Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his struggle with three deadly foes, beginning with the dread monster Grendel, who has bee
Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing littérateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house w
Alongside his monumental Notebooks and the poems collected in Canti, which make him one of Italy's greatest and best-loved poets, Giacomo Leopardi penned a number of fictional pieces, mostly in the fo
First published in 1831, and here presented in a dual-language edition with annotations and additional reading material, Leopardi's poetical masterpiece is an unsurpassed anatomy of man's unhappiness
Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron was the first great masterpiece of European storytelling; this brilliant new translation by J. G. Nichols faithfully captures its timeless vitality in readable and natur
A brilliant new translation of the work that Herman Hesse called “the first great masterpiece of European storytelling.”In the summer of 1348, with the plague ravaging Florence, ten young men and wome
This carefully organized sequence of 88 lyrics is a diary of a summer spent in Tuscany—part of the time spent with the Italian actress Eleanora Duse. The poems evoke specific times and places and they
Part of Alma Evergreen series, J.G. Nichols's new translation stays as faithful to the original as possible while being written in a clear and eminently modern English, capturing the timeless humour o
The first-ever translation into English of Lampedusa's correspondence includes recently discovered, previously unpublished letters and unreleased photographs of London by the author of The Leopard him
Completely updated and expanded, Black Hawk and the Warrior’s Path is a masterful account of the life of the Sauk warrior and leader, and his impact on the history of early America. The period betwee
A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era presents a collection of new historiographic essays covering the years between 1877 and 1920, a period which saw the U.S. emerge from the ashes of Rec
Modelling and Estimation of Damage in Structures is a comprehensiveguide to solving the type of modelling and estimation problems associated with the physics of structural damage. Provides a mode
Complete coverage of administration, scoring,interpretation, and reporting Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls Conveniently formatted for rapid referenceQuickly acquire the knowledge and skills
This fully revised and updated edition introduces the reader to sedimentology and stratigraphic principles, and provides tools for the interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks. The processes
Return on Ideas is a practical guide to getting more from the resources you put into your innovation process. David Nichols clearly shows why current innovation funnel models stifle rather than encour
Like all complex living systems, a family, during its life course, proceeds through predictable stages of development. Yet every family is different, its uniqueness defined and continually redefined b
"You've got to read this book! You'll learn what to do, when to do it, and exactly how to go about it. A useful, practical tool to help any CEO or development officer position an organization for grow
Not too long ago only "bad" girls had a good time in bed. "Good" girls endured -- and wondered what they were missing.Then along came "J" and suddenly everything was different. She opened the eyes
