"The Bedford Introduction to Literature" responds to the teaching and learning needs of all kinds of literature classrooms -- and composition courses where literature is a focus. Author Michael Meyer understands that a particular challenge for instructors is that students do not necessarily see literature as relevant to their lives. They may be ...
"The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature "is designed to bring literature to life -- and to make students lifelong readers. As an instructor of literature and writing, editor Michael Meyer understands that a particular challenge in today's classroom is that students may not see literature as relevant to their lives. They may have difficulty ...
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many still believe it was the words of President Ronald Reagan, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! that brought the Cold War to an end. Meyer disagrees, and in this compelling account, explains why.
Adapted from Michael Meyer's best-selling "Bedford Introduction to Literature," this anthology responds to the needs of all kinds of poetry courses. Instructors across the country report that especially at schools where there is a decreased emphasis on literature and the humanities, students do not necessarily see literature as relevant to their ...
A fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing is pictured through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, relentlessly modernizes.
The Course of Mexican History has long been the leading textbook in the Mexican history course market. This seventh edition offers an up-to-date, lively, and engaging survey of Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Topics covered include pre-Columbian cultures, such as the Incas and the Mayas; life in Mexico under Spanish rule; ...
"Thinking and Writing about Literature" combines three books in one -- a writing about literature text, an introduction to literature, and a thematic anthology -- all working together to help students become better academic writers and better literary readers.
Union Square Cafe offers what few restaurants do: consistently outstanding food in a gracious, unstuffy setting. Now, proprietor Danny Meyer and executive chef Michael Romano are back with their second book, offering more than 140 new recipes for such favourites as Salt-Baked Chicken, Chili and Sage Rubbed Salmon and Chocolate Pudding Flan. ...
This biography of Strindberg reveals previously unknown details about his three tempestuous marriages, his dabblings in the occult, his recurrent bouts of madness, and his friendships with Gauguin, Munch, and Delius, that were the touchstones of his tormented life.
The best and most readable one-volume introduction available to the Sayings Gospel Q and the Gospel of Thomas-the very earliest collections of the sayings and parables of Jesus. The Q-Thomas Reader includes new translations, lucid commentary by leading scholars, suggested readings and a comprehensive glossary. This is essential reading for anyone ...
Mexico is a country of fascinating contrasts-glorious history and tumultuous politics, extraordinary culture and desperate poverty, ancient traditions and rapid modernization. Yet despite the growing curiosity about Mexico due to increased trade and commerce, as well as increased tourism and immigration, there is presently no up-to-date, ...
This volume contains Ibsen's two most famous and frequently read, studied and performed plays about women: A Doll's House (1879), his first international success, which 'exploded like a bomb into contemporary life', and Hedda Gabler (1890), now one of his most popular plays, but greeted at first with bewilderment and outrage ('The play is simply a ...
Ideally suited for courses emphasizing writing about literature, this new compact edition of The Bedford Introduction to Literature offers all the distinctive features of Michael Meyer's best-selling introduction to literature in a shorter, less expensive paperback format. With its rich array of selections, its many innovative editorial features, ...
This concise and inexpensive guide to reading and writing about fiction, poetry, and drama is illustrated with plentiful student examples and well-chosen literary selections. It covers finding and documenting sources as well as writing the literary research paper and offers a unique introduction to 8 major critical strategies for approaching ...
Reform Judaism is today one of the three major branches of the Jewish faith. This is a history of the Reform movement, tracing its changing configuration and self-understanding from the beginnings of modernisation in late 18th-century Jewish thought and practice to American renewal in the 1970s.
In more than 600 pages and 1,000 drawings, this lifetime reference from Popular Science explains it all. "Do-it-yourselfers will find everything they need to know about home construction and improvement."--"Publishers Weekly." "It's still one of the easiest books to follow...It outlines how to get from planning to completion and offers drawings of ...
"Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field" (George Steiner) The two epic plays in this volume stand, together with Peer Gynt and The Pretenders, at the fulcrum of Ibsen's ...
At the height of his career, the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen created a new drama reflecting real life of the struggle between the inward needs of his characters and the demands of their social environments. In Michael Meyer's fluent, idiomatic translations of two of Ibsen's most famous plays, "The Wild Duck" and "Hedda Gabler" stand as ...
This remains the major text in the field. In this third edition the authors have revised the final chapters of the book to discuss recent economic, political, and social events under the governments of Lopez Portillo and de la Madrid, including the devastating impact of declining oil prices, the huge national debt, the consequences of the December ...
This classic reference book chronicles the history of Reform Judaism. Historical documents and writings by renowned authors that reflect the on-going evolution of Reform Judaism are included. This book will aid the reader in understanding the changing issues that have occurred since its establishment. This timely book traces the development of ...
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