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  • Building Sites

    Architecture, Labour, and Production Studies

    Edited by Matt Davies, Will Thomson, Katie Lloyd Thomas, João Marcos de Almeida Lopes ...
    Building Sites addresses the urgent need to advance the critical understanding of relations between architectural design and the labour of building. While recognising that in many parts of the world building takes place through self-organised processes and traditional skills, the book questions a central and problematic omission in architectural discourse, education and practice – the production ... Read more

    Was $83.99 CAD Now $74.19 CAD

  • Peter Cotterell's Treasure

    by Rupert Sargent Holland ...
    Illustrated by Will Thomson, Murat Ukray ...
    This book, re-edited and illustrated by e-kitap projesi and published again in ebook format. In this book, telling that Cooterell’s adventures, and so was a treasure adventure, Naturally then Ben felt that this puzzle of Peter Cotterell’s treasure was right in his line, and the finding of the half-sheet of parchment whetted his appetite to discover more. He walked about the room, whittling ... Read more

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  • Some Old Time Beauties

    by Thomson Willing ...
    Willing presents portraits of various "beauties" from different periods, including the Georgian and Victorian eras, providing insight into their personal lives, social standing, and influence. The author delves into the allure these women held, both in terms of their appearance and their ability to navigate the social intricacies of their times, whether in royal courts or high society. Figures ... Read more

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  • Some Old Time Beauties: After Portraits by the English Masters with Embellishment and Comment

    by Thomson Willing ...
    The Dashing Duchess,—the impulsive, ebullient beauty whose smile swayed ministers, and for whose favor princes were beggars! A loveliness of manner, as of feature, such seductive color,—glowing carnations,—and such golden-brown hair, with a fine figure, made up an opulent personality, than which no more consummate type of beauty has been preserved to us by painter or poet. Georgiana Spencer was ... Read more

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    by Hallie Rubenhold ...
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  • Love Letters of Great Men and Women

    by Ursula Doyle (Ed.) ...
    From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve); for others, ‘a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music’ (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun ... Read more

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  • A History of Courtship

    800 Years of Seduction

    by Tania O'Donnell ...
    Tania O’Donnell takes the reader on a journey from medieval Courtly Love, through to the sexual license of the Restoration, and Victorian propriety. Pick up historical ‘dating tips,’ from how to court (or be courted), write romantic love letters, give and receive gifts, propose and pose as a sighing swain.The book takes a historical approach to the problem of finding a mate, with case studies of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Voices from the World of Jane Austen

    by Malcolm Day ...
    "Wonderful . . . a splendid overview of Georgian history—upstairs and downstairs" ( Publishing News).This is a fascinating collection of first-hand accounts of life in the time of Jane Austen, from 1775-1817, showing how social standing and etiquette were prime considerations of the period and revealing the stark contrasts between classes and in the lives of men and women.With extracts from Jane ... Read more

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  • The Windsor Beauties

    Ladies of the Court of Charles II

    by Lewis Melville ...
    “The Duchess of York wished to have the portraits of the most beautifulwomen at Court,” Anthony Hamilton wrote in the Memoirs ofCount Grammont. “Lely painted them, and employed all his art in theexecution. He could not have had more alluring sitters. Every portrait isa masterpiece.”The original set of “Beauties” painted by Lely were, as we find fromJames II's catalogue, eleven in number, their ... Read more

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  • The Prince's Mistress, Perdita

    A Life of Mary Robinson

    by Hester Davenport ...
    Mary Robinson, nicknamed 'Perdita' by the Prince of Wales after her role on the London stage, was a woman in whom showmanship and reckless behaviour contrasted with romantic sensibility and radical thinking. Born in Bristol in 1758, she moved to London with her family at a young age and was trained by Garrick for the theatre. After a royal command performance as Perdita in "The Winter's Tale", she ... Read more

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  • Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal

    Selected Early Writings

    by The Brontës ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'We pretended we had each a large island inhabited by people 6 miles high.' In their collaborative early writings the Brontës created and peopled the most extraordinary fantasy worlds, whose geography and history they elaborated in numerous stories, poems, and plays. Together they invented characters based on heroes and writers such as Wellington, Napoleon, Scott, and Byron, whose feuds, alliances ... Read more

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  • Perdita

    The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson

    by Paula Byrne ...
    This thoroughly engaging and richly researched book presents a compelling portrait of Mary Robinson–darling of the London stage, mistress to the most powerful men in England, feminist thinker, and bestselling author, described by Samuel Taylor Coleridge as “a woman of undoubted genius.”One of the most flamboyant free spirits of the late eighteenth century, Mary Robinson led a life that was marked ... Read more

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