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A darkly comic and moving reflection on what it means to be human
in a world where nothing is certain, from the award-winning Oxford
professor We all have trapdoors in our lives. Sometimes we jump off
just in time ... But sometimes we are unlucky. My own trapdoor was
hidden in the consulting room of an Oxford neurologist. When the
trapdoor opened for Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, he plummeted into a
world of MRI scans, a disobedient body and the crushing
unpredictability of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. But, like Alice
tumbling into Wonderland, his fall did something else. It took him
deep into his own mind: his hopes, his fears, his loves and losses,
and the books that would sustain, inform and nourish him as his
life began to transform in ways he could never have imagined. From
Kafka to Barbellion, this is a literary map of the journey from the
kingdom of the well to the land of the sick, and forwards into a
hopeful future. It's an ode to great writing, to storytelling, to
science and to the power of the imagination. 'A pitch-perfect
memoir: stylish, erudite, touchingly honest and darkly funny'
Jacqueline Wilson
"Understand the key events and themes of English history " " " This
two-volume narrative account of English history draws on the most
up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to
interpret the full range of Englands social, economic, cultural,
and political past. "A History of England, Volume 2 (1688 to the
Present), " focuses on the key events and themes of English history
since 1688. Topics include Britains emergence as a great power in
the 18th century, the American War for Independence, the Industrial
Revolution, and the economic crisis of the 1970s. MySearchLab is a
part of the Roberts/Roberts/Bisson program. Research and writing
tools, including access to academic journals, help students
understand English history in even greater depth. To provide
students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a
tablet using the free Pearson eText app. 0205979858 / 9780205979851
History of England, A, Volume 2 (1688 to the Present) Plus
MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of:
0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText --
Valuepack Access 0205867731 / 9780205867738 History of England,
Volume 2, A (1688 to the Present) NOTE: MySearchLab does not come
automatically packaged with this text.
*A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 PICK IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES,
SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN* From the award-winning author of
Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice comes a major new biography
of Charles Dickens, tracing the year that would transform his life
and times. The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in
Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub
shoulders with political unrest, poverty and disease. It's also a
turbulent time in the private life of Charles Dickens, as he copes
with a double bereavement and early signs that his marriage is
falling apart. But this formative year will become perhaps the
greatest turning point in Dickens's career, as he embraces his
calling as a chronicler of ordinary people's lives, and develops a
new form of writing that will reveal just how interconnected the
world is becoming. The Turning Point transports us into the foggy
streets of Dickens's London, closely following the twists and turns
of a year that would come to define him, and forever alter
Britain's relationship with the world. Fully illustrated, and
brimming with fascinating details about the larger-than-life man
who wrote Bleak House, this is the closest look yet at one of the
greatest literary personalities ever to have lived. 'A startling
and exciting writer' A. S. BYATT, SPECTATOR
"A pitch-perfect memoir: stylish, erudite, touchingly honest and
darkly funny." Jacqueline Wilson "We all have trapdoors in our
lives. Sometimes we jump off just in time ... But sometimes we are
unlucky enough to be on the trapdoor when the lever is pulled. My
own trapdoor was hidden in the consulting room of an Oxford
neurologist." When the trapdoor opened for Robert
Douglas-Fairhurst, he plummeted into a world of MRI scans, a
disobedient body and the crushing unpredictability of a multiple
sclerosis diagnosis. But, like Alice tumbling into Wonderland, his
fall did something else. It took him deep into his own mind: his
hopes, his fears, his loves and losses, and the books that would
sustain, inform and nourish him as his life began to transform in
ways he could never have imagined. From Kafka to Barbellion, this
is a literary map of the journey from the kingdom of the well to
the land of the sick, and forwards into a hopeful future. It's an
ode to great writing, to storytelling, to science and to the power
of the imagination. And, above all, it's a darkly comic and moving
reflection on what it means to be human in a world where nothing is
certain.
"Explores the key events and themes of English history " " " This
two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most
up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to
interpret the full range of Englands social, economic, cultural,
and political past. "A History of England, Volume 1 (Prehistory to
1714), " focuses on the most important developments in the history
of England through the early 18th century. Topics include the
Viking and Norman conquests of the 11th century, the creation of
the monarchy, the Reformation, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
MySearchLab is a part of the Roberts/Roberts/Bisson program.
Research and writing tools, including access to academic journals,
help students understand English history in even greater depth. To
provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText
to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app. 020597984X /
9780205979844 History of England, A, Volume 1 (Prehistory to 1714)
Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists
of: 0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText --
Valuepack Access 0205867774 / 9780205867776 History of England,
Volume 1, A (Prehistory to 1714) NOTE: MySearchLab does not come
automatically packaged with this text.
