The Cream of the Jest

The Cream of the JestThe Cream of the Jest (1923) is a novel by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide, where a lowly pawnbroker can encounter monsters, gods, and devils, The Cream of the Jest is one work in a series of novels, essays, and poems known as the Biography of the Life of Manuel. Partly inspired by the obscenity trial surrounding his novel Jurgen, a Comedy of Justice, The Cream of the Jest is a metafictional blend of literary

We summarize the implications for applied sorghum breeding in West Africa

in spite of colossal expenditures and ever-grander government pronouncements

In analyzing and explaining the bold unilateral decisions presidents have made during and since the Vietnam War

She also uncovers the loopholes in local

Internationally recognized scholars and philosophers investigate figures in the history of phenomenology as well as recent developments in psychology and the neurosciences to uncover not only the depths of interiority but also how it comes to connect with and structure external reality

career incentives for GCC citizens

A penetrating and freewheeling evaluation of Kant's magnum opus

and inappropriate mode of application

Holographic dualities are at the forefront of contemporary physics research: peering into the fundamental nature of our universe and providing best attempt answers to humankind's bold questions about basic physical phenomena

The tradition of rational theology in the mature post-classical Sunni tradition has unique philosophical insights and solutions to modern philosophical problems that have not yet been articulated in the philosophical mainstream

Wide-ranging critique of the epistemological and ethical assumptions that underlie contemporary debates concerning climate change

The complete text of John Gower's Confessio Amantis 3-volume edition