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Presents a biography of place that studies the 'hidden houses' in conjunction with the novels of Virginia Woolf and the diaries and letters of both Woolf, and her sister Vanessa Bell. This book provides a glimpse into the world of the upper-middle-class Victorian/Edwardian holidaymakers, whilst giving an insight into their minds.

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This book, generously illustrated with key pages from the publication and comparative works, tells the human, artistic, economic and technical stories of the birth of the First Folio - and the birth of Shakespeare's towering reputation.

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Noh plays live on as a magnificent artistic heritage handed down from the high culture of medieval Japan. This book contains translations of nineteen plays and summaries of sixteen more, together with a revealing introductory essay that furnishes the background for an understanding and appreciation of the No as a highly significant dramatic form.

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A lavishly illustrated history of gardens drawing from Shakespeare's works and garden writing--published to commemorate the 400th anniversary year of his death

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'The Tempest': Shakespeare in Performance situates the play's 400-year performance history within ever-changing cultural contexts, and supplements historical analysis of particular productions with information about contemporary appropriations and adaptations. -- .

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A Malone Society volume of George Wapull's 1576 play, The Tide Tarrieth No Man. Beautifully produced in a facsimile edition, from one of only five extant originals.

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A facsimile edition of a 1567 edition of this rare early play by an anonymous writer

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(Hardback)

A team of distinguished and internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights into the maps they love, the maps they use and the maps that set them dreaming.

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Offering a creative and fun approach to math (and problem solving) for children who love hands-on learning, this fill-in book helps children to think like mathematicians by introducing key mathematical concepts in a highly visual--and entertaining--way. Full color. 7 5/8 x 9 13/16.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

The second edition of Friedman's stage history of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus adds an examination of twelve major theatrical productions and one film that appeared in the years 1989-2009, identifying four lines of descent in the recent performance history of the play: the stylised, realistic, darkly comic, and political approaches. -- .

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A photographic facsimile of the quarto held by the British Library, printed in 1601. The play combines a plot based on a real-life London murder case of 1594 with one deriving from an Italian tale of an evil father and his son.

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An account English weather, which is at the very heart of English life and culture, as it is experienced physically, emotionally and spiritually. It catches the distinct voices of compelling individuals: 'Bloody cold', says Jonathan Swift in the 'slobbery' January of 1713; Percy Shelley wants to become a cloud and John Ruskin wants to bottle one.

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Women's Work challenges influential accounts about gender and the novel by revealing the complex ways in which labour (as material reality and philosophical concept) shaped the lives and writings of a number of women authors working in the second half of the long eighteenth century -- .

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This publication brings together some of New Zealand's finest literary practitioners: 15 writers and 15 literary critics - in discussions about each author's work, the nature of writing and the place of land, culture, belonging, society, family and art in their work.

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Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on history

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Modern poetry is often represented as difficult or remote from most people's experience. This is a passionate attempt to introduce and examine all aspects of contemporary poetry and make it a familiar part of our lives.

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The man and the plays - without the boring bits - with commentary by Peter Ackroyd.

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The complete guide to the world's most famous detective.

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