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| "Families Families Families by Suzanne Lang (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "If you love each other then you're a family Do you have two dads? Or one step mum? Or what about the world's biggest grandpa? Discover a whole host of silly animal families in this hilarious celebration of the love found in families big and small Max Lang's award-winning art style and Suzanne Lang's hilarious rhymes will tickle the tail feathers of readers big small and everything in between"
Price: 6.49 |
| "French Children Don't Throw Food" |
| "The book everyone is talking about how the French manage to raise well-behaved children and have a life! Who hasn't noticed how well-behaved French children are compared to our own?How come French babies sleep through the night?Why do French children happily eat what is put in front of them?How can French mothers chat to their friends while their children play quietly?Why are French mothers more likely to be seen in skinny jeans than tracksuit bottoms?'Fascinatinggrippingextremely funnyI loved it It made me want to move to Paris' - India Knight Sunday Times'I couldn't put it down' Chris Evans"
Price: 7.49 |
| "A Country Road, A Tree" |
| "BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LONGBOURNSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2017 'Skilful daring extraordinary' The Guardian'A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years' IAN RANKIN'Beautifully written empathetic and unflinching it is very very good' Daily Mail'Marvellous spare moving' FRANCIS SPUFFORD'Insightful beautifully paced authentic' The Irish TimesParis 1939 The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs Elysees A young writer recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart Soon he will put is own life and those of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance Spies artists deprivation danger and passion this is a story of life at the edges of human experience and of how one man came to translate it all into art Sunday Express Book of the MonthPraise for Jo Baker's LONGBOURN'Intoxicating' Guardian'Engrossing' Sunday Times'Audacious' New York Times"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "Already winning acclaim as one of the best accounts of combat ever written Black Hawk Down is a minute-by-minute heart-stopping account of the 1993 raid on Mogadishu Somalia Late in the afternoon of Sunday October 3 1993 140 elite US Soldiers abseiled from helicopters into a teeming market neighbourhood in the heart of the city Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base It was supposed to take them about an hour Instead they were pinned down through a long and terrible night in a hostile city fighting for their lives against thousands of heavily armed Somalis Two of their high-tech helicopters were shot out of the sky When the unit was rescued the following morning eighteen American soldiers were dead and more than seventy badly injured The Somali toll was far worse - more than five hundred killed and over a thousand injured Authoritative gripping and insightful Black Hawk Down is destined to become a classic of war reporting It is already the most accurate detailed account of modern combat ever written"
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| "Black Holes And Baby Universes And Other Essays by Stephen Hawking (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Readers worldwide have come to know the work of Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time Now in his first collection of essays and other pieces - on subjects that range from warmly personal to the wholly scientific- Stephen Hawking is revelaed varioulsy as the scientist the man the concerned world citizen and - as always - the rigourous and imaginative thinker Whether he is remebering his first experience of nursery school; puncturing the arrogance of those who think science can best be understood only by other scientists and should be left to them; exploring the origins and the future of the universe; or reflecting on the phenomenon of A Brief History of Time Stephen's wit directness of style and absence of pomp are vital characteristics at all times"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Fragrant Mind by Valerie Ann Worwood (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "Valerie Ann Worwood's The Fragrant Pharmacy has become the classic encyclopaedia of aromatherapy and essential oils Now in this companion volume The Fragrant Mind she paves a unique new way for aromatherapy concentrating on the emotional psychological and mood-changing effects of nature's essential oils The Fragrant Mind falls into three parts Part One presents a fascinating background to the subject and explains how essential oils work on the brain Part Two explains how essential oils can enhance emotional well-being and promote positive feelings and includes a practical A-Z section which advises on a wide range of emotional problems from stress and depression to moodiness and insomnia Part Three introduces a whole new concept in aromatherapy - personality enhancement - and explains the particular characteristics of individual essential oils and how they can be matched to human personality types You can find out for example whether you are a Floral Herbie Rootie Woodie Fruitie or Seedie type and create your own tailor-made personality blends Encyclopaedic in scope and based on the most up-to-date research The Fragrant Mind offers a wealth of information in an easy accessible style and shows the way in which essential oils can influence our minds and emotions"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "You have never read a book like this before The Celestine Prophecy contains secrets that are currently changing our world Drawing on the ancient wisdom found in a Peruvian manuscript it tells you how to make connections between the events happening in your own life right nowand lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come The story it tells is a gripping one of adventure and discovery but it is also a guidebook that has the power to crystalize your perceptions of why you are where you are in lifeand to direct your steps with a new energy and optimism as you head into tomorrow A book that comes along just once in a lifetime to change lives forever"
