Author: James Tregaskis & Son (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Author: William Kuskin
Publisher:
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Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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In this fascinating read, William Kuskin argues that the development of print production is part of a larger social network involving the political, economic, and literary systems that produce the intangible constellations of identity and authority.

Author: James Tregaskis (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106

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Author: Aesop
Publisher:
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Category : Aesop's fables
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Author: John Connolly
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504055632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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In this “utterly enchanting” Edgar and Anthony Award–winning novella, a book lover uncovers a secret world of literary wonders (Irish Times). A voracious reader, Mr. Berger leads a solitary but satisfying life. Preferring the company of books to that of people, he’s looking forward to an early retirement in the English countryside, where he can spend his remaining years nestled comfortably between the pages of classic literature. But his serene life is disrupted when he witnesses a woman with a distinctive red traveling bag fling herself before a train. If Mr. Berger isn’t mistaken, he’s just seen the climax of Anna Karenina reenacted on the Exeter-to-Plymouth railway. Though there is no body on the tracks, and the destiny of the tragic victim was written nearly a century before, Mr. Berger still longs to rescue her. The investigation leads him to the Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository, where the living breathing characters of literary invention are under the guardianship of a curious caretaker—and where, for Mr. Berger, the line between fiction and reality will blur beyond comprehension.

Author: Frank Muir
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192803795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1162

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In this magisterial collection, Frank Muir guides the reader on a journey of discovery and delight through five centuries of humorous prose in the English language.Starting in London with William Caxton and a Preface written and printed in 1477, and ending with P. G. Wodehouse whose last novel was published in 1977, the route is meandering: from England to Ireland and Scotland, back to England again, on to America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. There areexamples chosen from humorous fiction, letters, and journalism written by over 200 authors and ranging from medieval jests to the New Yorker and Beachcomber; from Thomas Nashe and Tom Brown's galloping bawdy to Jane Austen and on to Garrison Keillor and Arthur Marshall; from the jokes in SamuelJohnson's Dictionary to Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim and his hangover. The great humorous writers such as Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and P. G. Wodehouse are given a kind of mini-anthology of their own so that the range and versatility of their work can be appreciated.The extracts are embedded in a commentary that sets the writers in their historical context with items of contemporary gossip and anecdotal biography.As tour leader of this enjoyable enterprise, there could be no one better than Frank Muir to entertain, inform, and above all amuse the reader in his own distinctive fashion.

Author: William Caxton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385545595
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Author: Raoul Lefèvre
Publisher:
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Category : Troy (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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Author: Arthur Eedle
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291563512
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Caxton College is an ancient seat of learning. Built at the time of William Caxton's death in 1491, its purpose has gone through several changes over the years. In this story it is a Theological College for young men, housing about a hundred students. Dr Alan Dunstan, Master of Calvin House, returning from his summer vacation in Scotland, expecting the new academic year to follow its usual course, was very alarmed to find that within weeks, disturbing undertones of a sinister nature were beginning to emerge. Who is behind it, and why? Would he and his little band of Pioneers be able to cope with this? Would they be able to retain their integrity and position as the pressures build against them?

Author: Valerie Hotchkiss
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252033469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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A landmark collection of early English books, with many gorgeous illustrations