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A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
Author: Edward Wilson-Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES...
A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two
A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical...
The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Language
'Ingenious... a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph 'A deeply fascinating, sui generis book by a brilliant scholar-writer, which uses the life story of a...
Ideas & Influences of the Ancient World Bargain Book Box
Ideas & Influences of the Ancient World Bargain Book Box Caesar and Cato hated each other enough to bring down a republic that had stood for four centuries. That's the...
The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Language
'Ingenious... a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph 'A deeply fascinating, sui generis book by a brilliant scholar-writer, which uses the life story of a...
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and
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This impeccably researched and "adventure-packed" ( The Washington Post ) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus's son to create the greatest library in the world is "the stuff...
Selected Letters
This selection of letters by Edward Lear (1812-1888) is published on the centenary of his death. This collection, chosen from some 2,000 letters traced by the editor, covers the whole...
The Mental As Physical
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn The Mental as Physical, Edgar Wilson presents a rigorous, sustained argument for the identity of mental processes with their...
Letters On Literature And Politics: 1912-1972
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of literary genius and political conscience stands Edmund Wilson, one of twentieth-century America's most formidable intellectual voices, and Letters on Literature...
The Forties: From Notebooks And Diaries Of The Period
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew literary figures of the twentieth century possessed the penetrating intellect and restless curiosity of Edmund Wilson, and The Forties stands as a remarkable...
The Thirties: From Notebooks And Diaries Of The Period
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the intersection of personal memoir and social chronicle, Edmund Wilson's The Thirties stands as one of the most vivid and unflinching...
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
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The book titled Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by the author Edward O. Wilson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
On Human Nature
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to be human? In On Human Nature, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson mounts...
Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature
From the Jazz Age through the McCarthy era, Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) stood at the center of the American cultural scene. In his own youth a crucial champion of the young...
The Fifties: From Notebooks And Diaries Of The Period
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew American literary figures possessed the intellectual range and unflinching honesty of Edmund Wilson, and The Fifties stands as a remarkable testament to both...
Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature
From the Jazz Age through the Kennedy administration, Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) stood at the center of the American cultural scene. A champion of the young Ernest Hemingway, a loyal friend...
The Shores Of Light: A Literary Chronicle Of The Twenties And Thirties
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In the turbulent literary decades between the two World...
Edward Lear: A Biography
Edward Lear, Victorian author of nonsense verse, was also a water-colourist and a traveller. Lear's sense of humour was contrasted with his severe bouts of depression. Gregarious and popular, he...
An Edwardian Youth
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Author: L. E. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN & CO LTD; ST MARTIN'S PRESS, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAn Edwardian Youth chronicles the formative years of an...
Eminent Edwardians: Four figures who defined their age: Northcliffe,
A dazzling study of four figures who flourished in - and defined - the early years of the twentieth century. In his account of four characters, each of whose importance...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition: The Process and
Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has come into its own as a widely practiced approach to helping people change. This book provides...
I Wanna Be Loved By You: Marilyn Monroe, A Life in 100 Takes
A SUNDAY TIMES SUMMER READ Dreamer. Bombshell. Icon. Featuring a wealth of unpublished material, Andrew Wilson's biography of Marilyn Monroe presents the actress in a startling new light. Born Norma...