The four Valois Dukes of Burgundy created, in little more than a
century, a fabulously wealthy and independent state. Their
centralised control and chancellery have bequeathed to us a vast
treasure trove of documents, including accounts and inventories of
the Masters of the artillery under the later Dukes. Although many
of these were extracted and transcribed in the late nineteenth
century, modern historians have largely ignored their unprecedented
insights into fifteenth-century guns and their use. When Charles
the Bold, the last Valois Duke, took on the combined Swiss
confederate forces in 1476 he lost not just the battles and his
personal fortune, but much of his artillerytrain as well. Of the
dozens of cannons captured, at least 25 pieces survive in Swiss
museums. The documents that survive from the Valois state give us,
almost for the first time in medieval Europe, the ability to see
the course of history in a period when Europe was undergoing some
of the most profound changes before the 20th century. The Artillery
of the Dukes of Burgundy is the first attempt to combine all these
sources, bringing newand fresh insights into the development and
use of artillery in the fifteenth century. Moreover this is the
first modern study of medieval cannon, one of the most important
discoveries of the post-classical world. KELLY DeVRIES has authored
numerous books and articles on medieval warfare. ROBERT DOUGLAS
SMITH formerly Head of Conservation in the Royal Armouries, Tower
of London, is an acknowledged expert on medieval artillery. This
study is thefirst major fruit of their combined researches.
This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition of the
novel (1859) accompanied by twenty-seven illustrations, from
original images by Halbot Knight Browne ("Phiz") to cartoons from
The Simpsons. An expansive introduction and detailed explanatory
annotations by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. Thematically organised
contextual materials designed to promote classroom discussion.
Topics include "Dickens on France and the French", "Revolution and
Aftermath", "Living Graves", "Learning French", "The Composition of
A Tale of Two Cities" and "Theatrical Versions". Fourteen major
critical assessments of A Tale of Two Cities: five contemporary
reviews and nine modern essays. A chronology and a selected
bibliography.
'To die will be an awfully big adventure.' Peter Pan, the boy who
refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's
literature. J. M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living
in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London, but
as the children for whom he invented the stories grew older, so too
did Peter, reappearing in Neverland, where he was aided in his epic
battles with Red Indians and pirates by the motherly and
resourceful Wendy Darling. Peter Pan has become a cultural icon and
symbol for escapism and innocence, remaining popular with both
children and adults. In this collected edition, Robert
Douglas-Fairhurst brings together five of the main versions of the
Peter Pan story, from Peter Pan's first appearance in The Little
White Bird, to his novelisation of the story, the stage version,
and unrealised silent film script. This edition contains a lively
introduction, detailed explanatory notes, original illustrations,
and appendices that include Barrie's coda to the play that was only
performed once.
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Great Expectations (Paperback, New)
Charles Dickens; Edited by Margaret Cardwell; Introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst; Notes by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
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'you are to understand, Mr. Pip, that the name of the person who is
your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret...' Young Pip
lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith, with few
prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him
from the Kent marshes to London. Pip is haunted by figures from his
past - the escaped convict Magwitch, the time-withered Miss
Havisham and her proud and beautiful ward, Estella - and in time
uncovers not just the origins of his great expectations but the
mystery of his own heart. A powerful and moving novel, Great
Expectations is suffused with Dickens's memories of the past and
its grip on the present, and it raises disturbing questions about
the extent to which individuals affect each other's lives. This
edition includes a lively introduction, Dickens's working notes,
the novel's original ending, and an extract from an early
theatrical adaptation. It reprints the definitive Clarendon text.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the widest range of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
'What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas!
What good had it ever done to him?' Ebenezer Scrooge is a
bad-tempered skinflint who hates Christmas and all it stands for,
but a ghostly visitor foretells three apparitions who will thaw
Scrooge's frozen heart. A Christmas Carol has gripped the public
imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as
much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition
reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books:
The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The
Haunted Man. All five stories show Dickens at his unpredictable
best, jumbling together comedy and melodrama, genial romance and
urgent social satire, in pursuit of his aim 'to awaken some loving
and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land'.
'To die will be an awfully big adventure.' Peter Pan, the boy who
refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's
literature. J. M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living
in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London, but
as the children for whom he invented the stories grew older, so too
did Peter, reappearing in Neverland, where he was aided in his epic
battles by the motherly and resourceful Wendy Darling. Since then
Peter Pan has become a cultural icon and symbol for escapism and
innocence, remaining popular with both children and adults. In this
collected edition, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst brings together five of
the main versions of the Peter Pan story, from Peter Pan's first
appearance in The Little White Bird, to his novelisation of the
story, the stage version, and unrealised silent film script. This
edition contains an introduction and notes, detailed explanatory
notes, original illustrations, and appendices that include Barrie's
coda to the play that was only performed once. ABOUT THE SERIES:
For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the
widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable
volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the
most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features,
including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful
notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further
study, and much more.
