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Willa Cather was a Pulitzer prize-winning American writer, best known for her novels of Nebraskan frontier life. Born in 1873 near Winchester, Virginia, she moved with her family to Catherton, Nebraska in 1883, and the landscape went on to have a formative effect on her. Before becoming a full-time writer, Cather worked as a journalist, a magazine editor and a teacher.Her first novel, Alexander¿s Bridge, was published in 1912, followed by titl...

Lottie has always followed the rules. Her life is comfortable and she is - finally, finally - marrying her long-term, sensible boyfriend Dean.Tina is carefree, wild and, maybe, just a little bit careless. She doesn't understand Lottie's obsession with settling down with 'dull Dean'. There's so much to explore in the world.The two sisters have drifted apart since the death of their older sister. Without her, Lottie and Tina realise howlittle th...

From the trauma of September 11th, through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the environmental warning signs of climate change, this book reflects on the crises and terrifying events of the early 21st century and argues that a knowledge of tragedy from the works of Sophocles to Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett can help us understand them. Jennifer Wallace offers a cultural analysis of the tragic events of t...

From the trauma of September 11th, through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the environmental warning signs of climate change, this book reflects on the crises and terrifying events of the early 21st century and argues that a knowledge of tragedy from the works of Sophocles to Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett can help us understand them. Jennifer Wallace offers a cultural analysis of the tragic events of t...

The first of a new-format series on East African natural history, this book on the wild flowers of the region will be structured according to flower colour to aid identification, and will present two species per page, covering approximately 250 different species.

The poems in Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as Lady Lazarus, Daddy, Edge and Paralytic, were all written between the publication in 1960 of her first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963.

Faber 90th Anniversary edition of Hughes's first and groundbreaking poetry collection.

Some of his most famous and often quoted (or misquoted) lines appear in their original form, including the text of two poems in particular - 'Spain 1937' and 'September 1, 1939' - that he later altered or repudiated. This beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.

A reissue of the 1935 Selected Poems, which, with an Introduction by T. S. Eliot, brought Moore's work to the attention of a wider public. This beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten key titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.

Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation between the two World Wars. This beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.

Family history arouses the detective instinct in us all as we attempt to understand the lives of our ancestors and the period of history through which they lived. Since the last edition of this book was published, there have been many new developments that have made this quest even more exciting and rewarding. The most significant change is the amount of information that can be accessed online. In the past accessing key Irish records necessita...

This concise text for carries the public sociology movement into the introductory sociology classroom. While teaching students to think sociologically and to develop a sociological eye, it also demonstrates how sociology can be used as a tool for improving society. As they explains the discipline's basic theories and concepts, the authors provide many examples of "engaged" sociologists who are working to solve some of society's most intractabl...

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From the Harlem and Southern Renaissances to postcolonial writing in the Caribbean, Race and New Modernisms introduces and critically explores key issues and debates on race and ethnicity in the study of transnational modernism today. Topics covered include: · Key terms and concepts in scholarly discussions of race and ethnicity · European modernism and cultural appropriation · Modernism, colonialism, and empire · Southern and Harlem ...

A Financial Times Sports Book of the Year 2018 pickThe rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi has defined football for a generation of fans. Everyone has an opinion on who is the greatest.Do you prefer Ronaldo, whose work ethic and physique have been honed for one purpose – scoring goals? Or Messi, whose superhuman natural talent means he can do the seemingly impossible with a football?Between them they have scored over 1, 300 goals, won the Ballon...

In the final volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, Earth will be euthanized-unless women can alter humanity's destructive behavior and avoid extinction.

In the sequel to the feminist classic Native Tongue, a covert female agent is sent to infiltrate the resistance.

The Hammer is both weapon and tool, an outcry against millennia of rape and a serious attempt to imagine otherwise.

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