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A Who’s Who of Western culture, from Woody Allen to Emile Zola…
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Justin Wintle
A biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the world’s most renowned freedom fighters and advocates of nonviolence, and the figurehead for Burma’s struggle for democracy. The recipient of…
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New Makers of Modern Culture will be widely acquired by both higher education and public libraries. Bibliographies are attached to entries and there is thorough cross- referencing.
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Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is an iconic figure, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, at great personal cost…
Makers of Culture is a biographical guide to the ideas of the 19th and 20th centuries. This collection provides lively and clearly written expositions of those figures who have done…
With more than 500 contributions from over 240 specialists, this volume provides lively and clearly written expositions of those figures who have done most to shape our views in the…
This volume provides a critical examination of the lives and works of the leading novelists, poets, dramatists, artists, philosophers, social thinkers, mathematicians and scientists of the nineteenth century,
Paul Lunde,Justin Wintle
One of the quickest ways to understand a people or a culture is to learn their proverbs. This anthology, first published in 1984, compiles in dictionary form proverbs from the…
