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The Modern Theologians: Introduction to Christian Theology in the
An introduction to the main Christian theologies of the 20th century, combining discussion of these movements with analyses of the thought of particular theologians. Each chapter is written by a...
Class: Image and Reality: In Britain, France and the USA Since 1930:
Class is an emotive subject, and never more so than today. It is part of the very fabric of our contemporary society and Professor Marwick's major historical study of the...
The Letters of William S.Burroughs, 1945-59
This is the first volume of letters from William Burroughs, covering the years 1945-1959. The letters are entertaining and revealing, placing Burroughs' work in the context of an extraordinary life...
The Journals
Born into an affluent and politically active black family, Charlotte Forten Grimk'e (1837-1914) was a scholar, reformer, teacher and writer. Her journals describe her privileged childhood, her sporadic teaching career,...
The Oxford Book of Children's Stories
Children's writer and Carnegie medallist Jan Mark has selected 44 stories which include moral tales, fairy tales, ghost stories, adventure stories, and school stories; they are inhabited by good and...
A A Rare Bird: the First 50 Years of Penguin Australia 1946-1996:
In 1935 the British publisher Allen Lane produced a range of 10 books in a revolutionary paperback binding and put them on sale for sixpence each. The distinctive orange and...
Trotsky: The Eternal Revolutionary
Together with Lenin, Trotsky was the most charismatic and dominating figure of the Russian revolution. A dynamic public speaker, a brilliant organizer and theorist, he was largely responsible for advocating...