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This work looks at the building of country houses as a whole. It investigates why owners embarked on extensive building programmes, often following a "Grand Tour". The cost of building the great and small country houses is explored, along with their furnishing and decoration.

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A study of theatre and sovereignty that situates Shakespeare's plays in the contraflow between two absolutisms of early modern England: the aesthetic and the political -- .

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In this volume, Wilson asks why Shakespeare remained so enigmatic about his religious beliefs, and demonstrates how he constructed a self-concealing theatre of darkness, deferral, evasion and disguise. This will be essential reading for all Shakespearean scholars, especially those with an interest in the Bard's Catholic connections. -- .

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It's a grim fact that the world isn't as nice as it used to be. People are rude, greedy and selfish. So even though those hardback retro books with flock covers and embossed titles look nice, they won't help turn back the clock. Skimming stones and whittling wood isn't going to bring world peace.

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The remarkable inside story of football's greatest rivalry.

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A study of theatre and sovereignty that situates Shakespeare's plays in the contraflow between two absolutisms of early modern England: the aesthetic and the political -- .

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Books, television shows and websites are forever ordering us around - 100 things to do before you're 30; 50 albums you must own; this year's must-have handbag; change your life in two weeks. Why - is this an increasingly desperate search for happiness What is this obsession with lists, and why should we care

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A cynical peek through times rose-tinted spectacles at 101 good old-fashioned childhood activities. From skimming stones to starting fires, Richard Wilson reminds us of the harsh and often high-risk, homemade games of our wild youth, and leaves us wondering how we ever survived.

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Turned off by pseudo-science, moral panics, conspiracy theories or 1001 ways to 'discover the inner you' Sceptics of the world, unite!

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Turned off by pseudo-science, moral panics, conspiracy theories or 1,001 ways to discover the inner you Richard Wilson offers a balm - sceptics of the world, unite!