The Chapter
Title | The Chapter PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Dames |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2023-11-07 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0691135193 |
A history of the chapter from its origins in antiquity to today. Why do books have chapters? With this seemingly simple question, Nicholas Dames embarks on a literary journey spanning two millennia, revealing how an ancient editorial technique became a universally recognized component of narrative art and a means to register the sensation of time.
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
Title | A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Barnes |
Publisher | Vintage Canada |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2012-12-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307367584 |
It's a hilariously revisionist account of Noah's ark, narrated by a passenger who doesn't appear in Genesis. It's a sneak preview of heaven. It encompasses the stories of a cruise ship hijacked by terrorists and of woodworms tried for blasphemy in sixteenth-century France. It explores the relationship of fact to fabulation and the antagonism between history and love. In short, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is a grandly ambitious and inventive work of fiction, in the traditions of Joyce and Calvino, from the author of the widely acclaimed Flaubert's Parrot.
The Architect
Title | The Architect PDF eBook |
Author | Spiro Kostof |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780520226043 |
The Architect traces the role of the profession across the centuries and in different cultures, showing the architect both as designer and as mediator between the client and the builder.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles
Title | Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Hack Tuke |
Publisher | London : K. Paul, Trench |
Pages | 626 |
Release | 1882 |
Genre | Insane |
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U.S. History
Title | U.S. History PDF eBook |
Author | P. Scott Corbett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1886 |
Release | 2024-09-10 |
Genre | History |
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U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.
Out of the Crystal Maze
Title | Out of the Crystal Maze PDF eBook |
Author | Lillian Hoddeson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 722 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Solid state physics |
ISBN | 019505329X |
Focuses on the field of solid-state physics - also referred to as condensed matter physics - which grew to maturity between 1920 and 1960. The history of some exciting developments is told here in an easy-to-follow text, accessible to general readers, while maintaining standards of high scholarship.
13 chapters of a history of Belize
Title | 13 chapters of a history of Belize PDF eBook |
Author | Assad Shoman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Belize |
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