Search Results for: “Margaret A. Somerville”

Death Talk asks why, when our society has rejected euthanasia for over two thousand years, are we now considering legalizing it? Has euthanasia been promoted by deliberately confusing it with...

Sheds light on some urgent ethical and legal questions that vie for our attention, including the use of human embryos as living human tissue generators; euthanasia; male circumcision; the use...

'The novel's dark energies - concerned with histories of gender, property, desire, and institutionalization - carry it forth into our present moment. It remains indispensable reading' Claire Connolly from her...

'What would happen if the reigns of progress slipped from our hands?' -Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake From stem cell technology and genetic screening to new reproductive possibilites-the unprecedented developments...

Author: Zoe Somerville Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The haunting second novel from the author of The Night of the Flood. Two women, separated by decades, are drawn together...

From award-winners Margaret Wild and Hannah Sommerville comes a story to remind us of the wonder and magic of reading. When Dora was born, her brothers were very excited. 'I'm...

A man turns up at his daughter's birthday party with a goldfish in an ice-cream container. On the way to collect firewood, a woman and her teenaged neighbour crash in...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Meg Stewart Format: Hardback...

Author: Christopher Somerville Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Bognor Regis... Aberystwyth... Glasgow... Can you place them on a map? Most people can t these days. What kind...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Inscribed by the author in blue ink on title page (May 1990). Binding condition: Good. At the intersection...

Author: Margaret BaskervilleBinding: HardbackPublished: -, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Number 26 of 250 copies. Soiled boards. Internally...

Author: Christopher SomervilleBinding: HardbackPublished: BBC BOOKS, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating travelogue chronicles Christopher Somerville's continued exploration of Britain's diverse coastline in Coast: The Journey Continues. It...

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'The stories are rich in dialogue - indeed on many pages there is only dialogue - while the quick exchange of words beats out the rhythm of history on the...

Secondhand Literary Classics Bargain Book Box SP2196 Twenty-two classics in the editions that get bought as gifts and kept: clothbound Moby Dick, Odyssey, Dorian Gray and Voyage of the Beagle,...

Secondhand Science Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4176 Twenty-one vintage SF paperbacks: the Foundation trilogy in the Panther editions, nine Anne McCaffreys including The Dolphins of Pern, Dinosaur Planet and the...

Secondhand Marion Zimmer Bradley Darkover Bargain Book Box SP4177 Twenty-one Darkover novels and Friends of Darkover anthologies in the DAW editions, from Hawkmistress! and The Heritage of Hastur to The...

Secondhand Matthew Reilly Bargain Book Box SP4160 Fifteen Matthew Reilly novels in hardback and large-format paperback, from Ice Station and Contest through the whole Jack West run to The One...