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Possible Lives | |||
| Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy | Literature | |||
| Alison Knowles Frazier | ||||
| Columbia University Press 2005 528 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0231129769 | ||||
| Published Price £33.50 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| The lives of saints were the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. During the century before the Reformation, these narratives of impossible goodness fell into the hands of classicizing, humanist intellectuals. In a study of the intertwining of classical and religious culture on the eve of the Reformation, Frazier examines how the humanists received, criticized and rewrote the traditional stories. Includes an annotated list of authors and their Latin works on saints. | ||||
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The Mitfords | |||
| Letters between Six Sisters | Literature | |||
| Charlotte Mosley (Edited by) | ||||
| Harper 2007 834 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0061373648 | ||||
| Published Price $39.95 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| The correspondence between the six Mitford sisters - Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah - amounts to a staggering 12,000 letters. This selection focuses on the relationship between the sisters, but also includes particularly interesting or entertaining letters, of which there are many, given the sisters' extraordinary lives: here is Unity being presented at Buckingham Palace and, 60 pages later, taking tea with Hitler; Jessica becoming a Communist; Pamela keeping chickens; and Nancy turning their lives into best-selling novels. | ||||
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A History of Indian Literature in English | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (Edited by) | ||||
| Columbia University Press 2003 406 pages | ||||
| Hardback 023112810X | ||||
| Published Price £50.00 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| This illustrated history of 200 years of Indian literature in English begins by looking at the introduction of English into India's complex langauge scenario around 1800. Then, in 24 essays by some of India's foremost scholars and critics, the book examines individual writers from Raja Rammohan Ray (1772-1833) to Arundhati Roy (b.1960), literary movements, genres and the writers of the 20th century Indian diaspora. | ||||
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For All My Walking | |||
| Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka with Excerpts from His Diary | Literature | |||
| Burton Watson (Translated by) | ||||
| Columbia University Press 2003 113 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0231125178 | ||||
| Published Price £15.50 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) was a master of both conventional and free-style haiku and, as part of his training as a Buddhist monk, he walked thousands of miles through the Japanese countryside. These walks inspired many of his poems, 245 of which are translated here, along with a short biography and the diary entries in which Santoka records the circumstances of their composition. | ||||
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Dawn in the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era | |||
| Poetry, Drama, Criticism: A History of Japanese Literature, Vol 4 | Literature | |||
| Donald Keene | ||||
| Columbia University Press 1999 687 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0231114397 | ||||
| Published Price £26.00 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| This fourth volume of Donald Keene's acclaimed history of Japanese literature deals with poetry, drama and criticism written in Japan during the Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1927) and Showa (from 1927) periods. It covers poetry in both traditional and new forms, the literature of modern Kabuki and Shimpa and Shingeki theatre and the work of representative literary critics from each period. | ||||
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A Tower for the Summer Heat | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Li Yu | ||||
| Columbia University Press 1998 258 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0231113854 | ||||
| Published Price £17.50 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| A sardonic novelist, playwright and essayist, Li Yu (1611-1680) is acknowledged as one of the masters of Chinese literature and was a great believer in the importance of inventiveness in both life and letters. This selection comprises Patrick Hanan's translations of six short stories from the Shi'er lou collection and includes the original critiques which are a feature of fiction of the period. | ||||
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Tintin & Co | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Michael Farr | ||||
| Egmont 2007 132 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1405232641 295x220mm | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| The first of Tintin's great adventures , Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, saw the intrepid young reporter, alone but for his faithful hound, pitted against the Bolsheviks: but as time went on, the permanent cast of Herge's adventure comics grew. From salty sea dog Captain Haddock to scheming arch villain Rastapopoulos, this colourful work introduces 12 major players in the Tintin saga, looking at their real-world inspirations and the quirks and attributes that Herge bestowed on them. | ||||
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature | |||
| (Four volumes) | Literature | |||
| Jack Zipes (Edited by) | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2006 1952 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0195146565 285x220mm | ||||
| Published Price £275.00 | Our Price £80.00 | |||
| International in scope, this A-Z of substantial, signed entries covers all aspects of children's literature, from the medieval period to the present, including writers, illustrators, publishers, librarians and educators, and topics such as digital libraries, censorship and theory. With a listing of topics and an index. | ||||
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Dickens in France | |||
| Fiction, Journalism, and Travel Writing | Literature | |||
| John Edmondson (Edited by) | ||||
| Interlink 2007 426 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1566566886 | ||||
| Published Price $20.00 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| For many readers, Charles Dickens is the most quintessentially English of writers, yet he was fascinated by France and visited the country often. Filled with his characteristic wit, exuberance and eye for the telling detail, these selections from his travel writing, journalism and novels paint a vivid picture of France in the 19th century, from the grand boulevards of Paris to its dusty provincial backwaters, from the terrors of a rough Channel crossing to the absurdities of the English abroad. | ||||
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Forever and Anon | |||
| A treasury of Poetry and Prose from the Pen of Author Unknown | Literature | |||
| Gerry Hanson (Edited by) | ||||
| JR Books 2007 196 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1906217114 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| 'Anonymous' - an author of the highest proliferation - has been responsible for such classics as The Vicar of Bray, The Man on the Flying Trapeze and Greensleeves. This entertaining anthology celebrates the mystery of how so many accomplished writers could fail to be identified, not to mention the fact that for 200 years the British have sung the words of their National Anthem without having a clue as to who wrote them. | ||||
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Disney A to Z | |||
| The Official Encyclopedia | Literature | |||
| Dave Smith | ||||
| Disney 2006 763 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0786849193 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| From Snow White and the birth of Mickey Mouse to The Incredibles and the Disney Cruise Lines fleet, this weighty volume is the third edition of an exhaustive compendium of all things Disney, incorporating a host of recent changes and events - theme parks throughout the world, stage shows, 144 new feature films, 77 television shows, and celebrations including the Millennium, the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney's birth and the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. | ||||
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Tokyo Year Zero | |||
| Literature | ||||
| David Peace | ||||
| Faber 2007 355 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0571236456 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| August 1946; Tokyo lies broken at the feet of its American victors; and panic and mistrust spreads through the remnants of the city's police department. Against this chaotic historical backdrop, Detective Minami finds himself investigating a double murder - a case which, as it grows in complexity, turns out to be inextricably linked with Minami's own dark past... | ||||
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The Book of Lost Things | |||
| Literature | ||||
| John Connolly | ||||
| Hodder 2006 310 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0340899468 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| High in his attic bedroom, 12-year-old David mourns the loss of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. As he laments, the books begin to whisper to him. Exploring the myths and fables that they contain, David finds that the worlds of reality and fantasy have begun to meld... | ||||
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Need to Know? Latin Dancing | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Lydon Wainwright | ||||
| Collins 2006 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0007230222 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
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The History of the Hobbit | |||
| Part One: Mr Baggins | Literature | |||
| John D Rateliff | ||||
| HarperCollins 2007 467 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0007235550 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| Like its epic successor, The Hobbit was a story which 'grew in the telling', and between the first manuscript and the final published work, Tolkien was constantly adding, manipulating and developing characters and story threads. This volume is the first half of John Rateliff's close analysis of the original document, examining how, between minor textual changes and grand storyline additions, Tolkien's dynamic development process has given life to the famed and fantastical world of Middle Earth. | ||||
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