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| "The Social Contract" |
| "With an Introduction by Derek Matravers In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society An individual can only be free under the law he says by voluntarily embracing that law as his own Hence being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all the general will Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal relationship between society and the individual while others have seen it as nothing less than a blueprint for totalitarianism The Social Contract is not only one of the great defences of civil society it is also unflinching in its study of the darker side of political systems"
Price: 3.99 |
| "The Holy Qur'an" |
| "Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali The Holy Qur'an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam It is the word of God whose truth was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years As it was revealed so it was committed to memory by his companions though written copies were also made by literate believers during the lifetime of the Prophet The first full compilation was by Abu Bakar the first Caliph and it was then recompiled in the original dialect by the third Caliph Uthman after the best reciters had fallen in battle Muslims believe that the truths of The Holy Qur'an are fully and authentically revealed only in the original classical Arabic However as the influence of Islam grows and spreads to the modern world it is recognised that translation is an important element in introducing and explaining Islam to a wider audience This translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali is considered to be the most faithful rendering available in English"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Njal's Saga" |
| "Translated by Lee M Hollander with an Introduction by Thorsteinn GylfasonNjal's Saga is the finest of the Icelandic sagas and one of the world's greatest prose works Written c1280 about events a couple of centuries earlier it is divided into three parts the first recounts the touching friendship between noble Gunnar and the statesman Njal together with the fatal enmity between their wives The second part works out the central tragedy of the saga while the third describes the retribution wrought by Flosi and Kari The saga is remarkable not only for the details of everyday life - the farming the feasting and the charcoal-burning - but also for the social structure of the society in which that life took place - the Althing or Parliament the lawmaking and the lawgiving The grandeur of the narrative and the beauty and distinction of the characters mark Njal's Saga as an essential text for all who love adventure and great literature"
Price: 3.99 |
| "The Inferno" |
| "Translated by HF Cary With an Introduction by Claire Honess Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages Writing his Comedy (the epithet 'Divine' was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence he aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically At the same time he sought to push back the restrictive rules which traditionally governed writing in the Italian vernacular to produce a radically new and all-encompassing work The Comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman In the Inferno Dante's protagonist - and his reader - is presented with a graphic vision of the dreadful consequences of sin and encounters an all-too-human array of noble grotesque beguiling ridiculous and horrific characters"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories" |
| "It is more than a century since the ascetic gaunt and enigmatic detective Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet From 1891 beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion Dr Watson The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Complete Illustrated Fairy Tales of The Brothers Grimm" |
| "Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm (1786-1859) were philologists and folklorists The brothers rediscovered a host of fairy tales telling of princes and princesses in their castles witches in their towers and forests of giants and dwarfs of fabulous animals and dark deedsTogether with the well-known tales of Rapunzel The Goose-Girl Sleeping Beauty Hansel and Gretel and Snow White there are the darker tales such as Death's Messengers which deserve to be better known and which will appeal not only to all who are interested in the history of folklore but also to all those who simply love good story-telling"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Complete Fairy Tales" |
| "Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense the son of a shoemaker His early life was wretched but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer novelist and playwright though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever Here are all of Andersen's 154 tales and among the favourites are The Red Shoes The Mermaid The Real Princess The Emperor's New Clothes The Tinder Box and of course The Ugly Duckling"
Price: 8.99 |
| "How To Talk: Siblings Without Rivalry" |
| "From the widely acclaimed HOW TO TALK series discover how to cope with - and deflect - sibling rivalryFull of humour and compassion SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY challenges the idea that constant conflict between siblings is natural and unavoidable With this book you'll learn how to Avoid comparisons and the perils of equality Intervene helpfully and step away at the right time Encourage good feeling between your children"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Simians, Cyborgs and Women : The Reinvention of Nature" |
| "Donna Haraway analyses accounts narratives and stories of the creation of nature living organisms and cyborgs (cybernetic components); showing how deeply cultural assumptions penetrate into allegedly value-neutral medical research"
Price: 18.99 |
| "Understanding Deaf Culture : In Search of Deafhood" |
