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Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn

An Historical and Descriptive Account of China

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Simon Rattle - Musik im 20.Jahrhundert

Felicity Palmer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Amanda Roocroft, Peter Donohoe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Wayne Marshall, Jeanne Loriod, Rex Lawson, Willard White, Lydia Ariken, Gidon Kremer, London Sinfonietta Voic…

XTC

Black Sea

Mit mehr Power Rock als Power Pop schaffte es das vierte Studio Album von XTC zum Zeitpunkt seiner Veröffentlichung im September 1980 als erstes XTC Album in die UK Top 20 und verpasste knapp die Top 40 (…

Teaching Classics Worldwide

"Designed for instructors in schools and universities, as well as stakeholders and policy-makers in education everywhere, this book is a systematic guide to contemporary school teaching of classical …

Andrii Portnov

Omeljan Pritsak and the Intellectual Origins of the Ukrainian Harvard Miracle

Omeljan Pritsak and the Intellectual Origins of the Ukrainian "Harvard Miracle" is the first English-language intellectual biography of Omeljan Pritsak-a prominent and controversial historians o…

Andrii Portnov

Omeljan Pritsak and the Intellectual Origins of the Ukrainian Harvard Miracle

Omeljan Pritsak and the Intellectual Origins of the Ukrainian "Harvard Miracle" is the first English-language intellectual biography of Omeljan Pritsak-a prominent and controversial historians o…

Hillary Taylor

Language and Social Relations in Early Modern England

Hillary Taylor investigates the relationship between language, power, and socio-economic inequality in England, c. 1550-1750. Drawing on a large array of sources, Taylor considers the limits that class po…

Intertextuality in Pliny's Epistles

Essential reading for anyone interested in the artistry of Pliny's Epistles and, more broadly, in Latin prose intertextuality, in the generic enrichment of Latin epistolography and in the literary and cul…

Ian Rapley

Green Star Japan

During the first half of the twentieth century, a wide range of the Japanese populace was drawn to the possibilities offered by the proposed language known as Esperanto. Created in the nineteenth century …

Steven H Jaffe

Four-Letter Nation

The untold story of how America really talks, for readers of Mary Roach and Bill Bryson---and anyone who's ever wondered about the power of "bad" words.For 400 years, Americans have been told to…

Valeria López Fadul

The Cradle of Words

"This work explores the relationship between language and knowledge in the Spanish empire"--

A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Languages

Covers the major languages, language families, and writing systems attested in the Ancient Near EastFilled with enlightening chapters by noted experts in the field, this book introduces Ancient Near Easte…

Miriam Weinstein

Yiddish

The history, tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language once spoken by 11 million people brought vividly to life For a people of exile, the language took the place of a nation. . . …

Modest Mussorgskij

Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)

Gyles Brandreth

Prose & Cons

As fans of Just a Minute know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it's evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the En…

Distant Voices, New Worlds

New Music Players, Orchestra of Sound and Light

Ben Yagoda

Gobsmacked!

A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms---for good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America---from French fries to Awesome…

James Geary

The World in a Phrase

Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, this delightful history is an entertaining tour through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world.Aphorisms are literature's hand…

Ward Farnsworth

The Latin Tamer

Learn to read the Romans! This book is an exciting new way to discover the Latin language. Whether you want to master it or just see enough to enjoy some time travel, The Latin Tamer makes the journey a p…