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Memoirs of a Medieval Woman Memoirs of a Medieval Woman Louise Collis From back cover: This unique biography tells the story of an extraordinary fifteenth-century woman who journeyed all over Europe from England to the Holy Land. A vigorous and passionate woman, Marger… OL101349W
A Sort of Life A Sort of Life Graham Greene 160p OL106048W
The Pilgrim's Progress The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward God. The hero, Christian, encounters many obstacles in his quest: the Valley … OL107195W
Feasting with panthers Feasting with panthers Rupert Croft-Cooke A completely unsentimental look at the English Decadents. OL1162058W
Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia George Orwell [Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Span… OL1168169W
Hazlitt Hazlitt R. L. Brett 40 p. : 22 cm OL1312288W
Stand Up, Mr. Dickens Stand Up, Mr. Dickens Charles Dickens,Edward Blishen Extracts from Dickens' stories, with biographical commentary OL14869578W
Romantic cosmopolitanism Romantic cosmopolitanism Esther Wohlgemut "Romantic Cosmopolitanism shows how cosmopolitanism in the early nineteenth century offers a non-unified formulation of the nation that stands in contrast to more unified models such as Edmund Burke'… OL15441268W
Never breathe a word Never breathe a word Caroline Blackwood 366 p. ; 24 cm OL15469787W
The counter-memorial impulse in twentieth-century English fiction The counter-memorial impulse in twentieth-century English fiction Sarah Henstra "A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson de… OL15596940W
Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Charlotte Guillain "This series introduces young readers to some of their favourite authors. Each book looks at one author's life, inspiration and most famous works. This book is about Roald Dahl, author of Fantastic M… OL16589010W
Tel Grain Tel Pain Tel Grain Tel Pain Stacey B. Day MD Describes persons, places, events, and travels in a life devoted to Medical Education in America, Central Europe, Tropical West Africa, Japan and elsewhere. Commentaries give insights into author's v… OL16807502W
Killer Librarian Killer Librarian Mary Lou Kirwin While on a literary tour in London that pays homage to mysteries, librarian Karen Nash is faced with a real-life mystery when another guest at the B & B where she is staying is murdered and her ex an… OL17824943W
Sunlight on the lawn Sunlight on the lawn Nichols, Beverley Sunlight on the Lawn brings to a close Beverley Nichols's delightful Merry Hall trilogy describing the renovation of his rundown Georgian mansion and its garden. In his entertaining and inimitable ma… OL1824923W
Mad world Mad world Paula Byrne A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England's greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most signific… OL18574441W
The Importance Of Series - J.R.R. Tolkien The Importance Of Series - J.R.R. Tolkien Stuart P. Levine Describes the life and work of the renowned British fantasy writer, creator of the world of hobbits and Middle Earth, and author of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. OL1915344W
Wodehouse Wodehouse Robert McCrum Many consider him the most brilliant comic writer of the twentieth century. He wrote ninety novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves, Psmith, and the Empress of Blan… OL1924555W
Testament of friendship Testament of friendship Vera Brittain In her famous volume of autobiography, *Testament of Youth*, now an acclaimed BBC/PBS television serial, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonizing years of the First World War, lamenting the … OL1971471W
Testament of experience Testament of experience Vera Brittain In *Testament of Youth*, one of the most famous and best loved autobiographies of the First World War, Very Brittain wrote both a heartbreaking record of those agonizing years and a loving memorial t… OL1971472W
The Dante chamber The Dante chamber Matthew Pearl "The year is 1870. Five years after a series of Dante-inspired killings disrupted Boston, a man is found murdered in the public gardens of London with an enormous stone around his neck etched with a … OL19742711W
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