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  • Electric Spark

    The Enigma of Dame Muriel

    Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyShort-listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionThe award-winning biographer Frances Wilson presents an exhilarating new look at Muriel Spark, a consummate artist of the twentieth century.“Is the story fact? Is it fiction? It is what it is,” said Muriel Spark.Muriel Spark was a puzzle, and so too are her books. She dealt in ... Read more

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  • How to Survive the Titanic

    Or the Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay

    A brilliantly original and gripping new look at the sinking of the Titanic through the prism of the life and lost honor of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship's ownerBooks have been written and films have been made, we have raised the Titanic and watched her go down again on numerous occasions, but out of the wreckage Frances Wilson spins a new epic: when the ship hit the iceberg on April 14, 1912, and one ... Read more

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  • Burning Man

    The Trials of D. H. Lawrence

    Shortlisted for the James Tait Black PrizeAn electrifying, revelatory new biography of D. H. Lawrence, with a focus on his difficult middle years"Never trust the teller," wrote D. H. Lawrence, "trust the tale." Everyone who knew him told stories about Lawrence, and Lawrence told stories about everyone he knew. He also told stories about himself, again and again: a pioneer of autofiction, no writer ... Read more

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  • Guilty Thing

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    National Book Critics Circle Award, Biographers International Organization Plutarch Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistNew York Times Book Review, Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian Best Books of 2016Thomas De Quincey was an obsessive. He was obsessed with Wordsworth and Coleridge, whose Lyrical Ballads provided the script to his life, and by the idea of sudden... ... Read more

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  • The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth

    The prize-winning biography of Wordsworth's beloved sister, champion, muse who was at the heart of the Romantic movement in Britain - reissued to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Dorothy's birth.'Genius ... Its own kind of heaven.' New York Times'A most beautiful, deep, and humble study of incredibly complex people.' Oliver SacksDorothy Wordsworth is an enigma. William's beloved sister w... ... Read more

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  • In The Dark Room

    by Brian Dillon ...
    Boldly combining the highly personal with the brilliantly scholarly, In the Dark Room explores the question of how memory works emotionally and culturally. It is narrated through the prism of the author's experience of losing both his parents, his mother when he was sixteen, his father when he was on the cusp of adulthood and of trying, after a breakdown some years later, to piece things together. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Electric Spark

    The Enigma of Dame Muriel

    Narrated by Sara Vickers ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 13 min

    "Is the story fact? Is it fiction? It is what it is." —Muriel SparkThe word most commonly used to describe Muriel Spark is "puzzling." Spark was a puzzle, and so too are her books. She dealt in word games, tricks, and ciphers; her life was composed of weird accidents, strange coincidences, and spooky events. Evelyn Waugh thought she was a saint, Bernard Levin said she was a witch, and she ... Read more

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  • Femdom: A Week Before the Wedding

    A hot and kinky story of a woman who completely changes the dynamics of the relationship. She puts herself in charge approaching the most crucial moment in their relationship: their wedding! He is overwhelmed by her feminine power and has to endure intense tease and denial for her pleasure... but that is by far not the only thing she demands of him! ... Read more

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  • The Flock

    The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality

    The groundbreaking first-person account of successful recovery from dissociative identity disorder, now featuring a new preface by the authorWhen Joan Frances Casey, a married twenty-six-year-old graduate student, “awoke” on the ledge of a building ready to jump, it wasn’t the first time she couldn’t explain her whereabouts. Soon after, Lynn Wilson, an experienced psychiatric social worker, ... Read more

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  • The Middle Years & Other Tales

    Series series riverrun editions
    'Both the fictional and autobiographical versions of 'The Middle Years' are concerned with authors, acolytes, and endings rather than the middle of things. Or rather they are about, as are all the tales of James's middle years, the recognition of one's own extreme brevity'Frances Wilson, from her preface to The Middle Years & Other TalesThe stories in this collection represent Henry James's middle ... Read more

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  • A Peak In My Window

    The author hopes to encourage readers to think about how words including viewpoints can affect relationships. Words and views are like windows. Just like there are various types of windows, our views vary. When a window is opened it allows fresh air, so when we express our views, we can help to foster community and interaction. ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Health Improvement And Well-Being: Strategies For Action

    This book is a must-read that addresses the changing roles and needs of students and lecturers from a wide range of health and social care backgrounds. ... Read more

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