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The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

William Goldbloom Bloch

Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the classic works of modern literature.
The Marxist Philosophy of Ernst Bloch

The Marxist Philosophy of Ernst Bloch

Wayne Hudson

Ehrhard Bahr, Ernst Bloch (Berlin: Colloquium, 1974) p. 17, in the Köpfe des XX. Jahrhunderts series. This volume contains useful, though highly selective, biographical material, much of it supplied by Karola Bloch. For Bloch's life generally, ...
The fear planet: and other unusual destinations

The fear planet: and other unusual destinations

Robert Bloch

What many readers don't know is how good much of this fiction is. These stories run the full gamut of genres for which Bloch wrote--fantasy, horror, science fiction, mystery--and all showcase Bloch's inimitable style.
The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch: Final reckonings

The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch: Final reckonings

Robert Bloch

The stories are in his classic style of gripping suspense, science fiction and fantasy. As Bloch writes, "These stories in this collection have a common theme; they deal with monsters.
Robert Bloch's Psychos

Robert Bloch's Psychos

Robert Bloch

Featuring a never-before-published short story from Stephen King and edited by the world-renowned and award-winning author of "Psycho", Robert Bloch, this collection includes 22 masterworks harvested by the Horror Writers Association.
Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Robert Bloch

"This book collects for the first time a variety of Robert Bloch's early stories from Weird Tales and Strange Stories.
Lori

Lori

Robert Bloch

From Robert Bloch, the master of American horror, Lori is a cerebral and terrifying read.
The Duchess of Windsor

The Duchess of Windsor

Michael Bloch

Michael Bloch's biography of the woman Edward VIII renounced kingship to marry drew on his previous publication of their intimate corespondence, and presented a picture of her which was often startlingly at variance with previous accounts ...
Chinchilla: Komische Geschichten

Chinchilla: Komische Geschichten

Elmar Hucko

Gendarmenmarkt. 1. Christian Bloch fühlte sich von komplizierten Frauen angezogen. Mit schlichten wusste er nichts anzufangen. Bloch war fünfundfünfzig und Abteilungsleiter im Justizministerium. Seine Ministerin war Gerda DaubnerGrimm, ...
The Duke of Windsor's War

The Duke of Windsor's War

Michael Bloch

Drawing on unique sources, Michael Bloch describes the career of the Duke of Windsor during the Second World War.As a military liaison officer in France during 1939-40, he issued warnings which, had they been heeded, might have avoided the ...
Richard Wagner: A Life in Music

Richard Wagner: A Life in Music

Martin Geck

A Life in Music Martin Geck. 26. Ernst Bloch, “Uber Beckmessers Preislied-Text,” in Karola Bloch, Zur Philosophie der Musik (Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1974), 213. 27. Yvonne N ilges, “Die Meistersinger von Nfirnberg oder Die Geburt der ...
Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, ...

Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, ...

Richard D. Kahlenberg

Goldbloom, Maurice. “The New York School Crisis.” In Confrontation at Ocean Hill–Brownsville: The New York School Strikes of1968, edited by Maurice Berube and Marilyn Gittell, 247–283. New York: Praeger, 1969. Goldhaber, Dan.
Before Egypt

Before Egypt

Robert Bloch

It was Mallison's strangest assignment.

who called from an unknown number?