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Brian Moore
First published in London in 1955 under title: Judith Hearne.
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Alma Bennett
Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.
Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of…
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Mary Gordon
From an admired writer comes this comprehensive collection of superb short fiction, spanning her entire career.
These interviews reveal Mary Gordon’s intellectual vigour, her freewheeling humour, and her strongly held opinions on issues ranging from sex to contemporary literature and gender theory. With candour, she details…
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Mary Shelley
Frankenstein is the most celebrated horror story ever written. Ever since its publication it has lived on in countless re-imaginings in literature and film. This Warbler Classics edition uses Shelley’s…
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Angele Delaunois
In this bilingual picture book, when Carlito sees monarch butterflies fluttering in the park, he is reminded of his home country of Mexico and the migration journey he and the…
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In this triumphant return to nonfiction after two critically acclaimed works of fiction, Gordon presents a rich, bittersweet memoir about her mother, their relationship, and her role as daughter.
From the acclaimed author of Pearl and Final Payments comes a beautifully choreographed novel about first lovers meeting again after more than 30 years and re-immersing themselves in their shared…
From the best-selling novelist and memoirist- a deeply personal view of her discovery of the celebrated modern monk and thinker through his writings.
Thomas Merton (1815-1968) was a Trappist monk…
After 11 years of devotion to her father, Isabel Moore suddenly finds herself with what most people dream of: a chance to create a totally new existence. Witty, brave, intelligent…
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One of today’s most admired writers takes listeners on a fresh and personal journey through the Gospels, exploring the mysteries surrounding Jesus. What she reinterprets is a rich store of…
A memoir of the life of John Wilson, a prominent 19th century Scottish author and philosopher, written by his daughter Mary Gordon.
This work has been selected by scholars as…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Gordon’s gripping, highly acclaimed novel of filial devotion and complication between a mother and daughter who, together and separately, must face the ultimate questions of life and death, is now…
Reprint of the original, first published in 1863. A Memoir of John Wilson. Compiled from family papers and other sources.
This book deals with all aspects of goat culture, from breeding to feeding, together with the care and treatment of the milk and the making of butter and cheese. The…
Marie Gordon
A probing, candid exploration of Thomas Merton’s life and writing from best-selling novelist and memoirist Mary Gordon.
Thomas Merton (1815-1968) was a Trappist monk, poet, essayist, activist, and author of…
In the short novels that make up this beautiful collection, Mary Gordon presents a quartet of finely rendered, emotionally resonant stories. Here we meet the ferocious Simone Weil during her…
Isabel Moore must, as her father is dead, finally face the world at thirty. No longer safe, she discovers that she is beautiful, that men desire her and that she…
This is the story of five women who’ve become close friends because of their common devotion to a dynamic priest whose special vocation is working women. Although three of them…
In The Shadow Man , the bestselling author of Final Payments and The Company of Women elevates the memoir into an uncompromising and unforgettable art form as she seeks to…
A master of the story form (The New York Times) offers a fresh, revealing portrait of the legendary saint
Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a…
A deeply moving generational story from the award-winning novelist Mary Gordon.
In dire need of a muse to record the everyday details of her artistic life, Monica Szabo hires a commodities broker who brings along an unexpected shift to the balance…
Quin Archer is the revenge-loving queen of the reality TV show Payback, and has dedicated her life to confronting and outing the guilty. But long before she was a star…
Maxine Hong Kingston
Here-for the first time in one volume-are two classic, brilliantly original works on the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. In both books the acclaimed author mines her family’s past…
Liz Munsell, Kristina Parsons
An investigation of how seven cutting-edge contemporary artists use high-key, kaleidoscopic color to express the hybrid and multiform nature of identity
This book shares the story of the Becoming Community initiative, a multi-year effort to pursue transformative inclusion on college campuses. The contributors hope to begin to dismantle oppression and foster…
Mary Gordon-Watson
The rules of feeding, with model rations for different types and sizes of horse and pony on different levels of work.
Mary Gordon Robinson
Title: The life and adventures of James Kelly O'Dwyer. [By M. G. Robinson.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is…
Mary Gordon Williamson
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
Anonymous
Full Title: Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon against Alleyne Pye Description: The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with…
A guide to the materials used for horses’ bedding, with simple instructions on how to create and maintain comfortable clean beds for horses and ponies.
Friend Beloved invites readers to enter the imaginative worlds of two ambitious young scientists: Marie Carmichael Stopes, the paleobotanist who found international fame as a birth control advocate and feminist…
Mary Gordon (Lecturer in Zulu University of Kwazulu-Natal)
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