Nicholas John
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The Killer Clown Craze finds a host in the most mundane and unexpected of vessels. Pistachio is the jester that adds a couple of S's to laughter, and slaughters with wild, chuckling, giddying joy. Not afraid of clowns...? - YOU WILL BE!
Glastonbury Tor
A Guide to the History & Legends
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
This best-selling guide draws a full picture of the mysterious landmark Glastonbury Tor. It describes the Monastery of St. Michael, the labyrinth, the astronomical alignments, the underground water, the geology, and the associated myths and legends. It sets the Tor in its various historic...
The Western Esoteric Traditions
A Historical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Western esotericism has now emerged as an academic study in its own right, combining spirituality with an empirical observation of the natural world while also relating the humanity to the universe through a harmonious celestial order. This introduction to the Western esoteric traditions offers a...