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  • Satires and Profanities

    Exploring Society, Religion, and Human Nature through Satirical and Provocative Writings

    by James Thomson, G. W. Foote ...
    Satires and Profanities brings together an engaging collection of satirical narratives, offering a bold exploration of societal norms and religious dogmas through a lens of incisive wit and irreverence. The anthology captures a diverse array of literary styles, from biting sarcasm to subtle irony, inviting readers into a world where the sacred is artfully scrutinized and profanities challenge ... Read more

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  • Boston Light

    by Sally R. Snowman, James G. Thomson ...
    Series series Images of America
    On September 14, 1716, Boston Light became the first lighthouse established in Colonial America. With many ships floundering in the treacherous waters of the Massachusetts harbor, there was a great need for navigational aid. At night and during storms, it was difficult to discern the entrance to the main shipping channel of Nantasket Roads, situated between the Brewster islands and the town of ... Read more

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  • Advances in New Technology for Targeted Modification of Plant Genomes

    Edited by Feng Zhang, Holger Puchta, James G. Thomson ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Over the past 50 years, biotechnology has been the major driving force for increasing crop productivity. Particularly, advances in plant genetic engineering technologies have opened up vast new opportunities for plant researchers and breeders to create new crop varieties with desirable traits. Recent development of precise genome modification methods, such as targeted gene knock-out/knock-in and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Satire Compendium: 70 Must-Reads

    A 70-Work Anthology of Comic Dissent, Social Critique, and Satirical Tradition

    by Molière, St. John Hankin, Elizabeth F. Guptill, Petronius Arbiter, Anthony Trollope, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Carlyle, George Gibbs, Richard Head, Francis Kirkman, Herman Melville, Maria Edgeworth, Marietta Holley, Anatole France, Nelson Lloyd, Voltaire, Samuel Brunt, Archibald Marshal, Gilbert Knox, H. H. Sir Bashford, P. G. Wodehouse, Susan Fenimore Cooper, Thomas Love Peacock, William Carlos Williams, Terry Southern, Hilaire Belloc, Iris Barry, C. M. Westmacott, Desiderius Erasmus, I. J. Potter, Montague Glass, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Elkanah Settle, Samuel Pordage, Bernard Mandeville, James Thomson, G. W. Foote, Marie Corelli, William Herman, Mark Twain, Ingersoll Lockwood, Jonathan Swift, T. Smollett, Thomas Mann, H. G. Wells, Bertram Gayton, George S. Schuyler, Eugen Richter, Walter Harte, Aristophanes, Bill Nye, John Arbuthnot, Thomas Bridges, James Bramston, Ambrose Bierce, Franklin P. Adams, John Hervey Baron Hervey, An M. D., Frank Chapman Bliss ...
    The Satire Compendium: 70 Must-Reads maps satire's remarkable durability from classical invective and Roman social comedy to Enlightenment irony, Victorian caricature, modernist experiment, and twentieth-century absurdism. Its selections traverse dramatic farce, mock-heroic prose, utopian fantasy, political allegory, comic essay, parody, and epigrammatic wit. Canonical assaults on hypocrisy, ... Read more

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  • The Future is Now

    America Confronts the New Genetics

    by Eric Cohen, George J. Annas, Ronald Bailey, Sen Christopher "Kit" Bond, J Bottum, Sen Sam Brownback, President George W. Bush, Kenneth L. Connor, Richard M. Doerflinger, Michael J. Fox0, Bill Frist1, Francis Fukuyama2, Robert P. George3, James K. Glassman4, Rep James Greenwood5, Sen Tom Harkin6, Sen Orrin G. Hatch7, Gertrude Himmelfarb8, Aldous Huxley9, Leon R. Kass0, Michael Kinsley1, Charles Krauthammer2, Rep Dennis J. Kucinich3, Joshua Lederberg4, Gilbert Meilaender5, H J. Muller6, National Bioethics Advisory Commission7, Edmund D. Pellegrino8, Rael9, Paul Ramsey0, William Saletan1, Wesley J. Smith2, James A. Thomson3, Laurence H. Tribe4, James D. Watson5, Michael D. West6, Ian Wilmut7, Adam Wolfson8 ...
    This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age. ... Read more

