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Martin Opitz, der »Mars« der Musen (Zesen), nutzte die Krisenzeit von Krieg und Konfessionalisierung als Chance zur Einführung einer nationalsprachlichen Dichtkunst im Geiste eines aus der Renaissance erneuerten Humanismus. Opitz wollte mit seiner Reform dazu beitragen, Religionsfreiheit zu erstreiten und dadurch Frieden und Eintracht zu stiften. Die Bände zeichnen den beachtlichen Erfolg dieser 'humanistischen Reformation' nach und bieten ein...

Martin Opitz, der »Mars« der Musen (Zesen), nutzte die Krisenzeit von Krieg und Konfessionalisierung als Chance zur Einführung einer nationalsprachlichen Dichtkunst im Geiste eines aus der Renaissance erneuerten Humanismus. Opitz wollte mit seiner Reform dazu beitragen, Religionsfreiheit zu erstreiten und dadurch Frieden und Eintracht zu stiften. Die Bände zeichnen den beachtlichen Erfolg dieser 'humanistischen Reformation' nach und bieten ein...

In the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin, " headstrong Janet defies Tam Lin to walk in her own land of Carterhaugh . . . and then must battle the Queen of Faery for possession of her lover's body and soul. In this version of "Tam Lin, " masterfully crafted by Pamela Dean, Janet is a college student, "Carterhaugh" is Carter Hall at the university where her father teaches, and Tam Lin is a boy named Thomas Lane. Set against the backdrop of the ea...

The Coaching Bible is a practical and inspiring new book from the UK's top coaches Ian McDermott and Wendy Jago.

Ein packendes, emotionales Abenteuer nach einer wahren Begebenheit von Erfolgsregisseur Frank Marshall („Überleben!“), das von tiefer Freundschaft und dem unbändigen Willen zu überleben erzählt. Jungstar Paul Walker („Into the Blue“) und acht treue Huskys lassen vor der grandiosen Kulisse der Antarktis nicht nur das Eis schmelzen! Eine kleine US-Forschungsstation am Ende der Welt: Die Crew bereitet sich bereits auf die Rückkehr nach Hause vor,...

Three titles by British poet, novelist and critic, Robert Graves, part of the Penguin Modern Classics series.

Consists of the popular classic "My Family & Other Animals" and its delightful sequels, "Birds, Beasts & Relatives" and "The Garden Of The Gods". All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, where Gerald and his eccentric family moved from England.

An underground classic since its first publication in 1952. 'Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered' Stanley Kubrick

*'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life' Hermione Lee, Observer

Holly, Michael, Dashiell and Claudia are mortified by the seminal book their liberal parents Paul and Roz Mellow have written, a book that features tasteful pastel illustrations of their parents' lovemaking - and which has become a runaway bestseller. Thirty years later, when the children who have grown up in the shadow of these erotically charged parents are adults, and it looks as though the book may be reissued, we catch up individually wit...

Janina Bauman was a year older than Anne Frank when World War II began and Hitler's decree forced her family into the Warsaw Ghetto. Janina, an intelligent, lively girl, suddenly found herself in a cramped flat, hiding with other Jewish families. At first even curfews and the casual cruelty meted out by the German occupiers could not dim her passion for books, boys, and romance. Then came the raids, and Janina, with her sister and mother, had ...

The new Chief Inspector Wexford novel from the UK's best-loved crime writer. A lump of concrete is dropped from a little stone bridge over a lonely road, but it kills the wron

Abbie Spallen's explosively comic new play takes us deep into the unspoken thoughts and darkest desires of three lives destined to collide.The Bush Theatre's world premiere production of Pumpgirl opened at the Traverse Theatre, in the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Paperback edition of this enchanting memoir of a struggling writer living and working in the eccentric Parisian bookshop, 'Shakespeare and Company'.

Published on the centenary of Jim Thompson's birth, comes a classic crime novel. 'My favourite crime novelist - often imitated but never duplicated' Stephen King

Reissue of a true classic - 'One of the toughest crime novels ever' (Newsweek). 'Jim Thompson is the best suspense writer going, bar none' NEW YORK TIMES

The life of Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm.