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Global Foreigners An Anthology of Plays
ISBN: PB: 9781905422425, ISBN: HB: 9781905422418, Seagull Books, December 2006
320 pp., 22.9x15.5 cm, 12 halftones
In Waxing West, Daniella, newly arrived in the US from Romania, is haunted by the ghosts of the deposed dictator Ceausescu and his wife Elena until she experiences 9/11. Thida San in Eyes of the Heart, cannot rid herself of the horrific memory of her...
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£19,00
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£79,00
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Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion Buildings of Wales
ISBN: HB: 9780300101799, Yale University Press, November 2006
550 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.
This sixth volume of the "Buildings of Wales" series covers two counties, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire) in the South-west of Wales. Like the same authors' Pembrokeshire, the volume covers an architecture still little known,...
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£60,00
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
ISBN: HB: 9781402726002, GMC Group, Sterling, October 2006
320 pp., 20.3x15.6 cm, black&white illus.
Mark Twain's brilliant 19th-century novel has long been recognized as one of the finest examples of American literature. It brings back the irrepressible and free-spirited Huck, first introduced in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and puts him center st...
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£8,99
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Classic Starts: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Retold from the Jules Verne original
ISBN: HB: 9781402725333, GMC Group, Sterling, October 2006
160 pp., 19x13.6 cm, black&white illus.
You are about to enter a world of Jules Verne's classic science fiction fantasy undersea adventure. Join Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris – on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean's dep...
HB:
£5,99
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Classic Starts: Gulliver's Travels Retold from the Jonathan Swift original
ISBN: HB: 9781402726620, GMC Group, Sterling, October 2006
160 pp., 19x13.6 cm, black&white illus.
Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swift's unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. With Classic Starts, young readers can experience the wonder of timeless stories from an early age. Abridged for easier reading and caref...
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£5,99
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Classic Starts: Robinson Crusoe Retold from the Daniel Defoe original
ISBN: HB: 9781402726644, GMC Group, Sterling, October 2006
160 pp., 19x13.6 cm, black&white illus.
A shipwreck. A sole survivor, stranded on a deserted island. What could be more appealing to children than Robinson Crusoe's amazing adventure? Set in the 17th century, and unfolding over a 30-year period, it offers plenty of suspense and everyday de...
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£5,99
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Classic Starts: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Retold from the Robert Louis Stevenson original
ISBN: HB: 9781402726675, GMC Group, Sterling, October 2006
160 pp., 19x13.6 cm, black&white illus.
A single person – but with two personalities: one that s noble and kind and another that s pure, repulsive evil. Robert Louis Stevenson s engrossing masterpiece about the dual nature of man – and a good doctor whose thirst for knowledge has tragic co...
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£5,99
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John Singer Sargent Volume 4: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882 (The Complete Paintings)
ISBN: HB: 9780300117165, Yale University Press, September 2006
420 pp., 31x24.8 cm, 250 colour illus., 45 black&white illus.
From 1874 to 1882, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) produced more than 200 paintings and water-colours aside from portraiture, including figures in landscape settings, architectural studies, seascapes, subject paintings, and studies after old masters....
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£60,00
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Shropshire Buildings of England
ISBN: HB: 9780300120837, Yale University Press, September 2006
787 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.
The unspoiled county of Shropshire is among the most appealing in England for lovers of architecture. The county's many historic towns, of which Shrewsbury and Ludlow are the largest, are especially plentiful in Georgian and timber-framed buildings....
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£60,00
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Eva Hesse Volume 1 & Volume 2: Paintings, Sculpture
ISBN: HB: 9780300104417, Yale University Press, August 2006
718 pp., 29.8x24.1 cm, Volume 1: 153 illus., Volume 2: 208 illus.
The work of Eva Hesse (1936-1970) has been the focus of growing attention over the past few decades. With recent major exhibitions in San Francisco, London, and Wiesbaden, Hesse's tremendous contribution to the art world of the 1960s and 70s is now r...
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£250,00
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