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  • Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism

    by Gavin Alexander ...
    Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games & pastimes as a danger to public morals. Writers quickly turrned their attention to their own art and the first & most influential response came with Philip Sidney's Defense. Here he set out to answer contemporary critics &, with reference to Classical models of criticism, formulated a manifesto for ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Writing after Sidney

    The Literary Response to Sir Philip Sidney 1586-1640

    by Gavin Alexander ...
    Writing After Sidney examines the literary response to Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86), author of the Arcadia, Astrophil and Stella, and The Defence of Poesy, and the most immediately influential writer of the Elizabethan period. It does so by looking closely both at Sidney and at four writers who had an important stake in his afterlife: his sister Mary Sidney, his brother Robert Sidney, his best ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Cliffside

    by Gavin Alexander ...
    Katie Petherick is young, beautiful and successful, but not content. For three years she has been earning a good living as an upmarket live-in maternity nurse, working closely with wealthy couples and gaining their trust. It is not enough. Now it is decision time. Katie has a devious plan to make some serious cash, but there is considerable risk. She knows she is playing with fire, and she ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spenser in the Moment

    by Gavin Alexander, April Bernard, Elisabeth Chaghafi, K. Silem Mohammad, Syrithe Pugh, Kathryn Walls, David Scott Wilson-Okamura, Gordon Teskey ...
    Spenser in the Moment collects specially commissioned essays critical of established readings, each of which in surveying the state of the art attempts radically to unsettle our conception of the poetry of Edmund Spenser (1552–1599).The editors were drawn together by a shared restlessness with the canonical Spenser, and a sense that attention especially to Spenser’s musical qualities, and the ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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    Adam Bede

    by George Eliot ...
    Narrated by Sophia Jones, Olivia Garcia, Mason Miller, Miles Turner, Ethan Hernandez, Gavin Alexander, Charlotte Moore, Madison Taylor, Elizabeth Martin, James Perez, Emma Brown, Isabella Davis, Ava Rodriguez, William Martinez, Mia Lopez, Michael Wilson, Abigail Anderson, Emily Thomas, Alexander Jackson, Amelia Lee ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 10 min

    Adam Bede is the first novel by English author George Eliot, first published in 1859. The novel is set in the fictional community of Hayslope—a rural, pastoral, and close-knit community—in 1799. It revolves around a love "rectangle" among the beautiful but self-absorbed Hetty Sorrel; Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her; Adam Bede, her unacknowledged suitor; and Dinah ... Read more

    $12.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Text, Cases and Materials on Public Law and Human Rights

    by Helen Fenwick, Gavin Phillipson, Alexander Williams ...
    This book interweaves an authoritative authorial commentary – significantly expanded from the last edition - with extracts from a diverse and contemporary collection of cases and materials from three leading academics in the field. It provides an all-encompassing student guide to constitutional, administrative and UK human rights law.This fourth edition provides comprehensive coverage of all ... Read more

    $166.26 CAD

  • The Places of Early Modern Criticism

    Edited by Gavin Alexander, Emma Gilby, Alexander Marr ...
    What is criticism? And where is it to be found? Thinking about literature and the visual arts is found in many places - in treatises, apologies, and paragoni; in prefaces, letters, and essays; in commentaries, editions, reading notes, and commonplace books; in images, sculptures, and built spaces; within or on the thresholds of works of poetry and visual art. It is situated between different ... Read more

    $65.69 CAD

  • Lymphatic Structure and Function in Health and Disease

    Edited by Felicity N.E. Gavins, J. Steve Alexander ...
    Lymphatic Structure and Function in Health and Disease serves as a resource book on what has been learned about lymphatic structure, function and anatomy within different organ systems. This is the first book to bring together lymphatic medicine as a whole, with in-depth analysis of specific aspects of lymphatics in different vascular pathologies. This book is a useful tool for scientists, ... Read more

    $132.79 CAD

  • Renaissance Figures of Speech

    Edited by Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander, Katrin Ettenhuber ...
    The Renaissance saw a renewed and energetic engagement with classical rhetoric; recent years have seen a similar revival of interest in Renaissance rhetoric. As Renaissance critics recognised, figurative language is the key area of intersection between rhetoric and literature. This book is the first modern account of Renaissance rhetoric to focus solely on the figures of speech. It reflects a ... Read more

    $55.19 CAD

  • Parliament and the Law

    Edited by Alexander Horne, Gavin Drewry ...
    Series series Hart Studies in Constitutional Law
    Parliament and the Law (Second Edition) is an edited collection of essays, supported by the UK's Study of Parliament Group, including contributions by leading constitutional lawyers, political scientists and parliamentary officials. It provides a wide-ranging overview of the ways in which the law applies to, and impacts upon, the UK Parliament, and it considers how recent changes to the UK's ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • The Story of Whisky

    by Gavin D. Smith, Charles MacLean ...
    ‘For the reader who knows little about whisky, this is a book that will easily and enjoyably fill that gap.’ Sir Alexander McCall SmithWith a foreword by Sir Alexander McCall Smith, award-winning writers Charles MacLean and Gavin D. Smith offer a rollocking narrative; describing the adventures of the legendary characters who shaped the whisky industry and how three basic ingredients – grain, yeast ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • My Lady of the Chimney Corner

    Enriched edition.

    by Alexander Irvine, Gavin Avery ...
    In "My Lady of the Chimney Corner," Alexander Irvine weaves a captivating narrative that explores themes of love, loss, and the complexities of domestic life in the early 20th century. The novel is characterized by its rich, evocative prose and a blend of realism and sentimentality, creating an immersive atmosphere that transports readers to the quaint, yet profound, world of its characters. With ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus