Gordon Craig: the story of his life,

[Craig, Edward Gordon] Craig, Edward

Victor Gollancz, Limited

The novel is set in a dystopian society in the very near future. Although it is not obvious at first, this is also an alternate history story. The central character is Haldane IV, a mathematician, in a caste-based society. He forms a forbidden relationship with Helix, a poet. He also becomes interested in investigating Fairweather, a famous mathematician who lived shortly before his time, and his son Fairweather II, whom he discovers led a rebellion, which was defeated. Eventually he is given a show trial and deported to another planet, where he meets Fairweather II. In this world, Jesus Christ became a revolutionary agitator and was never subjected to crucifixion. He assembled an army to overthrow the Roman Empire, and established a theocracy that has lasted until the twentieth century. He was killed by a crossbow while entering Rome, so the crossbow becomes a religious symbol similar to the cross in our time-line.

Last Starship from Earth

John, Boyd

When an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first post-war production of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room? In the course of this entertaining adventure, eccentric Oxford don and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen has to unravel two murders, cope with the unpredictability of the artistic temperament, and attempt to encourage the course of true love. Erudite, eccentric and entirely delightful – Before Morse, Oxford’s murders were solved by Gervase Fen, the most unpredictable detective in classic crime fiction.

Swan Song

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Edmund Crispin

Mystery

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Not after midnight,: And other stories

Du. Maurier, Daphne

Henry Moore: Life and Work of a Great Sculptor

HALL, DONALD

Dread Companion

NORTON, ANDRE

Children's Books

Uncharted Stars

andre-norton

Boundaries of the Soul. The Practice of Jung's Psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Singer, June.

Mental Health

When a bank abruptly returns a repossessed car after finding new one hundred dollar bills in it, Dan Kearny investigates and is soon on the tail of a mobster, a former porn star, and a case of blackmail. Reprint.

Final Notice

Joe Gores

The rulers of the last city on earth exile Mischa (a young empath), and Jan Hikaru (an offworld poet) to the deep underground. They find a world of crystalline caverns, strange, isolated people, and rebellion.

The Exile Waiting, A Science Fiction Novel

Science Fiction & Fantasy

MCINTYRE, Vonda N.

Science Fiction

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