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  1. Today and Tomorrow Volume 11 Psychology

    Apollonius, or the Future of Psychical Research Socrates, or the Emancipation of Mankind Morpheus, or the Future of Sleep Sisyphus, or the Limits of Psychology The Passing of Phantoms

    By Bennett, Carlill, Harris, Jaeger, Patten

    Volume 11 Apollonius, or the Future of Psychical Research E N Bennett Originally published in 1927 "Admirably conceived, skilfully executed." Liverpool Post "His exposition of the case for psychic research is lucid and interesting." The Scotsman This volume summarizes the results secured by...

    Published April 15th 2008 by Routledge

  2. Pons Asinorum, or the Future of Nonsense Democritus or the Future of Laughter Mrs Fisher or the Future of Humour, Babel, or the Past, Present and Future of Human Speech

    Today and Tomorrow Volume Twenty-Two

    By Edinger, Gould, Graves, Paget

    Pons Asinorum Or The Future of Nonsense George Edinger and E J C Neep Originally published in 1929. "A most entertaining essay, rich in quotation from the old masters of clownship’s craft." Saturday Review The author maintains that true nonsense must be aimless humour – the humour that...

    Published April 15th 2008 by Routledge

  3. Today and Tomorrow Volume 5 Home, Clothes and Food

    Laret et Penates or the Home of the Future Lucullus the Food of the Future Narcissus an Anatomy of Clothes Bacchus, or Wine To-day and To-morrow

    By Birnstingl, Hartley, Heard, Shand

    Volume 5: Lares et Penates, or the Home of the Future H J Birnstingl Originally published in 1928. " very careful summary." Times Literary Supplement "…his book undoubtedly gives a better understanding of the subject than any other…" Saturday Review This volume considers the labour-saving...

    Published April 15th 2008 by Routledge

  4. Today and Tomorrow 103 Titles Bound in 25 Volumes

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions

    This series, originally published in the 1920s and 1930s, includes work by some of the twentieth century’s most well-known thinkers, scientists, philosophers, doctors, critics and artists. When first published it was immediately recognized as a noteworthy event. Written from various points of...

    Published April 10th 2008 by Routledge

  5. Today and Tomorrow Vol 7 Child & Education

    Isis, Or the Future of Oxford Alma Mater, or the Future of Oxford and Cambridge Chiron, or the Education of a Citizen of the World Eleutheros or the Future of Public Schools

    By Diplock, Hall, Pearce, Roxburgh

    Isis, or the Future of Oxford W J K Diplock Originally published in 1929 "A reactionary hit-back" Daily Mail This volume defends Oxford intellectual life and examines the institution as it really is, rather than relying on mis-guided media reports. 88pp Alma Mater or the Future of...

    Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge

  6. Today and Tomorrow Volume 9 Science and Medicine

    Eos or the Wider Aspects of Cosmogony Hermes, or the Future of Chemistry Sybilla, or the Revival of Prophecy Archimedes or the Future of Physics

    By Jeans, Jones, Mace, Whyte

    Eos or the Wider Aspects of Cosmogony J H Jeans Originally published in 1928 "A fascinating summary of his tremendous conclusions…" Times Literary Supplement "No book in the series surpasses Eos in brilliance and profundity…" Is this universe permanent or transitory? If transitory, is...

    Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge

  7. Today & Tomorrow Vol 4 Women, Marriage & the Family

    Lysistrata, or Woman's Future and Future Woman Chronos, or the Future of the Family Aphrodite or the Future of Sexual Relationships

    By Ludovici, Paul, de Pomerai

    Volume 4 Lysistrata, or Woman’s Future and Future Woman A M Ludovici Originally published in 1927 " Pro-feminine but anti-feminist…" Scotsman " A stimulating book" Sunday Times This volume represents an attack on many modern conventions and practices which, according to the author, the world...

    Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge

  8. Key Writings on Subcultures, 1535-1727

    Classics from the Underworld

    Edited by Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions

    This collection is a facsimile reprint of five exceptional books that provide fascinating insights into subversive movements from the sixteenth through to the eighteenth centuries. These volumes will be of interest to researchers in sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century history and also to...

    Published March 27th 2008 by Routledge

  9. Gender and Modernism: Critical Concepts 4 vols

    Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies

    Edited by Bonnie Kime Scott

    Series: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies

    Modernism, whether seen as a period designation, a manifestation of formal experimentation, or an aspect of modernity, has since its inception been marked, consciously or unconsciously, by gender. The dates 1890-1940, typically accepted as encompassing the modernist period, coincide with the first...

    Published March 18th 2008 by Routledge

  10. Gender & Modernism V3

    Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies

    By Bonnie Kime Scott

    Published March 18th 2008 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Women Writing Latin: Early Modern Women Writing Latin
    Edited by Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown, Jane E. Jeffrey
    To Be Published May 30th 2013
  2. Women Writing Latin: Women Writing Latin in Roman Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and the Early Christian Era
    Edited by Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown, Jane E. Jeffrey
    To Be Published May 30th 2013
  3. Women Writing Latin: Medieval Modern Women Writing Latin
    Edited by Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown, Jane E. Jeffrey
    To Be Published May 30th 2013
  4. Girls’ School Stories, 1749–1929
    Edited by Kristine Moruzi, Michelle Smith
    To Be Published September 25th 2013
  5. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    Edited by Clara Dawson
    To Be Published September 29th 2013

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