Joseph Conrad is one of the most intriguing and important modernist novelists. His writing continues to preoccupy twenty-first-century readers. This introduction by a leading scholar is aimed at students coming to Conrad's work for the first time.  Meer

In this 2001 book, John Peters investigates the impact of Impressionism on Conrad and links this to his literary techniques as well as his philosophical and political views.  Meer

In this 2001 book, John Peters investigates the impact of Impressionism on Conrad and links this to his literary techniques as well as his philosophical and political views.  Meer

Joseph Conrad is one of the most intriguing and important modernist novelists. His writing continues to preoccupy twenty-first-century readers. This introduction by a leading scholar is aimed at students coming to Conrad's work for the first time.  Meer

Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Joseph Conrad's novels and short stories have consistently figured into - and helped to define - the dominant trends in literary criticism.  Meer

This book considers the relationship between sound and silence in the works of Joseph Conrad, along with their ties to Western and non-Western space. Throughout Conrad’s works, a pattern emerges where Western space is associated with sound and non-Western space is associated with silence; similarly, Western space is portrayed as full of objects and activity, whereas non-Western space is portrayed as empty.  Meer

Born to Polish parents in what is now known as the Ukraine, Joseph Conrad would become one of the greatest writers in the English language. With works like Lord Jim, The Nigger of the ¨Narcissus,¨ and Heart of Darkness, he not only solidified his place in the panethon of great novelists, but also established himself as a keen-eyed chronicler of the social and political themes that animated the contemporary world around him.  Meer

Born to Polish parents in what is now known as the Ukraine, Joseph Conrad would become one of the greatest writers in the English language. With works like Lord Jim, The Nigger of the "Narcissus," and Heart of Darkness, he not only solidified his place in the panethon of great novelists, but also established himself as a keen-eyed chronicler of the social and political themes that animated the contemporary world around him.  Meer

This book provides a history of the commentary written about the life and works of Joseph Conrad. It traces the chronological development of this commentary and contextualizes scholarly debates throughout the history of Conrad criticism within popular critical trends.  Meer

John West en de gestolen Picasso: John West en de gestolen Picasso is de tweede literaire thriller van Peter Mabelus. Net als in zijn zinderende bestseller ‘Kathmandu Hipsters’ (2018) word je als lezer vanaf de eerste pagina meegesleurd in een verhaal vol spanning en humor.  Meer

Het Grote Filosofieboek maakt de belangrijkste ideeën van de grootste denkers toegankelijk. De ideeën worden verhelderd met tijdlijnen, sleutelcitaten, foto’s, grafieken, mind maps, biografieën en historische achtergronden.  Meer

Horror novelist Peter Straub creates highly personalized fiction with an allusiveness and ambiguity that deny the genre's explicit nature. Drawing on interviews with Straub and featuring an exclusive interview with Stephen King, this study explores the work of the author who has been called “a writer of rare wit and intelligence in a field beset with cynical potboilers.  Meer

Another new book in the popular and original series of pictorial guides - John Oakland cuts through the complex concepts and confusing jargon associated with implementing Total Quality, and Peter Morris presents the information in his inimitable pictorial style.  Meer

This is the revised version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed edition of Two Treatises of Government, which is widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of recent scholarship in the history of ideas, read and used by students of political theory throughout the world.  Meer

Veranderingen volgen elkaar zo snel op dat er geen tijd meer is om kerncompetenties volledig zelf te ontwikkelen. In 'Smart Alliances' vertalen Harbison en Pekar deze kennis in een 8-stappenplan voor het opstarten en continueren van strategische allianties.  Meer

This book provides the Latin text and its annotated English translation of the question-commentary of John Buridan (ca. 1300-1360) on Aristotle’s “On the Soul”.  Meer

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. It is the first book to map and explain the change in local political systems and to place these in comparative context.  Meer