Esai, Feuilleton, Kritik Sastra

A member of the Knesset, Dr Begin here reflects upon the mainstream political thought of the Likud Party which came to power in 1977. This book analyzes the basic factors relevant to the Israeli posi …

Variously described as a comedy of manners, a psychological romance, and a type of fabliau, the 13th-century narrative Flamenca is the best medieval romance written in Occitan. Its uniqueness springs …

Stimulated by new editions of Shelley”s writings and the evidence of notebooks, the editors have assembled an outstanding group of international Shelley scholars to work through the implications of …

De Unione Insulae Britannicae (The British Union) is a unique seventeenth-century tract that urged the fusion of the Scottish and English kingdoms into a new British commonwealth with a radically new …

Almanacs were highly influential on popular opinion during the early modern period. They were the least expensive kinds of books and had a practical use as a calendar, literary miscellany, weather gu …

A form of courtesy literature, Mother”s Advice Books were texts written by mothers to instruct their children in religious, educational, and occasionally wordly matters. The three texts included in …

”An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security” CHRIS PACKHAM Why are so many animals facing extinc …

This volume, first published in 1987, was the first to examine in depth the religious thought of Colonel Mu”ammar al-Qadhdhafi and its central place in his political, social and economic theories. T …

The Arctic is heating up. While China, the US and Russia are militarizing the North pole – sending submarines and ice-breakers – the ice itself continues to recede creating new trade routes and new o …

Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, sandwiched between Vladimir Putin”s Russia, its f …