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  | | Reading and the Reader(1st Edition) The Literary Agenda von Philip Davis Paperback, 160 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2014 von Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-968318-5, ISBN: 0-19-968318-2 "The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for exa ..." |
 | | The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition(1st Edition) (Modern Birkhäuser Classics) von Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh, Elena Anne Marchisotto Paperback, 528 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2011 von Birkhäuser ISBN-13: 978-0-8176-8294-1, ISBN: 0-8176-8294-5 "Winner of the 1983 National Book Award!"...a perfectly marvelous book about the Queen of Sciences, from which one will get a real feeling for what mathematicians do and who they are. The exposition is clear and full of wit and humor..." - The New Yorker (1983 National Book Award edition)Mathematics has been a human activity for thousands of years. Yet only a few people from the vast ..." |
 | | Bernard Malamud(1st Edition) A Writer's Life von Philip Davis Paperback, 400 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2010 von Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-957147-5, ISBN: 0-19-957147-3 "Philip Davis tells the story of Bernard Malamud (1914-1986), the self-made son of poor Jewish immigrants who went on to become one of the foremost novelists and short-story writers of the post-war period. The time is ripe for a revival of interest in a man who at the peak of his success stood alongside Saul Bellow and Philip Roth in the ranks of Jewish American writers. Nothing came easily to Malamud: his family was poor, his mother pr ..." |
 | | Hester(1st Edition) (Oxford World's Classics) von Mrs. Oliphant, Brian Nellist, Philip Davis, Margaret Wilson Oliphant, Philip Maurice Davis Paperback, 512 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2009 von Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955549-9, ISBN: 0-19-955549-4 "Hester tells the story of the aging but powerful Catherine Vernon, and her conflict with the young and determined Hester, whose growing attachment to Edward, Catherine's favorite, spells disaster for all concerned. Catherine Vernon, jilted in her youth, has risen to power in a man's world as head of the family bank. She thinks she sees through everyone and rules over a family of dependents with knowing cynicism. But there are two pe ..." |
 | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning(1st Edition) Selected Writings (21st Century Oxford Authors) von Josie Billington, Philip Davis, Davis Billington Paperback, 592 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2018 von Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-879763-0, ISBN: 0-19-879763-X "This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students and readers a comprehensive selection of the work of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). Accompanied by full scholarly apparatus, this authoritative edition enables students to study Barrett Browning's work within the rich context of her life and writing career. The revaluation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's work by feminist scholars has made her an esta ..." |
 | | The Basic Photo Book(1st Edition) von Philip Davis Paperback, 160 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1991 von Mcgraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages ISBN-13: 978-0-697-11480-8, ISBN: 0-697-11480-5 "This book provides the basic knowledge needed to make effective, attractive photographs in black and white. It focuses on the essential steps in camera handling, film, exposure and development, printing and presentation. A great number of photographs are used as examples and illustrate various process steps. The chapters are short, easy to follow, and devoted to specific subjects. A full glossary is also included." |
 | | Shakespeare Thinking(1st Edition) (Shakespeare Now!) von Philip Davis, Wayne R. Davis, Ewan Fernie, Simon Palfrey Hardcover, 128 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2009 von Continuum ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-8694-3, ISBN: 0-8264-8694-0 "Shakespearean thinking is always dynamic: thinking that happens in the living moment of its performance, in quickly passing process. This book offers a model of human mentality that can be shown through the dense immediacy of dramatic thinking, as embodied above all in Shakespeare's working method. Shakespeare Thinking discusses the positioning of Shakespeare as the paradigm of fully human mental creativity from the Romantics to the la ..." |
 | | Der Weg zum absoluten Versager(1st Edition) Die 10 Regeln total erfolgloser Menschen (Hardback) von William A. Guillory, Dr. William Guillory, Philip Davis, Phillipp G. Davis Paperback, 172 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2009 von Printsystem Medienverlag ISBN-13: 978-3-938295-18-2, ISBN: 3-938295-18-X |
 | | Why Victorian Literature Still Matters(1st Edition) von Philip Davis Paperback, 184 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2008 von Wiley-Blackwell ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-3579-5, ISBN: 1-4051-3579-4 "Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of Victorian literature’s enduring impact and importance for readers interested in the relationship between literature and life, reading and thinking. Explores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author’s unique insight into why it is still important today Provides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works o ..." |
 | | The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson(1st Edition) (Cambridge Companions to Literature) von Greg Clingham, Brian Friel, Philip Davis, Catherine Neal Parke, Howard David Weinbrot, Paul J. Korshin, Eithne Henson, Robert Demaria, Robert Folkenflik, Clement Hawes, Fred Parker, Philip Smallwood, Michael Felix Suarez, John Wilshire, Thomas Keymer, Steven Lynn Paperback, 288 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1997 von Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-55625-5, ISBN: 0-521-55625-2 "The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson, first published in 1997, provides an introduction to the works and intellectual life of one of the most challenging and wide-ranging writers in English literary history. Compiler of the first great English dictionary, editor of Shakespeare, biographer and critic of the English poets, author both of the influential journal Rambler and the popular fiction Rasselas, and one of the most engaging co ..." |
