Sutherland: 448 books
Curiosities of Literature
A Feast for Book Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
“A thoroughly engaging compendium of literary arcadia.” —Nicholas Basbanes, author of A Gentle Madness
When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? Which author’s heart was purportedly eaten by a cat? One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns...
Whistler
A Life for Art's Sake
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
The first biography in more than twenty years of James McNeill Whistler (18341903) is also the first to make extensive use of the artist’s private correspondence to tell the story of his life and work. This engaging personal history dispels the popular notion of Whistler as merely a combative, eccentric,...
The Brontesaurus
An A–Z of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë (and Branwell)
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Did Charlotte Brontë take opium? Did the Reverend Brontë carry a loaded pistol? What, precisely, does ‘wuthering’ mean? Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland takes an idiosyncratic look at the world of the Brontës, from the bumps on Charlotte’s head to the nefarious origins of Mr...
Paddling North
A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two...
by Sam Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
A forgotten musical and cultural history of drunks and miscreants, future country stars and political strategists
Perfect Youth is the story of the birth of Canadian punk, a transformative cultural force that reared its head across the country at the end of the 1970s. Bands like D.O.A., the...
by 約翰．薩德蘭(John Sutherland)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 5, 2018
★耶魯大學出版社知名「小歷史」（Little History）系列★
文學是一種娛樂
傳達生活的面貌、啟發我們去思考；
文學是一場辯論
討論我們的世界，當今的處境和該前往的方向。
閱讀文學，就是閱讀我們自己
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◎「小歷史」：從精妙的小故事，看歷史的大格局
◎歡迎「註冊」英國最懂學生的文學教授為所有人開設的文學公開課，充實你的人文知識！
英語文學研究權威、倫敦大學學院現代英語文學系名譽教授薩德蘭，融合數十年研究文學的心得與教授各年齡層學生的豐富經驗，為當今讀者篩選出構成我們今日文學面貌的最重要作品、作家，揭露隱藏在文學背後的故事、經典的閱讀重點、大師的創作理念，為你打好應對社會的人文學基礎！
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The Battlefield and Beyond
Essays on the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
In The Battlefield and Beyond leading Civil War historians explore a tragic part of our nation's history though the lenses of race, gender, leadership, politics, and memory. The essays in this strong collection shed new light on the defining issues of the Civil War era.
Orville Vernon Burton, Leonne...
A Savage Conflict
The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, A Savage Conflict is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large...
The Guerrilla Hunters
Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Throughout the Civil War, irregular warfare—including the use of hit-and-run assaults, ambushes, and raiding tactics—thrived in localized guerrilla fights within the Border States and the Confederate South. The Guerrilla Hunters offers a comprehensive overview of the tactics, motives, and actors...
by Daniel E. Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The story of Culpeper County, Virginia, is a unique one in Civil War history. Nestled in one of the South’s most strategically important locations, it was occupied by the Northern army, recaptured by the Confederacy, and finally ceded to the North. Told largely through diaries, papers, and correspondence...
The Holy Boys
A History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment and the Royal East Anglian Regiment 1685-2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
The Royal Norfolk Regiment is one of the oldest and most distinguished fighting forces in the British army. Its line of descent can be traced back for over three centuries, all the way from modern Afghanistan to Monmouth’s rebellion in 1685.
Throughout these years, and many campaigns, the...
Is Heathcliff a Murderer?
Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN A BRAND NEW EDITION
'Enchanting...the most engagingly boffiny book imaginable.' Spectator*** *
Does Becky kill Jos at the end of Vanity Fair? Why does no one notice that Hetty is pregnant in Adam Bede? How, exactly, does Victor Frankenstein make his...
by Stuart Sutherland
Language: Turkish
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Language: Turkish
Release Date: January 1, 2001
"İnanılmaz sürükleyici ve fevkalade iyi yazılmış"
-Richard Dawkins-
"Ürkütücü, yer yer komik ama kesinlikle büyüleyici"
-Oliver Sacks-
"Bu kitabı almalısınız, her evde bir tane bulunmalı. Dahası, uygarlığımızın gelişimi adına otel odalarının...
The Seven Deadly Sins
A Celebration of Virtue and Vice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
We live with the idea of sin every day – from the greatest transgressions to the tiniest misdemeanours. But surely the concept was invented for an age where divine retribution and eternal punishment dominated the collective consciousness?
In this lively collection of new writing, Nicola...