Robert C Evans: 15 books
An Collins
Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part Two, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
An Collins' Divine Songs and Meditacions were first printed in a small octavo volume in London in 1653. The only extant copy is presently held at The Huntington Library and it is, therefore, this copy that is reproduced in this facsimile edition. It is an important text because it is one of the earliest...
by Dr Robert C. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Introducing students to the full range of approaches to the study of Renaissance poetry that they are likely to encounter in their course of study, Perspectives on Renaissance Poetry is an authoritative and accessible guide to the verse of the Early Modern period. Each chapter covers a major figure...
by Dr Robert C. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Introducing students to the full range of critical approachesto the poetry of the period, Perspectives on World War I Poetry is an authoritative and accessible guide to the extraordinary variety of international poetic responses to the Great War of 1914-18. Each chapter covers one or more major poets,...
Miscellaneous Short Poetry, 1641–1700
Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part Three, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This volume reproduces twenty short texts written by named and unnamed women in the years 1641-1700. These texts, selected and introduced by various hands, are grouped in thematic clusters for the reader's ease - poetry on religion, on politics, on society, on domestic/social affairs and on mourning....
Jane Barker
Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part Four, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Jane Barker (1652-1732) is increasingly being recognised as one of the most important English women writers of the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. The author of both poems and novels (including novels containing numerous poems), Barker was largely ignored for many years but has recently...
Alicia D'Anvers
Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part Two, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Born Alice Clarke, the daughter of Oxford university's 'first director of printing', Alicia D'Anvers' poetry demonstrates an intimate familiarity with Oxford and especially with the workings of the press. This volume reproduces three works: A Poem Upon His Sacred Majesty, His Voyage for Holland (1691),...
Sarah Fyge Egerton
Printed Writings, 1641–1700: Series II, Part Four, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Sarah Fyge Egerton (1668-1723) is an intriguing poet who wrote a great deal of poetry during a period when women poets were relatively rare. Her career also began at an astonishingly early age: she was barely fourteen years old when one of her poems was first printed in London. Throughout much of...
The Seventh Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®
25 Modern and Classic Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
"The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack" presents a terrific mix of science fiction stories, new and old, including a Hugo Award-winning story by Lawrence Watt-Evans, a Hugo Award nominee from Mike Resnick, and classics by Arthur C. Clarke, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and many more. Almost 700 pages of great...
by Gardner Dozois, Allen Steele, Cory Doctorow
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are: AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen Steele THE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes PEACEMAKER,...
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., R. A. Lafferty
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the second in our 'Worlds of If' series, with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. '2BR02B'...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy
A Framework for Policy Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
In addition to winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her path-breaking research on “economic governance, especially the commons,” Elinor (Lin) Ostrom also made important contributions to other fields of political economy and public policy. This four-volume compendium of papers...
by E.D.E. Bell, Z. Ahmad, Kella Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Ordinary objects. Extraordinary tales.
As Told by Things is a lighthearted, multi-genre collection of short stories and flash fiction, each told from the perspective of an inanimate object.
Fun, witty, and full of charm, As Told by Things will capture your imagination—as well as your heart.
What objects do you think have stories to tell?
A Field on Fire
The Future of Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental history
Inspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental historian Donald Worster, the contributors to A Field on Fire: The Future of Environmental History reflect on the past and future of this discipline....
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