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  • Orley Farm

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    There was a power of endurance about her, and a courage that was almost awful. Did Lady Mason forge a codicil to her husband's will, allowing Orley Farm to pass to her son or not? Orley Farm centres on this case of forgery, and the anguish and guilt of Lady Mason. Surrounding this enigmatic woman and her apparent crime are her elderly lover, Sir Peregrine Orme; her principled but thoughtless son, ... Read more

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  • Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth Century Egypt

    Contesting the Nation

    Series series Routledge Islamic Studies Series
    This book deals with the relationship between historical scholarship and politics in twentieth century Egypt. It examines the changing roles of the academic historian, the university system, the state and non-academic scholarship and the tension between them in contesting the modern history of Egypt. In a detailed discussion of the literature, the study analyzes the political nature of competing ... Read more

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  • Cultural Entanglement in the Pre-Independence Arab World

    Arts, Thought and Literature

    Edited by Anthony Gorman, Sarah Irving ...
    This book examines the ways in which non-Arabic cultural influences interacted with the rich, complex and sometimes conflictual environment of the Arab world in the pre-independence era.It comprises a series of 11 detailed case studies, including topics such as the songs of Egyptian forced labourers in the British Army in World War I, the translation and commentary of an Ottoman text in interwar ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Egypt

    Investigating key features of contemporary Egypt, this volume includes Egypt’s modern history, politics, economics, the legal system, environment, and its media and modes of cultural expression. It examines Egypt’s capacities to meet developmental challenges, ranging from responding to globalization and regional competition to generating sufficient economic growth and political inclusion to ... Read more

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  • The Way We Live Now

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.' It is impossible to be sure who Melmotte is, let alone what exactly he has done. He is, seemingly, a gentleman, and a great financier, who penetrates to the heart of the state, reaching even inside the Houses of Parliament. He draws the English establishment into his circle, including Lady Carbury, a 43 year-old ... Read more

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    Shootin' Through

    by Sean Gorman ...
    Narrated by Anthony-Lehmo Lehmann ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 23 min

    Set late in 1979, Shootin’ Through is a raw, high-octane road trip through outlaw Australia. Michael “Duck” Donnell and his wild mate Barry “Pinky” Salter steal a Valiant Charger and tear across the Nullarbor, running from their boring lives and chasing freedom. Joined by the street-smart Missy, they find themselves hunted by bikies, crooked cops, and the brutal WA underworld. With a rifle in the ... Read more

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  • Framley Parsonage

    The Chronicles of Barsetshire

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The fact is, Mark, that you and I cannot conceive the depth of fraud in such a man as that.' The Reverend Mark Robarts makes a mistake. Drawn into a social set at odds with his clerical responsibilities, he guarantees the debts of an unscrupulous Member of Parliament. He stands to lose his reputation, and his family, future, and home are all in peril. His patroness, the proud and demanding Lady ... Read more

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  • The Duke's Children

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'I do not know that one ought to be surprised at anything.' The Duke of Omnium is overwhelmed by the death of his vivacious wife, Lady Glencora. Once the British Prime Minister, he is now in sole charge of his three wilful children. Lord Gerald has been sent down from University; Lord Silverbridge has defected from the Liberal cause of his father's party to the Conservative, and is badly in debt; ... Read more

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  • The Warden

    The Chronicles of Barsetshire

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'You might pass Eleanor Harding in the street without notice, but you could hardly pass an evening with her and not lose your heart.' John Bold has lost his heart to Eleanor Harding but he is a political radical who has launched a campaign against the management of the charity of which her father is the Warden. How can this tangle be resolved? In the novel which is Trollope's first acknowledged ... Read more

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