Calder: 430 books

Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Mason & Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell their...

Postmodernism may seem a particularly inappropriate term when used in conjunction with a region that is usually thought of as having only recently, and then unevenly, acceded to modernity. Yet in the last several years the concept has risen to the top of the agenda of cultural and political debate...

Your quick-reference, on-board guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts Nautical charts contain an incredible amount of information for those who know how to decipher them. But without a key to the symbology, a chart can be bewildering. Nigel Calder, one of today's...

Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to reimagine the paths that lead not only to economic success, but also to the cultural, social, environmental,...

Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica provides the first comprehensive examination of transnational migration patterns into and out of Costa Rica. This impressive edited volume brings together the work of 18 top scholars from diverse social science backgrounds to analyze Costa...

"Nostalgia for a traditional France, soused in Armagnac, sunshine and young love, brought vividly to life." - John Mole, author of It's All Greek to Me The only travel writing book on Gascony, A Summer in Gascony is a charming and humorous tale of an extraordinary summer spent in this relatively...

Do you dream of living the freelance writer's life but aren't sure if you're ready? Do you get starry-eyed when you think about how wonderful your life would be as a writer? If so, you really need to read this book.This book will give you the unvarnished truth, not the romantic...

Ben Adams just wants to live and let live. Instead he’s caught up in forces he can’t control. His journey of recovery from the depths, becomes a dual race against odds and time, to save himself from federal authorities who want to take away his wealth, and the founding people of his country who...

Dramma a carattere filosofico e teologico in tre atti, è il punto più alto raggiunto da Calderòn de la Barca e probabilmente l'opera più importante dell'intero Diciassettesimo Secolo. Scritta in versi, composta di tre atti, pubblicata nel 1635, viene considerata una sorta di versione cristiana...

“La dama duende” es una comedia de las denominadas de capa y espada, escrita por Calderón de la Barca en 1629. El autor enreda y desenreda una trama basada en la confusión y el engaño, planteando un ameno juego de amores, dudas, osadías y desplantes que se resumen en la tramposa alcena que preside la acción dramática.

Benjamin Calder-Smith travelled around the UK for 18 months meeting and interviewing a broad cross-section of former fighters and boxing personalities. He now presents the stories of huge forgotten talents, coulda-been contenders and men who established a foothold in British boxing history, highlighting...

Calderón de la Barca parodia aquí el mito griego de Céfalo y Pocris.

In Bolivia, the discourse on indigenous peoples intensified in the last few decades, culminating in the election of Evo Morales as president in 2005. Indigenous people are portrayed by the Morales government as modest, communitarian, humble, poor, anticapitalist, and economically marginalized. In...

Increasingly Samuel Beckett’s writing is seen as the culmination of the great literature of the twentieth century succeeding the work of Proust, Joyce and Kafka. Beckett is a writer whose relevance to his time and use of poetic imagery can be compared to Shakespeare’s in the late Renaissance....