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  • The Story of Edinburgh

    by John Peacock ...
    This richly illustrated history explores every aspect of life in Edinburgh. This book covers the history of the city of Edinburgh from the first Mesolithic explorers who camped on the shores of the Forth some 10,000 years ago to the controversies of modern times. Taking a wider perspective it explores the ever-changing world resulting from industrialisation, which brought immigrants, wealth and ... Read more

    $17.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck

    Self Representation by Early Modern Elites

    by John Peacock ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Art History
    This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.Beginning with Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier (1528), the most influential early modern account of the formation of elite identity, the argument traces a path across the ensuing century towards the images of courtiers and nobles by the most persuasive of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Right Heart

    Edited by Sean P. Gaine, Robert Naeije, Andrew John Peacock ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The heart and lung are intricately linked. When the heart is affected by disease, the lungs will often show some related pathological or clinical conditions and vice versa. Pulmonary heart disease is by definition a condition when the lungs cause the heart to fail. The left ventricle in combination with the other structures in the “left heart” pumps blood throughout the body. The right ventricle ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • The Definition, Practice, and Psychology of Vedanā

    Knowing How It Feels

    Edited by John Peacock, Martine Batchelor ...
    This book examines the importance of the topic of *‘*feeling tone’ (vedanā) as it appears in early Buddhist texts and practice, and also within contemporary, secular, mindfulness-based interventions.The volume aims to highlight the crucial nature of the ‘feeling tone’ or ‘taste of experience’ in determining mental reactivity, behaviour, character, and ethics. In the history of Buddhism, and in its ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    London Particulars

    A BBC Radio 4 crime drama

    by John Peacock ...
    Narrated by Todd Carty, Charles Simpson, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 52 min

    A BBC Radio thriller series about two old-school detectives who solve crimes in Victorian London1839, and Bow Street Runner Pip Shepherd is out of a job. The Runners have been disbanded, merged with Sir Robert Peel's new Metropolitan Police - and there's no way Pip's signing up with them. But when he befriends 'Peeler' Thomas Tedman, and hears about an upcoming detective division, he has second ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Posters of the Moulin Rouge

    Eight BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas based on the characters of Toulouse-Lautrec

    by John Peacock ...
    Narrated by Frances Barber, Stephen Thorne, Full Cast, Julie Covington, Angela Pleasence, Bonnie Langford, Clarence Smith, Dermot Crowley, Miranda Richardson, Bernard Hill ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 40 min

    Toulouse-Lautrec's iconic Parisian poster stars come to life in these full-cast dramas, set in 19th-century Montmartre1889, Paris. When Charles Zidler's extravagant pleasure palace, the Moulin Rouge, opens in bohemian Montmartre, he commissions local artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to create a series of posters to promote it. The striking lithographs Henri produces will make his name - and launch ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Postcards: The Complete Series 1-15

    A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

    by Dave Sheasby, Lavinia Murray, Jonathan Holloway, Ginnie Hole, Bryony Lavery, Helen Kluger, Sue Teddern, Nick Darke, John Peacock, Charlotte Jones ...
    Narrated by Tim McInnerny, Rosemary Leach, Lorelei King, Full Cast, Mark Bonnar, Jane Whittenshaw, Charlotte Coleman, Alison Pettitt, Susannah Doyle, Tristan Sturrock ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 58 min

    Behind every picture-perfect Cornish holiday lies a story waiting to be toldPorthant Bay looks like the perfect Cornish seaside escape: white sands, sparkling blue sea, narrow winding streets and a picturesque harbour. But beneath its postcard-perfect surface lies a town full of hidden stories.This immersive drama collection follows the lives of the visitors and residents who pass through Porthant ... Read more

    $21.48 USD

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  • A History Of Scotland

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    The dramatic story of Scotland as it has never been told before - as seen on the BBC**The beauty of Scotland is overwhelming and I've often thought that Scotland's popular history is just like her landscape - impossibly romantic, obscured by mist and myth and always changing.'Vivid and compelling'** Good Book GuideScotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past, ... Read more

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  • Waking Up

    A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

    by Sam Harris ...
    For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes – Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Irish History

    Fascinating Snippets of Irish History from the Ice Age to the Peace Process

    by Jonathan Bardon ...
    THE ONLY BOOK ON IRISH HISTORY YOU'LL EVER NEED!From invasions to rebellions, heroic martyrs to pragmatic politicians, industrial development to mass emigration, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by renowned Irish historian Jonathan Bardon will take you on a sweeping journey through Irish history, getting behind the historical headlines to reveal the lived experience of Irish people.Written in ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Attention Revolution

    Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

    by B. Alan Wallace ...
    Meditation offers, in addition to its many other benefits, a method for achieving previously inconceivable levels of concentration. Author B. Alan Wallace has nearly thirty years' practice in attention-enhancing meditation, including a retreat he performed under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. An active participant in the much-publicized dialogues between Buddhists and scientists, Alan is uniquely ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors

    A Guide for Family Historians

    by Ian Maxwell ...
    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    This guide to Scottish ancestry records offers detailed social history on how our ancestors lived, as well as resources for family historians.Scotland's history has been influenced by many factors—the division between the Highlands and the Lowlands, the feudal system, the Reformation, the industrial revolution —that have shaped the country's past and impacted on the lives of its people. Tracing ... Read more

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