 | | Sudden Shakespeare(1st Edition) The Shaping of Shakespeare's Creative Thought von Philip R. Davies, Philip Davis Hardcover, 220 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2003 von Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-0-485-11496-6, ISBN: 0-485-11496-8 "'His mind and hand went together' said Hemings and Condell of the speed of Shakespeare. But the conceptual language of literary criticism, be it moralistic or political, has long been too slow to the properly responsive to Shakespeare's meaning. With the help of both Renaissance philosophers and present-day actors, Sudden Shakepeare seeks to locate the underlying secrets of Shakespeare's dynamic power. It offers a technical language wih ..." |
 | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning(1st Edition) 21st-Century Oxford Authors von Josie Billington, Philip Davis, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Davis Billington Hardcover, 592 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2014 von Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-960288-9, ISBN: 0-19-960288-3 "The Barrett-Browning volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers a comprehensive selection of the works of one of the nineteenth-century's most famous poets. The revaluation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's work by feminist scholars has made her an established (indeed standard) author in university syllabuses in Britain and in America. Yet the emphasis upon her contribution to a female tradition has tended to rigidify Barrett ..." |
 | | The Age of Arthur(1st Edition) (London Suburban Railways) von Keith Smith, Victor Mitchell, Leslie Davis, Philip Davis, John Morris Paperback, 224 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1991 von Middleton Press ISBN-13: 978-0-906520-87-1, ISBN: 0-906520-87-8 "It's a past hitherto hidden in myth and mystery, and one so exciting to lovers of literature and history. Yet Arthur himself, both the last Roman emperor and the first medieval king, represented a form of continuity...and pointed the way to future English history. ..".Morris has created more than the most devoted of Arthurian enthusiasts could ever have hoped for...in a style of great elegance..."--Times Literary Supplement." |
 | | The History Atlas of North America(1st Edition) (History Atlas Series) von Ronald Mendell, David Brown, David Ryan, Philip Davis, Philip John Davies, Philp Davies, Phillips John Davies, Philip John Davis Hardcover, 160 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1998 von Macmillan General Reference ISBN-13: 978-0-02-862582-9, ISBN: 0-02-862582-X "Summers, H. G. Jr., Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War Hougton Mifflin Company, 1995. Summers, H. G. Jr., The New World Strategy: A Military Policy for Americas Future, Simon and Schuster/Touchstone Books, 1995. ... Macpherson, James M., The Atlas of the Civil War, Macmillan, 1994. Meinig, D. W. ... Middleton, Richard, Colonial America, a History, 1585-1776, (2nd edition), Blackwell, Oxford, 1996. ... Morris, R. B., Encyclopedia o ..." |
 | | Thomas Gray(1st Edition) Philosopher Cat von Philip J. Davis, Marguerite Dorian Hardcover, 143 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1988 von Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-188100-0, ISBN: 0-15-188100-6 "This light, philosophical fireside tale wrapped around a mathematical problem tells the story of Thomas Gray, a cat who found herself at Cambridge University helping a historian of mathematics with his research. Two-color illustrations." |
 | | And crown thy good(1st Edition) von Philip Davis Hardcover, 239 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1952 von Philosophical Library ISBN-13: 978-1-125-82428-3, ISBN: 1-125-82428-X |
 | | Descartes' Dream(1st Edition) The World According to Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) von Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh Paperback, 352 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2005 von Dover Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-486-44252-5, ISBN: 0-486-44252-7 ""A passionate plea against the use of formal mathematical reasoning as a method for solving mankind's problems. . . . An antidote to the Cartesian view that mathematical and scientific knowledge will suffice to solve the central problems of human existence." — The New York Times"These cogitations can and should be read by every literate person." — Science Books and Films"A warning against being seduced or intimidated by mathematics into ..." |
 | | The Reader, No. 30. Summer 2008(1st Edition) von Phillip Pullman, Blake Morrison, Melvin Bragg, Etc. Davis, Philip Davis, Philip Davies Paperback, 128 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2008 von The University Of Liverpool ISBN-13: 978-0-9551168-9-6, ISBN: 0-9551168-9-9 |
 | | The Transferred Life of George Eliot(1st Edition) von Philip Maurice Davis Hardcover, 352 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2017 von Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-957737-8, ISBN: 0-19-957737-4 "Reading George Eliot's work was described by one Victorian critic as like the feeling of entering the confessional in which the novelist sees and hears all the secrets of human psychology'that roar which lies on the other side of silence'. This new biography of George Eliot goes beyond the much-told story of her life. It gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to think like a novelist: in particular a realist novelis ..." |
 | | The Mathematical Experience(1st Edition) von Reuben Hersh, Philip J. Davis, Gian-Carlo Rota, Elena A. Marchisotto, Davis And Hersh Paperback, 440 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1982 von Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN-13: 978-0-395-32131-7, ISBN: 0-395-32131-X |
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