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Thomas Troward
The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science are required reading for anyone wishing to understand and control the power of the mind. Without these lectures the New Thought Movement and The…
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J M Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 - 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was…
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Anonymous
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
T Troward
"The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science" is a collection of lectures written by Thomas Troward, a British judge, philosopher, and one of the early proponents of the New Thought movement…
Explores the relationship between the works of the Bronts and the visual, musical, plastic and performing arts.
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Troward was a divisional judge in Punjab in British-administered India. His hobby was the study of comparative religion.
After he retired from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to…
The most wide-ranging study of the history of children's periodicals to date
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This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present.
Examines the changing relationship between the Bible and the arts, showing how the arts portray biblical stories in various ways and through various media, and how 'the' Bible is actually…
Dominic Beddow, Collins Maps
Explore new places with dependable maps from Collins. This brand new edition retains the delightful water-colour mapping, with individual paintings of all the main sights and landmarks.
Explores queer reading as a disruptive and generative practice
The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science are required reading for anyone wishing to understand and control the power of the mind. Without these lectures the New Thought Movement…
James M'Govan
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
This field-defining collection maps key intersections between sound studies and literary studies
Examines Jane Austen's engagement with the broad range of artistic practices featured in her work
The first major overview of British colonial periodicals from the rise of the Empire to decolonisation
Assesses the rise of the 'New' Humanities alongside the traditional disciplines and inter-disciplinary 'studies' areas, stressing the positive impact of the Humanities and confronting the threats facing them today.
This landmark collection showcases the diversity of Samuel Beckett's creative output with 35 newly written chapters by major Beckett critics such as Steven Connor, David Lloyd, Andrew Gibson, John Pilling…
Lonely Planet,Lonely Planet
Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet Edinburgh City Map is your conveniently-sized passport to traveling with ease. With this easy-to-use, full colour navigation…
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John Robertson Nicoll
A magical story of Springtime in Edinburgh which will lift your spirits and make you want to read it over and over again. Don't miss Buster while he's in town!
The first book to comprehensively address W.B. Yeats's engagements across the arts as both writer and cultural worker
Explores the diversity of women's work in transatlantic and continental publishing across the twentieth-century
This companion with a difference sets a controversial new agenda for literary-historical analysis. It cuts across familiar categories, focusing instead on literary events and texts which consitute 'landmarks' across the…
Explores Eliot's many-sided engagements with painting, sculpture, architecture, music, drama, music hall and cinema, recorded sound, and dance, drawing on newly available sources, archival material, and interart connections.
David Urquhart
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre took their first comedy show to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007. And they never stopped. This exhaustive, and exhausting, diary by their creator and…
Roger Mason
The latest in Roger Mason's popular series documenting Britain's greatest railway journeys. This time focusing on The Flying Scotsman Route to Edinburgh.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, Kev Sutherland
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre took their first comedy show to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007. And they never stopped.
This exhaustive, and exhausting, diary by their creator and…
Offers compelling insights into the eighteenth-century novel and its vibrant relationships with the arts
R. Bradley McKay (University of Edinburgh, UK)
What is strategic foresight and why does it matter? What role does hindsight play in it? Why are individuals, organizations and societies continually surprised by un-foreseen events? This research monograph…
George Granville Bradley
Donna Soto-Morettini (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Starting from the idea that the main hindrance to a great acting performance is self-consciousness on the part of the performer, My Character Wouldn’t do That examines the ways in…
Thomas Troward was an early New Thought writer who had an immense impact on those who would follow. Ernest Holmes Frederick Bailes Joseph Murphy and Emmett Fox cited him as…
This delightful wall calendar features 12 beautiful botanical watercolours of plants by Charlotte Cowan Pearson, examples of whose paintings are held in an album in the RBGE's Library. Informative text…
Sian MacKay
This first biography of the poet Allan Ramsay (1684-1758) takes the form of a historical novel set in the tumultuous world of early eighteenth-century Edinburgh. All the known facts of…
Fred Kerr
Details a brief history of Edinburgh City transport including changes of operating company incurred by Government policy.
Extends the body of scholarship on Comic Gothic to cover contemporary texts, new media and texts from other cultures
