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Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Companions
The acclaimed sixth edition of the classic guide brought right up to date Includes topics such as the literature of science, censorship, Anglo-Indian literature, gay and lesbian literature, New Criticism Over 140 contributors, including Lisa Appignanesi, Gillian Avery, Chris Baldick, Kate Clanchy, Jonat ...Show more
The Brontës by Christine Alexander; Margaret Smith
Category: Biography | Series: Oxford Companions Ser.
This special edition of The Oxford Companion to the Brontës commemorates the bicentenary of Emily Brontë's birth in July 1818 and provides comprehensive and detailed information about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontës - the three sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, their father, and their ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore by Gwenda B. Davey; Graham Seal (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: Oxford Companions Ser.
Folklore offers invaluable insights into a country's character, and Australia's sense of nationality owes much to the slang, stories, artifacts, and games handed down by its people since the earliest times. Written by a team of authorities, this comprehensive guide to Australian folklore includes full-l ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics by Brian Galligan
Category: History | Series: Oxford Companions
The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics is the first scholarly and comprehensive account of Australian Politics, covering all aspects of Australian political life and thought in over 400 specially commissioned entries
The Oxford Companion to Cheese by Catherine Donnelly
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Oxford Companions
The discovery of cheese is a narrative at least 8,000 years old, dating back to the Neolithic era. Yet, after all of these thousands of years we are still finding new ways to combine the same four basic ingredients - milk, bacteria, salt, and enzymes - into new and exciting products with vastly differen ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Companions
The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature - from writers, their works, and the historical and cul ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales by Jack Zipes
Category: History | Series: Oxford Companions
In over 1,000 entries, this acclaimed Companion covers all aspects of the Western fairy tale tradition, from medieval to modern, under the guidance of Professor Jack Zipes. It provides an authoritative reference source for this complex and captivating genre, exploring the tales themselves, the writers w ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Oxford Companions
Features a repertory of foodstuffs, cooked dishes, and food processes, together with entries that cover the food and foodways of the countries of the world, and the literature of food and cookery. This edition includes articles on topics that reflect the development and universal relevance of food studi ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Oxford Companions
'the best food reference work ever to appear in the English language ...read it and be dazzled' Bee Wilson, New Statesman First published in 1999, the ground-breaking Oxford Companion to Food was an immediate success and won prizes and accolades around the world. Its blend of serious food history, culin ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Italian Food by Gillian Riley
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Oxford Companions
The popularity of Italian food all over the world is ever increasing. Unhampered by any sense of superiority, and unburdened by the weight of a great classical tradition, Italians cook and eat in the ways they have known and trusted for generations, absorbing new influences while cultivating and maintai ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Music by Alison Latham
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Companions
The Oxford Companion to Music is one of the most famous music reference works of all time. This invaluable Companion now reappears in a completely new edition. Over a million words in length, it is the biggest, most authoritative, and most up to date single-volume music reference book available. The new ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Oxford Companions
Presents almost 4,000 entries on wine-related topics, from regions and grape varieties to the owners, connoisseurs, growers, and tasters in wine through the ages. This book is illustrated with maps of important wine regions in the world, useful charts and diagrams, and colour photographs.