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This books tells the fascinating story of the creation and immediate afterlife of the first and most popular Bible in English. With over 60... Læs mere
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At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and ’90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its... Læs mere
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This book shows that many of Shakespeare's locations may have had resonances which an Elizabethan audience would pick up and understand, and it shows how significant the geographical and historical background of the plays could be.
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This book presents a wide selection of Oxford’s Latin inscriptions (and a few Greek ones), found in many accessible places in both city and university, dating from the... Læs mere
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From King Arthur and the Round Table to Alexander the Great's global conquests, the stories of romance appear in some of the most beautiful books of the Middle Ages. This... Læs mere
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‘Here I am once more in this Scene of Dissipation and vice, and I begin to find already my Morals corrupted.’ Drawing together fifty quotations from Jane Austen’s... Læs mere
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Accompanied by a range of arresting images, this book is a compilation of some of Lenin’s most famous sayings, taken from speeches, tracts, letters and recorded... Læs mere
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In this book, Daisy Hay explores the novel’s time and place, its people, the relics of its long afterlife and the notebooks in which it was created. This is a compelling and innovative biography of the novel for all those fascinated by its essential, brilliant chaos.
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The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the ‘wrong’ parts of town.
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Lavishly illustrated with photographs taken throughout the seasons, this book not only provides a fascinating historical overview but also offers a practical guide to the... Læs mere
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A succinct illustrated account of the University of Oxford's colourful and controversial 800-year history, from medieval times through the Reformation and on to the nineteenth century, in which the foundations of the modern tutorial system were laid.
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Drawing on the remarkable wealth of documentation in the college’s archives and richly illustrated with stunning photography, this brief history of Europe’s oldest academic library explores the collections, buildings, readers and staff across more than 700 years.