History of the Royal Navy,

KEMP, Peter

PUTNAM

The essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel &nbsp; Over the past fifty years, fiction in English has never looked more various. Books bulkier than Victorian three-deckers appear alongside works of minimalist brevity, and experiments with form have produced everything from verse novels to Twitter-thread narratives. This is truly a golden age. &nbsp; But what unites this kaleidoscopic array of genres and styles? &nbsp; Celebrated writer and critic Peter Kemp shows how modern writers are obsessed with the past. In a series of engaging and illuminating chapters, Retroland traces this novelistic preoccupation with history, from the imperial and the political to the personal and the literary. &nbsp; Featuring famous names from across the United Kingdom, United States, and the wider Anglophone world, ranging from Salman Rushdie to Sarah Waters, Toni Morrison to Hilary Mantel, this is a work of remarkable synthesis and clarity--a wonderfully readable and enjoyably opinionated guide to our current literary landscape.

Retroland: A Reader's Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Debate on housing issues has tended to take place in isolation from debates on the welfare state more generally. This book attempts to remedy the situation by focusing on the relationship between housing and social policy with particular emphasis on the social policy aims and achievements of housing.

Housing and Social Policy

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Susan

Clapham, David

Social Sciences

Palgrave HE UK

A detailed account of the life of a British Sailor.

The British sailor: A social history of the lower deck

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Littlehampton Book Services Lt

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (A Paladin book)

History

Military

Flamingo

Seamanship

Van Nostrand-Reinhold Co.

The Strauss Family (The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers/0P44585)

Biographies & Memoirs

Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books

The Strauss Family (The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers/Op45194)

Arts & Literature

Describes the political background of the clash between Spain and England, recounts the battle and explains why Spain was defeated

The Campaign of the Spanish Armada - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Phaidon

The History of Ships

Black Cat/McDonald & Co

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