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Three Gothic Novels - Mary W. Shelley, Horace Walpole, William Beckford

The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.This volume, with its erudite…

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - John Locke

Provides an account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, this…

The Makers of Rome - Plutarch

These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome''s greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to…

The Yage Letters - William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg

William Burroughs closed his classic debut novel, Junky, by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called ''Yage'' which he believed transmitted telepathic powers, a…

Works and Days - Hesiod

''Stallings''s new translation of Hesiod''s Works and Days - witty, gritty, and unsettlingly relevant - is not to be missed'' TLS, Books of the YearSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019…

The Promise - Barbara Powers

Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss retells her own story specially for younger readers. This is the remarkable true story of a young Jewish girl and her brother caught in a world…

Three Tales - Gustave Flaubert

Three Tales offers an excellent introduction to the work of one of the world''s greatest novelists. A Simple Heart is set in the Normandy of Flaubert''s childhood, while Saint…

Everything is Teeth - Evie Wyld, Joe Sumner

Evie Wyld was a girl obsessed with sharks. Spending summers in the brutal heat of coastal New South Wales, she fell for the creatures. Their teeth, their skin, their eyes; their…

Time and Narrative, Volume 2 - Paul Ricoeur

In the first two volumes of this work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing, fiction, and theories of literature. This final volume…

The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini - Pier Paolo Pasolini

Most people outside Italy know Pier Paolo Pasolini for his films, many of which began as literary works-Arabian Nights, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Decameron, and The…

Operationism in Psychology - Uljana Feest

Analyzes psychological research to offer insights into how methodological and ontological questions are intertwined.   Psychology has seen an intense debate about the lack of…

Data Analysis in Qualitative Research - Iddo Tavory, Stefan Timmermans

From two experts in the field comes an accessible, how-to guide that will help researchers think more productively about the relation between theory and data at every stage of…

The Darkened Room - Alex Owen

'The Darkened Room' looks at the central role played by women as healers, mediums, and believers in the golden age of spiritualism in the late Victorian period. In so doing she…

Reforming Modernity - Wael Hallaq

Reforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the philosopher Abdurrahman Taha. Wael B. Hallaq explores how Taha’s…

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Peppa Pig: My Best Teacher - Peppa Pig

Celebrate teachers with this adorable book brought to you by Peppa Pig! This delightful story shows the many reasons why Peppa loves Madame Gazelle. The perfect end of term…