Greek and Roman historians

It is today widely accepted that we do not get the whole truth from any historian. Greek and Roman Historians considers the work of ancient historians such as Herotudus, Tacitus and Thucydides in the the light of this attitude. In an enlightening new study, Michael Grant argues that misinformation, even deliberate disinformation, is abundant in their writings. Grant, one of the world's greates…

Novel Living: Cellecting, Decorating, and Crafting With Books

In this digital age, the fate of physical books remains in question. Even the concept of curling up with a good book conjures new images. But there remains a sensory thrill to physical books—to seeing and feeling them, to turning their pages—that makes many of us value them even more as digital reading grows in popularity. In Novel Living, artist Lisa Occhipinti celebrates her lov…

You May Ask Yourself (Fourth Edition)

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ISBN/ISSN

9780393937732

Deskripsi Fisik

xxxi+730hlm; 23cm

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823 CON y

Refining Sentence Writing Skills for Professional and Academic Purposes

The content of this book, by nature, is a blending of traditional thought and contemporary awareness-in rhetoric, linguistics, and other related fields as well. The materials are not narrowly prescriptive, but neither do they underestimate the importance of conventions in public writing. A key example of this quality of balance is the emphasis in most parts of the book on both the requirements …

I Know why the caged bird sings

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local `powhitetrash.` At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age-and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Franc…

Literature, Criticism And Theory (third edition)

Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Beginning’ and concluding with ‘The End’, chapters range from the familiar, such as ‘Character’, ‘Narrative’ and ‘The Author’, to the more unusual, such as ‘Secrets’, �…

Model Penderitaan Tokoh Perempuan dalam Novel - novel Populer Indonesia

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ISBN/ISSN

9796853930

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15x 21 cm

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No. Panggil

899.221 YEN m

Theorists of the Modernist Novel

Tracing the developing modernist aesthetic in the thought and writings of James Joyce, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf, Deborah Parsons considers the cultural, social and personal influences upon the three writers. Exploring the connections between their theories, Parsons pays particular attention to their work on: forms of realism characters and consciousness gender and the novel t…

Deleuze And American Literature: Affect and Virtuality in Faulkner, Wharton, …

Deleuze and American Literature expertly spins a unique weave of concepts for the analysis of the novel. Affect, event, force, singularity, the outside, and the virtual. These concepts interlace and vary to generate a series of refreshingly original readings of nineteenth and twentieth century authors revolving around the notion of the nonhuman. Provocatively, it is from this notion that Bouras…

Officially Dead

Novel simplified berbahasa Inggris preloved, original, jumlah halaman antara 64 hingga 112 halaman. Untuk Officially Dead, The Man of Property, dan The Woodlanders ada tulisan tangan di halaman pertama. The Woodlanders halaman depan lemnya terkelupas tapi tidak mempengaruhi keseluruhan jilid buku (silahkan chat untuk lihat gambarnya). Cocok untuk belajar baca novel berbahasa Inggris sederhan…

Membaca Sastra dengan Ancaman Literasi Kritis

Buku Membaca Sastro dengan Ancangan Literasi Kritis merupakan buku yang inovatif dan menarik. Buku ini menawarkan kenikmatan estetis yang sekaligus juga memberikan kesadaran kritis akan adanya fakta-fakta sosial dan hak-hak politik. Bukan hanya itu, buku ini juga memanjakan pembacanya dengan kekayaan wawasan sastra yang berbasis literasi kritis dari isi teoritis, serta contoh penerapan membaca …

Chalktown

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Mother of Pearl, a beautifully crafted and moving story of redemption and renewal set in 1960s Mississippi. Melinda Haynes's "first novel of immense and staggering power" (Pat Conroy, author of Beach Music) was an unexpected sensation, chosen for Oprah's book club and selling more than half a million copies in hardcover. Now in the same devastat…

The Balance Of Terror

This is a clear, non-technical and comprehensive study of nuclear strategy and the balance of power. The book is intended for both supporters and opponents of nuclear deterrence―indeed for all who believe that nuclear issues cannot be wished away or laid aside but must be addressed with knowledge, even if this means thinking about the unthinkable.

An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life Of Seaweed

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ISBN/ISSN

9781419711701

Deskripsi Fisik

iv+143hlm; 19cm

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No. Panggil

828 Jos a

INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

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ISBN/ISSN

0672636573

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xiii, 349 p. ; 24 cm

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810 JOS i

They never came back

n a busy school cafeteria, a teenage girl is confronted by a classmate who questions her identity. He explains to the students who have crowded around that the girl bears an uncanny resemblance to his cousin, who was taken away by social services five years ago. Her parents abandoned her, fleeing the country after being accused of embezzling millions of dollars. The students are intrigued, but …

The Recipe Club : A Tale of Food and Friendship

illy and Val are lifelong friends, united as much by their differences as by their similarities. Lilly, dramatic and confident, lives in the shadow of her beautiful, wayward mother and craves the attention of her distant, disapproving father. Val, shy and idealistic—and surprisingly ambitious—struggles with her desire to break free from her demanding housebound mother and a father…

Archetypes and motifs in folklore and Literature

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is written by a noted authority in the field, and includes accompanying reference citations. Entries are…

CATALYST

Semenjak Katalis mengunjungi Bumi tahun 2001, teknologi dan penghijauan berkembang pesat. Sebagai gantinya, banyak manusia yang dijadikan Budak setiap tahun, dikirim ke pulau-pulau Katalis dan tak pernah kembali. Green sudah kehilangan kakaknya. Wajahnya juga sebagian terbakar. Kedua kaki dan tangannya yang buntung diganti kaki dan tangan prostetik. Enam tahun berlalu, selama itu pula dia me…

THE KITE RUNNER

mengisahkan tentang dua sahabat karib yang bernama Amir dan Hassan. Amir merupakan seorang anak keturunan Ras Pashtun (ras terhormat di Afghanistan pada saat itu), ayahnya bernama Agha Sahib, seorang duda yang kaya raya. Sedangkan Hassan hanyalah anak seorang pelayan. Ayah Hassan bernama Ali dan ia merupakan pelayan di rumahAgha Sahib. Hassan merupakan anak keturunan Ras Hazara.