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151 produkter
History of Science Fiction
Av Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2016
1077 kr
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This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly …
Thing Itself
Av Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2016
144 kr
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Adam Roberts turns his attention to answering the Fermi Paradox with a taut and claustrophobic tale that echoes John Carpenter's The Thing.Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love-letter one of them has received. One is …
This
Av Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2022
132 kr
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The This is the new social media platform everyone is talking about. Allow it to be injected into the roof of your mouth and it will grow into your brain, allow you to connect with others without even picking up your phone. Its followers are growing. Its detractors say it is a cult. But for one …
Jack Glass
Av Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2013
144 kr
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WINNER OF THE BSFA AWARD FOR BEST NOVELJack Glass is the murderer. We know this from the start. Yet as this extraordinary novel tells the story of three murders committed by Glass the reader will be surprised to find out that it was Glass who was the killer and how he did it. And by the end of the …
Documents on the Laws of War
Av Adam Roberts, Richard Guelff
Häftad, 2000
1430 kr
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Roberts and Guelff's text has become widely accepted internationally as a standard work on international humanitarian law.The book contains authoritative texts of the main treaties and other key documents covering a wide variety of issues: the rights and duties of both belligerents and neutrals; …
It's the End of the World
But What Are We Really Afraid Of?
Av Adam Roberts
Inbunden, 2020
157 kr
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Shortlisted for The British Science Fiction Association Best Non-Fiction 2020Are we doomed? Is an almighty power or an earth-shattering meteor waiting for us just around the corner?In this thought-provoking book, Professor Adam Roberts explores our many different cultural visions of the end of the …
The Major Works
Av Alfred Tennyson, Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2009
142 kr
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This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Tennyson's poetry and prose - juvenilia as well as his best-known poems, and letters and journal entries - to give the …
Frankenstein Rex
Av Adam Roberts
E-bok, 2026
193 kr
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Frankenstein is the name of the maker, but we always think of the monster...And what a monster he is. Frankenstein is a splendid creature, in almost every respect superior to humanity: smarter, stronger, and able to endure extremes of heat and cold that would kill a normal person. He is also …
Frankenstein Rex
Av Adam Roberts
Inbunden, 2026
312 kr
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Frankenstein is the name of the maker, but we always think of the monster...And what a monster he is. Frankenstein is a splendid creature, in almost every respect superior to humanity: smarter, stronger, and able to endure extremes of heat and cold that would kill a normal person. He is also …
Classic Science Fiction Stories
Av Adam Roberts
Inbunden, 2022
137 kr
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An entertaining and wide-ranging collection of science-fiction short stories featuring space aliens, spectacular inventions, futuristic technologies and vividly imagined worlds.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges …
Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers
Av Blake Morrison, RJ Barker m. fl.
E-bok
113 kr
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Landor's Cleanness
A Study of Walter Savage Landor
Av Adam Roberts
E-bok, 2014
1645 kr
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Cleanness, both in the sense of a neoclassical stylistic purity and of an individual moral and political probity, was centrally important to Walter Savage Landor''s writing, both in his prose and poetry. At the same time, this commitment to purity was contaminated in a variety of eloquent and …
Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring
Triumphs and Disasters
Av Timothy Garton Ash, Rory McCarthy m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
697 kr
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Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian …
Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring
Triumphs and Disasters
Av Timothy Garton Ash, Rory McCarthy m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
697 kr
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Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian …
Hugo Grotius and International Relations
Av Hedley Bull, Benedict Kingsbury m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
1329 kr
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While the works of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) have long been held in high esteem by international lawyers, this book addresses the broader, and neglected, theme of his contribution to the theoretical and practical aspects of international relations. It critically reappraises Grotius' thought, …
United Nations, Divided World
The UN's Roles in International Relations
Av Adam Roberts, Benedict Kingsbury
Häftad, 1993
1061 kr
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This book, highly praised as an authoritative assessment of the United Nations and its place in international relations, brings together distinguished academics and senior UN officials in a clear and penetrating examination of how the UN has developed since 1945. It examines the UN's various roles …
Landor's Cleanness
A Study of Walter Savage Landor
Av Adam Roberts
Inbunden, 2014
1976 kr
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Cleanness, both in the sense of a neoclassical stylistic purity and of an individual moral and political probity, was centrally important to Walter Savage Landor's writing, both in his prose and poetry. At the same time, this commitment to purity was contaminated in a variety of eloquent and …
Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring
Triumphs and Disasters
Av Adam Roberts, Michael J. Willis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
777 kr
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Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian …
The Major Works
Av Robert Browning, Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2009
165 kr
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This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Browning's poetry and prose chosen from the whole range of his career to give the essence of his work and …
Civil Resistance and Power Politics
The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present
Av Adam Roberts, Timothy Garton Ash
Häftad, 2011
528 kr
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This widely-praised book identified peaceful struggle as a key phenomenon in international politics a year before the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt confirmed its central argument. Civil resistance - non-violent action against such challenges as dictatorial rule, racial discrimination and foreign …
Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle
Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts
Inbunden, 2011
1950 kr
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From the 494 B.C. plebeians' march out of Rome to gain improved status, to Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns in India, to the liberation of Poland and the Baltic nations, and the revolutions in North Africa, nonviolent struggles have played pivotal roles in world events for centuries. Sharp's …
Victorian Culture and Society
The Essential Glossary
Av Adam Roberts
Inbunden, 2003
2281 kr
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This glossary offers an introduction to Victorian Studies and a route-map to further study. Designed specifically with undergraduates in mind, it contains around 400 short and accessible explanations of the key words, events, figures and concepts in the study of the Victorian period.
Victorian Culture and Society
The Essential Glossary
Av Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2003
706 kr
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This glossary offers an introduction to Victorian Studies and a route-map to further study. Designed specifically with undergraduates in mind, it contains around 400 short and accessible explanations of the key words, events, figures and concepts in the study of the Victorian period.
Fredric Jameson
Av Adam Roberts
Inbunden, 2000
1749 kr
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An invaluable introduction to the life and work of one of today's most important cultural critics. Studied on most undergraduate literary and cultural studies courses, Fredric Jameson's writing targets subjects from architecture to science fiction, cinema to global capitalism. Of his works, The …
Fredric Jameson
Av Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2000
543 kr
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An invaluable introduction to the life and work of one of today's most important cultural critics. Studied on most undergraduate literary and cultural studies courses, Fredric Jameson's writing targets subjects from architecture to science fiction, cinema to global capitalism. Of his works, The …
Science Fiction
Av Adam Roberts
Inbunden, 2005
2100 kr
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Science Fiction is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. This second edition reflects how the field is rapidly changing in both its practice and its critical reception. With an entirely new conclusion and all other chapters fully reworked …
Science Fiction
Av Adam Roberts
Häftad, 2005
477 kr
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Science Fiction is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. This second edition reflects how the field is rapidly changing in both its practice and its critical reception. With an entirely new conclusion and all other chapters fully reworked …
Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction
Av Mark Bould, Andrew Butler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2100 kr
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Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction is a collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures who have shaped and defined the genre. Diverse groups within the science fiction community are represented, from novelists and film makers to comic book and television writers. Important …
