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Die 70-jährige Marguerite Duras, im damals französischen Indochina geboren und aufgewachsen, erinnert sich in dem Roman an ihre Beziehung zu einem reichen Chinesen im Saigon der 30er Jahre. Der Reiz des Buches liegt in seinem Oszillieren zwischen Autobiographie und Fiktion. Der Roman wurde in Frankreich mit dem Prix Goncourt ausgezeichnet, überaus erfolgreich war auch seine Verfilmung durch Jean-Jacques Annaud (1992). Ungekürzte und unbearbei...

Until the launch of this series over fifteen years ago, the 15, 000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. In this, the first half of Philoponus' analysis of book one of Aristotle's Physics, the principal themes are metaphysical. Aristotle's opening chapter in the...

The war against the Blight may be over, but revolutionary and hero Tom Corcorigan knows that an even greater force threatens Nulapeiron: the ominpotent, planet-consuming Anomaly, which has already absorbed billions of humans and alien beings into itself.

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In what is their centenary year, the Ulster Unionist Party has been left reeling from the 2005 Westminster general election results. The historic party of the union has but one remaining seat in the House of Commons, and as was predicted, Northern Ireland's electorate has abandoned the centre-ground parties in favour of the extremes. The DUP and Sinn Fein now hold the key to political progress - a scenario almost inconceivable when the Belfast...

An Ambition for Equality identifies and explores the different means by which we promote equality and combat discrimination. These means include equality legislation, equality institutions, equality mainstreaming and positive action measures. These elements make up what is referred to as a strategic framework for action on equality. The concept of equality is examined. Different levels of ambition for equality are identified in terms of libera...

Town walls were a common heritage for many Irish towns over long periods. The majority date from the Anglo-Norman period, but trends can be recognized which represent common themes throughout the centuries, especially the use of walled towns as 'refuges' for colonization projects. This study identifies, through surviving structures and documentary and murage evidence, the walled towns of Ireland. It provides a comprehensive investigation of si...

Town walls were a common heritage for many Irish towns over long periods. The majority date from the Anglo-Norman period, but trends can be recognized which represent common themes throughout the centuries, especially the use of walled towns as 'refuges' for colonization projects. This study identifies, through surviving structures and documentary and murage evidence, the walled towns of Ireland. It provides a comprehensive investigation of si...

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These are poems of honesty and vision. They speak of the realities of existence, realities that are hard, tough, shocking in some instances, and yet through which can be gleaned beauty.

Poetry. CIVILIZATION is Elizabeth Arnold's second volume of poetry. In deft yet emphatic syntax, these poems move from politics and history to an intimate gesture, from ancient fragments and architectural facades to a father's face. The layers she excavates in the process are both archaeological and psychological, at the limits of civilization we find both silence and archaic force, "the white-noise granulated light, a sand-storm whiteout." As...

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