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Monography eBook Series

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  • Mentoring Edward Thomas

    Monography, #1

    by Roger Wood ...
    Series Book 1 - Monography
    James Ashcroft Noble (1844-96) tends to be remembered only as the mentor, and future father-in-law, of the essayist, critic and war-poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917). Using Noble's two contributions to the prestigious Yellow Book, this essay sets out to prove him much more than that: a poet, journalist and critic in his own right, and promoter of many other writers, several more famous in their day. ... Read more

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  • Measuring the Infinite

    Monography, #2

    by Roger Wood ...
    Series Book 2 - Monography
    Richard Jefferies (1848-87) divides opinion like no other writer of his generation. Most readers see him as a pivotal figure in the development of English language prose writing about nature and rural life. Others regard him as the prophet of a new age. After his death a fierce debate raged over the proposal to erect a memorial to Jefferies in Salisbury Cathedral. Was he a Christian, an atheist, ... Read more

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  • In Pursuit of Country Writing

    Monography, #3

    by Roger Wood ...
    Series Book 3 - Monography
    Over Easter 1913 Edward Thomas, successful poetry critic and nature writer, cycled from London to the West Country in search of spring. Every town he passed through reminded him of earlier writers on the British countryside who had influenced him. This is the story of Thomas's ride and the development of country writing in English. ... Read more

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    Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home

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    "A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books."—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book ReviewTwo centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which ... Read more

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  • The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 1

    Family Letters, 1905-1931

    by C. S. Lewis ...

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  • Thames

    The Biography

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations. Thames: The Biography meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such ... Read more

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  • De Profundis and Other Prison Writings

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    De Profundis and Other Prison Writings is a new selection of Oscar Wilde's prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín.At the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London, widely feted for his most recent stage success, An Ideal Husband. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in Reading prison sentenced to hard labour. 'De Profundis' is an epistolic ... Read more

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  • Nature's Engraver

    A Life of Thomas Bewick

    by Jenny Uglow ...
    A beautifully illustrated biography of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the man whose art helped shape the way we view the natural worldAt the end of the eighteenth century, Britain, and much of the Western world, fell in love with nature. Thomas Bewick's History of British Birds marked the moment, the first "field guide" for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty ... Read more

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  • The Little Book of Dorset

    by David Hilliam ...
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  • Modern English Books Of Power

    by George Hamlin Fitch ...
    This edifying book analyzes the most memorable classics of English Literature in a befitting and gracious manner. Fitch studies and discusses several celebrated authors and their brilliant masterpieces in a manner that is guaranteed to arouse any readers interest in them. A fascinating treasure trove of information! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • London Lore

    The legends and traditions of the world's most vibrant city

    by Steve Roud ...
    In which part of North London were wild beasts once thought to roam the sewers?Why did 1920s working-class Londoners wear necklaces of blue beads?Who was the original inspiration for the 'pearly king' costume?And did Spring-heeled Jack, scourge of Victorian London, ever really exist?Exploring everything from local superstitions and ghost stories to annual customs, this is an enchanting guide to ... Read more

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  • Coleridge

    Early Visions

    by Richard Holmes ...
    Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes’s seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain’s greatest poets.‘Coleridge: Early Visions’ is the first part of Holmes’s classic biography of Coleridge that forever transformed our view of the poet of ‘Kubla Khan’ and his place in the Romantic Movement. Dismissed by much recent ... Read more

    $9.99 USD