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  • Sleep of Death

    Book 1 in the Nick Revill series

    par Philip Gooden ...
    Collections Livre 1 - Nick Revill
    'Highly entertaining' Sunday TimesIn the last decade of Elizabeth I's reign, Nick Revill, an aspiring young actor, comes to London seeking fame and fortune. Once there he gains employment with the Chamberlain's Men.Thrown out of his digs over an unfortunate accident, Nick is offered lodgings at a wealthy Thameside mansion by a black-clad youth whose father has just died and whose mother has ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD

  • Death of Kings

    Book 2 in the Nick Revill series

    par Philip Gooden ...
    Collections Livre 2 - Nick Revill
    'Another clever criminal plunge into history' GuardianElizabeth I is nearing the end of her reign with no direct heir and plots and rumours of rebellion abound. The Queen's former favourite, the Earl of Essex, appears to be eager to protect the throne, but some believe he intends to seize it. In the world of the theatre, the Chamberlain's Men are approached by a member of Essex's inner circle.He ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Pale Companion

    Book 3 in the Nick Revill series

    par Philip Gooden ...
    Collections Livre 3 - Nick Revill
    'Highly entertaining' Sunday TimesMidsummer 1601. Nick Revill and his fellow actors in the Chamberlain's Men are journeying across the Wiltshire Downs for a country-house presentation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.It should be a pleasant, well-paid jaunt to celebrate a noble marriage, but when the actors arrive at their destination, Instede House, they enter a tense atmosphere. Lord ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Word at War

    World War Two in 100 Phrases

    par Peter Lewis, Mr Philip Gooden ...
    War words have embedded themselves in our collective psyche; British politicians are fond of invoking the 'Dunkirk spirit' whenever the country is faced with major crisis or even minor adversity, and Roosevelt's famous description of Pearl Harbor as 'a date which will live in infamy' was echoed by many US commentators after the 9/11 attacks.So far, so familiar. Or is it? How many of us know, for ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Skyscrapers, Hemlines and the Eddie Murphy Rule

    Life's Hidden Laws, Rules and Theories

    par Mr Philip Gooden ...
    What is the shade of difference between Sod's Law and Murphy's Law? What is the Helsinki Bus Station Theory? What part do the McNaughton Rules and the Miranda Law play in criminal justice?Plenty of books claim to tell you how to succeed in life, love or business with infallible sets of guidelines and self-help principles, but have nothing to say about the laws - often hidden ones - which really ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Idiomantics: The Weird and Wonderful World of Popular Phrases

    par Peter Lewis, Mr Philip Gooden ...
    Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word 'idiom' reveals what's so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we use in everyday speech: their peculiarity. They're peculiar both in the sense of being particular or unique to the culture from which they originate, and in the sense of being downright odd.To cite three ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Mask of Night

    Book 5 in the Nick Revill series

    par Philip Gooden ...
    Collections Livre 5 - Nick Revill
    'Another clever criminal plunge into history' GuardianElizabeth I approaches the end of her illustrious reign, the plague is raging in London, and the Privy Council has ordered the theaters closed. Still, author Philip Gooden's fifth novel in the popular Shakespearean series brings us a great mystery as actor-sleuth Nick Revill and the Chamberlain's Men travel to Oxford, where a local physician, ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • An Honourable Murderer

    Book 6 in the Nick Revill series

    par Philip Gooden ...
    Collections Livre 6 - Nick Revill
    'Highly entertaining' Sunday TimesIt's the summer of 1604 and the Spanish are in London. Many years after the ill-fated Armada, they are negotiating a peace treaty with the English. Nick Revill's acting company is given a ceremonial role at the celebrations, but not everybody welcomes this outbreak of peace. In the shifting world of the court there are factions. In the Tower of London sits that ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Alms for Oblivion

    Book 4 in the Nick Revill series

    par Philip Gooden ...
    Collections Livre 4 - Nick Revill
    'Another clever criminal plunge into history' GuardianOn a foggy morning in 1602, a boyhood friend of Nick Revill arrives in London. When Peter Agate announces that he wants to try his hand at acting, what can Nick do but offer him a part with his own company, the Chamberlain's Men, who are putting on a private production of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida for the lawyers of Middle Temple.Yet ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Story of English

    How the English language conquered the world

    par Philip Gooden ...
    Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, and finally emerging as modern English from the late Middle Ages, the English language has grown to become the linguistic equivalent of a superpower.Worldwide some 380 million people speak English as a first language and some 600 million ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • May We Borrow Your Language?

    How English Steals Words From All Over the World

    par Mr Philip Gooden ...
    The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting from centuries of borrowing from other tongues. From the Celtic languages of pre-Roman Britain to Norman French; from the Vikings' Old Scandinavian to Persian, Sanskrit, Algonquian, Cantonese and Hawaiian – amongst a host of others – we have enriched our modern ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

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    Tale of Two Cities, A (Easy Classics)

    par Charles Dickens, Philip Gooden ...
    Lu par Guy Mott ...
    Collections series The Charles Dickens Children's Collection (Easy Classics)

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    34 min

    An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic – at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! With daily beheadings and famous buildings being burnt to the ground, Paris during the Revolution is not the safest place to be. When Dr Manette is released from prison and reunited with his daughter, everything seems to finally be getting better. But his daughter’s boyfriend is ... En savoir plus

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