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Now, The Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9780822965930
Pub Date: 05 Nov 2019
Description:
The Now describes the unique, and sometimes baffling, moment in which we live, a time defined by an immediate future of online wonderments, fake news, multiple personalities, data economy, gene modification, and the rest of the exciting-and-yet-ominous "technology culture," even as it's a time when the urge to memorialize the past—to sing elegiacally—seems more important than ever.Between poems that consider the disappearance of language in an age of digital/binary communication, and poems that mourn the disappearance of fellow poets and artists, this collection attempts to stand on a nano-second that looks both backward and forward in time: the ever-shifting "now."
Some Glad Morning Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9780822965923
Pub Date: 05 Nov 2019
Description:
Some Glad Morning, Barbara Crooker’s ninth book of poetry, teeters between joy and despair, faith and doubt, the disconnect between lived experience and the written word. Primarily a lyric poet, Crooker is in love with the beauty and mystery of the natural world, even as she recognizes its fragility. But she is also a poet unafraid to write about the consequences of our politics, the great divide.
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781912168156
Pub Date: 01 Nov 2019
Imprint: Ad Ilissvm
Description:
The destruction on the morning of All Saints Day 1755 of the heart of the city of Lisbon by an earthquake, tidal wave and the urban fires that followed was a tragedy that divides the 18th century in Portugal. One casualty on that fatal morning was the Royal Library, one of the most magnificent libraries in Europe at the time. The Lost Library of the King of Portugal tells the story of the lost library – its creation, collection and significance.
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Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780802313638
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2019
Imprint: Dufour Editions
Description:
DI Christy Kennedy returns in Departing Shadows, a deceit-laden tale of intrigue, which takes him from London to Brighton and back, and into the arms of the West End's most celebrated up-and-coming actress, Nealey Dean. But all's not well in vibrant Camden Town, as Kennedy investigates a death just outside a diplomatic compound, and finds his investigation immediately stymied by the invocation of diplomatic privilege. The deceased, an actress of a different sort, hostess and social media influencer Gabriella Byrne, left behind a world of mystery, where even those who knew her best did not know her well.
Philosophical News N.13 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 166
ISBN: 9788869771170
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2019
Series: Philosophical News
Description:
Philosophical News is the official publication of the European Society for Moral Philosophy. It is a semi-annual journal of philosophy born from the collaboration of a number of international scholars as well as an intense editorial effort. The aim of the journal is to promote research and reflection with special regard to the contemporary debate in all its different cultural manifestations.
Puspika: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 172
ISBN: 9781789252828
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2019
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Puspika: Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions
Description:
This volume is the outcome of the Ninth International Indology Graduate Research Symposium held at Ghent University in September 2017, the fifth publication of proceedings from this series of symposiums. Like previous volumes, the current edition presents the results of recent research by early-career scholars into the texts, languages, as well as literary, philosophical and religious traditions of South Asia. The articles here collected offer a broad range of disciplinary perspectives on a wide array of subject.
Understanding Relations Between Scripts II Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781789250923
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2019
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Contexts of and Relations Between Early Writing Systems
Description:
Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) is a project funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 677758), and based in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets is the first volume in this series, bringing together ten experts on ancient writing, languages and archaeology to present a set of diverse studies on the early development of alphabetic writing systems and their spread across the Levant and Mediterranean during the second and first millennia BC.
RRP: £50.00
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On Becoming Neighbors

The Communication Ethics of Fred Rogers
Format: 
Pages: 344
ISBN: 9780822945901
Pub Date: 29 Oct 2019
Pages: 344
ISBN: 9780822967507
Pub Date: 26 Nov 2024
Description:
Fred Rogers is an American cultural and media icon, whose children’s television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, ran for more than thirty years (1967-2001) on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). In this highly original book, Alexandra C. Klarén shows how Rogers captured the moral, social, and emotional imaginations of multiple generations of Americans.
The Syriac and Arabic Lexicon of Hasan Bar Bahlul (He-Mim) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 307
ISBN: 9781463241032
Pub Date: 22 Oct 2019
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Beth Qaṭraye was an important cultural, linguistic and religious crossroads in the pre- and early Islamic periods. In this reissue of a facsimile edition of Duval’s edition of Bar Bahlul’s lexicon, Duval’s Latin introductory material has been translated into English by Samuel Barry.
The Syriac and Arabic Lexicon of Hasan Bar Bahlul (Nun-Taw) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 450
ISBN: 9781463241131
Pub Date: 22 Oct 2019
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Beth Qaṭraye was an important cultural, linguistic and religious crossroads in the pre- and early Islamic periods. In this reissue of a facsimile edition of Duval’s edition of Bar Bahlul’s lexicon, Duval’s Latin introductory material has been translated into English by Samuel Barry.
The Syriac and Arabic Lexicon of Hasan Bar Bahlul (Olaph-Dolath) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 396
ISBN: 9781463241018
Pub Date: 22 Oct 2019
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Beth Qaṭraye was an important cultural, linguistic and religious crossroads in the pre- and early Islamic periods. In this reissue of a facsimile edition of Duval’s edition of Bar Bahlul’s lexicon, Duval’s Latin introductory material has been translated into English by Samuel Barry.
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9780822965947
Pub Date: 15 Oct 2019
Description:
From migrations to pop culture, loss to la dérive, Life in a Country Album is a soundtrack of the global cultural landscape—borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and pleasure. It’s a vast and moving look at the world, at what home means, and the ways we coexist in an increasingly divided world. These poems are about the dialects of the heart—those we are incapable of parting from, and those that are largely forgotten.
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Format: Hardback
Pages: 213
ISBN: 9781463240714
Pub Date: 09 Oct 2019
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This book serves to correct the now accepted understanding of Irenaeus’s theodicy. This assumption of Hick’s theodicy as legitimately “Irenaean” remains due the gulf between Irenaean scholarship and discussion of the problem of evil. The present work offers a bridge between the two to allow for the continued discussion of both theologian’s distinct views.
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9780813177847
Pub Date: 08 Oct 2019
Description:
Judy Young (1940--2015) was a gifted but private poet. Over the years, she established provisional collections of her best work but refrained from seeking publication due to her trepidation with sharing her deeply personal poems with an audience. She found her voice in a collective group of creatives that included Susan Starr Richards, Mary Ann Taylor-Hall, and the late Donna Boyd, Jane Gentry, Audrey Robinson, and Carolyn Hisel.
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Format: Hardback
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9780813177786
Pub Date: 08 Oct 2019
Illustrations: 84 color photos
Description:
As this collection adeptly illustrates, nursery rhymes not only evoke innocence, discovery, and joy for children of all ages, but they also can educate and celebrate tradition. Ring Around the Moon features original rhyming poems in a time-honored Appalachian style that acknowledges the importance of the region and its rich heritage while introducing readers to the whimsical and enchanting world of Mommy Goose.With Kentucky-flavored language and subject matter, this volume brings together the words, art, and music of Appalachia.
Because What Else Could I Do Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9780822965916
Pub Date: 01 Oct 2019
Description:
Because What Else Could I Do is a sequence of fifty-five untitled short poems, almost all of them addressed to the poet’s husband during the six months following his sudden and shocking death. Perhaps best known for her historical explorations of sociopolitical issues, Martha Collins did not originally intend to publish these poems. But while they are intensely personal, they make use of all of her poetic attention and skills.