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Freedom from Fear : The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 by David M. Kennedy
$56.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: OXFORD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
French Decadent Tales by Stephen Romer (University of Tours Ma??tre de Conf??rences, Tours University)
$16.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'He had become the dandy of the unpredictable.' A quest for new sensations, and an avowed desire to shock possessed the Decadent writers of fin-de-siecle Paris. The years 1880-1900 saw an extraordinary, hothouse flowering of talent, that produced some of the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literatur ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months; wherein I have not been so studious of Ornament as of Truth.' In these words Gulliver represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just set down; but how fa ...Show more
Hamsun's Hunger by Knut Hamsun , Tore Rem, Terence Cave
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
This new translation seeks to restore the startling freshness and epidermal unease of Hamsun's breakthrough story of 1890. It remains faithful to the style and voice of the text, the shifts of tense, the indirect free style, and the constant changes of register as the inner monologue moves between poeti ...Show more
Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been reprieved by the distant monarch they ignore the Que ...Show more
Hester by Margaret Oliphant; Philip Davis (Editor); Brian Nellist (Editor)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Hester tells the story of the aging but powerful Catherine Vernon, and her conflict with the young and determined Hester, whose growing attachment to Edward, Catherine's favorite, spells disaster for all concerned. Catherine Vernon, jilted in her youth, has risen to power in a man's world as head of the ...Show more
Letters Concerning the English Nation by Voltaire
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Inspired by Voltaire's two-year stay in England (1726-8), this is one of the key works of the Enlightment. Exactly contemporary with Gulliver's Travels and The Beggar's Opera, Voltaire's controversial pronouncements on politics, philosophy, religion, and literature have place the Letters among the grea ...Show more
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
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Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'To the white men in the waterside business and to the captain of ships he was just Jim - nothing more. He had, of course, another name, but he was anxious that it should not be pronounced.' Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman - 'as unflinching as a hero in a book' - who is disgra ...Show more
Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford Paperbacks
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell was created early in Blake's series of illuminated books, each of which was presented by him as an attractive work of art made entirely by his own hand. Written principally in prose, The Marriage represents Blake's first full-scale attempt to present his philosophic messa ...Show more
Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble
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Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Companions
The acclaimed sixth edition of the classic guide brought right up to date Includes topics such as the literature of science, censorship, Anglo-Indian literature, gay and lesbian literature, New Criticism Over 140 contributors, including Lisa Appignanesi, Gillian Avery, Chris Baldick, Kate Clanchy, Jonat ...Show more
Oxford Guide to Plain English by Martin Cutts
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Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference Ser.
Plain English is the art of writing clearly, concisely, and in a way that precisely communicates your message to your intended audience. This book offers 25 practical guidelines helping you to improve your vocabulary, style, grammar, and layout to achieve clear writing. It gives expert advice on all asp ...Show more
Oxford School Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet: Oxford School Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Roma Gill
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Category: Plays | Series: Oxford School Shakespeare
Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition of Romeo and Juliet includes illustrations, preliminary notes, re ...Show more