Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays. Tracing Murdoch's journey to a modern Platonism, this volume includes incisive evaluations of the thought and writings of T. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvior, and Elias Canetti, as well as key texts on the continuing importance of the sublime, on the concept of love, and the role great literature can...
Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Col...
Re-use in computer-aided design of electronic circuits, involves the strategic re-use of existing IC designs for significantly improved productivity.
Re-use in computer-aided design of electronic circuits, involves the strategic re-use of existing IC designs for significantly improved productivity.
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Dame Iris Murdoch has played a major role in English life and letter for nearly half a century. As A.S. Byatt notes, she is absolutely central to our culture. As a novelist, as a thinker, and as a private individual, her life has significance for our age. There is a recognizable Murdoch world, and the adjective Murdochian has entered the language to describe situations where a small group of people interract intricately and strangely.
Dame Iris Murdoch has played a major role in English life and letter for nearly half a century. As A.S. Byatt notes, she is absolutely central to our ...
Available for the first time in the United States a new series of innovative critical studies introducing writers and their contexts to a wide range of readers. Drawing upon the mast recent thinking in English studies, each book considers biographical material, examines recent criticism, includes a detailed bibliography, and offers a concise but challenging reappraisal of a writer's major work. Published in the U. K. by Northcote House in association with The British Council.
Available for the first time in the United States a new series of innovative critical studies introducing writers and their contexts to a wide range o...
The shocking true story of the Russian serial killer who brutally murdered more than fifty victims--and evaded capture for over a decade.
By the time he was brought to trial in 1992, Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo had killed more than fifty women and children, often sexually abusing them and leaving their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. Although he was initially arrested in 1984, the police lacked enough evidence to pin the unsolved murders on him and he was able to torture and kill dozens more before his eventual conviction. Compiling exclusive interviews and...
The shocking true story of the Russian serial killer who brutally murdered more than fifty victims--and evaded capture for over a decade. ...
"A smart, balanced analysis of the internal developments that have shaped Russia's course since the break-up of the Soviet Union." --The New York Times Book Review "Balanced and timely ... a smooth narrative that provides welcome context for Russia's recent revanchist behavior and insight into prospects for ongoing U.S.-Russian relations." --★Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Seamlessly written.... It is fascinating to read the author's summary of Russia's actions in Syria in the context of recent events." --The Wall Street...
"A smart, balanced analysis of the internal developments that have shaped Russia's course since the break-up of the Soviet Union." --The New...
Through newly declassified documents, interviews with surviving family members and original writing by Hanfstaengl himself, Peter Conradi recounts a remarkable life.
Through newly declassified documents, interviews with surviving family members and original writing by Hanfstaengl himself, Peter Conradi recounts a r...
