October 2012

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Title \| Price	Date	Subject	Type	Imprint
Cesar Vallejo: A Literary Biography Edited by Juan Fló and Stephen M. Hart This is the first biography of Latin America's most important poet. the Peruvian César Vallejo. It traces the important events of his life and evaluates his poetry, fiction, theatre, political essays and journalism. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	May 2013	Hispanic Studies	Academic	Tamesis Books
China's Aid and Soft Power in Africa The Case of Education and Training Kenneth King China's increasing role as an education donor in Africa, and the significance of this both economically and politically. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.95 \| US $34.95	May 2013	African Studies	Paperback	James Currey
Chivalry, Kingship and Crusade The English Experience in the Fourteenth Century Timothy Guard A fresh perspective on the Crusade shows its ideal and practice flourishing in the fourteenth century. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	May 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
Common Law and Enlightenment in England 1689-1750 Julia Rudolph A study of how English legal culture, with its strong emphasis on common law, engaged with the new ideas of the Enlightenment. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £65.00 \| US $115.00	May 2013	Modern History	Academic	Boydell Press
Critical Thinking in Slovakia After Socialism Jonathan L. Larson Critical Thinking in Slovakia after Socialism interrogates the putative relationship between critical thought and society through an ethnographic study of civic discourse in post-1989 Slovakia. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00\| US $90.00	Apr 2013	East European Studies	Academic	University of Rochester Press
Dealing with Government in South Sudan Histories in the Making of Chiefship, Community and State Cherry Leonardi Explores various aspects of chiefly authority in South Sudan from its historical origins and evolution under colonial, postcolonial and military rule, to its current roles and value in the newly independent country. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	May 2013	African Studies	Paperback	James Currey
El Documental Cinematografico y Televisivo Contemporaneo Memoria, representacion y formacion de la identidad democratica espanola Isabel M. Estrada This book examines how a selected group of documentaries made since 1995 for both film and television inform the debate centered on the so-called "recuperation of memory" of the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $90.00	May 2013	Hispanic Studies	Academic	Tamesis Books
Elgar's Earnings John Drysdale Although Elgar achieved fame, status and recognition in his lifetime, his earnings did not match the standard of living to which he aspired. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	May 2013	Music	Academic	Boydell Press
Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture and Archaeology Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Translated by David Carter Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $85.00	May 2013	Archaeology	Academic	Camden House
Locating the Middle Ages The Places and Spaces of Medieval Culture Edited by Julian Weiss and Sarah Salih An examination of the ideas of space and place as manifested in medieval texts, art, and architecture. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	Dec 2012	Medieval History	Academic	King's College London CLAMS
The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England Papers read at Charney Manor, July 2011 [Exeter Symposium 8] Edited by E.A. Jones The series has from the beginning been instrumental in sustaining this field of study. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	May 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
Music and Meaning in Old Hispanic Lenten Chants Psalmi, threni and the Easter Vigil Canticles Emma Hornby & Rebecca Maloy The tradition of Old Hispanic liturgical chant is here examined through a new methodology, enabling striking new insights into its use. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £75.00\| US $130.00	May 2013	Music	Academic	Boydell Press
Religion in Contemporary German Drama Botho Strau, George Tabori, Werner Fritsch, and Lukas Bärfuss Sinéad Crowe Investigates German religious drama since the 1970s, asking the question whether it develops religious themes or only exploits religious motifs, and exploring how it reflects the changing place of religion and spirituality in the world. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $75.00	Mar 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
Remembering Africa The Rediscovery of Colonialism in Contemporary German Literature Dirk Goettsche A groundbreaking treatment of the themes of colonialism and Africa in German literary fiction as presented in some fifty novels from the past three decades. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $95.00	Jun 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
Shorter Scottish Medieval Romances Florimond of Albany, Sir Colling the Knycht, King Orphius, Roswall and Lillian Edited by Rhiannon Purdie First modern edition of four romances from the medieval Scottish tradition. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £40.00 \| US $70.00	May 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	Scottish Text Society
South Africa and the World Economy Remaking Race, State, and Region William G. Martin Once an international pariah, South Africa has emerged in the twenty-first century as a respected and influential African state, projecting its economic and political power across the continent. This volume chronicles the volatile history of this resurgence, from the nation's rise as an industrialized, white state and subsequent decline as a newly under-developing country to its current standing as a leading member of the Global South. It offers a bold reinterpretation of South Africa's developmental successes and failures over the last century -- as well as clear yet contentious lessons for the present. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $75.00	May 2013	African Studies	Academic	University of Rochester Press
The Old English Martyrology Edition, Translation and Commentary Edited by Christine Rauer New edition with facing-page translation of a highly significant and influential Old English text. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	Apr 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
The Undiscover'd Country W.G. Sebald and the Poetics of Travel Edited by Markus Zisselberger The first sustained interrogation of travel in Sebald's literary and essayistic work, employing multivalent and new critical perspectives. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $39.95	Apr 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
Writing Revolt An Engagement with African Nationalism, 1957-1967 Terence Ranger A deeply felt and engaging personal account of Zimbabwe's political awakening by one of its best-known historians. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	Feb 2013	African Studies	Academic	James Currey