Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey / Maturin)

Literature & Fiction

O’Brian, Patrick

British & Irish

W.W.Norton&Company

Hardy's novel tells the story of how John and Joan Durbeyfield became convinced that they are descended from the ancient family of d'Ubervilles. They encourage their daughter Tess to cement a connection with the Stoke-d'Uberville family of local gentry (who it turns out are themselves not entitled to the illustrious name) and she is raped by their son, the unprincipled Alec. It is a connection that returns to haunt her after she has married the pure parson's son Angel Clare. Tess first appeared in a serialized—and bowdlerized—form in The Graphic in 1891. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, as Hardy subtitled the work, represented a direct challenge to conventional notions of sexuality and femininity—and, though conventions have radically changed in the past century, the character of Tess has remained a challenging one. In her introduction Maier argues that we should not see Tess merely as a passive victim; she suggests that a combination of sexual vigour and moral rigour makes Tess not just one of the greatest but also one of the strongest women in the canon of English literature.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (HarperCollinsAudioBooks)

HARDY, THOMAS

HarperCollins, UK

Just So Stories

Children's Books

Kipling., Rudyard

Children's Classics, N.Y.

A concise overview, richly illustrated, of the historical background to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels.This book is a companion to Patrick O'Brian's sea novels, a straightforward exploration of what daily life in Nelson's navy was really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit. What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of watches? How were the officers and crew paid, and what was the division of prize-money?   These questions and many more are answered in Patrick O'Brian's elegant narrative, which includes wonderful anecdotal material on the battles and commanders that established Britain's naval supremacy. Line drawings and charts help us to understand the construction and rigging of the great ships, the types and disposition of the guns, and how they were operated in battle. A number of contemporary drawings and cartoons illustrate aspects of naval life from the press gang to the scullery. Finally, a generous selection of full-color paintings render the majesty and the excitement of fleet actions in the age of fighting sail. Photographs, drawings, cartoons, charts, and full-color paintings

Men-of-War

History

Military

Collins

Hamlet (The Alexander Shakespeare)

Why buy our paperbacks? Unabridged (100% Original content) Printed in USA on High Quality Paper 30 Days Money Back Guarantee Standard Font size of 10 for all books Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping   BEWARE OF LOW-QUALITY SELLERS Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable.   About Hamlet by William Shakespeare One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, the “closet scene” in which Hamlet accuses his mother of complicity in murder, and breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet an enduring masterpiece of the theater.

William. Shakespeare

Collins Educational

. with dustjacket, 2002 clean bright copy

Pushkin : A Biography

Binyon, T

Biographies & Memoirs

Harper&Row

An anthology which aims to reveal the soul of Scotland through a depiction of the nation's history and character. Nature, places, lore, people and literature are represented, and work is included by writers as diverse as Robert Burns and Muriel Spark.

Scotland - an Anthology

DUNN, Douglas

HarperCollins, Publishers

The life of Our Lord;

DICKENS., CHARLES

<p>1991, British hardcover edition, Collins, London, U.K. 432 pages, hardcover. Frank Kermode, who died in 2010, was a respected British literary critic, who wrote several books of his own. Here is a collection of book reviews, some brief, others extended, along with essays on various subjects. Readable, scholarly, and like a lot of the British authors, a lot of fun to dip into time and again.</p>

The Uses of Error

Kermode, Frank

Molly Keane’s Ireland: An Anthology

KEANE, MOLLY

Harpercollins

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