Superb collection by modern master explores the complexity anxiety & futility of modern life. Excellent new English translations of the title story (considered by many critics Kafkas most perfect work) plus The Judgment " " In the Penal Colony " "A Country Doctor" & "A Report to an Academy." Note." ...

Ovids deliciously witty & exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world & brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek & Roman myths & legends in which men & women are transformed often by love
- into flowers trees stones & stars. This new verse translation in simple & swift English hexameters allows Ovids narrative to flow
- pulling the reader along with it.

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This selection of Kafkas shorter prose writings

Includes:: one of the few works published during his lifetime:

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This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafkas works that he thought worthy of publication. It

Includes:: Metamorphosis" his most famous work an exploration of horrific transformation & alienation; " Meditation" a collection of his earlier studies; " The Judgement" written in a single night of frenzied creativity; " The Stoker" the first chapter of a novel set in America & a fascinating occasional piece " The Aeroplanes at Brescia" Kafkas eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together these stories reveal the breadth of Kafkas literary vision & the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought."

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A key anthology for students of English literature Metaphysical Poetry" is a collection whose unique philosophical insights are some of the crowning achievements of Renaissance verse edited with an introduction & notes by Colin Burrow in " Penguin Classics". Spanning the Elizabethan age to the Restoration & beyond Metaphysical poetry sought to describe a time of startling progress scientific discovery unrivalled exploration & deep religious uncertainty. This compelling collection of the best & most enjoyable poems from the era

Includes:: tightly argued lyrics erotic & libertine considerations of love divine poems & elegies of lament by such great figures as John Donne George Herbert Andrew Marvell & John Milton alongside pieces from many other less well known but equally fascinating poets of the age such as Anne Bradstreet Katherine Philips & Thomas Traherne. Widely varied in theme all are characterized by their use of startling metaphors imagery & language to express the uncertainty of an age & a profound desire for originality that was to prove deeply influential on later poets & in particular poets of the Modernist movement such as T. S. Eliot. In his introduction Colin Burrow explores the nature of Metaphysical poetry its development across the seventeenth century & its influence on later poets &

Includes:: a very short history of " Metaphysical Poetry" from Donne to Rochester. This edition also

Includes:: detailed notes a chronology & further reading. Colin Burrow is Reader in Renaissance & Comparative Literature at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge. He has edited Shakespeares " Sonnets for OUP" & " The Complete Works of Ben Jonson" & is working on the Elizabethan volume of the Oxford English Literary History. If you enjoyed " Metaphysical Poetry" you might like John Donnes " Selected Poems" also available in " Penguin Classics"."





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Collected for the first time eleven tales of Sir Seaton Begg vs Count Zodiac including the never before seen ' The Flaneur of the Arcades d' Opera'. Seaton Begg & his constant companion pathologist Dr ' Taffy' Sinclair both head the secret British Home Office section of the Metatemporal Investigation Department
- an organisation whose function is understood only by the most high-ranking government people around the world
- & a number of powerful criminals. Begg's cases cover a multitude of crimes in dozens of alternate worlds generally where transport is run by electricity where the internal combustion engine is unknown & where giant airships are the chief form of international carrier. He investigates the murder of English Prime Minister ' Lady Ratchet' the kidnapping of the king of a country taken over by a totalitarian regime & the death of Geli Raubel Adolf Hitler's mistress. Other adventures take him to a wild west where 'the Masked Buckaroo' is tracking down a mysterious red-eyed Apache known as the White Wolf; to 1960s' Chicago where a girl has been killed in a sordid disco; & to an independent state of Texas controlled by neocon Christians with oily (and bloody) hands. He visits Paris where he links up with his French colleagues of the Surete du Temps Perdu. In several cases the fanatical Adolf Hitler is his opponent but his arch-enemy is the mysterious black sword wielding aristocrat known as Zenith the Albino a drug-dependent charismatic exile from a distant realm he once ruled. In each story the Metatemporal Detectives' cases take them to worlds at once like & unlike our own sometimes at odds with & sometimes in league with the beautiful adventuresses Mrs. Una Persson or Lady Rosie von Bek. At last Begg & Sinclair come face to face with their nemesis on the moonbeam roads which cross between the universes where the great Eternal Balance itself is threatened with destruction & from which only the luckiest & most daring of metatemporal adventurers will return. These fast-paced mysteries pay homage to Moorcock's many literary enthusiasms for authors as diverse as Clarence E Mulford Dashiell Hammett Georges Simenon & his boyhood hero Sexton Blake.

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A total of 10 500 missiles were launched as part of the V1 attack of which 3 957 were destroyed by the defences. Indeed it could have been much worse for by the end of the war the Germans had manufactured close to 32 000 flying bombs. The defences put forward to guard against the V1 were formidable
- 23 000 men & women with their guns radar & communications networks were installed on coastal sites. Squadrons of Britains newest Spitfires the F XIVs & Hawker Tempest Vs were kept at home to battle the new menace. Rushed into action in July 1944 to help counter the V1 threat Britains Gloster Meteor I was the first jet fighter to enter RAF service. On 4 August the Meteor scored its first V1 victory. Having just closed in on a flying bomb its officer squeezed the trigger but his guns jammed. Using the Meteors superior speed he was able to overtake the missile & using his wing tip he tipped the craft over & sent it crashing into the ground. The interceptions between the V1 & Britains Gloster Meteor were historic & ushered in a new era of aerial combat.
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Cengage Learnings Meteorology Today 10/E International Edition" brings course concepts to life with interactive learning study & exam preparation tools along with market leading text content for introductory meteorology courses. Whether you use a traditional printed text or the all digital " Meteorology Today 10/E International Editions" Course Mate alternative its never been easier to better understand the underlying principles of meteorology & appreciate the dynamic nature of the inevitable weather phenomena that continually influence our lives." ...

Art historical theory is a forum of intense often passionate debate. This book provides an accessible introduction to the range of critical theories used in analysing art. It covers a broad range of approaches presenting individual arguments controversies & divergent perspectives. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent scholarship in contemporary art. The book begins by introducing the concept of theory & explains why it is important to art historical practice. Each of the book's four core chapters presents a group of related approaches that are discussed & applied to one or more works of art. The book ends with some practical ideas about writing theoretically driven art history papers. Clearly written this book is ideal for the undergraduate student or anyone interested in the world of ideas. ...

This text is an essential guide to current research approaches in human geography covering all aspects of undertaking a geography research project from the selection of an appropriate topic through to the organisation & writing of the final report. Covering a wide range of contemporary research methods the authors provide practical advice on how to actually undertake a project. ...