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A definitive collection of nursery stories, beautifully designed and illustrated by the influential artist Harold Jones. Presented in a beautiful presentation slipcase, this facsimile has been lovingly produced to recreate the look and feel of the first edition of this much-loved book.
What was the Golden Fleece? What was the Apple of Discord? Who were the Pleiades? This acclaimed anthology of Greek legends contains twenty-five stories told by eleven different authors including Charles Lamb, Andrew Lang, Roger Lancelyn Green and Rosemary Sutcliff. The variety of styles, from poetic to factual, are skilfully woven together by the editor Kathleen Lines, and there are delightful black-and-white line illustrations throughout.
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Russia’s Dangerous Texts examines the ways that writers and their works unnerved and irritated Russia’s authoritarian rulers both before and after the Revolution. Kathleen F. Parthé identifies ten historically powerful beliefs about literature and politics in Russia, which include a view of the artistic text as national territory, and the belief that writers must avoid all contact with the state. Parthé offers a compelling analysis of the power of Russian literature to shape national identity despite sustained efforts to silence authors deemed subversive. No amount of repression could prevent the production, distribution, and discussion of texts outside official channels. Along with tragic stories of lost manuscripts and persecuted writers, there is ample evidence of an unbroken thread of political discourse through art. The book concludes with a consideration of the impact of two centuries of dangerous texts on post-Soviet Russia.
Winner of the 2014 Orion Book Award for Nonfiction Winner of the John Burroughs Association 2014 Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book In Sightlines, Kathleen Jamie reports from the field—from her native Scottish “byways and hills” to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon—vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes “nature,” and upends the idea that it is always picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, Sightlines urges the reader: “Keep looking, even when there’s nothing much to see.”
A deeply moving portrait of one girl's journey from self-harm to self-acceptance from bestselling author, Kathleen Glasgow ‘A haunting, beautiful and necessary book.’ Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything THIS SPECIAL EDITION includes deleted scenes, a playlist and a personal note from the author. While stocks last. Charlie Davis is in pieces. At seventeen, she’s already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget it through cutting; the pain washes out the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. She doesn't have to think about her father or what happened under the bridge. Her best friend, Ellis, who is gone forever. Or the mother who has no...
A collection of traditional children's stories, folktales, fables, poems and nursery rhymes.