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Tony Harrison Plays: v. 5by: Tony Harrison
The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus Voted one of the best 100 plays of the twentieth century by the National Theatre Millennium Poll. 'One of the most brilliantly original things the National has ever done.' Sunday Times 'Harrison has created a glorious piece of total theatre.' Time Out 'one of the... |
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A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the British Imaginationby: Marek Kohn
A Reason for Everything is about Britain and natural history, butterflies and snails, impassioned beliefs, and ideological struggles. The book begins with Alfred Russel Wallace, who discovered the idea of natural selection for himself in 1858, while his own life hung in a precarious, malarial... |
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To Your Good Health!: The Wise Drinker's Guide
Aiming to present a balanced view of drinking and health, the medical columnist of "The Times" explains his view of how, whilst alcohol taken in excess can be dangerous, in moderation it is actually good for you. He argues that, not only is it good for the coronary arteries, but it prevents... |
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Dreaming and Scheming: Reflections on Writing and Politicsby: Hanif Kureishi
This volume collects the best of the non-fiction writings by Hanif Kureishi since 1985. These include political essays, diaries of film-making collaborations, essays about his father, analyses of both the craft and the job of writing - and, above all, explorations of how the life of the mind... |
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The Body
What if you were middle-aged and were offered the chance to trade in your sagging flesh for a much younf=ger and more pleasing model? This is the situation in which the main character of The Body finds himself. Taking the plunge, he embarks on an odyssey of hedonism, but soon finds himself... |
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Pure Pleasure: A Guide to the 20th Century's Most Enjoyable Booksby: Jon Carey
In this title, Professor Carey mixes fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and literary heavyweights (Joyce, Lawrence, Eliot and Woolf) with more popular authors such as Kingsley Amis and John Updike. He discusses such works alongside lesser known titles focusing on the inspiration behind them |
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Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Beliefby: Lewis Wolpert
Why does every society around the world have a religious tradition of some sort? Professor Lewis Wolpert investigates the nature of belief and its causes. He looks at belief's psychological basis and its possible evolutionary origins in physical cause and effect. Wolpert explores the different... |
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The Faber Book of Scienceby: John Carey
Covering hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos, this anthology plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to chaos theory. It consists of accounts by scientists themselves - astronomers, physicists, biologists, chemists,... |
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The Crafty Art of Playmakingby: Alan Ayckbourn
With over 60 plays written and staged, many playing in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise on writing and directing plays is unsurpassed. Here, he shares his tricks of the trade. From helpful hints on writing (Where has your play come from? Where is it going?... |
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The Faber Book of Espionageby: Nigel West
Since the creation of the British Secret Service in 1909, a rich tradition has developed in both fiction and non-fiction - from Graham Greene, Somerset Maughan, William Gibson and David Cornwell to Anthony Cavendish, Kim Philby, Derek Tangye and Peter Wright. In this anthology, espionage writer... |
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