An Introduction to Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in 20th century Anglo-American literature and culture. The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath provides an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the poetry, prose and autobiographical writings of Sylvia Plath. It offers a critical overview of key readings, debates and issues from almost fifty years of Plath scholarship, draws attention to the historical, literary, national and gender contexts which frame her writing and presents informed and attentive readings of her own work.
From China to Paris: 2000 Years Transmission of Mathematical IdeasContents: K. Vogel: A Surveying Problem Travels from China to Paris - J. Hoyrup: Seleucid Innovations in the Babylonian oAlgebraico Tradition and their Kin Abroad - J. L. Berggren: Some Ancient and Medieval Approximations to Irrational Numbers and Their Transmission - J. Sesiano: A Reconstruction of Greek Multiplication Tables for Integers - A. Breard: Problems of Pursuit: Recreational Mathematics or Astronomy? - K. Chemla / A. Keller: The Sanskrit karanis and the Chinese mian - and others
The author, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University and the author of three books has observed Chinese popular culture for 30 years. His book may seem too long for a work that focuses only on the ten years in China since the 1989 Tiananmen mass protest movement, but it has a swift and lively pace. Barm?'s thesisAthat popular culture has developed ways for people to express dissatisfaction without attacking the governmentAis substantiated through his analyses of music, comic books, television shows, ad jingles, screen savers, and T-shirts.
Simply Baby: 20 Special Handknits for Baby's First Two Years
Debbie Bliss is the most stylish and accessible children’s knitwear designer working today. In Simply Baby, she returns with a cuddly collection of clothing and accessories for newborns to two-year-olds. Some designs are simple to make, such as the striped hat and the ribbon-tie booties. As novice knitters gain confidence, they, and more experienced knitters, will enjoy the designs that introduce new elements, like edging or cabling.
The Limbourg Brothers: Reflections on the Origins and the Legacy of Three Illuminators from Nijmegen
Although the Nijmegen artists Herman, Paul and Jean de Limbourg were barely thirty years old when they suddenly died in 1416, they could already look back on a formidable career. Now, even almost six hundred years after their creation, their colourful and highly refined miniatures in the Belles Heures and Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry still speak vividly to our imagination.
