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| A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths
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Stephen P. Kershaw.
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| Publisher: Robinson. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781845295127. Daedalus Item Code: 21978 |
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| From the origins of the gods through the homecomings of Odysseus and the Trojan heroes, from the greed of Midas and his golden touch to the reckless enthusiasm of Icarus flying too close to the sun, ... (Read More)
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| Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
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Bill Bryson.
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| Publisher: Broadway/QPB. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781607511724. Daedalus Item Code: 11493 |
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| What is the difference between "immanent" and "imminent," or between "acute" and "chronic"? What is the singular form of "graffiti?" And what is the former name of "Moldova"? Here the author of the ... (Read More)
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| By Hook or By Crook: A Journey in Search of English
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David Crystal.
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| Publisher: Overlook. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781590200612. Daedalus Item Code: 93645 |
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| The author of The Stories of English and How Language Works, David Crystal has been described by London's Times Higher Education Supplement as a "latter-day Samuel Johnson." Here ... (Read More)
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| C.S. Lewis: Memories and Reflections
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John Lawlor.
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| Publisher: Spence. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781890626082. Daedalus Item Code: 31147 |
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| From his rare vantage point as C.S. Lewis's student, friend, and professional colleague, John Lawlor recalls Lewis "in his habit as he lived." Here he gives us an unforgettable account of studying ... (Read More)
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| C.S. Lewis: Images of His World
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Douglas Gilbert. & Clyde S. Kilby.
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| Publisher: Eerdmans. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780802828002. Daedalus Item Code: 32200 |
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| This exquisite reissue of a 1973 work offers a window onto the people and places that shaped the life of author, scholar, critic, and apologist C.S. Lewis. In photographs and text (much in Lewis's ... (Read More)
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| C.S. Lewis: The Man Behind Narnia
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Beatrice Gormley.
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| Publisher: Eerdmans. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780802853011. Daedalus Item Code: 32199 |
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| Illustrated with more than 50 photographs, this is the story of C.S. Lewis's life and work for readers 12 and up, from his boyhood in Belfast, Ireland, where he and his brother created their first ... (Read More)
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| The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling
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Geoffrey Chaucer. A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd. Nick Bantock, illus.
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| Publisher: Viking. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780670021222. Daedalus Item Code: 23372 |
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| In this fresh prose retelling for modern readers, the author who gave us biographies of London and the Thames captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval stories. The ... (Read More)
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| Cape Cod: Illustrated Edition of the American Classic
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Henry David Thoreau. Scot Miller, photos.
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780618758456. Daedalus Item Code: 23930 |
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| What better way to present Henry David Thoreau's classic treatise on Cape Cod than with beautiful color photographs of the places in question—many of them seen in ways Thoreau himself might have seen ... (Read More)
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| The Cats of Copenhagen
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James Joyce. Casey Sorrow, illus.
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| Publisher: Scribner. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781476708942. Daedalus Item Code: 29654 |
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| In 1936, while visiting Denmark, James Joyce wrote a letter to his young grandson Stephen James Joyce, playfully ruing that he could not send him a cat as he had done from northern France (a toy cat ... (Read More)
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| Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
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Zadie Smith.
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| Publisher: Penguin. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781594202377. Daedalus Item Code: 20196 |
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| The author of novels like White Teeth and On Beauty, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction, Zadie Smith has also proven herself as a ... (Read More)
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| Charles Dickens: The Making of a Literary Giant
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Christopher Hibbert. Foreword by John Sutherland.
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| Publisher: Palgrave. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780230614260. Daedalus Item Code: 31987 |
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| The biographer of Disraeli, Edward VII, and George VI here gives us an energetic and witty portrait of Charles Dickens. Throwing a clear light on the creative process and sources of literary ... (Read More)
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| Charles Dickens: The Dickens Bicentenary 1812–2012
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Lucinda Dickens Hawksley.
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| Publisher: Insight. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781608870523. Daedalus Item Code: 32097 |
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| Produced in association with the Charles Dickens Museum, London, this beautifully decorated visual biography follows Dickens's life through paintings, drawings, and photographs—as well as removable ... (Read More)
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