In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and th
Contributed papers by experts in the field detail how to put integrated pest management to work. Presents the philosophy and practice, ecological and economic background as well as strategies and tech
Part of a brilliant series of quotation books compiled and edited by the editor of The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations, in print since 1986. Distributed
"John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."—Alice MunroThe Argus-eyed editor; the magisterial prose stylist; the waggish, inflammatory cultural critic; the
RATTLESNAKE DREAMS is my memoir. It begins in the Vietnamese village of Tho An, in April 1966, which my company of Marines is burning. I was guarding a group of women and children, and one old man. On
Joy Malone has learned to live between two realities, surviving mortal threats and agonizing betrayals, but the world of the Twixt is in chaos, and when the Council wants someone to blame, Joy must fi
Joy Malone has learned to live between two realities, surviving mortal threats and agonizing betrayals, but the world of the Twixt is in chaos, and when the Council wants someone to blame, Joy must fi
"One of Canada's best kept literary secrets."—Harper's Magazine"Hilarious, touching and delightful . . . brilliant concision and understated humor."—Los Angeles Tim
Co-ops. Credit unions. Communal work space. These are all familiar concepts to most Americans, and alive and well throughout the country, yet their potential to challenge the status quo of corporate a
The first in a landmark new series by literary quotations legend Fred Metcalf, building on the success of his best-selling series of quotations books for Penguin to produce classic, far-ranging volume
The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Sporting Quotations collects the funniest utterances from throughout the sporting world and makes essential reading for sports fans.Fred Metcalf is the author of ma
"John Metcalf comes as close to the baffling, painful comedy of human experience as a writer can get."?Alice MunroSet in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, the stories in this collection spa
