Literary reference works

Novels which transform our ideas about human possibilities, biographies which celebrate the achievements of extraordinary individuals, polemical works of non-fiction which oblige us to alter our views of the world or of human society: all of us can remember reading at least one book which made us think about the world anew.

A major rediscovery and reevaluation of a lost strand of English literature from one of today's most brilliant scholars.

The final classic installment in the excellent Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.

The ebook edition of the Collins Dictionary of Curious Phrases is an updated and revised version of Leslie Dunkling's classic work on curious and baffling phrases.

If it's time for a rhyme, or you need a satiric lyric, the Collins Rhyming Dictionary is the fastest and easiest way to refine your line.

A bewitching debut novel in the vein of the much-loved classic Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe.

The first book to address everyone who relishes reading Proust and wants to know more about how his writing works.

Abiturvorbereitung kompakt: mit diesem Band ist das möglich.

Das Oberstufenwissen im Fach Deutsch, praxisnah und anschaulich präsentiert.

Este libro explora las relaciones entre ética y estética en la ficción para niñxs haciendo foco en temas considerados como "difíciles" o "controversiales" según las consideraciones actuales sobre lo que sería apropiado para ellxs.

Como un valioso aporte al estudio de la literatura y el periodismo en Colombia, la Universidad del Norte pone al alcance de investigadores, periodistas y público en general estos textos rescatados de Crónica , semanario literario-deportivo que circuló entre 1950 y 1951 en Barranquilla y se constituyó en el punto de confluencia de lo que treinta años más tarde se conocería como el Grupo de Barranquilla.

A razor-sharp and achingly funny memoir of the men and movies that shaped one woman's life.

In her third novel, acclaimed author of 'In Search of Adam' and 'Black Boxes' Caroline Smailes draws upon her own family history for a remarkable and unforgettable story of loss and redemption.

Othello: York Notes for A-level ebook edition

The complete and comprehensive way to support your studies and assessments in 2021 and exams in 2022.

The complete and comprehensive way to support your studies and assessments in 2021 and exams in 2022.

'Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all - envious'.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, Cathy Rentzenbrink's Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories.

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After the unprecedented violence of the 1864 Overland Campaign, Union Lt.

A diagnosis of cancer leads to healing and transformation in the Amazon jungle *; Explains in vivid detail De Wys's experience of being healed from cancer through visionary ayahuasca rituals in Ecuador *; Describes her apprenticeship and relationship with the shaman who cured her *; Explores the ways this spiritual medicine can heal the emotional origins of disease now plaguing our modern technological culture *; Chosen as one of the ';Top 10 Books of the New Edge' by Jonathan Talat Phillips on The Huffington Post When composer and Bard College music professor Margaret De Wys learned she had breast cancer, the diagnosis shattered her comfortable life.

A detailed look at the British world of science fiction in the 1950s.

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The Great Gatsby: York Notes for A-level ebook edition

Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionLonglisted for the Orwell Prize for Political WritingThe Ministry of Truth charts the life of George Orwell's 1984, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and a work that is ever more relevant in this tumultuous era of 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'.