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Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths

John Spurling

A bold and dynamic retelling of five great male-female pairings from the Greek myths: Prometheus and Pandora, Jason and Medea, Oedipus and Antigone, Achilles and Thetis, and Odysseus and Penelope…

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John Craxton

Simon Martin

A celebration of the life and work of the artist John Craxton, a rebellious figure in British art history

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Beckett

John Fletcher, John Spurling

First published in 1978, Beckett examines the plays of Beckett in the order in which they were written. The book affords a lively and fresh introduction to Beckett's theatre.

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A Mirror for Monkeys

John Spurling

Through the prisms of memory and art, award-winning author John Spurling reimagines the tumultuous period of the Glorious Revolution and brings to life historical figures Dryden,Vanbrugh, Swift, Pope and Lady…

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The Ten Thousand Things

John Spurling

A Walter Scott Prize-winning, riveting historical novel set in fourteenth-century China: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary

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Arcadian Days: Gods, Women and Men from Greek Myth - From the Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

John Spurling

Taking inspiration from the incomparably beautiful and intense poetry of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Spurling - a lifelong classicist and historical novelist - spins five more myths for contemporary…

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Arcadian Nights: Gods, Heroes and Monsters from Greek Myth - From the Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

John Spurling

Gripping, spirited and sometimes grisly, Spurling’s fresh interpretations of these timeless tales bring both their heroes and their context vividly to life, reanimating Apollo, Herakles, Theseus, Perseus and Agamemnon.

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A Book of Liszts

John Spurling

A biography of Franz Liszt (1811-86) whose extraordinary career as a composer, conductor, and virtuoso pianist - whose incomparable skill and personal charisma dazzled audiences all over Europe, from London…

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Tourism Matters: Study Guide for Btec Travel and Tourism

David Spurling,John Spurling

Tourism Matters: Study Guide to BTEC Travel and Tourism is a lively and thoroughly written text which introduces students to the main aspects of the tourism sector. The book adopts…

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Beckett The Playwright

John Fletcher,John Spurling

This book, first published in 1985, stresses Beckett’s success as an innovator in the theatre through a close reading and analysis of his plays. ‘Their analysis is clever yet level-headed…

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Beckett The Playwright

John Fletcher,John Spurling

This book, first published in 1985, stresses Beckett’s success as an innovator in the theatre through a close reading and analysis of his plays. ‘Their analysis is clever yet level-headed…

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Fundamental Concepts and Functions of Passenger and Freight Transportation in Great Britain

Mengqiu Cao,John Spurling

This book reveals and discusses existing and potential problems derived from the transport economics domain in relation to their environment, and the social, political and economic impacts, with reference to…

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Transport Economics Matters: Applying Economic Principles to Transportation in Great Britain

David J Spurling,John Spurling,Mengqiu Cao

his book reveals and discusses existing and potential problems derived from the transport economics domain in relation to their environment, and the social, political and economic impacts, with reference to…

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