Essays by leading scholars explore the lives and tragic early deaths of the three Brontë sisters. They set two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century :Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights, in the context of the other prose and poetry of the sisters, and trace the reputation of the Brontës through history. A detailed chronology and guides to further reading are included.
Linda Hutcheon - The Politics of Postmodernism (New Accents)
Continuing the project begun in The Poetics of Postmodernism, the writer focuses on the politics of representation. Looking at both mass media and high art forms, she challenges the seeming transparency and apparent apolitical innocence of our visual images and verbal stories, asserting that these construct rather than reflect or express our experience of the world.
This volume contains expanded versions of lectures given at an instructional conference on number theory and arithmetic geometry held August 9 through 18, 1995 at Boston University. Contributor's includeThe purpose of the conference, and of this book, is to introduce and explain the many ideas and techniques used by Wiles in his proof that every (semi-stable) elliptic curve over Q is modular, and to explain how Wiles' result can be combined with Ribet's theorem and ideas of Frey and Serre to show, at long last, that Fermat's Last Theorem is true.
Knitting 24/7: 30 Projects to Knit, Wear, and Enjoy, On the Go and Around the Clock
Women who knit often fill a variety of roles throughout the day, from worker or best friend, to mum or wife and though their lives may be busy, they are determined to find time to knit. "Knitting 24/7" is a collection of 30 stylish wardrobe items that fit into these typically busy lifestyles. The projects represent both what women want to wear, ranging from sweaters, scarves and shrugs to hats and mitts and what they actually have time to knit. The patterns are meant to be worked on in those lovely free moments throughout the day - during a commute to and from work or in the brief sanctity of a child's afternoon nap
The Ultimate Sourcebook of Knitting and Crochet Stitches
The biggest collection of knitting and crochet stitches ever put together in one book; Based on the tried and tested Harmony Guides; Uniquely organised by stitch texture; The Harmony Guides are the by-word for knitters wanting to understand a complex instruction or master a particular stitch. For years these indispensable guides have been used by needlecrafters to decipher badly written knitting patterns or clarify tricky technical crochet stitches. Two concepts are at the heart of this beautifully produced book: instant access for the needlecrafter who quickly wants to find what she wants and comprehensiveness (we wanted to include enough stitches to last a lifetime).
