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  • The County of Black A History of Strange Phenomenon Volume two

    The County of Black A History of Strange Phenomenon

    by John A Sutherland ...
    Series series The County of Black A History of Strange Phenomenon
    The stories above and stated before were found among the papers of the late Dr Black of the county of Black. As of late both of these stories have not been told as much as they were years ago, however people still tell them but more in Whispers more as urban legends and as true stories. Most of the Mysteries in this book still remain unsolved until this day. From time to time people believe they ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The War On The Old

    by John Sutherland ...
    The war on the old has been declared.In the post-Brexit world, intergenerational conflict has become a visible phenomenon. There is an overwhelming sense of blame from younger generations: it was 'the wrinklies', the grey-haired plutocracy, who voted Leave; who are overburdening hospitals, shutting the youth out of the housing market and hoarding accumulated wealth.By 2020, we are told, one in ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Literature Works

    50 Key Concepts

    by John Sutherland ...
    How Literature Works is an indispensable book for any reader seeking a greater appreciation of their favorite novel, poem, or play. It offers a lively and straightforward guide to literary thinking. With a series of compact essays, the renowned literary critic John Sutherland--widely admired for his wit and clear reasoning--strips away the obscurity and pretension of literary study. His book ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Curiosities of Literature

    A Feast for Book Lovers

    by John Sutherland ...
    When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? Which author's heart was purportedly eaten by a cat? One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns his attention to the more bizarre areas of literature in this miscellany of fact and trivia. Which author had the heaviest brain? What was the original title of 1984? Who made the first bouillon soup? What do 12 ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

    by John Sutherland ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works.From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen , 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important literary concepts ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Lives of the Novelists

    A History of Fiction in 294 Lives

    by John Sutherland ...
    No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction—from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Little History of Literature

    by John Sutherland, John ...
    Series series Little Histories
    A much-loved author brings the world of literature alive for all agesThis 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task. He has researched, taught, and written on virtually every area of literature, and his infectious passion for books and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • A Dog in the City By John A Sutherland

    by John A Sutherland ...
    A dog in the city is a children's story about a little boy named James and his best friend a dog named Red. In the story James and Red the dog are playing in the yard. Read the dog gets separated from his best friend James and Red the dog as an adventure in the big city. He spends a long day in the city and at the end of the day is reunited with his best friend James. Red the dog is returned to ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Five Bean Chili Recipe by chef John a Sutherland

    by John A Sutherland ...
    This is a pamphlet that I have written about how to cook a delicious and easy five bean chili in a crockpot. This is a recipe that I have been working on for many years. It took me many years to perfect this recipe for a delicious chili. I did try cooking it on the stove top slowly in a stock pot, however I did not get a very good result. The chili tasting like the ingredients had not melded ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Red the Dog in the Woods John A Sutherland

    by John A Sutherland ...
    Red the dog in the woods is book number two of the red the dog series. The series follows the story of red the dog and his best friend James a little boy. In this adventure red the dog gets lost in the woods around the home of his best friend and owner James. Red and James have lots of fun playing the woods. They do get separated and when all seems lost James finds red the dog. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Curiosities of Literature

    A Book-lover's Anthology of Literary Erudition

    by John Sutherland ...
    How much heavier was Thackeray's brain than Walt Whitman's? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? And, while we're about it, who wrote the first Western, is there any link between asthma and literary genius, and what really happened on Dorothea's wedding night in Middlemarch?In Curiosities of Literature, John Sutherland ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Blue

    A Memoir – Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces

    by John Sutherland ...
    A Sunday Times top-five bestseller'This is a remarkable book . . . profound and deeply moving . . . It has as much to tell us about mental illness as it does about policing' Alastair StewartJohn Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, having dreamed of being a police officer since his teens. Rising quickly through the ranks, he experienced all that is extraordinary about a life in blue: saving lives, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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