| "This book presents a Traveller's Guide' to Deaf Culture starting from the premise that Deaf cultures have an important contribution to make to other academic disciplines and human lives in general Within and outside Deaf communities there is a need for an account of the new concept of Deaf culture which enables readers to assess its place alongside work on other minority cultures and multilingual discourses The book aims to assess the concepts of culture on their own terms and in their many guises and to apply these to Deaf communities The author illustrates the pitfalls which have been created for those communities by the medical concept of deafness' and contrasts this with his new concept of Deafhood a process by which every Deaf child family and adult implicitly explains their existence in the world to themselves and each other"
Price: 24.99 |
| "Ogilvy on Advertising" |
| "David Ogilvy is well known and respected as the most successful adman of all time His bestselling book Ogilvy on Advertising gives valuable advice to young hopefuls and veterans of the industry wanting to improve their success rate"
Price: 11.49 |
| "In Your 70s and still Having Fun! : Humorous Quotes for those Celebrating their Seventh Decade" |
| "In Your Seventies and Still Having Fun! is a fantastic collection of more than 300 quotes celebrating the birthday milestone Turning 70 has deservedly attracted thousands of amazing quotes thoughts and observations and this unique anthology features contributions from the deeply philosophical to the wonderfully humorous and is the perfect present to wish someone a happy 70th birthday With witty and wonderful quotes from the stars of stage screen and literature the worlds of music comedy and politics In Your Seventies and Still Having Fun! makes for a delightful book and gift"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Love Scrapbook" |
| "Filled with fun silly cheeky and sensual activities for couples It is a fill-in-yourself book that will help you get the most out of your relationship from when it's flashy new and box-fresh to when it's fully worn in and super comfy Designed to help you achieve maximum relationship awesomeness The Love Scrapbook gives you the chance to enjoy assess and celebrate your relationship while you are in it! From logging your important milestones argument scorecards and 'Which romcom would your relationship be?' to in-jokes design your own love heart sweets and the Meatloaf Test (just what would you do for love?) What's more once finished with the fill-in activities fold down the pages of the book to create a 3D heart shape as a physical memento of your love and relationship"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Cat's Eye" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceElaine Risley a painter returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past Memories of childhood - unbearable betrayals and cruelties - surface relentlessly forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia once her best friend and tormentor who has haunted her for forty years'Not since Graham Greene has a novelist captured so forcefully the relationship between school bully and victimAtwood's games are played exquisitely by little girls' LISTENERAn exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Robber Bride" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceZenia is beautiful smart and greedy by turns manipulative and vulnerable needy and ruthless; a man's dream and a woman''s nightmare She is also dead Just to make sure Tony Roz andd Charis are there for the funeral But five years on as the three women share an indulgent sisterly lunch the unthinkable happens; 'with waves of ill will flowing out of her like cosmic radiation' Zenia is back"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Tube Trivia" |
| "Presenting fascinating facts and debunking some well-worn myths this new pocket size book is ideal reading matter for the Tube or preparing for your next pub quiz Its 160 pages are packed with answers to questions you may have and to questions you would not have thought of asking Its A to Z format makes it easy to find a particular piece of in"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Hardback, 2006)" |
| ""Songs of Innocence and of Experience" is a rare and wonderful book its seeming simplicity belying its visionary wisdom Internationally recognised as a masterpiece of English literature it also occupies a key position in the history of western art This unique edition of the work allows Blake to communicate with his readers as he intended reproducing Blake&39;s own illumination and lettering from the finest existing example of the original work In this way readers can experience the mystery and beauty of Blake&39;s poems as he first created them discovering for themselves the intricate web of symbol and meaning that connects word and image Each poem is accompanied by a literal transcription and the volume is introduced by the renowned historian and critic Richard Holmes This beautiful edition of "The Songs of Innocence and Experience" will be essential for those familiar with Blake&39;s work but also offers an ideal way into his visionary world for those encountering Blake for the first time"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Miffy the Artist" |
| "Ever since Dick Bruna first created Miffy in 1955 she has endeared herself to generations of young children She is now one of the best-loved children's characters of all time In this charming new addition to her story Miffy takes inspiration from a visit to an art gallery and decides to become an artist herself Looking at the colour and shapes of the world around her she discovers what fun it can be to make pictures of the things she sees By bedtime her walls are full of all her wonderful artworks The perfect gift for a budding artist this is a charming book from one of the master illustrators of our time"
Price: 5.99 |
| "High Street" |
