Jerome Charyn
Hailed as the first great Soviet writer, Isaac Babel was at once a product and a victim of violent revolution. In tales of Cossack marauders and flashy Odessa gangsters, he perfectly captured the raw, edgy mood of the first years of the Russian ... [... more]
Random House |
The Dogs of Babel
 From Amazon.com: The quirky premise of Carolyn Parkhurst's debut novel, The Dogs of Babel, is original enough: after his wife Lexy dies after falling from a tree, linguistics professor Paul Iverson becomes obsessed with teaching their dog, a Rhodesian [... more]
CDN$19.95
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Jonathan Brent
Jonathan Brent, editorial director of Yale University Press and founder of its distinguished Annals of Communism series, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is writing a biography of the Soviet Jewish writer Isaac Babel. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Jaida Jones
Jaida Jones is a graduate of Barnard College, where she wrote her thesis on monsters in Japanese literature and film. A poet and native New Yorker, she had her first collection of poetry, Cinquefoil, published by New Babel Books in 2006. She also ... [... more]
Random House |
20th Century Collected Stories Of Isaac Babel
The excellence of understatement: I stumbled across Isaac Babel because of a single line quoted in Paul Johnson's "History of the Jews". And then I was forever hooked. First, a caveat. Be sure you understand when reading Babel's short stories [... more]
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After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
Translation as an insight into the language: For those who expect to find a list of practical instructions on translation methods or a review on the history of translation, the book "After Babel" by Professor George Steiner will be a bit of a [... more]
CDN$38.50
Amazon CA |
JLA: Tower of Babel - VOL 07
Finally --- JLA get's a good writer!: Grant Morrison, who? Now Mark Waid is a man who knows how to write comics! After over 40 issues under the helm of Grant Morrison, this book collects the first issues written by Mark Waid. With the talents of Mark [... more]
CDN$17.50
Amazon CA |
From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East
Superb background info for students of the Middle East: Prof. Lewis once again demonstrates his rare talent for explaining one of the most difficult subjects of world history in clear, lucid language reminiscent of a more literary era. The book is filled [... more]
CDN$36.95
Amazon CA |
From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East
Superb background info for students of the Middle East: Prof. Lewis once again demonstrates his rare talent for explaining one of the most difficult subjects of world history in clear, lucid language reminiscent of a more literary era. The book is filled [... more]
CDN$20.95
Amazon CA |
Babel II: Perfect Collection
From Amazon.com: Based on a popular graphic novel, Babel II: The Perfect Collection is a compilation of the four-part OAV released in 1992. Koichi, an ordinary but troubled student, meets Juju, a mysterious young woman who informs him he's a psychic--and [... more]
CDN$43.99
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Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film
Superb tour-de-force of early cinema: While some of the academic language may not be familiar to all readers, this is a superb account of early cinema that bridges the divide between film history and film theory. Hansen's argument that early cinema [... more]
CDN$31.10
Amazon CA |
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
What was the first language ever spoken?: If you like to consider fascinating questions, then consider this: What was the first language ever spoken? Since its inception, our species has had the same capacity for speech yet we only have an understanding [... more]
CDN$16.50
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