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Lost for centuries to the sands of the Middle East but found again in the 1850s, it is a story of monsters, gods, and cataclysms, and of intimate friendship and love. Acclaimed literary historian Michael Schmidt provides a unique meditation on the rediscovery of Gilgamesh, showing how part of its special fascination is its captivating otherness. He reflects on the work of leading poets such as Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky, and Yusef Komunyakaa, whose own encounters with the poem are revelatory, and he reads its many translations and editions to bring it vividly to life for today's readers.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56293643354485,"sku":"9780691205168","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691205168_44dd4f10-c47d-4696-9c72-cf389ee87d8a.jpg?v=1786015256"},{"product_id":"9781529434156","title":"The Great Modern Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential introduction to the most significant poems and their works since 1900\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReproduced within this collection are some of the greatest poems of the 20th century, featuring works from major writers such as T.S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath to Langston Hughes and W.B. Yeats. 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The aim was to publish a yearbook to reflect progress in \"ferro-concrete\" structures until - as the book's first editor, Fritz von Emperger (1862-1942), expressed it - the \"tempestuous development\" in this form of construction came to an end. However, the \"Beton-Kalender\" quickly became the chosen work of reference for civil and structural engineers, and apart from the years 1945-1950 has been published annually ever since.    Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a milestone in concrete technology and application. It permits the construction of both more slender and more durable concrete structures with a prolonged service life and thus improved sustainability.    This book is a comprehensive overview of UHPC - from the principles behind its production and its mechanical properties to design and detailing aspects. The focus is on the material behaviour of steel fibre-reinforced UHPC. Numerical modelling and detailing of the connections with reinforced concrete elements are featured as well. Numerous examples worldwide - bridges, columns, facades and roofs - are the basis for additional explanations about the benefits of UHPC and how it helps to realise several architectural requirements.    The authors are extensively involved in the testing, design, construction and monitoring of UHPC structures. What they provide here is therefore a unique synopsis of the state of the art with a view to practical applications.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310080373109,"sku":"9783433030875","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783433030875_aca7dc87-f3ba-486e-ab9e-926e698b1d10.jpg?v=1786031794"},{"product_id":"9781917987035","title":"Here They Are","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Schmidt was born in Mexico in 1947. 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Quoting from the letters, diaries, reviews, and essays of novelists and drawing on their biographies, Schmidt invites us into the creative dialogues between authors and between books, and suggests how these dialogues have shaped the development of the novel in English.   Schmidt believes there is something fundamentally subversive about art: he portrays the novel as a liberalizing force and a revolutionary stimulus. But whatever purpose the novel serves in a given era, a work endures not because of its subject, themes, political stance, or social aims but because of its language, its sheer invention, and its resistance to cliché—some irreducible quality that keeps readers coming back to its pages.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481455010165,"sku":"9780674724730","price":33.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780674724730.jpg?v=1786089717"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-michael-schmidt.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}