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  • Utterly Immoral

    Robert Keable and his scandalous novel

    by Simon Keable-Elliott ...
    When Robert Keable’s First World War novel Simon Called Peter was published, critics called it ‘offensive’, ‘a libel’ and reeking of ‘drink and lust’. Scott Fitzgerald suggested it was ‘utterly immoral’ and referenced it in The Great Gatsby. The novel became a huge international best-seller, a Broadway play and the sequel made into a Hollywood movie. And it made its author an international ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Guys like Gauguin

    Writers and artists in 1920s Tahiti

    by Simon Keable-Elliott ...
    In the 1920s a group of previously unconnected writers and artists settled on the remote island of Tahiti, thousands of miles from home. Tahiti was the only South Pacific island at that time to have an artistic community. Why?The introductory chapters of Guys like Gauguin show how the image of Tahiti as a paradise island was created by artists and writers following the visit of Captain Cook and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    A Portrait of a People

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    The acclaimed author of On Royalty explores the mysteries of English identity in this "witty, argumentative book bursting with good things" ( The Daily Telegraph).A Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerBeing English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated an empire that dominated the world, they had little need to examine themselves and ask who they were. But something has ... Read more

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  • The Big Book of Scandalous Australian Women

    by Kay Saunders ...
    Bringing together bad women of every stripe and variety - the scandalous, the brash, the fearless, the downright nasty and some who just went a little bit wrong - in the one big book.Some are wicked, some are scandalous, some are downright mean and ruthless and some just went a little bit sideways. Meet the bad women of Australia: the femmes who challenge our ideas of what women should be - ... Read more

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  • The Victorians

    by A.N. Wilson ...
    People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our own day. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary ... Read more

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  • Lady Gregory's Toothbrush

    by Colm Toibín ...
    'It is the battle between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't.' So wrote Augusta Gregory to W.B. Yeats; she was referring to the riots at the Abbey Theatre over The Playboy of the Western World, and she knew which side she was on. In this remarkable biographical essay, Colm Toibin examines the contradictions that defined the position of this essential figure in Irish cultural history. ... Read more

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  • The Irish Assassins

    Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England

    by Julie Kavanagh ...
    A brilliant true crime account of the assassinations that altered the course of Irish history from the "compulsively readable" writer ( The Guardian).One sunlit evening, May 6, 1882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American ... Read more

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  • A History of Britain in 21 Women

    A Personal Selection

    by Jenni Murray ...
    The bestselling history of Britain, told through twenty-one women whose lives enthral and beguile, intrigue and inspire‘Celebrates the defiant spirit of Britain’s groundbreaking heroines… Entertaining.’ Daily MailBritain has traditionally been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. It’s high time that it was defined by its women. In this unique history, Jenni Murray ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • On Royalty

    by Jeremy Paxman ...
    What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them?Jeremy Paxman is used to making politicians explain themselves – but royalty has always been off limits. Until now. In On Royalty he delves deep into the past and takes a long hard look at our present incumbents to find out just what makes them tick. Along the way he discovers some fascinating ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Victorians

    by Jeremy Paxman ...
    Jeremy Paxman's unique portrait of the Victorian age takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, he tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that helped define the Victorian spirit and imagination.To Paxman, these paintings were the television of their day, and his exploration of Victorian ... Read more

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  • Ireland: The Autobiography

    One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People

    by John Bowman ...
    Ireland in its own words: a dazzling compendiumOver the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and self-scrutiny. Ireland: The Autobiography draws upon this genius to create a portrait of a century of Irish life through the words of the people who ... Read more

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  • What's in a Surname?

    A Journey from Abercrombie to Zwicker

    by David McKie ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSurnames are much more than convenient identity tags; they are windows into our families’ pasts. Some suggest ancestral trades (Butcher, Smith, Roper) or physical appearance (Long, Brown, Thynne). Some provide clues to where we come from (McDonald, Evans, Patel). And some – Rymer, Brocklebank, Stolbof – offer a hint of something just a little more exotic or esoteric.All ... Read more

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