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English Literature for Boys and GirlsFrom the hand of H. E. Marshall, one of the greatest authors of juvenile history comes this introduction to English literature. From early Gaelic tales and Beowulf though to Spenser, Shakespeare, Dickens, and Thackeray, Marshall introduces us to the times and personalities that have...
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah EquianoEquiano's narrative is the most significant autobiographical account of slavery to emerge from Britain's centuries as a slave trading and slave owning power. It remains as powerful today as it was when first published in 1789. It tells the story of Equiano's remarkable life,...
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The Year in San FernandoAuthor: Michael AnthonyPublisher: Hodder EducationPublished: 07/09/2021Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70dISBN: 9781398340466
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Mrs. DallowayMrs. Dalloway (1925) is a novel by Virginia Woolf. Adapted from two short stories, "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" and "The Prime Minister," Mrs. Dalloway is a moving portrait of a day in the life of one woman, her thoughts and perceptions, and the...
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In Our Time: Extended Version 1925In Our Time is Ernest Hemingway's first collection of short stories, published in 1925 by Boni & Liveright, New York. Its title is derived from the English Book of Common Prayer, "Give peace in our time, O Lord". The collection's publication history was complex....
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Three Soldiers (Warbler Classics)John Dos Passos's second novel, Three Soldiers, was published in 1921 after many rejections from publishers and censorship squabbles. The novel, which was hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication, stands as one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I....
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Anthony Trollope: A CompanionAnthony Trollope's novels and stories entertain while vividly bringing the Victorian era to life. His deep empathy for the underdog led him to subvert conventions, exploring the lives of women, as well as men, and choosing as heroes and heroines outsiders who would be...
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Communion of Radicals: The Literary Christian Left in Twentieth-Century AmericaPopular perceptions of American writers as either godless radicals or God-fearing reactionaries overlook a vital tradition of Christian leftist thought and creative work. In Communion of Radicals, Jonathan McGregor offers the first literary history of theologically conservative writers who embraced political radicalism, as their...
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Women, Witchcraft, and the Inquisition in Spain and the New WorldWomen, Witchcraft, and the Inquisition in Spain and the New World investigates the mystery and unease surrounding the issue of women called before the Inquisition in Spain and its colonial territories in the Americas, including Mexico and Cartagena de Indias. Edited by María Jesús...
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The Collected Writings of Assia WevillWinner of the Popular Culture Association's Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Anthology, Multi-Authored, or Edited Book in Feminist Studies in Popular and American Culture.The Collected Writings of Assia Wevill marks a significant development in literary recovery efforts related to Assia Wevill (1927-1969), who...
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All Who Belong May EnterA collection of personal essays examining relationships, whiteness, and masculinity. Nicholas Ward's debut essay collection, All Who Belong May Enter, centers on self-exploration and cultural critique. These deeply personal essays examine whiteness, masculinity, and a Midwest upbringing through tales of sporting events, parties, posh...
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A Bloody and Barbarous God: The Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthyA Bloody and Barbarous God investigates the relationship between gnosticism, a system of thought that argues that the cosmos is evil and that the human spirit must strive for liberation from manifest existence, and the perennial philosophy, a study of the highest common factor...
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Handwriting Practice Sheets With Dotted Line: ABC Kids 120 Practice Pages Workbook for Preschool, Kindergarten and Kids Ages Tracing Letters Dotted LiA colorful design that can make handwriting practice a little more fun for your children or students. 120 pages --- 8.5x11 inches. If you Looking For Handwriting Practice Sheets With Dotted Lines book for your Preschool, Kindergarten, and Kids Ages baby so This one...
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Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg puts up half his fortune wagering that he can circumnavigate the earth in 80 days. Encountering one adventure after another and pursued by a determined policeman, Fogg's inventiveness will be challenged to its limit. When Phileas Fogg brashly accepts a bet that...
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The Inimitable Jeeves"Mr Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in." -Evelyn Waugh "Wodehouse is one of the...
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Segelfoss TownNew edition of J.S. Scott's 1925 English translation of Segelfoss Town (original title: Segelfoss By) by Knut Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.Segelfoss Town was first published in Norway in 1915 and is an independent continuation of Hamsun's Children of...
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Mrs. DallowayNow you can live a day in the life of a young woman in 1920s London. Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway follows one day of upper-class housewife Clarissa Dalloway's life as she plans and hosts a dinner party at her house. Along the way she...
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The Common Reader: First Series2021 Reprint of the 1925 Edition. The Common Reader, a collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, was published in two series, the first in 1925 and the second in 1932. This edition reprints the first series, first published in 1925. Most of the essays...
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Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and TheoryThis unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details the field's debts to German critical theory and explores a forgotten tradition of Black singularity. Phenomenal Blackness examines the changing interdisciplinary investments of key mid-century Black writers and thinkers, including the growing interest in German...
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The League of the Scarlet PimpernelFollowing the events of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the mysterious figure continues his efforts to elude captors, while saving French aristocrats from meeting a brutal fate. It's a collection of memorable stories featuring various characters and hidden obstacles along the way. The Reign of Terror...
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