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  • Updates in Colo-Proctology

    by Jean-Claude Givel, A. Akovbiantz, Geoffrey D. Oates, P. Buchmann, James P.S. Thomson, C.A. Cabre-Martinez, P. Cassell, L. Chapuis0, T.C.B. Dehn1, A.L. Desai2, M.D. Dinneen3, A.R. Dixon4, M. Dusmet5, G.S. Duthie6, A. Fiennes7, E. Gemsenjaeger8, M. Gilg9, R.H. Grace0, J.D. Hardcastle1, M.G. Hartley2, R.J. Heald3, U. Herzog4, S.P.J. Huddy5, H.T. Khawaja6, W.A. Kmiot7, M.-C. Marti8, P. Mathey9, M.J.C. Matter0, R. Mirimanoff1, N.J. Mortensen2, F. Munier3, M.C. Parker4, J. Pettavel5, M. Pinna Pintor6, D.A. Rew7, E.P. Saraga8, P.F. Schofield9, J.H. Scholefield0, W.P. Schweizer1, N.A. Scott2, C.T.M. Speakman3, U. Stoffel4, H. Striffeler5, H. Tevaearai6, H. Thompson7, H. Wehrli8, R.G. Wilson9 ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    "Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. The authors, each distinguished in a particular field, have contributed across a wide ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The City of Dreadful Night

    Enriched edition. An Exploration of Existential Despair and Inner Darkness in Victorian Poetry

    by James Thomson, Trevor Lowe ...
    In "The City of Dreadful Night," James Thomson immerses readers in a hauntingly vivid urban landscape that serves as both a literal and metaphorical exploration of despair. This poem, embracing the aesthetic ideals of the Victorian era, employs a rich tapestry of vivid imagery and melancholic themes. Thomson's mastery of form and sound complements the poem's exploration of human suffering and ... Read more

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  • Tarmea 2: An Unintentional Empire

    by James Thomson ...
    A great tale for fantasy readers, this story takes you on a thrilling voyage of revenge, packed with adventures that aim to secure the safety of the protagonists' people, both now and in the future. A marvellous follow-up to Return of the Kraken, it masterfully guides the reader through a narrative rich with exciting and meaningful encounters. Told from the perspectives of various characters with ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of James Thomson (Illustrated)

    by James Thomson ...
    Series Book 80 - Delphi Poets Series
    Famous for his poems ‘The Seasons’ and ‘The Castle of Indolence’, as well as for writing the lyrics of ‘Rule, Britannia’, James Thomson was an eighteenth century Scottish poet and playwright. His best verses foreshadowed some of the leading works of the Romantic Movement, while others gave expression to the achievements of Newtonian science. Thomson also had a leading part in promoting Britain’s ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Castle of Indolence

    by James Thomson ...
    Narrated by Denis Daly ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 35 min

    The Castle of Indolence was published early in the summer of 1748, four months after the poet’s death. The work was a slow and leisurely composition, which took nearly fifteen years to complete.The poem consists of 158 stanzas, divided into two cantos. It is presented as an allegory and was professedly written in imitation of The Faerie Queene.The origin of the poem appears to be the frequent ... Read more

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  • The City of Dreadful Night

    by James Thomson ...
    The City of Dreadful Night by James Thomson libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles! ... Read more

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  • Tarmea

    Return of the Kraken

    by James Thomson ...
    For generations now, Toli's island has known nothing but peace and prosperity. But suddenly, the son of an old enemy, who holds this royal lineage after the demise of his father, returns to wreak havoc and enslave the occupants of the island. However, unknown to themselves, the peaceful islanders have a secret ally, a powerful ally: through lucky coincidence and the attention of their allies, the ... Read more

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