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  • Information at War

    A Communication History of the Ministry of Information 1939–1946

    by Simon Eliot, Henry Irving ...
    The short-lived Ministry of Information (MoI, 1939–1946) had an outsized impact. It played a key role in the Allied war effort, and its work has reverberated in British culture ever since: from its much darker version (as the 'Ministry of Truth') in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to memes based on the slogan 'Keep Calm and Carry On'. But despite its long legacy, it has been the subject of only ... Read more

    $41.69 CAD

  • Allied Communication to the Public During the Second World War

    National and Transnational Networks

    Edited by Professor Emeritus Simon Eliot, Dr. Marc Wiggam ...
    In the Second World War, the home fronts of many countries became as important as the battle fronts. As governments tried to win and hold the trust of domestic and international audiences, communication became central to their efforts. This volume offers cutting-edge research by leading and emerging scholars on how information was used, distributed and received during the war. With a transnational ... Read more

    $168.49 CAD

  • Companion to the History of the Book

    Edited by Simon Eliot, Jonathan Rose ...
    Series series Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
    The celebrated text on the history of the book, completely revised, updated and expandedThe revised and updated edition of The Companion to the History of the Book offers a global survey of the book’s history, through print and electronic text. Already well established as a standard survey of the historiography of the book, this new, expanded edition draws on a decade of advanced scholarship to ... Read more

    $387.99 CAD

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    Silas Marner

    by George Eliot ...
    Narrated by Simon Hester ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 2 min

    Though brief in length, George Eliot’s (Mary Ann Evans) Silas Marner is a beautifully nuanced tale. It touches on many themes such as social acceptance, the harshness of legalistic religion, the equally harsh consequences of familial expectations and the power of a simple but fierce redemptive love.The touching story is gently unfolded by Eliot in writing which beautifully captures the tragic ... Read more

    $15.12 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Everything You Need to Know About the World

    by Simon Eliot ...
    Narrated by Stig Wemyss ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 34 min

    Did you know that funnel-web spiders can bite through fingernails? That most piranhas are vegetarian? That killer bees are the result of an experiment gone wrong? That a man with athlete's foot once fed parts of his decaying foot to his pet Venus flytrap - and it ate it? Yep, I know a lot of cool stuff. Welcome to my world, where one weird thing leads to another. ... Read more

    $12.35 CAD

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    Supreme Command

    Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime

    by Eliot A. Cohen ...
    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show, the politicians or the generals?In Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen examines four great democratic war statesmen, Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion, to reveal the surprising answer—the ... Read more

    $27.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Studies in Victorian and Modern Literature

    A Tribute to John Sutherland

    by Tony Bareham, Michael Caines, Mario Curreli, Simon Eliot, Lara Feigel, David Finkelstein, Simon Frost, Simon Gatrell, Philip Horne, Graham Law, Deirdre Le Faye, David Lodge, Brian Maidment, Karl Miller, K. M. Newton, Robert L. Patten, Fred Schwarzbach, Patrick Scott, Joanne Shattock, Cedric Watts, Alexis Weedon, René Weis, Troy J. Bassett, Linda Hughes, Rosemary Ashton ...
    This book is both a celebration of the life and career of the eminent literary scholar, critic, and journalist John Sutherland and an extension of Sutherland’s work in various fields, including nineteenth- and twentieth-century Anglo-American literature, the publishing industry, and its impact upon creativity and literary puzzles. With contributions from over twenty-five distinguished critics, ... Read more

    $136.79 CAD

  • Re-Constructing the Book

    Literary Texts in Transmission

    by Maureen Bell, Shirley Chew, Simon Eliot ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2001. Literary critics, textual editors and bibliographers, and historians of publishing have hitherto tended to publish their research as if in separate fields of enquiry. The purpose of this volume is to bring together contributions from these fields in a dialogue rooted in the transmission of texts. Arranged chronologically, so as to allow the use of individual ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

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    Italy Reborn

    From Fascism to Democracy

    by Mark Gilbert ...
    Narrated by Michael Langan ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 50 min

    In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputation in the international arena was nil. Yet by December 1955, when Italy was admitted to the United Nations, the nation had contested three acrimonious but free general elections, had a flourishing press, and was a leader in the rebuilding of Europe.This is the dramatic story told by Italy Reborn. It charts the descent of Italy into ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Roads To Rome

    A Journey into Europe's past

    by Catherine Fletcher ...
    Narrated by Catherine Fletcher ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 33 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Brimming with life and drama, this is the first book to explore two thousand years of European history through one of the most important imperial networks ever built**'All roads lead to Rome.' It's a medieval proverb, but it's also true: today's European roads still follow the networks of the ancient empire and continue to grip our modern imaginations as a physical ... Read more

    $25.83 CAD

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    Reaganland

    America's Right Turn 1976-1980

    by Rick Perlstein ...
    Narrated by Samantha Desz, Jonathan Todd Ross, Jacques Roy, Gabra Zackman ...

    Unabridged

    45 hours 19 min

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKFrom the bestselling author of Nixonland**,** The Invisible Bridge**, and** Before the Storm comes the dramatic conclusion of how modern conservatism took control of American political power.Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emergi... ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

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  • Churchill on Europe

    The Untold Story of Churchill's European Project

    by Felix Klos ...
    'When the Nazi power was broken, I asked myself what was the best advice I could give to my fellow citizens here in this island and across the channel in our ravaged continent. There was no difficulty in answering the question. My counsel to Europe can be given in a single word: Unite!'Sir Winston Churchill in 1947After the Second World War, with Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill ... Read more

    $23.39 CAD