"Like the reclamation of women's war writings that we have already seen in relation to Virginia Woolf and others, Mansfield's literary response to the key political event of her time is fundamental to our understanding of her developing writerly style. It is in her responses to the war that we find a 'political Mansfield', and the articles in this volume provide us with a greater appreciation of Mansfield in her socio-historical context. In offering...

In 1966, twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang thinks she is facing a bright future in Communist China, but when the Cultural Revolution is launched, Ji-li's world begins to fall apart.

Through interviews with experts in archeology, theology, art history, philosopy, and science, answers questions about the accuracy of statements in the novel The Da Vinci code.

Describes the topography, history, society, economy, and government of Greece.

"Vuelve el maestro del True Crime, David Grann, tras el ̌xito de Z, la ciudad perdida. Entre estas incre̕bles historias de cr̕menes reales, destaca ±El viejo y la pistola?, ︢ltima pel̕cula protagonizada por Robert Redford. La incre̕ble historia del ladr̤n de bancos Forrest Tucker da t̕tulo a esta colecci̤n de cr̕menes reales, tres relatos en los que el periodista David Grann demuestra por qǔ es considerado el mejor escritor de no-ficci̤n...

"This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details...