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| "Anatomy Of The Spirit by Caroline Myss (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "Anatomy of the Spirit is the first book to unify Eastern and Western spiritual healing into a programme for physical healing and personal power In this breakthrough view of mind body and spirit Caroline Myss demonstrates that the seven stages through which everyone must pass in the search for consciousness and spiritual maturity are the same in all traditions and are also the same seven stages for healing During her many years of research into the power centres of the body Myss has uncovered strong evidence that each illness we develop corresponds to a very specific pattern of emotional and psychological stress and that certain beliefs and attitudes influence corresponding areas of the human body For example fears regarding financial stress affect the health of the lower back; emotional barriers to experiencing love undermine the health of the heart A strong need to control others or your environment influences the health of the sexual area of your body Caroline also discusses in depth why people do not heal and the reasons why we often find ourselves in difficult circumstances that never seem to change"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Anam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World by John O'Donohue (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "When St Patrick came to Ireland in the 5th century AD he encountered the Celtic people and a flourishing spiritual tradition that had already existed for thousands of years He also discovered that where the Christians worshipped one God the Celts had many and found divinity all around them in the rivers hills sea and sky The ancient Celtic reverence for the spirit in all things survives today - a vibrant legacy of mystical wisdom that is unique in the Western world Now in this exquisite book Irish poet and schollar John O'Donohue shares with us the secrets of this ancient world Using authentic Irish prayers and blessings he reveals the treasures that lie hidden within your own soul and the 'secret divinity' in your relationships As he traces the cycles of life and nature he draws from the holy waters of Ireland's spiritual heritage to lead you to a place where your heart can be healed and nourished It is a place wher you will disocer your own anam cara your true 'soul friend'"
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| "Deadhouse Gates: Malazan Book of the Fallen 2 by Steven Erikson (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Weakened by events in Darujhistan the Malazan Empire teeters on the brink of anarchy In the vast dominion of Seven Cities in the Holy Desert Raraku the seer Sha'ik gathers an army around her in preparation for the long-prophesied uprising named the Whirlwind Unprecedented in its size and savagery it will embroil in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known a maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust that will shape destinies and give birth to legends In the Otataral mines Felisin youngest daughter of the disgraced House of Paran dreams of revenge against the sister who sentenced her to a life of slavery Escape leads her to raraku where her soul will be reborn and her future made clear The now-outlawed Bridgeburners Fiddler and the assassin Kalam have vowed to return the once god-possessed Apsalar to her homeland and to confront and kill the Empress Laseen but events will overtake them too Meanwhile Coltaine the charismatic commander of the Malaz 7th Army will lead his battered war-weary troops in a last valient running battle to save the lives of thirty thousand refugees and in so doing secure an illustrious place in the Empire's chequered history And into this blighted land come two ancient wanderers Mappo and his half-Jaghut companion Icarium bearers of a devastating secret that threatens to break free of its chains Set in a brilliantly-realized world ravaged by anarchy and dark uncontrollable magic Deadhouse Gates is the thrilling brutal second chapter in the Malazan Book of the Fallen A powerful novel of war intrigue and betrayal it confirms Steven Erikson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill imagination and originality - a new master of epic fantasy"
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| "House of Chains: Malazan Book of the Fallen 4 by Steven Erikson (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "In Northern Genabackis just before the events recounted in GARDENS OF THE MOON a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flat lands Their intention is to wreak havoc among the despised lowlanders but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove an extraordinary destiny Some years later it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs Coltaine revered commander of the Malazan 7th Army is dead And now Tavore elder sister of Ganoes Paran and Adjunct to the Empress has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of the Seven Cities to take charge Untested and new to command she must hone a small army of twelve thousand soldiers mostly raw recruits into a viable fighting force and lead them into battle against the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind Her only hope lies in resurrecting the shattered faith of the few remaining survivors from Coltaine's legendary march veterans one and all In distant Raraku in the heart of the Holy Desert the seer Sha'ik waits with her rebel army But waiting is never easy Her disparate collection of warlords - tribal chiefs High Mages a renegade Malazan Fist and his sorceror - is locked in a vicious power struggle that threatens to tear the rebellion apart from within And Sha'ik herself suffers haunted by the private knowledge of her nemesis Tavoreher own sister So begins the awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson's MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - an epic novel of war intrigue magic and betrayal from a writer regarded as one of the most original imaginative and exciting storytellers in fantasy today"
