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This is the most complete translation ever attempted of these moral tales, and will be a valuable source text for all scholars and students of medieval literature. -- .

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A moving, compelling and entertaining collection of eulogies - some famous and others not so - given at funerals all over Australia.

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A collection of memories and stories from times gone by to the present, all with the experience of feral rabbits as their common thread.

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From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country. Tall tales and true, these are the stories we tell ourselves over and over again.

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Headless bikers on the highways; tummies exploding at work; garden gnomes taking international holidays. In this edition, the author tracks down over 100 contemporary Australian legends.

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Focussing on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) letter writing, this compendium is an outstanding study of historical Chinese communication.

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Focussing on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) letter writing, this compendium studies historical Chinese communication. It provides a bilingual Chinese-English edition of a corpus of Chinese letters, prepared for advanced students of Classical Chinese as well as academics with an interest in historical Chinese epistolary art.

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In Home, 18 contemporary writers remember rooms where they have lived, now live, or, in one case, hilariously imagine. Contributors include Lynda Barry, Jane Smiley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Mona Simpson, Bailey White, and many others. A portion of the editors' proceeds will go to organizations which help the homeless.

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Alfredo Bryce Echenique is one of the most widely-read and most widely translated Latin American authors of recent decades, yet this is the first critical edition that makes his work available to students of Hispanic literatures in the English-speaking world. -- .

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Subjects range from literature, the comic strip, film, broadcast humor, the magazine, and standup comedy, to racial and ethnic humor, women's humor, and political humor.

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A collection of her own sharp, funny and stimulating essays on our attitudes to food and eating is accompanied and amplified by a fascinating selection of extracts from novels, tracts, songs, self-help books, poetry and biography.

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This collection brings together fiction from the French-, Spanish-, and English-speaking Caribbean. Its diverse selection addresses the central themes of the region's literature: the plantation, maroon society, colonial education, rural and urban life, and women's changing roles.

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Almost every kid wishes that they could eat and do what they want when they want especially our friend Joshua so let's tag along with Joshua to get a clear view of how he wished things could be if he had a world of his own. Come with me and explore endless possibilities with Joshua as he pulls into his world through his imagination from reality.

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This index will facilitate in-depth research into 20 of Soyinka's major works including plays, novels, and poetry.

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First published in 1879 by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London.

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abyat-e montakhab dar in majmoo-e' az divanhay-e besyari az sha'eran kelasik va moa'ser Iran ast, ke be soorat-e alefba-ie tanzim shod-e va mitavan az 'an baray-e bayt-bazi va moshae'r-e estefadeh kard.

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Includes commentary on the letters, appendices, chronology, glossary, and index.

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Explores the evolution of the obituary in the English-language press, through extracts drawn from newspapers and journals published since 1625. This book explores and analyses the characteristic wit, charm, candour and cultural significance of the obituary art with many examples.

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