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    Once in a Blood Moon

    A story about love, betrayal and redemption that reframes American history

    by Dorothea Hubble Bonneau ...
    Narrated by Trei Taylor ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 50 min

    According to the Kirkus Review: "Once in a Blood Moon elegantly articulates a young woman's precarious position between white and black society. Overall, this novel explores issues of equality and personal freedom in thought-provoking ways."Once in a Blood Moon: a-can't-put-it-down-page-turner about love, betrayal and redemption.Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Degambia is the daughter of a wealthy ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ageing, Narrative and Identity

    New Qualitative Social Research

    by N. Hubble, P. Tew ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The 1920s

    A Decade of Modern British Fiction

    Edited by Tamás Bényei, Shene Boskani, Dr Nick Hubble ...
    Series series The Decades Series
    The particularity of 1920s British fiction has become obscured by an academic focus on modernism. This book takes a fresh approach to the decade by examining both canonical writers such as Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster as well as less widely-studied writers such as A. A. Milne and Naomi Mitchison.From the aftermath of First World War to the Great Depression of 1929, and its political ... Read more

    $109.99 USD

  • The 1950s

    A Decade of Modern British Fiction

    Edited by Nick Bentley, Dr Alice Ferrebe, Dr Nick Hubble ...
    Series series The Decades Series
    How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1950s shape modern British fiction?As Britain emerged from the shadow of war into the new decade of the 1950s, the seeds of profound social change were being sown. Exploring the full range of fiction in the 1950s, this volume surveys the ways in which these changes were reflected in British culture. Chapters cover the rise of the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Photographic Investigations of Faint Nebulae

    by Edwin Hubble ...
    The study of nebulae is essentially a photographic problem for cameras of wide angle and reflectors of large focal ratio. The photographic plate presents a definite and permanent record beside which visual observations lose most of their significance. Perhaps the one field left for the older method is the measurement of sharp nuclei deeply enshrouded in nebulosity. New nebulae are now but rarely ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Rare Recording of Edwin Hubble

    by Edwin Hubble, Edwin Hubble ...
    Series series A Rare Recording of…

    Unabridged

    10 min

    Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 - September 28, 1953), born in Marshfield, MO, was an American astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many objects previously thought to be clouds of dust and gas and classified as "nebulae" were actually galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Hubble's name is most ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Growing Old with the Welfare State

    Eight British Lives

    Edited by Dr Nick Hubble, Jennie Taylor, Professor Philip Tew ...
    The combined effect of the welfare state and medical advances means that more people now live longer lives than ever before in history. As a consequence, the experience of ageing has been transformed. Yet our cultural and social perceptions of ageing remain governed by increasingly dated images and narratives.Growing Old with the Welfare State challenges these stereotypes by bringing together ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The 2010s

    A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

    Edited by Emily Horton, Nick Bentley, Dr Nick Hubble, Professor Philip Tew ...
    Series series The Decades Series
    This volume relates the British fiction of the decade to the contexts in which it was written and received in order to examine and explain contemporary trends, such as the rise of a new working-class fiction, the ongoing development of separate national literatures of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and shifts in modes of attention and reading.From the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crash to ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

    Edited by Nick Bentley, Dr Nick Hubble, Dr Leigh Wilson ...
    How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 2000s shape contemporary British fiction?The means of publishing, buying and reading fiction changed dramatically between 2000 and 2010. This volume explores how the socio-political and economic turns of the decade, bookended by the beginning of a millennium and an economic crisis, transformed the act of writing and reading. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Culture Wars in Britain

    The Myth of Exceptionalism and the Reality of Division

    by Nick Hubble ...
    Series series SocietyNow
    The term "culture wars" has taken centre stage in British social and political discourse, characterized by deep divides over values, identity, and sovereignty. These conflicts, driven by class and emancipatory struggles, continue to evolve, highlighting critical divisions over issues such as Brexit, Scottish independence, and attitudes toward the monarchy.Nick Hubble reframes the debate, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Working-Class Writing

    Theory and Practice

    Edited by Ben Clarke, Nick Hubble ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book updates our understanding of working-class fiction by focusing on its continued relevance to the social and intellectual contexts of the age of Trump and Brexit. The volume draws together new and established scholars in the field, whose intersectional analyses use postcolonial and feminist ideas, amongst others, to explore key theoretical approaches to working-class writing and discuss ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • The Science Fiction Handbook

    Edited by Dr Nick Hubble, Dr Aris Mousoutzanis ...
    Series series Literature and Culture Handbooks
    As we move through the 21st century, the importance of science fiction to the study of English Literature is becoming increasingly apparent. The Science Fiction Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the genre and how to study it for students new to the field. In particular, it provides detailed entries on major writers in the SF field who might be encountered on university-level English ... Read more

    $32.99 USD