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Fiction & Literature (255)
On Europe
ISBN: 9781843916215 Author: Mark Twain Publisher: Hesperus Press ‘In a little while we were speeding through the streets of Paris and delightfully recognizing certain names and places with which books had long ago made us f... ‘In a little while we were speeding through the streets of Paris and delightfully recognizing certain names and places with which books had long ago made us familiar. It was like meeting an old friend when we read Rue de Rivoli on the street corner; we knew the genuine vast palace of the Louvre as well as we knew its picture; when we passed by the Column of July we needed no one to tell us what it was or to remind us that on its site once stood the grim Bastille, that grave of human hopes and happiness...’ Bind: paperback Pages: 120 Publication Date: 29-03-2013
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On Poverty
ISBN: 9781843916208 Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Hesperus Press Dickens is famous for his moralising and the entreaties within his fiction to help the poor, and characters such as the Cratchit family, or little Joe in Bleak ... Dickens is famous for his moralising and the entreaties within his fiction to help the poor, and characters such as the Cratchit family, or little Joe in Bleak House have become iconic figures in our recollections of the nineteenth century's working class struggles. Bind: paperback Pages: 120 Publication Date: 29-03-2013
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The Position of Peggy Harper
ISBN: 9781843913856 Author: Leonard Merrick Publisher: Hesperus Press The special thing that Merrick could do, and which no one else seems to have done, is to reproduce the atmosphere of low-class theatrical life: the smell of gre... The special thing that Merrick could do, and which no one else seems to have done, is to reproduce the atmosphere of low-class theatrical life: the smell of greasepaint and fish and chips, the sordid rivalries, the comfortless Sunday journeys, the lugging of suitcases through the back streets of unfamiliar towns and the trudging up and down the Strand on worn-out boot-soles, the agents' offices where women in dyed frocks sit waiting their turn, the forlorn collection of press cuttings, the manager who bolts in the middle of the tour with all the takings. – George Orwell Bind: paperback Pages: 240 Publication Date: 26-04-2013 |
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The King's 6th Finger
ISBN: 9781584234746 Author: Jolby And Rachel Roelke This utterly charming tale relates the story of King Mortimer, a royal plagued by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder who only finds comfort and ease by surrounding h... This utterly charming tale relates the story of King Mortimer, a royal plagued by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder who only finds comfort and ease by surrounding himself with the number 5 — be it 5 knights, 5 moats or 5 points on his crown. One day he awakens to find that he has grown a sixth finger! Woe is he! His wizard is quick to suggest a remedy, but not one without risk. In a state of crisis, he takes advice from far and wide on how to achieve this cure. In turn, a jester, a gypsy, a professor and others present plans increasingly unlikely and complex. Driven to despair, epiphany is at last reached — perhaps his condition is not half so bad... Beautifully illustrated in full color and with wonderful rhyming verse, The King's 6th Finger will appeal to all ages. Bind: hardback Pages: 42 Dimensions: 255 x 255 mm Publication Date: 18-06-2013 |
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On The Unexplained
ISBN: 9781843916239 Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Publisher: Hesperus Press On the unexplained is a brand new selection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s writings on all things supernatural taken from Edge of the Unknown. On the unexplained is a brand new selection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s writings on all things supernatural taken from Edge of the Unknown. Bind: paperback Pages: 140 Publication Date: 27-09-2013
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Jane Eyre
ISBN: 9781853260209 Author: Charlotte Bronte Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Pages: 448 Dimensions: 126 x 198 x 32 mm |
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Oliver Twist
ISBN: 9781853260124 Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Dickens reputation was enhanced and strengthened with Oliver Twist. The novel conatins many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, tem... Dickens reputation was enhanced and strengthened with Oliver Twist. The novel conatins many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity. Oliver Twist features some of the author's most enduring characters, such as Oliver himself, the tyrannical Bumble, the diabolical Fagin, the menacing Bill Sykes, Nancy and 'The Artful Dodger'. Introduction and notes by Ella Westland, University of Exeter. Pages: 400 |
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Captain Scott : The Voyage Of The Discovery
ISBN: 9781840221770 Author: R.F.Scott Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Pages: 672 Publication Date: 05-04-2009 |
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Sleepwalking In Antarctica and Other Poems
ISBN: 9781877257896 Author: Owen Marshall Publisher: Canterbury University Press This fine new collection of poetry, Owen Marshall's second, is rich in the themes and preoccupations that have made his short stories and novels so admired. He... This fine new collection of poetry, Owen Marshall's second, is rich in the themes and preoccupations that have made his short stories and novels so admired. Here are wise, elegiac poems on love and loss, longing and regret, and ageing; beautifully observed, affectionate poems about New Zealand countryside, where 'clear cold barking comes from miles away' ; sly and sharply witty poems about human frailty - 'Death's an old joke, the Russian said / but comes to each of us as a surprise' ; poems that look back to a distant past whose inhabitants were 'much the same as you and me' - all expressed in language that is superbly balanced and finely judged. Pages: 144 Dimensions: 148 x 210 mm Publication Date: 01-04-2010 |
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Dickens' Women
ISBN: 9781843913511 Author: Miriam Margolyes & Sonia Fraser Publisher: Hesperus Press In his novels Dickens presents a series of unrivalled portraits of women, young and old. From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, these girls and women speak to us to... In his novels Dickens presents a series of unrivalled portraits of women, young and old. From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, these girls and women speak to us today, making us laugh and sometimes cry. The popular British actress Miriam Margolyes will be touring the world in 2012, the bicentenary of Dickens birth, with a one-woman show about Dickens' women, and this book accompanies the show by building on the script and expanding to include many more of the female characters Dickens described and analysed so astutely in his novels. The countries to be visited are Australia, New Zealand, the USA and India. 'Mrs Pipchin was a marvellous ill-favoured, ill-conditioned old lady, of a stooping figure, with a mottled face, like bad marble, a hook nose, and a hard grey eye, that looked as if it might have been hammered at on an anvil without sustaining any injury.' Pages: 120 Dimensions: 122 x 190 x 13 mm Publication Date: 01-11-2011
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