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Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, and assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period

When her little brother is taken away by the black geese belonging to the terrible witch, Baba Yaga, Elena searches for him in the great dark forest. By the author of The Heavenly Zoo.

Presents fourteen essays on classic and contemporary children's literature, exploring the lives of notable authors and contending that the best writers for children hold on to some essence of childhood even as adults.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Foreign Affairs journeys into the world of children's literature in a series of essays that examine classics from diverse eras--including Alcott's Little Women and Baum's Wizard of Oz--to show how these authors used children's literature to transfigure their own struggles and experiences. Original.

Ranging from 'Little Women' to 'Harry Potter', and from Dr Seuss to 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories', this is a collection of fascinating and entertaining pieces about children's literature. Lurie's topics include what fairy tales teach us, authors and illustrators, and poetry by and for children.

Presents retellings of European folktales that feature heroines who fight and hunt, defeat giants, answer riddles, and rescue all sorts of friends and relatives from distress

Presents retellings of European folktales that feature heroines who fight and hunt, defeat giants, answer riddles, and rescue all sorts of friends and relatives from distress

This collection of essays probes the ways in which classic children's literature tends to undermine, rather than support, respectable adult values

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and astute cultural commentator explores works by such authors as Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, and Dr. Seuss and suggests that most beloved children's texts challenge rather than uphold many adult values. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Describes the habits and characteristics of strange beasts and birds, including the unicorn, griffin, phoenix, and basilisk, once thought to live in wild and distant parts of the world.

The award-winning novelist shares her insights into the life of a major American poet as she explores the relationship between James Merrill and his long-time partner, David Jackson, and its influence on Merrill's acclaimed work. Reprint. (view table of contents)

The award-winning novelist shares her insights into the life of a major American poet as she explores the relationship between James Merrill and his long-time partner, David Jackson, and its influence on Merrill's acclaimed work. 12,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Sixteen legends of the constellations and how they got their names, taken from such varied sources as ancient Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Sumeria, the Bible, Norway, the Balkans, Indonesia, and the American Indians.

Two social researchers find themselves seduced by a small-town cult and the teenaged psychic priestess they have come to study

An analysis of the hidden language of fashion details the range of possible messages--including sex, age, class, occupation, origin, personality, tastes, sexual desires, and current mood (view table of contents)

A study of general pathology, updated due to a number of developments, enabling many seemingly disparate pathological processes to be seen as integral components of the body's defence system. Pathology is related to broader aspects of biology throughout, especially ecology and natural selection. New features include the effects of low levels of radiation, new theories to explain anorexia and details of cancer-causign viruses. The text also includes extra or new material on complement, immunodeficiency, leucotriene, tissue growth factors, interleukins, the role of IL-1, tumour growth factors and HLA disease. The text is intended for students of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, though it should prove useful to workers in all branches of science who wish to learn about the essential disease processes. It contains enough information to enable readers to reach a satisfactory standard of knowledge of general pathology in all qualifying examinations including the MB examination of English universities or its overseas equivalents or its counterparts in dentistry and veterinary science.