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  • Policy Learning and Policy Failure

    by Michael Howlett, Sreeja Nair, Adrian Kay, Malcolm Bird, Joshua Newman, Diane Stone, Sarah Giest ...
    Series series New Perspectives in Policy and Politics
    First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores policy failures and the valuable opportunities for learning that they offer.Policy successes and failures offer important lessons for public officials, but often they do not learn from these experiences. The studies in this volume investigate this broken link. The book defines policy learning and failure and ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Reconsidering Policy

    Complexity, Governance and the State

    by Kate Crowley, Jenny Stewart, Adrian Kay, Brian W. Head ...
    For nation-states, the contexts for developing and implementing policy have become more complex and demanding. Yet policy studies have not fully responded to the challenges and opportunities represented by these developments. Governance literature has drawn attention to a globalising and network-based policy world, but politics and the role of the state have been de-emphasised.This book addresses ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Knowing Poetry

    Verse in Medieval France from the "Rose" to the "Rhétoriqueurs"

    by Adrian Armstrong, Sarah Kay ...
    In the later Middle Ages, many writers claimed that prose is superior to verse as a vehicle of knowledge because it presents the truth in an unvarnished form, without the distortions of meter and rhyme. Beginning in the thirteenth century, works of verse narrative from the early Middle Ages were recast in prose, as if prose had become the literary norm. Instead of dying out, however, verse took on ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

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    Bibi and Tina, The Horse Trek

    by Markus Dittrich ...
    Narrated by Paul Boucher, Britt McKillip, Chantal Strand, Adrian Petriw, David A. Kaye, Ron Halder ...

    Unabridged

    39 min

    Bibi, Tina, and Alex are looking forward to the Falkenstein endurance race, and plan to enter as a team. Then Elisabeth, whose mother is a friend of the Count's, pays them a surprise visit. She wants to compete in the race too, but she can't ride alone. She decides to win Alexander for herself instead. Will she succeed? ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    Bibi and Tina, Wolves in the Puszta

    by Markus Dittrich ...
    Narrated by Paul Boucher, Britt McKillip, Chantal Strand, Heather Doerksen, Adrian Petriw, David A. Kaye, Ron Halder ...

    Unabridged

    37 min

    Bibi, Tina, and Alex are in Hungary visiting Szendrö Manor to celebrate the birthday of Mikosh's horse Baboshko, but they're unable to get into a festive mood. It's winter, and there's a wolf roaming about looking for food. When the locals get ready to hunt down the poor creature, the friends are horrified, and they try to help him. ... Read more

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    Gods, Giants, and Heroes: Unveiling the Legends of the Northern Myths

    by Padraic Colum ...
    In "The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths," Padraic Colum masterfully retells the ancient Norse myths with a vibrant narrative flair that captures the essence of this rich cultural heritage. The book is structured episodically, weaving tales of gods, giants, and heroes with poetic elegance, drawing readers into a world steeped in adventure and moral complexity. Colum's use of lyrical ... Read more

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  • Iliad And Odyssey

    by Homer ...
    The Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed to the poet Homer and are the earliest surviving works of Western literature. Composed sometime around the eighth century BC, the ancient Greek poems has since been translated into many languages and serves as an important source of information on ancient Greek culture and mythology.In the Iliad it is the tenth year of the Trojan War. The Greek allies have ... Read more

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  • Dante

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Peter Hainsworth, David Robey ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey take a different approach to Dante, by examining the main themes and issues that run through all of his work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God and the order of the universe. In doing so, they highlight what has made Dante a vital point of reference for modern writers and readers, both inside and outside Italy. They ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • U and I

    A True Story

    by Nicholson Baker ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    Baker muses on the creative process via his obsession with John Updike. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Conflicting Femininities in Medieval German Literature

    by Karina Marie Ash ...
    Drastic changes in lay religiosity during the High Middle Ages spurred anxiety about women forsaking their secular roles as wives and mothers for religious ones as nuns and beguines. This anxiety and the subsequent need to model an ideal of feminine behavior for the laity is particularly expressed in the German versions of Latin and French narratives. Using thirteenth-century penitentials, ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Writing History for the King

    Henry II and the Politics of Vernacular Historiography

    by Charity L. Urbanski ...
    Writing History for the King is at once a reassessment of the reign of Henry II of England (1133–1189) and an original contribution to our understanding of the rise of vernacular historiography in the high Middle Ages. Charity Urbanski focuses on two dynastic histories commissioned by Henry: Wace's Roman de Rou (c. 1160–1174) and Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Chronique des ducs de Normandie (c. 1174 ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Chaucer on Screen

    Absence, Presence, and Adapting the Canterbury Tales

    by Kathleen Coyne Kelly, Tison Pugh ...
    Series series Interventions: New Studies in Medieval Culture
    Unlike William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and other great authors who have enjoyed continued success in Hollywood, Geoffrey Chaucer has largely been shunted to the margins of the cinematic world. Chaucer on Screen: Absence, Presence, and Adapting the Canterbury Tales, edited by Kathleen Coyne Kelly and Tison Pugh, investigates the various translations of Chaucer and the Canterbury ... Read more

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