'Fascinating.... Wonderfully exhilarating.' Mail on SundayFinalist for The Tolkien Society Best Book AwardAn engaging, original and radical reassessment of J.R.R. Tolkien, revealing how his visionary creation of Middle-Earth is more relevan...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Oct-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300240818)
An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori’s publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom’s detailed new account illuminates th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Oct-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300240818)
An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori’s publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom’s detailed new account illuminates th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Mar-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192543714)
By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. Hi...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Mar-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192543721)
By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. Hi...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Jul-2017, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192529992)
In all the complex cultural history of the islands of Britain and Ireland the idea of the coast as a significant representative space is critical. For many important artists coastal space has figured as a site from which to braid ideas of empire, nat...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Jun-2017, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192514370)
In all the complex cultural history of the islands of Britain and Ireland the idea of the coast as a significant representative space is critical. For many important artists coastal space has figured as a site from which to braid ideas of empire, nat...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Mar-2017, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191009549)
Among his associates no one loved him, many disliked him, and more feared him. Father Schedoni is enlisted by the imperious Marchesa di Vivaldi to prevent her son from marrying the beautiful Ellena. Schedoni has no scruples in kidnapping Ellena a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Mar-2017, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191009556)
Among his associates no one loved him, many disliked him, and more feared him. Father Schedoni is enlisted by the imperious Marchesa di Vivaldi to prevent her son from marrying the beautiful Ellena. Schedoni has no scruples in kidnapping Ellena a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Jan-2016, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191009631)
He was deaf to the murmurs of conscience, and resolved to satisfy his desires at any price.The Monk (1796) is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. The res...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Jan-2016, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191009648)
He was deaf to the murmurs of conscience, and resolved to satisfy his desires at any price.The Monk (1796) is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. The res...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Oct-2014, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191009617)
Look, my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions! The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be fo...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Oct-2014, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191009624)
Look, my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions! The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be fo...Lasīt vairāk
Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and runner-up for Countryfile Book of the Year. For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increas...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Sep-2012, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191642395)
The Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and a distinctive style of rock music. It has influenced political theorists and social reformers, as well as Victorian home decor and...Lasīt vairāk
Known the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinating past, from the development of the Royal Standa...Lasīt vairāk
