Presents the English statesman's classic denunciations of sixteenth-century tyranny and corruption and vision of an ideal society, along with historical and biographical notes.
Roger Clarke Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
Deze auteur duikt in onderwerpen die hem sinds zijn kindertijd boeiden, en brengt een schat aan ervaring uit literaire kritiek en journalistiek in zijn werk. Zijn schrijven getuigt van een diep begrip van artistieke vormen, variërend van literatuur en film tot operalibretti. Na twintig jaar essays en recensies te hebben gepubliceerd, heeft hij een kenmerkende stijl en een scherp cultureel perspectief aangescherpt. Zijn oeuvre getuigt van een levenslange passie voor taal en kunst.
Love Poems
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One of the many aspects of Alexander Pushkin's immense contribution to Russian language and literature, and perhaps the one he is most popular for, is his mastery of the love poem, a genre which he perfected like few others before or after him. This volume contains a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as 'I Loved You', 'Night' and 'I Well Recall a Wondrous Meeting', pieces which are crowning achievements of the European canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today.
The subject of whether ghosts exist has fascinated some of the finest minds in history and it remains a subject of overwhelming interest today. This comprehensive history of the evolution of the ghost in the West examines the subject in its preferred environment - through the stories we tell each other.
A Natural History of Ghosts
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What explains sightings of ghosts? Why do they fascinate us? What exactly did the haunted see? What did they believe? And what proof is there? This title deals with these questions
Industrial Economics
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In this clear and concise text, Roger Clarke provides balanced and comprehensive coverage of the core topics in industrial economics. Industrial Economics concentrates on the development of analytic principles in the subject, considering available statistical and descriptive evidence as appropriate. The text uses a non-mathematical approach as far as possible.