London calling : V.S. Naipaul, postcolonial Mandarin / by Nixon, Rob, 1954-

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Victorian Dogs, Victorian Men : Affect and Animals in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture. by Chez, Keridiana

Table of Contents: “…Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION The Rise of the Prosthetic Dog; CHAPTER 1 Happy Families in Charles Dickens's David Copperfield and Oliver Twist; CHAPTER 2 Canine Connections in George Eliot's Adam Bede and Middlemarch; CHAPTER 3 The Ugly Animal in Margaret Marshall Saunders's Beautiful Joe and Beautiful Joe's Paradise; CHAPTER 4 Deceptive Docility in Bram Stoker's Dracula; CHAPTER 5 The Bare-Dog in Jack London's Call of the Wild and White Fang; CONCLUSION; Works Cited; Index.…”
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Dreams to remember : Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul / by Ribowsky, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : The Big O -- Prologue : "It was music" -- Son of a preacher man -- Heebie jeebies -- Rockin' Redding -- "It's something called soul" -- "A lousy singer" -- "Wait, we got time for another kid" -- Chops like a wolf -- Turning the knife -- The King of Soul -- Just one more day -- Crossing over -- The whole damn body -- Making the white feel black -- "The only son-of-a-gun this side of the sun" -- London calling -- Peace, love, and Otis Redding -- Hard to handle -- "So I guess I'll remain the same" -- Amen -- Epilogue : "Wouldn't that have been somethin'?".…”

Contemporary Political Poetry in Britain and Ireland. by Klawitter, Uwe

Table of Contents: “…Political Performance Poetry in Britain; K.A. Tan -- London Calling. The Poetics of Disruption and Social Resistance in the Works of Sean Bonney and Stephen Mooney; A. …”
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New waves, old hands, and unknown pleasures : the music of 1979 / by Egan, Sean

For the Sake of the Vedas : The Anglo-German Life of Friedrich Rosen 1805-1837. by Rocher, Rosane

Table of Contents: “…Professor of Oriental Languages at the London University (1828-1831) -- London calling -- Two weeks in Paris -- Appointment -- Pedagogy and Scholarship -- Gathering clouds -- Students of oriental languages -- Out of Office (1831-1833) -- Resignation from the University -- Catalogue of the Chambers Sanskrit manuscripts -- Translating the Mitaksara -- Soldiering on -- Back as Professor of Sanskrit (1834-1837) -- Reappointment -- Catalogue of the oriental manuscripts in the British Museum -- Students of Sanskrit -- Asiatic Institutions -- The Royal Asiatic Society -- The Oriental Translation Fund…”
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