This book contains three independent essays, available in English for the first time, as well as a p... more

Most people are familiar, at least by repute, with Homer’s two great epics, the Iliad and the Odysse... more

The biblical commentaries known as Miqra ot Gedolot have inspired and educated generations of Hebrew... more

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (1866 - 1944) was a fantastic Russian painter who is credited for pai... more

Translation with notes of Aldhelm’s famous treatise on virginity, and his less well-known letters. A... more

Translations from the Latin of the ingenious works of Aldelm, first English man of letters. Introduc... more

One of the most popular and widely read books of the Middle Ages, Physiologus contains allegories of... more

This book is the first part of Del Duca s book of poems, Io Stongo e Casa America (I Liv in Ameri... more

For the first time in 65 years, a modern, easy to understand, truly complete, accurate and uncensore... more

The most complete book of its kind, this comprehensive text describes 607 species and 2150 varieties... more

powerful anti-war plays in history. This translation by Michael Hofmann was published to coincide with the UK tour by English...... more

love of Jason and Medea, young passion not yet gone sour. Michael Barich s deft translation and lyrical grace notes will...... more

Providing commentary on three oft-recited chapters of the Holy Qur’an, this excerpt of the monumenta... more

There are few, if any, detailed first-hand accounts of Inner Asian pastoralism available to Western ... more

La casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) was one of the last plays to be written by Lor... more

A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov’s classic play in Michael Frayn’s acclaimed translation ’The play has been flooded...... more

Drama / 3m. An explosive Israeli play about three Palestinian brothers. Set during the Intifada with... more

A Life Adrift, the memoir of balladeer-political activist Soeda Azembo (1872-1944), chronicles his l... more

face to comedy. The volume is edited and introduced by J. Michael Walton, Professor of Drama at the University of Hull and...... more

Michael Smith, a widely published poet and translator who in 2001 was the first Irish recipient of the European Academy Medal...... more

What is the power that Jesus calls to awaken in us? What does it mean to be healthy and whole? How c... more

You d be hard put to find a better script to work with than this translation by Michael Frayn . . . It sticks...... more

Negative Horizon is Paul Virilio s most original and unified exploration of the key themes and ideas... more

, styles, and conceptual complexities. Translators Adnan Haydar (University of Arkansas in Fayetteville) and Michael Beard...... more

This breakthrough collection by a major world poet established a new direction in Arabic poetry.... more

Christian parables have retained their force well beyond the sphere of religion; indeed, they share ... more

Heinrich Himmler s great-niece offers a unique account of one woman s attempt to deal with her chill... more

In this extraordinary memoir, Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass remembers his early life, from... more

This book is a profound and eagerly anticipated investigation into what is left of a monotheistic re... more

Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiy... more

Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze...... more

Ghosts is Ibsen’s formidably realistic play about the effects of previous generations on the young, ... more

In this major collection of essays, Emmanuel Levinas, a leading philosopher of the 20th century, con... more

Rei Hayakawa, a lonely, bulimic freelance writer with a drinking problem, wanders into a convenience... more

In "Democracy in an Age of Globalisation", Otfried Höffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the de... more

In "Democracy in an Age of Globalisation", Otfried Höffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the de... more

Invited to answer questions about his relationship to Judaism, Jacques Derrida spoke through Franz K... more

Invited to answer questions about his relationship to Judaism, Jacques Derrida spoke through Franz K... more

accuracy by Michael Silverthorne and Jonathan Israel, with a substantial historical and philosophical introduction by Jonathan...... more

Wassily Kandinsky s contributions as a theorist were arguably more influential on modern art than an... more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge b... more

accuracy by Michael Silverthorne and Jonathan Israel, with a substantial historical and philosophical introduction by Jonathan...... more

tradition, is the story of all humans, and bears comparison with later biblical epics, such as Milton’s Paradise Lost. Michael E...... more

A renowned novel of self-deceit and self-acceptance. Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, ... more

For Bataille, the absence of myth had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had ... more

translations are by the prize-winning Irish poet-translator, Michael Smith, and the Peruvian scholar, Valentino Gianuzzi....... more

In cherished novels such as Kitchen and Goodbye Tsugumi, Banana Yoshimoto s warm, witty, and heartfe... more

The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who wr... more

Karl May s most popular work originally published in 1892 and influenced by Harriet Beecher Stowe, W... more

Our universe can be described mathematically by a simple model developed in 1922 at Petrograd (St. P... more

Unformed Landscape begins in a small village on a fjord in the Finnmark, on the northeastern coast o... more

Why have we come to revere Francis of Assisi, a simple thirteenth-century Italian merchant s son, as... more

taking on the most pressing moral concerns of his generation. Brilliantly edited and translated by the English poet Michael...... more

The Process of Admission to Ordained Ministry, in volumes for the early and Medieval periods, the Re... more

This volume brings together all of the post-’Trilce’ work that has been identified by the latest sch... more

award-winning translator, Michael Smith, and the Peruvian scholar Valentino Gianuzzi....... more

playwright Michael Frayn. Methuen Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays. Contains the complete...... more

A perceptive literary critic, a world-famous writer of witty and playful verses for children, a lead... more