Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this "absolutely delightful" novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I.After seven years of marriage, the beaut..
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Evelyn Waugh’s 1934 novel is a bitingly funny vision of aristocratic decadence in England between the wars. It tells the story of Tony Last, who, to the irritation of his wife, is inordinately obsessed with his Victorian Gothic country house and life. When Lady Brenda L..
Timing is everything, and in this brilliant travel diary Evelyn Waugh catches Africa and the Levant as it was emerging from the shadow of WW II and into the post- colonial order. He reports on Port Said, Aden, Kenya, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Bechuanaland and South Africa. W..
Norman Gronlund gives teachers the tools they need to support the development of high-quality assessments in the classroom. He presents a balanced, concise, and practical guide for testing and performance assessment that is rooted in effective classroom instruction and learning. Emphasizing that ass..
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Evelyn Waugh’s most celebrated novel is a memory drama about the intense entanglement of the narrator, Charles Ryder, with a great Anglo-Catholic family. Written during World War II, the novel mourns the passing of the aristocratic world Waugh knew in his youth and vivi..
Binding tight, slight crease on spine. Pages unmarked, no names. Very light tanning. Cover shows light scuffing from shelf. Very readable. Isaac Asimov, et al, eds. Author: Charles G. Waugh Publisher: Fawcett Binding: mass_market Language: English ISBN-10: 0449244253 ISBN-13: 9780449244258..
Emergency management has become a vital profession, better able to meet ever-increasing public demands, better able to advance post-disaster cost recovery and relief, and better able to put communities back together after a disaster. This book is designed and intended to help the reader, whether fam..
Mental Health Concepts is a comprehensive text aimed at the beginning allied health student. Material is based on scientific rationale that incorporates cultural aspects and current trends for a more thorough analysis. Also provides information that encourages the development of good personal mental..
Metafiction begins by surveying the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the complex political, social and economic factors which influence critical judgment of fiction. The author shows how, as the novel has been eclipsed by the mass media, novelists have sought to reta..
Covering the key theoretical approaches in modern literary theory, the text includes essays and documents that are essential reading for students of literature and critical theory. The original structure of the book has been improved and new material has been added, including extracts from the writi..
A basic anatomy and physiology textbook which is easy to read. Highly illustrated with 4 colour text boxes and illustrations throughout. In addition to covering the "normal" anatomy and physiology each chapter ends with a brief section on disease which explains what happens when the "normal" becomes..
The anatomy and physiology resource of choice for nursing and healthcare students around the world.The 11th edition of Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology now includes even more valuable resources, including Ross & Wilson Textbook - highly illustrated, clear and easy to understand language Ross &..
Evelyn Waugh's acclaimed World War II trilogy comprises the three acclaimed novels Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender.This narrative spanning the war, based in part on Evelyn Waugh's own experiences as an army officer, is the author's surpassing achievement as a novelis..
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Evelyn Waugh's short stories are the marvelous, concentrated riffs of his comic genius, revealing in miniaturized perfection all the elements that made him the greatest comic writer of our century. We find in them Waugh's almost superhuman technical skill as a writer an..
Product DescriptionFor more than twenty years, film critic, teacher, activist, and fan Thomas Waugh has been writing about queer movies. As a member of the Jump Cut collective and contributor to the Toronto-based gay newspaper the Body Politic, he emerged in the late 1970s as a pioneer in gay film t..
From Alexander Waugh, the author of the acclaimed memoir Fathers and Sons, comes a grand saga of a brilliant and tragic Viennese family.The Wittgenstein family was one of the richest, most talented, and most eccentric in European history. Karl Wittgenstein, who ran away from home as a wayward and re..
British Studies, Political Studies, Literary Studies, European Studies, European History Author: Waugh, Auberon Publisher: Little, Brown Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0316926329 ISBN-13: 9780316926324..
"A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done" (New Yorker), The Loved One is Evelyn Waugh's cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide.Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself ente..
"A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done" (New Yorker), The Loved One is Evelyn Waugh's cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide.Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself ente..
In-depth case studies at the end of each chapter focus on specific issues, including comparisons between LEDCs and MEDCs, that help to reinforce understanding in context. Theory and concepts are linked to specific places around the world with a wide range of place studies and up-to-date figures and ..
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh’s career. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new ..
"A wickedly witty and iridescent novel" (Time) from one of England's greatest satirists takes aim at the generation of Bright Young Things that dominated London high society in the 1920s.In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. ..
Collins Discover: Watercolor is your one-stop guide to begin paintingThis user-friendly, authoritative resource includes full-color charts, easy-to-follow guidance, and illustrations showing you everything you need to create paintings you can be proud of. Topics covered include trees, landscapes, se..