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Britten
This volume forms part of the "Life and Times" series of compact and accessible biographies which cover key political, literary and musical figures. This title is about the life and...
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: The
An indispensable, New York Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random House's long-time copy chief and one of Twitter's leading language gurus. 'An utterly delightful book to read,...
The Britten Companion
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew composers of the twentieth century cast as long and transformative a shadow over the world of classical...
One-Way Street and Other Writings
Introduction by Amit Chaudhuri; translated by J.A. Underwood Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth...
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone: 2023's most original murder mystery
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Requiem in La Rossa: A gripping crime thriller
Author: Tom Benjamin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 'Devoured it. Great characters and brilliant use of the history and architecture of Bologna. His best yet' Trevor Wood...
Nelson's Yankee Captain: The Life of Boston Loyalist Sir Benjamin
Sir Benjamin Hallowell, one of Admiral Horatio Nelson's famous "Band of Brothers," served a lifetime in the navy of Great Britain through the American and French Revolutions between 1775 and...
Benjamin Britten Biography
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The long-awated biography of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Although blessed with a magnetic personality and musical brilliance, Britten was wracked by depression and self-doubt. An...
The Chandelier
Available in English for the first time, The Chandelier is one of Lispector's most radical books and a key part of what made her a Brazilian legend 'She found the...
The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters
A charming and highly personal introduction to the artists of the Dutch Golden Age Twenty years ago, Benjamin Moser followed a love affair to an ancient Dutch town. In order...
Peter Pears: A Biography
The English tenor, Peter Pears, made a unique contribution to British musical life, not only through his own singing, but as the inspiration and muse of his life-long companion Benjamin...
The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto: A Fifteen-Year Quest to Unmask the Secret
'The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto could be the best mystery story of the past twenty years.' James Patterson 'This is, by far, the deepest investigation into possibly the biggest mystery of...
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
Author: Benjamin Hale (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 Bruno Littlemore; linguist, artist, philosopher. A life defined by a soaring mind, yet bound by a restrictive body. Born in...
The Soviet Government And The Jews 1948-1967: A Documented Study
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Edition: ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the shadowed corridors of Soviet power, a systematic campaign against Jewish identity unfolded across nearly two decades — and The Soviet Government and the...
Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity
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The Family Law
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Seascraper
SEASCRAPER is a mesmerising portrait of a young man confined by his class and the ghosts of his family's past, dreaming of a bigger life. *LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE...
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Benjamin Franklin, chronicles the extraordinary life of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. It presents a vivid...
The Midnight Howl
Author: Benjamin Read Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The second spellbinding adventure in Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder's magical Midnight Hour series! 'A fantastic magical adventure featuring a cast...
Benjamin Britten: A Life for Music
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The Honors Class: Hilbert's Problems and Their Solvers
This eminently readable book focuses on the people of mathematics and draws the reader into their fascinating world. In a monumental address, given to the International Congress of Mathematicians in...
Benjamin Franklin: The Shaping of Genius, The Boston Years
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: small tears on dust jacket but still maintains integrity Before he was a Founding...
Unorthodox Healing Versus Medical Science
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Author: Harry BenjaminBinding: HardbackPublished: Health For All Publishing Co, London, UK, 1951Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Moderate foxing on DJ....
GINNY MOON
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Jowett: A Portrait With Background
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in Victorian Oxford commanded as much reverence...
On The Black Hill
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Grey boards. Unpriced dj - export copy.Rooted in the windswept borderlands between England and Wales, On the Black...
The Tongs And The Bones: The Memoirs Of Lord Harewood
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few memoirs bridge the worlds of royal...
Murder By The Waters: Further Adventures Of The American Agent Abroad
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA historical mystery set against the vivid backdrop of Georgian England, Murder By The Waters: Further Adventures Of The American...
A Plot to Kill: The notorious killing of Peter Farquhar, a story of deception and betrayal that shocked a quiet English town
Author: David Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 '[A] real-life Midsomer Murder ... it's chilling, but [David Wilson's] explanation of how a psychopath thinks is masterly' The Times The...
Victorian Interpretation
Author: Suzy AngerFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 454g, 222 pagesPublished: Cornell University Press, United States, 2006Suzy Anger investigates the relationship of Victorian interpretation to the ways in which literary criticism...
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers Dating from 1909 to...
The Parallel Path: Love, Grit and Walking the North
Whatever Jenn Ashworth turns her hand to, I'm there to read it' BENJAMIN MYERS, author of The Offing 'With honesty, humour and determination, Ashworth's journey takes the reader from coast...
LORDS OF THE OCEAN
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The Diaries of Franz Kafka
The essential translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers Dating from 1909 to 1923,...
The Book Against Death
In 1937, Elias Canetti began collecting notes for the project that 'by definition, he could never live to complete', as translator Peter Filkins writes in his afterword. The Book Against...
Icons of England
England- our favourite things, by well-known names led by Bill Bryson, Michael Palin and Eric Clapton. This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green...
William Plomer
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The Besieged City
Clarice Lispector's revelatory third novel, now in English for the first time Written in flight from Lispector's 'shipwreck of introspection' it is a book unlike any other in the Lispector...
The Secret Lives of Taylor Swift's Cats
YOU LOVED TAYLOR'S VERSION, NOW IT'S TIME FOR TAYLOR'S CATS' SIDE OF THE STORY. Meet Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button - Taylor Swift's three cats. By day, they...
The Tale Of The Flopsy Bunnies
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Secondhand Poetry, Plays & Drama Bargain Book Box SP2980
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Secondhand Poetry, Plays & Drama Bargain Book Box SP2980 Twenty-one books of poetry, drama, and literary reference — Ibsen, Shaw, Euripides, Sophocles, Lorca, Howard Barker, Edward Albee, Sheridan, Geoffrey Dutton,...
Jonson's Magic Houses: Essays in Interpretation
Ben Jonson was commonly regarded during his lifetime and the century following his death as a writer whose powers were equal, if not superior, to those of Shakespeare. By the...