In Love in Another Language Dick Davis is shown to be the outstanding formal poet of his generation, a master of rhyme and metre, a poet worthy of keeping company with the best lyric writers in our tr
In his new collection of poems, Dick Davis, the acclaimed author of Belonging, addresses themes that he has long worked with?travel, the experience of being a stranger, the clash of cultures, the vaga
New work by acclaimed British-born ?‥?migr?‥? and formalist poet, Dick Davis, whose previous collection, Belonging, was chosen as one of the top ten books of the year by The Economist.
The poet delves deeply into the political and personal chasms that separate human beings, pealing back the layers of relationship within normal families to reveal the shared history that defines us. S
In this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured
The selected adventures of Persia?s Hercules, from Iran?s great national epic No understanding of world mythology is complete without acquaintance with Rostam, Iran?s most celebrated mythological hero
Matthew Mead began publishing his poetry in the 1960s. By then he had, as Peter Riley noted, 'located a sense of poetry for which he drew widely from Anglo-American writing, avoiding any programmes of
Vis, daughter of the queen of Mah and promised to Mobad, King of Marv, finds herself escorted to her future husband by his brother, Ramin, an impetuous prince who cannot help falling in love with his
A classic Persian tale of war and forbidden love in the eleventh century Believed by scholars to be the inspiration for Tristan and Isolde, Vis and Ramin was written between 1050 and 1055 and is consi
The most beloved Iranian novel of the twentieth century“God forbid, I’ve fallen in love with Layli!” So begins the farce of our narrator’s life, one spent in a large extended Iranian family lorded ove
The great national epic of Persia?the most complete English-language edition Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appeara
Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literatureTogether, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloque
The series surveys research methods in soil microbiology, and this volume focuses on soil enzymology, the first full book to do so. Scientists working at the interface between biology and ecology disc
The first comprehensive synthesis of genomic techniques in earth sciences The past 15 years have witnessed an explosion of DNA sequencing technologies that provide unprecedented insights into biology.
This practical text on financial accounting and reporting offers a global perspective on IFRS. It presents the rationale and principles prescribed throughout the IAS/IFRS, including numerous examples
This book focuses on novel stormwater control measures (SCMs) and related technologies for the reductions of detrimental impacts from urban stormwater. Many of these SCMs are nature-based and ar
This volume describes frontiers in social-behavioral modeling for contexts as diverse as national security, health, and on-line social gaming. Recent scientific and technological advances have created
