Collection: Reference

The first section of the book is an index of subjects and of the patron saints associated with them. This is followed by saints' biographies, arranged alphabetically. this includesthe history of each patronage.

Philosophy written in Arabic and the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. Isspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology.

Miller is regarded as one of the most important playwrights of the 20th century, and his work continues to be widely performed & studied around the world. This edition contains a detailed chronology of the work of this influential dramatist

This book introduces in a lively and succinct way the major writers, literary movements, styles and genres that, at the beginning of a new century, are seen as constituting the field of "Australian literature". The book consciously takes a perspective that sees literary works not as aesthetic obj...

Celebrates the extraordinary riches of the 20th century operatic repertoire in a collection of specially commissioned essays written by a team of academics, critics and practitioners. Beginning with a discussion of the century's vital inheritance....