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| "Midnight Tides: (Malazan Book of the Fallen 5) by Steven Erikson (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "The fifth awesome tale in Erikson's epic Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy sequenceAfter decades of warfare the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the rule of the Warlock King But peace has been exacted at a terrible price - a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect at worst deadly To the south the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all of its less-civilised neighbours with rapacious hunger All save one - the Tiste Edur But Lether is approaching a long-prophesied renaissance - from kingdom and lost colony to Empire reborn - and has fixed its gaze on the rich lands of the Tiste Edur It seems inevitable that the tribes will surrender either to the suffocating weight of gold or to slaughter at the edge of a sword Or so Destiny has decreed A pivotal treaty between the two sides nears - but unknown ancient forces are awakening For the impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of an altogether more profound primal battle - a confrontation with the still-raw wound of betrayal and the craving for vengeance at its heart War and confrontation magic and myth collide in this the stunning fifth chapter in Steven Erikson's magnificent 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence hailed as an epic of the imagination and a fantasy classic in the making Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson's debut fantasy novel Gardens of the Moon was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy readers to his epic 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence which has been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination' This River Awakens was hist first novel and originally published under the name Steve Lundin Having lived in Cornwall for a number of years Steve will be returning to Canada in late summer 2012 To find out more visit wwwmalazanempirecom and wwwsteveneriksoncom"
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| "Reaper's Gale: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 7 by Steven Erikson (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "The Letherii Empire is in turmoil Rhulad Sengar the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths spirals into madness while the Errant once a farseeing god appears suddenly blind to the future Driven by the corruption and self-interest the empire edges ever-closer to all-out war with its neighbouring kingdoms And the great Edur fleet draws ominously ever closer With Karsa Orlong and Icarium Lifestealer among its warriors that blood will be spilled is certain But a band of fugitives look to escape from Lether One of them Fear Sengar seeks the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye for he hopes that with its help they might halt the Tiste Edur and so save the emperor his brother But another is Scabandari's old enemy Silchas Ruin brother of Anomander Rake He carries scars inflicted by Scabandari and such bloodshed cannot go unanswered There is to be a reckoning and it will be on an unimaginable scale"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and its amazing 'White City' was one of the wonders of the world This is the incredible story of its realization and of the two men whose fates it linked one was an architect the other a serial killer The architect was Daniel H Burnham the driving force behind the White City the massive visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens The killer was H H Holmes a handsome doctor with striking blue eyes He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths While Burnham overcame politics infighting personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground He called it the World's Fair Hotel In reality it was a torture palace a gas chamber a crematorium These two disparate but driven men together with a remarkable supporting cast of colourful characters including as Buffalo Bill George Ferris Thomas Edison and some of the 27 million others who converged on the dazzling spectacle of the White City are brought to life in this mesmerizing murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century"
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| "Shaman, Healer, Sage by Alberto Villoldo (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Combining elements of Andrew Weil's SPONTANEOUS HEALING and Carolyn Myss's ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT with a concept all its own Alberto Villoldo's remarkable book Shaman Healer Sage demonstrates the healing power of energy medicine - a tradition practised in the Americas for more than 5000 years - which is finally being recognized today by the medical establishment As he explores such subjects as the Luminous Energy Field that surrounds our bodies Villoldo shows us how by learning to see and influence the imprints of disease on this aura of energy we can discover not only how to heal ourselves and others but prevent illness as well Here too he explores the subject of life beyond death navigating this unseen world with the knowledge of a scientist and the wisdom of a shamanic healer Classically trained as a medical anthropologist and a foremost teacher of the shamanic techniques of the Inkas among whose descendants he has studied for more than twenty-five years Villoldo weaves together a host of illuminating stories and exercises to provide an accessible practical and revolutionary programme of healing"
