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Shakespeare And Language: Reason, Eloquence and Artifice in the Renaissance
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Shakespeare And Language: Reason, Eloquence and Artifice in the Renaissance''Much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to: in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him.'' Porter, Macbeth, II i. Why would Elizabethan audiences find Shakespeare''s Porter in Macbeth so funny? And what exactly is meant by the name the ''Weird'' Sisters? Jonathan Hope, in a comprehensive and fascinating study, looks at how the concept of words meant something entirely different to Elizabethan audi.
 
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The Great Cat Massacre - A History of Britain in 100 Mistakes
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The Great Cat Massacre - A History of Britain in 100 Mistakes

In 1914, a train pulled into a provincial British railway station. The porter, a curious chap, asked the regiment of soldiers where they were from. "Ross-shire," one called down, but the porter heard "Russia." And so began a rumor that led to Germany losing World War I. Often the history we learn at school is only half the story. We hear of heroic deeds and visionary leaders, but we never hear about the people who turned up late for court and thereby changed the law, or who stood in the wrong queue at university and accidentally won a Nobel Prize. The Great Cat Massacre: A History of Britain in 100 Mistakes demonstrates that the nation is as much a product of error as design.
 
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The Book of American Light Verse
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The Oxford Book of American Light VerseThe Oxford Book of American Light Verse

In addition to poems like “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” this anthology covers lyrics by Cole Porter & Stephen Sondheim.

 
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The Lost Luggage Porter
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The Lost Luggage PorterThe Lost Luggage Porter

The Andrew Martin Mystery Collection. Unabridged

Read by..................  Hugh Walters
Genre...................    Fiction - Mystery

 The story is set in winter in 1906. After his adventures as an amateur sleuth, Jim Stringer is now an official railway detective, working from York Station for the mighty North Eastern Railway Company. But he's not a happy man. As the rain falls incessantly on the city's ancient, neglected streets, the local paper carries a story highly unusual by York standards: two brothers have been shot to death.

 
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Katherine Anne Porter: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)
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Katherine Anne Porter: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)Katherine Anne Porter: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)

Four short stories of the Pulitzer prize-winner author Katherine Anne Porter are examined. Studied works include Porter's "Flowering Judas," "Old Mortality," "Pale Horse, Pale Rider," and "The Grave."

This title also features a biography of Katherine Anne Porter, a user guide, a detailed thematic analysis of each short story, a list of characters in each story, a complete bibliography of Porter’s works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor’s notes and introduction by Harold Bloom.

 
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