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  • Portable Magic

    A History of Books and Their Readers

    by Emma Smith ...
    A history of one of humankind’s most resilient and influential technologies over the past millennium—the book. Revelatory and entertaining in equal measure, Portable Magic will charm and challenge literature lovers of all kinds as it illuminates the transformative power and eternal appeal of the written word.Stephen King once said that books are “a uniquely portable magic.” Here, Emma Smith takes ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare

    by Emma Smith ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    This lively and innovative introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering a range of texts, it is divided into seven subject-based chapters: Character; Performance; Texts; Language; Structure; Sources and History, and it does not assume any prior knowledge. Instead, it develops ways of thinking and provides the reader with ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • This Is Shakespeare

    by Emma Smith ...
    An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard’s inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing—not resolving—the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicalityA genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Neurodivergence and the Criminal Justice System

    Edited by Tom Smith, Roxanna Dehaghani, Blánaid Gavin, Etain Quigley, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Neurodiversity
    This book explores key topics in the area of neurodivergence and the criminal justice system (CJS) of England and Wales, encompassing a synopsis of up-to-date academic literature, key challenges in the area, and the practical implications for fair and effective justice processes.Neurodivergent individuals are more likely to encounter the CJS as victims and accused persons, in addition to being ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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  • Macbeth

    The New Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' Dark and violent, Macbeth is a restless, haunting exploration of the human costs of violence and power. One of the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth has endured as a psychologically and supernaturally sinister work. Emma Smith's introduction considers the historical and contemporary contexts of the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Shakespeare's First Folio

    Four Centuries of an Iconic Book

    by Emma Smith ...
    This is a biography of a book: the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623 and known as the First Folio. It begins with the story of its first purchaser in London in December 1623, and goes on to explore the ways people have interacted with this iconic book over the four hundred years of its history. Throughout the stress is on what we can learn from individual copies now ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Conquering Diabetes: Fenugreek Success in Regulating Blood Sugar Levels

    by Emma Smith ...
    High blood glucose levels are a hallmark of diabetes mellitus, the medical term for a metabolic condition that can last for years. This disorder develops when insulin production is inadequate or when insulin is not used efficiently by the body. The pancreas secretes the hormone insulin, which is essential for controlling blood sugar levels. Millions of people all around the world are living with ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Elizabethan Top Ten

    Defining Print Popularity in Early Modern England

    by Emma Smith ...
    Series series Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
    Engaging with histories of the book and of reading, as well as with studies of material culture, this volume explores ’popularity’ in early modern English writings. Is ’popular’ best described as a theoretical or an empirical category in this period? How can we account for the gap between modern canonicity and early modern print popularity? How might we weight the evidence of popularity from ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide

    by Emma Smith ...
    Are you studying Shakespeare and looking for a handy summary of plots, characters and interpretations? Or are you a keen theatregoer wanting essential background on the Shakespeare plays you see on stage? Ideal for students and theatre enthusiasts alike, this lively and authoritative guide presents key information, clearly set out, on all Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic works, covering plots and ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • The Tempest

    The New Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in't!' Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly, it was placed first when published in the First Folio of 1623, and is now generally seen as the playwright's ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Far Cry

    by Emma Smith ...
    The Far Cry was the first book on MacGibbon & Kee's newly-launched list. This 'savage comedy with a vicious streak' (Elizabeth Bowen in the Tatler in 1949) describes the 'second passage to India' of 'Teresa, whose elderly, wilful father drags her off to spare her from the clutches of her mother…I can think of no writer, British or Indian, who has captured so vividly, with such intensity, the many ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Shakespeare Survey 74

    Shakespeare and Education

    Edited by Emma Smith ...
    Series series Shakespeare Survey
    Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies and of the year's major British ... Read more

    $45.99 USD