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| "Boudica: Dreaming The Eagle: Boudica 1 by Manda Scott (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "In AD 60 Boudica war leader of the Eceni led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant complex civilization and replace it with the laws taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire Gloriously imagined Boudica Dreaming the Eagle recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages recounting the journey to adulthood of Breaca who at twelve kills her first warrior and her sensitive skilful half-brother Ban who carries with him a vision of the future that haunts his waking hours In the company of a supreme storyteller the reader is plunged into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Romans came a twilight world of Dreamers and the magic of the gods; a world where horses and dogs and the landscape itself become characters in their own right; where warriors fight for honour as much as victory Above all it is a world of passion and courage and spectacular heart-felt heroism pitched against overwhelming odds Manda Scott's Boudica will tell the extraordinary resounding story of Britain's first and greatest warrior queen the woman who remains one of the great female icons - to read it is to discover our history to learn about ourselves and our heritage"
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| "Gweilo: Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood" |
| "Martin Booth died in February 2004 shortly after finishing the book that would be his epitaph - this wonderfully remembered beautifully told memoir of a childhood lived to the full in a far-flung outpost of the British Empire An inquisitive seven-year-old Martin Booth found himself with the whole of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in the early 1950s Unrestricted by parental control and blessed with bright blond hair that signified good luck to the Chinese he had free access to hidden corners of the colony normally closed to a Gweilo a 'pale fellow' like him Befriending rickshaw coolies and local stallholders he learnt Cantonese sampled delicacies such as boiled water beetles and one-hundred-year-old eggs and participated in colourful festivals He even entered the forbidden Kowloon Walled City wandered into the secret lair of the Triads and visited an opium den Along the way he encountered a colourful array of people from the plink plonk man with his dancing monkey to Nagasaki Jim a drunken child molester and the Queen of Kowloon the crazed tramp who may have been a member of the Romanov family Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents a broad-minded mother who like her son was keen to embrace all things Chinese and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native' Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life that glows with infectious curiosity and humour"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek by Gareth Roberts (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Equipped with space suits golf clubs and a flag the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up Apollo mission-style on the Moon But the TARDIS has other plans landing them instead in a village on the south coast of England; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens Until now An archaeological dig has turned up a Roman mosaic circa AD 70 depicting mythical scenes grapes and a Dalek A few days later a young woman rushing for work is knocked over and killed by a bus then comes back to life It's not long before all hell breaks loose and the Doctor and Rose must use all their courage and cunning against an alien enemy and a not-quite-alien accomplice who are intent on destroying humanity Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the hit Doctor Who series from BBC Television"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Spin - Selling by Neil Rackham (Paperback, 1995)" |
| "True or false? In selling high-value products or services 'closing' increases your chance of success; it is essential to describe the benefits of your product or service to the customer; objection handling is an important skill; open questions are more effective than closed questions All false says this provocative book Neil Rackham and his team studied more than 35000 sales calls made by 10000 sales people in 23 countries over 12 years Their findings revealed that many of the methods developed for selling low-value goods just don't work for major sales Rackham went on to introduce his SPIN (R)-Selling method SPIN (R) describes the whole selling processSituation questionsProblem questionsImplication questionsNeed-payoff questionsSPIN (R)-Selling provides you with a set of simple and practical techniques which have been tried in many of today's leading companies with dramatic improvements to their sales performance"
Price: 20.49 |
| "The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance His factory is rapidly heading for disaster So is his marriage He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ with hundreds of job losses It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' and by Businessweek as a 'genius' Eliyahu M Goldratt was an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts and systems This 20th anniversary edition includes a series of detailed case study interviews by David Whitford Editor at Large Fortune Small Business which explore how organizations around the world have been transformed by Eli Goldratt's ideas The story of Alex's fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt Written in a fast-paced thriller style The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors!"
