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Literary Lifelines: The Richard Aldington-Lawrence Durrell Correspondence
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew literary friendships of the twentieth century crackle with as much intellectual vitality as the one chronicled in Literary Lifelines, a remarkable...
Lawrence Durrell: A Study
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. This authoritative work of literary criticism presents a comprehensive study of one...
The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and...
Balthazar
Balthazar, is the second volume of Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet, set in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 1940s. The events of each lush and sensuous novel are seen through the eyes...
Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1945
Lawrence Durrell was unquestionably one of the most distinctive, original and compelling literary figures of his age. From his childhood in India and Burma to his bohemian youth in London...
Death of a Hero
One of the great World War I antiwar novels-honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel,Death of a Hero, finally...
Myself and Other Animals
A final posthumous work of autobiography from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth A final posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and...
Clea
The book titled Clea by the author Lawrence Durrell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title. Clea concludes Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet by...
Birds, Beasts and Relatives
A new standalone edition of the second book in the trilogy that inspired ITV''sThe Durrells In this second collection of tales concerning the Durrell family on the island of Corfu,...
Menagerie Manor
A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth...
The Razor's Edge
An ambitious novel by the formidable talent, Somerset Maugham Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some...
Windhaven
Author: George R.R. Martin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Among the scattered islands that make up the water world of Windhaven, no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged...
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of
Dark Renaissance is the thrilling story of the writer who transformed culture in Elizabethan England, bringing it out of the darkness and into the light. Poor boy. Dark star. Spy....
The Good of the Novel
Author: Liam McIlvanneyFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 264g, 240 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2011The Good of the Novel is a collection of specially commissioned essays - edited by...
Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a
An enthralling and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the inspiration for the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from \"The World's Greatest Living Explorer\" Ranulph Fiennes Co-opted by...
The Odyssey
The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles A Penguin Classic Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy...
Rural Rides
A key text for the understanding of Victorian politics and England's rural history Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate...
The Nature of Things
New translation by Alicia Stallings, with an introduction by Richard Jenkyns Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry...
London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City
The story of the individuals whose ambition and recklessness transformed London, England and the world Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of...
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time 'Another tiger-golden day lay ahead of us. It was as though England...
The Complete Poetry
A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury, and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul George Herbert wrote, but never...
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Part of a series of new editions of DH Lawrence's most famous novels, stories and poems Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable...
Sons and Lovers
One of the great novels of the twentieth century, now with a gorgeous new cover The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated...
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: the Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick
Author: Janice Hallett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 *** THE SMASH HIT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** *** THE NEW MYSTERY PHENOMENON FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL ***...
The Macmillans: The Story of a Dynasty
This is an outline of the history of the Macmillan family, its rise, triumphs and misfortunes. The core of the book is the personality and career of Harold Macmillan, but...
The Song of Achilles: Dyslexia Friendly Edition
Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper. **OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD** WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION A...
Dubliners: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
For the centennial of its original publication, an irresistible Graphic Deluxe Edition of one of the most beloved books of the 20th century, featuring a new foreword by National Book...
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There
A vivid philosophical tour de force that initiated ecological thought and writing as we know it today 'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot,'...
Richard III: A Reader in History
The book titled Richard III: A Reader in History by the author Keith Dockray. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition
The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing...
Theory of Wing Sections
Reference for engineers and students progresses from elementary materials to methods used in design of NACA low-drag airfoils. Presents techniques for using wing-section data to predict wing characteristics. "Most useful...
A Laodicean
The daughter of a wealthy railway magnate, Paula Power inherits De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She commissions George Somerset, a young architect, to undertake the...
A New Voyage Round the World
A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies The first great English-language travel book, A New Voyage Round...
One Down, One Missing (B)
Join the largest manhunt ever mounted in Victorian police history. On 16 August 1998, Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller were shot dead while on duty. The Victorian...
Experiences of an Irish R. M.
'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...
Gay Life Stories
Author: Robert AldrichFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 310g, 336 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time whose lives have influenced...
Papers and Journals
This abridged edition, translated by Alastair Hannay, clearly reveals the compelling development of Kierkegaard's thought, while detailed notes and individual introductions to each section provide a detailed consideration of his...
The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of
The captivating life of Margaret Douglas - a life of scandal, political intrigue and royal romance that spanned five Tudor reigns. 'Alison Weir's sound scholarship and storyteller's gift for rich,...
The Tain
A major new translation of Ireland's great epic of heroism, magic, bloodshed and betrayal - now in paperback The Tain Bo Cualinge, centrepiece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic...
The Life Trilogy Boxset
David Attenborough's Life Trilogy is a complete introduction to the animals and plants found on Earth. The three books - published to accompany the classic BBC TV series - are...
The Duke's Children
This edition of one of Trollope's most optimistic works includes a detailed introduction by Dinah Birch, exploring the key characters in the Palliser novels, and detailed notes. Plantagenet Palliser, the...
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
The new paperback series- Penguin English Library "I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I...