Philip Edwards: 12 books

First published in 1968. By selective study of certain of the comedies, tragedies and sonnets, Philip Edwards views Shakespeare's work as a whole and explains why his art developed as it did. The work which the author sees Shakespeare striving to create is the perfect fusion of comedy and tragedy...

Before Arthur became King and commanded a round table of knights, he was just a young squire with dreams of someday becoming a knight himself. It wasn’t until fate brought him to a sacred sword sealed in stone that Arthur learned the truth about himself and his destiny. The classic tale of King Arthur is retold in this exciting new addition to the 10 Minute Classics series. 

Living Waters - The Mei HaShiloach: A Commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Mordechai Yosef of Isbitza (1800-1854) is the collected teachings on the Torah by the hasidic master Rabbi Mordechai Yosef of Isbitza. Born in Poland to a rabbinic family, Reb Yosef was a student of Reb Simcha Bunem of Pshiske....

From his run-ins with the Sheriff, to the gathering of his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest, the tales of Robin Hood are filled with adventure and fun. A collection of the infamous outlaw's most famous adventures makes for an exciting new addition to the 10 Minute Classics series.

Two sixteen-year-olds are hitchhiking in front of a rural Ohio farm when Marge spots them from the kitchen window. Frank and Marge have retired from their first careers and are happy raising cattle. Marge wants to help the kids. Frank doesn't want to get involved, but he is drawn into their story. Eventually he must revisit his past and confront a harsh reality.

Teach your students to conduct political research using R, the open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. An R Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards offers the same easy-to-use and effective style as the...

After an early retirement, Evans buys acreage in rural Pennsylvania and, against the advice of others, restores the dilapidated farmhouse. As he digs into the history of this old farm he encounters some colorful characters and uncovers some surprising relationships. Along the way he helps re-unite two old friends as the three of them work together to solve an old mystery.

The story of a medical doctor in the period of the Civil War, a saga of the journey from his first posting in pre-war Louisiana to his death in the 1870s, the novel revolves around a fanciful form of leprosy called Cain's Leprosy and the search for its causes and development of a treatment regimen....

An A-to-Z compendium of the misleading, the oversimplified, the exaggerated, and the just plain wrong. In an era when truth can be hard to track down, The Book of Common Fallacies debunks a wide variety of popular beliefs and set the record straight. By carefully researching the facts and citing...

Popular for its speed, flexibility, and attractive graphics, Stata is a powerful tool for political science students. With Philip Pollock's Fourth Edition of A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis, students quickly learn Stata via step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets,...

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect. Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...

This volume looks at school-university partnerships from sociocultural perspectives of learning that view participation in social practice as fundamental to the process of learning. Its two major themes – school-university partnership and sociocultural and social theories of learning – have both...