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  • Andrew Young

    Priest, Poet and Naturalist: A Reassessment

    by Richard Ormrod ...
    Andrew Young was one of the most original, inventive and paradoxical poets of the twentieth-century. C.S. Lewis called him, 'A modern Marvell and a modern marvel', and Philip Larkin remarked that, 'His works are in no danger of being forgotten'. Regarded as 'a major poet' by academic scholars, Young's prestige in this critical biography is taken one step further and declared a 'great' poet. Dr ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Elvis Costello and Thatcherism

    A Psycho-Social Exploration

    by David Pilgrim, Richard Ormrod ...
    Series series Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
    The emergence of Thatcherism around 1980, which ushered in a period of neo-liberalism in British politics that still resonates today, led musicians, like other artists, to respond to their context of production. This book uses the early work of one of these musicians, Elvis Costello, to explore the relationship between popular music and politics in one historical period. It is not a biography but ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 2

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  • Letters of C. S. Lewis

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    A repackaged edition of the revered authors collection of personal letters-a curated selection of the best of his correspondence with family, friends, and fans-and a short biography by his brother Warren Lewis.Letters of C. S. Lewis reveals the most intimate beliefs of the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, ... Read more

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  • The Redress of Poetry

    by Seamus Heaney ...
    "Self-deprecating but delighting . . . a wonderful addition to the Heaney canon—as life-enhancing in its own way as the poems it celebrates." —Andrew Motion, The GuardianNobel Prize–Winning PoetHeaney's ten lectures as Professor of Poetry at Oxford, collected here in The Redress of Poetry, explore the poetry of a wide range of writers, from Christopher Marlowe to John Clare to Oscar Wilde. ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All My Road Before Me

    The Diary of C. S. Lewis, 1922-1927

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    A repackaged edition of the revered authors diary from his early twenties-a thought-provoking work that reveals his earliest thinking about war, atheism, religion, and humanity.While serving his country in the Great War, C. S. Lewis the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, and Christian apologist-made a pact with a close friend and fellow soldier. If one of them died, the ... Read more

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  • Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis

    A Life of C. S. Lewis

    by George Sayer ...
    As I walked away from New Buildings, I found the man that Lewis had called "Tollers" sitting on one of the stone steps in front of the arcade."How did you get on?" he asked."I think rather well. I think he will be a most interesting tutor to have.""Interesting? Yes, he's certainly that," said the man, who I later learned was J. R. R. Tolkien. "You'll never get to the bottom of him."Over the next ... Read more

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  • Poetry by Heart

    Poems for Learning and Reciting

    by Andrew Motion ...
    Poetry by Heart - based on the hugely successful nationwide schools competition, 200 magical poems to learn by heart'The poems we learn stay with us for the rest of our lives. They become personal and invaluable, and what's more they are free gifts - there for the taking' Simon ArmitageTwo years ago former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion had the idea of setting up Poetry by Heart - a nationwide annual ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Selected Poems

    by William Yeats ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    This selection of the works of W B Yeats, includes the final book from the unfairly neglected narrative poem 'The Wanderings of Oisin' and a number of lyrics from Yeats's work as poetic dramatist. It breaks new ground by allowing the reader to engage with a dozen poems in alternative versions; in many other cases it provides significant variants, so that Yeats's struggle to revise his poetry can ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Unexpected Professor

    An Oxford Life in Books

    by John Carey ...
    Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, John Carey describes in this warm and funny memoir the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected, age 40, to Oxford's oldest English ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • The C. S. Lewis Collection: Biographical Works

    The Eight Titles Include: Surprised by Joy; A Grief Observed; All My Road Before Me; Letters to an American Lady; Letters of C. S. Lewis; and The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis Volumes I, II, and III

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    With his trademark warmth and wit, Lewis shares his biographical and personal faith journey with readers.Includes: Surprised by Joy A Grief Observed All My Road Before Me Letters to an American Lady Letters of C. S. Lewis The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume I The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume II The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume III ... Read more

    $89.99 USD