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With its frank portrayal of human passion and sexual desire, D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow was banned as 'obscene' in Britain shortly after first publication. Set in the rural Midlands, The Rainbow chronicles the lives of three generations of the Br...

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Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogs his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of ...

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Den redan legendariske litteraturkritikern James Wood tar oss med på en vindlande läsning av Homeros och Beatrix Potter, av Bibeln och John Le Carré. Vad är det som får en roman att fungera? Hur kan karaktärer kännas så verkliga? Hur realistisk är...

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Rediscover this deep, practical anatomy of the novel from 'the strongest ... literary critic we have' (New York Review of Books) in this new revised 10th anniversary edition. What do we mean when we say we 'know' a fictional character? What consti...

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Jean-Paul Sartre's first published novel, Nausea is both an extended essay on existentialist ideals, and a profound fictional exploration of a man struggling to restore a sense of meaning to his life. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is transl...

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No project management training? No problem! In today's workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren't formally trained in managing projects--you're an unofficial project manager. Frankli...

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Look... but don't touchMax Decker's latest assignment is to the protect Grace Saunders after she witnesses a murder. But Grace is convinced it wasn't a case of the wrong place at the wrong time-it was her 'curse'. Every man she gets close to dies ...

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The Hot Heroes Collection from Mills & BoonIncluding the titles:Hot Heroes: Protection DetailHot Heroes: Armed and DangerousHot Heroes: The Rules of Her RescueHot Heroes: Surrender Your HeartHot Heroes: Undercover TemptationHot Heroes: Tough Love

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The Hot Heroes and Animal Magnetism Collection from Mills & BoonIncluding the titles:Hot Heroes: Protection DetailHot Heroes: Armed and DangerousHot Heroes: The Rules of Her RescueHot Heroes: Surrender Your HeartHot Heroes: Undercover TemptationHo...

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Red Hot Romances from Mills & Boon!Cinderella's Baby ConfessionJulia JamesShock proposal for his CinderellaAlys's unexpected letter, confessing to the consequences of their one unforgettable night, has iron-hearted Nikos reconsidering his prioriti...

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Dividend Policy provides a comprehensive study of dividend policy. It explores the puzzle presented by dividends: irrational and subject to fashion, yet popular and desirable, they remain a priority among managers, even while perceived as largely ...

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Thomas Bunting, charming, chaotic, and deeply untruthful, is in despair. His marriage is disintegrating, and his academic career is in ruins: instead of completing his philosophy PhD, he is secretly writing what he hopes will be his masterwork, a ...

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Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works - books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation - The Fun Stuff confirms Wood's pre-eminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appr...

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In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: Is life worth living? If human existence holds no significance, what can keep us from suicide?As Camus argues, if there is no God to give meaning to our liv...

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Bailey defends utilitarianism against those who claim it conflicts with our moral sensibilities. Following the precepts of utilitarianism in the imperfect real world, he argues, would lead us to foster institutions with consequences very different...

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This compelling book advances utilitarianism as the basis for a viable public philosophy, effectively rebutting the common charge that, as moral doctrine, utilitarian thought permits cruel acts, justifies unfair distribution of wealth, and demands...

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This comprehensive text on the pharmacological, medical, and legal aspects of drug abuse has been thoroughly updated for the Fourth Edition, and a new chapter on club drugs added. The chapter on medical effects was completely rewritten to focus on...

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Awarded the W. W. Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, this volume presents a comprehensive, integrated, and up-to-date overview of the major physiological and behavioral factors affecting human reproduction. In attem...

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Awarded the W. W. Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, this volume presents a comprehensive, integrated, and up-to-date overview of the major physiological and behavioral factors affecting human reproduction. In attem...

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In this remarkable blend of memoir and criticism, James Wood has written a master class on the connections between fiction and life. He argues that, of all the arts, fiction has a unique ability to describe the shape of our lives, and to rescue th...

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Here at last is a comprehensive and highly approachable introduction to lesbian and gay studies for students and general readers. More than one hundred articles, essays, and primary documents cover the formation of gay identity, religious, scienti...

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Provides a comprehensive account of the origins and growth of satellite communications technology and the evolution to high powered transponders which has made possible television broadcasting on a direct-to-home basic (DTH) from DBS satellites. W...

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Beautifully written and incisive, this is the first English biography of a major Scandinavian author who is ripe for rediscovery While largely unknown today, Danish writer and Darwin translator Jens Peter Jacobsen was the leading prose writer...

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The story of a husband and wife, a father and son, faith and disbelief, and a hero who couldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it, this novel is at once hilarious and poignant; and it introduces an original comic voice.

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"James Wood has been called our best young critic. This is not true. He is our best critic; he thinks with a sublime ferocity."--Cynthia Ozick Following the collection "The Broken Estate"--which established James Wood as the le...

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The first collection of essays from America's most revered literary critic--incisive, accessible, and passionately written.

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The subject of church and state is one intimately associated with the history of Christianity and Western civilization. However, the subject is one that is by no means limited to any one religious tradition, civilization, or period of history. Rat...

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The subject of church and state is one intimately associated with the history of Christianity and Western civilization. Not limited to any one religious tradition, civilization, or period of history, the subject has historical and universal signif...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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