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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 21 Short Stories. Featured are Soldier, From the Wars Returning by Robert Barnard, A Taste of Paradise by Bill Pronzini, Play Nice by Barbara Paul, The Good Partner by Peter Robinson, Hamadryad by William Beechcroft, Wine is a Mocker by Jeffry Scott, The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary, Hunk by Ed Gorman, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, The French Umbrella by Donald Olson, Dating Sally by ME Beckett, Egyptian Days by Edward D Hoch, Early Retirement by Frances Usher, A Coffin for a Banker by Hayford Peirce, A Fool and His Money by William Bankier, Interrupted Sentence by John F Suter, When I'm Dead and Gone by Martin Edwards, Cruel Choices by EL Wyrick, Double Con by Jeremiah Healy, A Matter of Principle by Seymour Shubin and Locoweed by Rebecca S Rothenberg. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are A Moment of Wrong Thinking by Lawrence Block, Big City by Bill James, The Path to the Shroud by Robert Barnard, Old Eyes by Nancy Pickard, Wasted Youth by Scott Mackay, Gunfighter's Honeymoon by Edward D Hoch, The Last Romantic by Raymond Steiber, The Rat House by Ray Nayler, Lifeline by Peter Usher, Heroics by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nor Any Thing That Is His by David Williams, Crime of Fashion by Deborah M Lee and Shirley, I Been Thinkin' by Broek Wolften. In Fine Condition. …

Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, illustrated, 1 colour plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Quarto. Category: Apollo Arts Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover; minor shelfwear and light foxing/soiling of edges; o/w in very good condition.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover; ex-corporate library; minor edgewear; light foxing of edges; o/w in good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

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Hardback. Condition: New. This book presents an innovative, scientifically grounded interpretation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. It offers solutions to problems inherent in the text which have hitherto been ignored or inadequately addressed: problems relating to the flow of time, the phases of the moon, and the significance of April Fool's Day. The author, astrophysicist Peter Usher, pays careful attention to astronomical and chronological clues in the play, shedding new light on scenes that have long been a cause of confusion: Lancelot's riddling masque speech to Shylock, Antonio's melancholia, Portia's foreknowledge of the contents of a letter, and the ring subplot.The book builds on the author's long-running research on Shakespeare's knowledge of astronomy. It should appeal to students, teachers, actors, and all readers who have puzzled over this enigmatic play.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. In a novel reading of Shakespeare's plays, this book addresses an observation first made many decades ago, that Shakespeare appears to neglect the intellectual upheavals that astronomy brought about in his lifetime. The author examines temporal, situational, and verbal anomalies in Hamlet and other plays using hermeneutic-dialectic methodology, and finds a consistent pattern of interpretation that is compatible with the history of astronomy and with the development of modern cosmology. He also demonstrates how Shakespeare takes into account beliefs about the nature of the heavens from the time of Pythagoras up to and including discoveries and theories in the first decade of the seventeenth century. The book makes the case that, as in many other fields, Shakespeare's celestial knowledge is far beyond what was commonly known at the time.Students and teachers interested in Shakespeare's alleged indifference towards, or ignorance of, the celestial sciences will find this book illuminating, as will historians of science and scholars whose work focuses on epistemology and its relationship to the canon, and on how Shakespeare acquired the data that his plays deliver.…

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Condition: New. In English.

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Condition: New.

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Condition: New. In English.

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Condition: New. Series: American University Studies, Series 19: General Literature. Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBAH; HBLH; HP; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480. . 2015. New. hardcover. . . . .