| "Sally has a list of 10 items she needs to buy Open the flaps to see inside the shops where unusual things are going on Should those wild animals be upstairs in the pet shop? Will the plates fall off the wall in Mr Cooper's China Shop? And can Sally find everything on her list? Each shop is depicted through this charming story in Alice Melvin's trademark highly detailed illustrations that both hark back to a previous age and remain strongly contemporary"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Playboy of Western World" |
| "The best known of all Irish plays"
Price: 4.49 |
| Machinal |
| "A major rediscovery of a forgotten woman playwright of the twenties Machinal is a powerful expressionist play about the status of women in an increasingly mechanized society and the torture of a loveless marriage"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Country Wife" |
| "Restoration era London Puritan laws and censorship laws are repealed; theatres re-open; and the cosmopolitan wives are living it up with extravagance infidelity and impertinence towards their cuckold husbands But when Margery the country wife comes to town she arrives with strict handholding from her uptight husband and is promptly locked in a house But then the door opens to Horner a reputed womanizer"
Price: 4.49 |
| "East is East" |
| "Re-issue of this intensely likeable best-selling comedy to coincide with extensive nationwide tour from Sept 05 to April 06 In Salford 1970 the Khan children caught between bell-bottoms and arranged marriages are buffeted this way and that by their Pakistani father's insistence on tradition their English mother's laissez-faire and their own wish to be citizens of the modern world Successfully filmed after a rags-to-riches stage career that began in Birmingham in 1996 went on to a London premiere at the Royal Court and culminated in the West End East is East is a firm favourite with schools and theatres alike It is one of NHB's top ten best-selling plays"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Complete Brecht Toolkit" |
| "A practical hands-on guide - for actors directors teachers and students - to Brecht's history and practice of theatre The Complete Brecht Toolkit examines one by one Brecht's many sometimes contradictory ideas about theatre - and how he put them into practice Here are explanations of all the famous key terms such as Alienation Effect Epic Theatre and Gestus as well as many others which go to make up what we think of as 'Brechtian theatre' There follows a section which looks at the practical application of these theories in Acting Language Music Design and Direction And finally the book offers fifty exercises for student actors to investigate Brecht's ideas for themselves becoming thoroughly familiar with the tools in the Brecht toolkit"
Price: 8.99 |
| "My Boy Jack (TV Tie-in)" |
| "On the eve of the First World War Rudyard Kipling is determined to send his myopic son Jack to the warfront resulting in devastating bitter conflict for himself and his family"
Price: 7.49 |
| "A Number" |
| "With her finger as always on the pulse of our deepest concerns in A Number Caryl Churchill turns her extraordinary dramatic gifts to the subject of human cloning - how might a son feel to discover that he is only one of a number of identical copies And how would the father feel confronted by these reproachful clones ? First staged in 2002 to huge acclaim at the Royal Court Theatre London with Michael Gambon as the father and Daniel Craig as the sons A Number is revived at Sheffield in October 2006 with real-life father and son Timothy and Samuel West playing the leads"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Other People (TM)s Shoes" |
| "A wonderfully practical - and personal - introduction to acting by someone at the top of her profession who can really do it New edition with new introduction by the author Acting is what I do with who I am writes Harriet Walter - and in this book she takes us step by step through the processes involved in performance And each step of the way is illuminated with brilliantly precise examples drawn from her own experience"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Commedia Plays : Scenarios - Scripts - Lazzi" |
| "Barry Grantham's first book Playing Commedia offered a brilliantly practical introduction to the characters history and techniques of Commedia dell' Arte In his new book Commedia Plays Grantham - himself a well-known Commedia performerdeviser - offers a collection of eight short plays illustrating the different periods and styles of this famous dramatic genre Each of the eight plays carries its own detailed introduction and each play is presented both in outline form and in full text allowing performers to improvise around the theme or to mount a fully-fledged staging The second half of the book consists of a unique compilation of the Lazzi that form the basis of Commedia - we might call them bits of comic business - ranging from the Aside and the Chase to whole scenes such as 'The Proposal' and 'Caught in the Act' As well as being suitable for performance on stage the plays can be used as the basis for classroom and workshop study And the bits of comic business from the Lazzi can be inserted into the written text or explored and improvised in the drama studio"
Price: 10.49 |
| "Noughts & Crosses" |
| "Noughts and Crosses is about a black girl called Sephy and a white boy called Callum and their friendship in a world that's divided by the colour of your skin - and how their feelings for each other grow as they grow older and grow up As Malorie Blackman herself says 'I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head with new names for the major divisions ie Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority ruling society) I wanted to see this new world through the eyes of the main two characters Callum (a nought) and Sephy (a Cross)'"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The AB Guide to Music Theory, Part I" |
| "Provides an introduction to the basic elements in harmony and musical structure Covers the basics of rhythm and tempo an introduction to pitch intervals and transposition articulation ornaments and reiterations"
Price: 5.99 |