Price: 17.99 |
| "The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed by Helen K. Bond (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "This title offers an up-to-date picture of Jesus of Nazareth highlighting the problems and pitfalls encountered in such a venture and including a survey of current scholarship The introduction to this new guide sets out the sources (Graeco-Roman Jewish and Christian) noting the problems connected with them paying particular attention to the nature of the gospels and the Synoptic versus the Johannine tradition There is a substantial section that will discuss scholarship on Jesus from the nineteenth century to the explosion of works in the present day introducing and explaining the three different 'quests' for the historical Jesus Subsequent chapters of this title will analyse key themes in historical Jesus research Jesus' Galilean origins; the scope of his ministry and models of 'holy men' particularly that of prophet; Jesus' teaching and healing; his trial and crucifixion; the highly contentious question of his resurrection; and finally an exploration of the links between the Jesus movement and the early church Throughout the (often opposing) positions of a variety of key scholars will be explained and discussed (eg Sanders Crossan Dunn Wright Brown) Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear concise and accessible introductions to thinkers writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging - or indeed downright bewildering Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to grasp these books explain and explore key themes and ideas guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot by T. S. Eliot (Paperback, 1954)" |
| "This selection which was made by Eliot himself is intended as an introduction to the main body of his poetry prior to Four Quartets which is available separately in Faber Paperbacks The selection includes the whole of The Waste Land"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of TS Eliot's career as a poet While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in twentieth-century poetry its four parts 'Burnt Norton' 'East Coker' 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding' present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation in the midst of war and doubt that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece"
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| "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard (Paperback, 1967)" |
| "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a play which as it were takes place in the wings of Hamlet and finds both humour and poignancy in the situation of the ill-fated attendant lords The National Theatre production in April 1967 made Tom Stoppard's reputation virtually overnight Its wit stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were then and the play has become a contemporary classic"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Pedagogical Sketchbook: Introduction by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy by Paul Klee (Paperback, 1973)" |
| "'One of the most famous of modern art documents - a poetic primer prepared by the artist for his Bauhaus pupils which has deeply affected modern thinking about art This little handbook leads us into the mysterious world where science and imagination fuse' Observer"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Ariel by Sylvia Plath (Paperback, 1974)" |
| "The poems in Sylvia Plath&39;s Ariel including many of her best-known such as &39;Lady Lazarus&39; &39;Daddy&39; &39;Edge&39; and &39;Paralytic&39; were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath&39;s first book The Colossus and her death in 1963 &39;If the poems are despairing vengeful and destructive they are at the same time tender open to things and also unusually clever sardonic hardminded They are works of great artistic purity and despite all the nihilism great generosity the book is a major literary event&39; A Alvarez in the Observer"
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| "The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin (Paperback, 1964)" |
| "Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains England's best-loved poet - a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land and of touching all readers from the most sophisticated intellectual to the proverbial common reader The late John Betjeman observed that 'this tenderly observant poet writes clearly rhythmically and thoughtfully about what all of us can understand' Behind this modest description lies a poet who made greatness look in Milton's prescription 'simple sensuous and passionate'This collection first published in 1967 contains many of his best-loved poems including The Whitsun Weddings An Arundel Tomb Days Mr Bleaney and MCMXIV"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Crow by Ted Hughes (Paperback, 1974)" |
| "Crow was Ted Hughes&39;s fourth book of poems for adults and a pivotal moment in his writing career In it he found both a structure and a persona that gave his vision a new power and coherence A deep engagement with history mythology and the natural world combine to forge a work of impressive and unsettling force &39;English poetry has found a new hero and nobody will be able to read or write verse now without the black shape of Crow falling across the page&39; Peter Porter"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Collected Poems 1909-1962 by T. S. Eliot (Paperback, 1974)" |
| "'Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened more astonished more humble' Ted HughesPoet dramatist critic and editor T S Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 includes his verse from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943) and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Translations by Brian Friel (Paperback, 1981)" |
| "The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers making the first Ordnance Survey For the purposes of cartography the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group Brian Friel skilfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative"
Price: 7.49 |