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Series: American University Studies, Series 19: General Literature. Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBAH; HBLH; HP; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480. . 2015. New. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: New. In English.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book presents an innovative, scientifically grounded interpretation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. It offers solutions to problems inherent in the text which have hitherto been ignored or inadequately addressed: problems relating to the flow of time, the phases of the moon, and the significance of April Fool's Day. The author, astrophysicist Peter Usher, pays careful attention to astronomical and chronological clues in the play, shedding new light on scenes that have long been a cause of confusion: Lancelot's riddling masque speech to Shylock, Antonio's melancholia, Portia's foreknowledge of the contents of a letter, and the ring subplot.The book builds on the author's long-running research on Shakespeare's knowledge of astronomy. It should appeal to students, teachers, actors, and all readers who have puzzled over this enigmatic play.…

Hardback. Condition: New. This book presents an innovative, scientifically grounded interpretation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. It offers solutions to problems inherent in the text which have hitherto been ignored or inadequately addressed: problems relating to the flow of time, the phases of the moon, and the significance of April Fool's Day. The author, astrophysicist Peter Usher, pays careful attention to astronomical and chronological clues in the play, shedding new light on scenes that have long been a cause of confusion: Lancelot's riddling masque speech to Shylock, Antonio's melancholia, Portia's foreknowledge of the contents of a letter, and the ring subplot.The book builds on the author's long-running research on Shakespeare's knowledge of astronomy. It should appeal to students, teachers, actors, and all readers who have puzzled over this enigmatic play.…

Hardback. Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In a novel reading of Shakespeare's plays, this book addresses an observation first made many decades ago, that Shakespeare appears to neglect the intellectual upheavals that astronomy brought about in his lifetime. The author examines temporal, situational, and verbal anomalies in Hamlet and other plays using hermeneutic-dialectic methodology, and finds a consistent pattern of interpretation that is compatible with the history of astronomy and with the development of modern cosmology. He also demonstrates how Shakespeare takes into account beliefs about the nature of the heavens from the time of Pythagoras up to and including discoveries and theories in the first decade of the seventeenth century. The book makes the case that, as in many other fields, Shakespeare's celestial knowledge is far beyond what was commonly known at the time.Students and teachers interested in Shakespeare's alleged indifference towards, or ignorance of, the celestial sciences will find this book illuminating, as will historians of science and scholars whose work focuses on epistemology and its relationship to the canon, and on how Shakespeare acquired the data that his plays deliver.…

Hardback. Condition: New. In a novel reading of Shakespeare's plays, this book addresses an observation first made many decades ago, that Shakespeare appears to neglect the intellectual upheavals that astronomy brought about in his lifetime. The author examines temporal, situational, and verbal anomalies in Hamlet and other plays using hermeneutic-dialectic methodology, and finds a consistent pattern of interpretation that is compatible with the history of astronomy and with the development of modern cosmology. He also demonstrates how Shakespeare takes into account beliefs about the nature of the heavens from the time of Pythagoras up to and including discoveries and theories in the first decade of the seventeenth century. The book makes the case that, as in many other fields, Shakespeare's celestial knowledge is far beyond what was commonly known at the time.Students and teachers interested in Shakespeare's alleged indifference towards, or ignorance of, the celestial sciences will find this book illuminating, as will historians of science and scholars whose work focuses on epistemology and its relationship to the canon, and on how Shakespeare acquired the data that his plays deliver.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In the mid-sixteenth century, Copernicus asserted that the Earth was not the center of the universe as was generally believed, but that the sun lay there instead. The relegation of the Earth to the rank of an orbiting planet meant that humankind lost its privileged position as well, thus prompting re-evaluation of all facets of human existence. This transformation in worldview gathered momentum throughout Shakespeare's writing career, yet his canon appears to lack reference to it. Peter D. Usher has studied Hamlet and other Shakespearean plays and has uncovered a consistent pattern of reference to phenomena that prove the correctness of the new worldview, including reference to the infinite universe of stars. These data could not have been known without telescopic aid, which indicates that systematic telescopic study of celestial objects began before the generally accepted date of 1610. In Shakespeare and Saturn, Usher summarizes earlier results and shows that in All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare takes account of the last supernova eruption of 1604 known to have occurred in the Milky Way galaxy. He shows further that in Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare makes observations concerning Saturn's spectacular ring system that are remarkably accurate.…

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.