1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463430003321

Autore

Faqīh Ahmad Ibrāhīm

Titolo

Who's afraid of Agatha Christie? and other stories / / Ahmed Fagih ; translated from the Arabic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

0-203-03930-0

1-283-96355-8

1-136-17719-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Disciplina

892.7/36

Soggetti

Detective and mystery stories, Arabic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 2000 by Kegan Paul International"--T.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Who's Afraid of Agatha Christie? and Other Stories; Copyright Page; Contents; Who's afraid of Agatha Christie?; The Night of the Masks; Don't Kill the Dog; Radiant as the Sun; The Last Station; A Man from Ireland; The Book of the Dead; Never Seen a River; Love Me Tonight; Lying

Sommario/riassunto

Ahmed Fagih moves further into the world of contemporary English literature with this second collection of short stories under the Kegan Paul imprint. Who's Afraid of Agatha Christie and Other Stories exemplifies Fagih's characteristic mixing of illusion and reality, his complexity of style, and his penchant for lyrical writing.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387091103316

Autore

Davis John <1550?-1605.>

Titolo

The seamans secrets [[electronic resource] ] : divided into two parts, wherein is taught the three kindes of sayling, horizontall, paradoxall, and sayling vpon a great circle : also an horizontall tyde-table for the easie finding of the ebbing and flowing of the tydes, with a regiment newly calculated for the finding of the declination of the sunne, and many other most necessary rules and instruments, not heeretofore set forth by any

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Iohn Dauuson, 1633

Edizione

[Newly corrected and amended, and the fifth time imprinted.]

Descrizione fisica

[108] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill

Soggetti

Navigation

Nautical instruments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second part has special t.p.: The second part of this treatise of navigation : wherein is taught the nature and most necessary vse of the globe, with the circles, zones, climates, and other distinctions, to the perfect vse of sayling.

Dedication signed: Iohn Davis.

Signatures: A-H⁴, ²A-²E⁴ ²F².

Reproduction of original in the King's College (University of Cambridge). Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0075