Reading Lessons: The books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter by Carol Atherton
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Category: Reference
An English teacher's love letter to reading and teaching- an eye-opening journey through the books we read at school, the impact they made on us then and what we can take from them now. How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What ca ...Show more
Like Love: Essays and Conversations by Maggie Nelson
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'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation'. Olivia Laing. Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tribute ...Show more
Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law by Katy Barnett, Jeremy Gans
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An illuminating and entertaining history of the law's treatment of animals Trespassing bees, murderous zebras, reasonable cows ... Ever since Biblical times, animals have been clashing with human laws.What to do with animals that injure or kill people, in particular, has long troubled humans. In medie ...Show more
Murdle: Solve 100 Devilishly Devious Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles by G.T Karber
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Category: Reference | Series: Murdle Puzzle Ser.
One hundred murder mystery puzzles to solve for armchair detectives and game lovers
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton
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A literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure "Part of the fun of the book is the way in which Eagleton prompts, provokes and at times infuriates. . . . An ideal introductory guide to critical analysis, and a thoroughly enjoyable remind ...Show more
Surviving the First 36 Hours by Ky Furneaux
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Picture this: the worst has happened, and you've suddenly been put into a survival scenario. In some cases, it might be best to find shelter, water, food, and fire. In others, you might need to get out as soon as possible. How do you determine which route to take Survival expert Ky Furneaux tells you wh ...Show more
Mind the Country: Tim Winton's Fiction by Salhia Ben-Messahel
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The book is divided into three parts. The first looks at the themes in Winton's novels and the nature of the Wintonian character: a rootless being wandering in a hostile geographic and social space a fragmented but unique universe. The main themes are: family tales, loneliness, emptiness and voids, and ...Show more
Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
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George Orwell's essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. It is about the importance of writing concisely, clearly and precisely and the dangers to our ability to think when language, especially political language, is obscured by vague, cliched phrases and hackneyed metaphors. In it ...Show more
Twelfth Night: Illustrated by Eric Ravilious by William Shakespeare
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A stunning facsimile of the 1932 edition of Twelfth Night illustrated by Eric Ravilious. Together with a newly commissioned introduction, this book includes a facsimile of one of Eric Ravilious’s finest illustrated works, first published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1932 in a limited print run and no ...Show more
Dinner with Joseph Johnson - Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age by Daisy Hay
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*Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2022*'Hugely engrossing... An exciting blend of ideas and personalities' John Carey, Sunday Times'As immersive and engaging as a multi-plot Victorian novel' Times Literary Supplement'Impressive... An elegant account... Dinner with Joseph Johnson reminds us of th ...Show more
Time, Tide and History - Essays on the Writing of Eleanor Dark by Brigid Rooney (Editor); Fiona Morrison (Editor)
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Category: Reference | Series: Sydney Studies in Australian Literature Ser.
Time, Tide and History: Essays on the Writing of Eleanor Dark is the first book-length edited collection of scholarly essays to treat the full span of Eleanor Dark's fiction, advancing a recent revival of critical and scholarly interest in Dark's writing. This volume not only establishes a new view of ...Show more
Globetrotting : Writers Walk the World by Duncan Minshull
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In Globetrotting: Writers Walk the World the UK's 'laureate of walking' Duncan Minshull brings together the recorded footfalls of more than fifty walker-writers who have travelled the world's seven continents. Following on from the success of Beneath My Feet - Writers on Walking and Sauntering - Writers ...Show more