'What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas!
What good had it ever done to him?' Ebenezer Scrooge is a
bad-tempered skinflint who hates Christmas and all it stands for,
but a ghostly visitor foretells three apparitions who will thaw
Scrooge's frozen heart. A Christmas Carol has gripped the public
imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as
much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition
reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books:
The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The
Haunted Man. All five stories show Dickens at his unpredictable
best, jumbling together comedy and melodrama, genial romance and
urgent social satire, in pursuit of his aim 'to awaken some loving
and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land'.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the widest range of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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The Lion Has Wings (DVD)
Merle Oberon, June Duprez, Ralph Richardson, Austin Trevor, Anthony Bushell, …
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Documentary-style war feature. The story compares wartime Germany,
under the domination of a fanatical madman, with the dignified calm
of rural England and follows Wing Commander Richardson (Ralph
Richardson) as he engages in battles in the skies while his wife
(Merle Oberon) waits patiently for his return.
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The year is 1851. It's a time of radical
change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic
innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty and
disease. It's also a turbulent time in the life of Charles Dickens,
as he copes with a double bereavement and early signs that his
marriage is falling apart. But this year will become the turning
point in Dickens's career, as he embraces his calling as a
chronicler of ordinary people's lives. The Turning Point transports
us into the foggy streets of Dickens's London, closely following
the twists and turns of a year that would come to define him, and
forever alter Britain's relationship with the world. 'Sparklingly
informative' Guardian 'Wonderfully entertaining' Observer 'It is
hard to imagine a better book on Dickens' New Statesman
Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner
became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and
turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself
Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes
gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have
turned out. Like the hero of Dombey and Son, he remained haunted by
"what might have been, and what was not." In his own lifetime,
Dickens was without rivals. He styled himself simply "The
Inimitable." But he was not always confident about his standing in
the world. From his traumatized childhood to the suicide of his
first collaborator and the sudden death of the woman who had a good
claim to being the love of his life, Dickens faced powerful
obstacles. Before settling on the profession of novelist, he tried
his hand at the law and journalism, considered a career in acting,
and even contemplated emigrating to the West Indies. Yet with The
Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and a groundbreaking series of
plays, sketches, and articles, he succeeded in turning every
potential breakdown into a breakthrough. Douglas-Fairhurst's
provocative new biography, focused on the 1830s, portrays a
restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the career
path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable
achievements.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD This is the secret
history of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Wonderland is part of
our cultural heritage. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex
history of the author and his subject. Charles Dodgson was a quiet
academic but his second self, Lewis Carroll, was a storyteller,
innovator and avid collector of 'child-friends'. Carroll's
imagination was to give Alice Liddell, his 'dream-child', a
fictional alter ego that would never let her grow up. This is a
biography that beautifully unravels the magic of Alice. It is a
history of love and loss, innocence and ambiguity. It is the story
of one man's need to make a Wonderland in a changing world.
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The Water -Babies (Paperback)
Charles Kingsley; Revised by Brian Alderson; Introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
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'this is all a fairy tale...and, therefore, you are not to believe
a word of it, even if it is true' The Water-Babies (1863) is one of
the strangest and most powerful children's stories ever written. In
describing the underwater adventures of Tom, a chimney-sweeper's
boy who is transformed into a water-baby after he drowns, Charles
Kingsley combined comic fantasy and moral fable to extraordinary
effect. Tom's encounters with friendly fish, curious lobsters, and
characters such as Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby are both an exciting
fairy tale and a crash course in evolutionary theory. They also
reflect the quirky imagination of one of the great Victorian
eccentrics. Tom's adventures are constantly interrupted by
Kingsley's sideswipes at contemporary issues such as child labour
and the British education system, and they offer a rich satiric
take on the great scientific debates of the day. This edition
reprints the original complete version of the story, and includes a
lively introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and an appendix
that reprints Kingsley's first attempt to describe the mysterious
creatures that live under the sea.
This is an utterly charming story about 12 families and their
tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the
war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community
and friendly neighborhood bonds are soon back in place. There is
young love for Rhea and Robert; a surprising new start for James; a
change of direction for George; and all overseen by the matriarch
of the street--Granny Thompson. And of course, all buoyed up by a
big helping of Scottish humor and strength of spirit. Yet it is all
not perfect in their world: the families have to deal with poverty,
religious bigotry, racism, heartbreak, lies, violence, and death.
But the powerful friendships cannot ultimately be broken; the
characters have gone through too much together. In Robert Douglas's
first novel, he recreates a time and place particular to Glasgow
but to which everyone will relate.
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