When the shade of a middle-aged loner is fleetingly glimpsed in unlikely places by a series of bewildered Eureka residents, each person who sees him interprets the encounters differently and experienc
The title of this collection states the central theme?the losses that accrue over time and the ways in which this particular poetic persona deals with these losses: the loss of loved ones; of faith; o
Most intelligent people today still believe that mathematics is a body of unshakable truths about the physical world and that mathematical reasoning is exact and infallible. Mathematics: The Loss of C
This volume traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous post-colonial contexts. It establishes that the aphasia imposed on the indigenous is but a visible symptom of a deeper mala
This classic text is a fascinating and gripping actual account from a survivor of the R.M.S. Titanic, Laurence Beesley. His words bring you as close as you can possibly be to that great disaster at se
First published in 1912, just two short months after the sinking of the TITANIC, this hauntingly immediate account opens with Lawrence Beesley's story of arriving onshore and soon after walking throug
