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The text of the play is supported by criticism, historical and textual notes, and discussions of specific presentations.

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This edition of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to facilitate different approaches to Shakespeare's play and the early modern culture out of which the play emerges.

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An unforgettable collection spanning fifteen years of observations on modern culture and women's lives. These essays paint the fullest picture of this wonderful writer that we've yet seen.

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New Shakespeare, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary.

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This farce follows Sir John Falstaff--of the Henry IV plays--as he tries to woo two wealthy married women in this classic comedy. Includes special Introductions to the play by Green, a comprehensive stage history of the play, and much more. Revised reissue.

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An attempt to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume, in each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poet's characteristics in style and form. This anthology features Roger McGough's work, alongside that of Brian Patten and Adrian Henri.

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From the author of the No. 1 bestseller WEDLOCK, the story of two pioneering men of science, and a nation in thrall to mesmerism...

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A true-life thriller with enough twists and turns, deception and betrayal to satisfy any Homeland fan.

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Drawn from recently declassified FBI files and interviews with family members and former apostles, a daring portrait of the controversial Elijah Muhammad is illustrated in this explosive biography of the man considered the "Prophet" by his followers, and a threat to national security by J. Edgar Hoover, and whose disciple was Malcolm X. of photos.

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Ovids sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poets own time through a series of transformation myths in which gods and goddesses succumb to all-too-human passions, not least in the matter of love.

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A masterpiece of Western culture, "The Metamorphoses" is the first attempt to link all the Greek myths in a cohesive whole to the Roman myths of Ovid's day. In this modern translation, Gregory turns his own poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid's ancient themes. Revised reissue.

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'Post-black' refers to an emerging trend within black arts to find new and multiple expressions of blackness, moving beyond the conventional binary of black and white. The plays collected in this volume reflect how contemporary playwrights are expanding the American dramatic canon with new and diverse means of representing race.

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Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)

A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer Theres something that hits the mark on every page Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman

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'I dragged my heels all the way to the mill.

Through the eyes of these northern mill girls, we are offered a fascinating glimpse into the lives of ordinary women who rallied together, nattered over the beamers and, despite the difficult conditions, weaved, packed and laughed to keep the cotton mills spinning.

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Can a self-confessed murderer become a priest What would the church - or the bible - say about that And what if his crime was a most unusual crime indeed...

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Can a self-confessed murderer become a priest What would the church - or the bible - say about that And what if his crime was a most unusual crime indeed...

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Seamus O'Mahony charts the realities of life in a modern hospital.

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In The Ministry of Truth, Dorian Lynskey charts the life of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: one of the most influential books of the 20th Century, a perennial bestseller, and a work that remains more relevant than ever in today's tumultuous world.

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In The Ministry of Truth, Dorian Lynskey charts the life of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: one of the most influential books of the 20th Century, a perennial bestseller, and a work that remains more relevant than ever in today's tumultuous world.

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In 1992 Gille published this fictionalized autobiography of the acclaimed novelist, who had led a sparkling life in Paris as one of the most successful and prolific European writers of the 1930s before being arrested as a Jew and led to her death in 1942.