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  • Beside the Ocean of Time

    by George Mackay Brown, George Mackay-Brown ...
    WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY AMY LIPTROTSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1994WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD 1994'Intimate, humorous, effortlessly combining the strands of history and folklore, the past and the present, this is a deceptively simple book, like a tale told to a child. But its echoes sound on unforgettably. A whole universe is created from a grain of Orkney sand' Independent< ... Read more

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  • An Orkney Tapestry

    by George MacKay Brown ...
    First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich fusion of ballad, folk tale, short story, drama, and environmental writing. The book, written at ... Read more

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  • The Wreck of the Archangel

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    This collection of the poetry of George Mackay Brown centres on the theme of journeys - including an ill-fated 19th century trip ending off the Orkney island of Westray, from which the book takes its title. ... Read more

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  • Greenvoe

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    The small Orcadian community of Greevoe has remained unchanged for generations. Now a shady government project, Operation Black Star, threatens to destroy the islander's way of life.George Mackay Brown's first novel describes a week in the life of the islanders as the come to terms with the repercussions of Operation Black Star in a masterful mix of prose and poetry from one of Scotland's greatest ... Read more

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  • Magnus

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    This profound and poetic novel has been described as George Mackay Brown's most innovative work. He recounts the tale of the murder of the Earl of Orkney in the 12th century and links it to the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian imprisoned and executed by the Nazis during World War Two. A fascinating meditation on the eternal questions of guilt, goodness and sacrifice from one of ... Read more

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  • Mr. Punch with the Children

    A Rich Tapestry of British Humor and Victorian Childhood

    by Phil May, Charles Keene, John Leech, L. Raven-Hill, David Wilson, George du Maurier, Gordon Browne, C. E. Brock, Tom Browne, J. Bernard Partridge, Lewis Baumer, Tom Wilkinson, Charles Pears, Hilda Cowham ...
    Mr. Punch with the Children is a captivating anthology that delves into the whimsical yet poignant realm of childhood through the lens of classic illustration and narrative. This collection showcases an extensive array of literary and artistic styles, ranging from satirical caricatures to tender depictions of youthful innocence. Highlighting the societal nuances and cultural norms surrounding ... Read more

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  • Bede

    Part 1, Fascicles 1-4

    by George Brown, Fred Biggs ...
    Series Book 1 - Sources of Old English and Anglo-Latin Literary Culture
    Bede is the inaugural volume in the Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture series, which seeks to comprehensively map British literary culture from 500 to 1100 CE. This volume presents four texts, or fascicles, dedicated to the Venerable Bede (d. 735), theologian and author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. Articles provide a wealth of information on Bede through manuscript evidence, ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Assessing Student Learning in Higher Education

    by George A Brown, Joanna Bull, Malcolm Pendlebury ...
    There is no doubt about the importance of assessment: it defines what students regard as important, how they spend their time and how they come to see themselves - it is a necessary part of helping them to learn. This text provides background research on different aspects of assessment. Its purpose is to help lecturers to refresh their approach to the assessment of student learning. It explores ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Oxford Book of Poetry

    A Cross-Century Anthology of Classical, Medieval, Romantic, and Victorian Verse

    by Ovid, Virgil, Claudius, Julius Caesar, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Porcius Licinius, Gaius Maecenas, Numa Pompilius, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, William Butler Yeats, Emily Brontë, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Tennyson, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Andrew Lang, Robert Louis Stevenson, T. W. Rolleston, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thomas Wyatt, George MacDonald, George Meredith, Robert Browning, Thomas Love Peacock, Robert Burns, Oliver Goldsmith, Alexander Pope, John Milton, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gilbert Parker ...
    The Oxford Book of Poetry surveys an expansive poetic inheritance, bringing classical Roman voices into conversation with medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and modern traditions. Its range encompasses epic and lyric, satire and pastoral, dramatic speech, ballad, elegy, and visionary meditation. Classical civic utterance, Chaucerian narrative energy, metaphysical intensity, Romantic ... Read more

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  • Prospector's Guide: Victoria

    by George Brown ...
    In 1931 Australia was in the grip of the Depression when Ion Idriess wrote to all the State and Territory Mining heads regarding his guide Prospecting for Gold, encouraging them to produce localised information to help create work and wealth. The public success of his book pushed several States to create their our guides with more details on their own State facilities and results.This book was ... Read more

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  • An Orkney Tapestry

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich fusion of ballad, folk tale, short story, drama and environmental writing. The book, written at ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Risk management trading

    Expert strategies and guide for risk management in crypto and forex trading

    by George D. Brown ...
    Series series Forex Trading Guides by George D. Brown
    Let me ask you a question.Are you familiar with how to use forex risk management so that your trading losses just seem like an "ant bite" to your account?Can you trade any markets or periods without blowing your trading account up?Do you know how to discover trades with little risk and large rewards?IF YOU ANSWERED "NO" TO ANY OF THE ABOVE...THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!!!It is a crucial but ... Read more

    $5.94 USD