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The formal and expressive range of canonic eighteenth-century fiction is enourmous: between them Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Sterne seem to have anticipated just about every question confronting the modern novelist; and Aphra Behn even raises a number of issues overlooked by her male...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Somewhere – anywhere – in the Atlantic, islands drifted like those tissues of root and sedge that break from the edges of northern lakes and are sent to and fro by the gales: floating islands. The little rafts...

This scarce early work on the Fox Terrier was first published in 1926 and is now extremely hard to find in its first edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using the original text and illustrations as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The author was founder of the Borlase Fox Terrier...

Marilynne Robinson is arguably one of the most important writers of our time. Her voice resonates across the richly imagined American landscapes within which she grounds her stories of love and loss, alienation and belonging, injustice and redemption. Robinson's award-winning body of work -- including...

Written by a seasoned writer, Odd One Out will appeal to a broad audience An alternately funny and warm novel that plays out like a mystery A perfect fit for contemporary trade sales that will be look perfect next Tom Perotta or David Nichols on the fiction table

When Cinnamon, a guinea pig, does not receive a letter from her uncle in Transylvania, she begins to worry that something is seriously wrong. So she takes a trip to Transylvania to solve the mystery. During her journey she discovers that a vampire cat by the name of Dracula has the answer to her mystery. Can she trust Cat Dracula with her life?

Join Cinnamon as she goes on yet another wild adventure! This time, she travels to rugged Mount Everest to help a village that is being tormented by a hairy, ape-like creature. Could it be the yeti that has been feared by legends of old?

CURRENT Essentials: Orthopedics -- the ultimate at-a-glance bedside guide! “Nutshell” information on the diagnosis and treatment of the 200 most common orthopedic diseases and disorders One disorder per page, with bulleted lists for easy access Covers all relevant procedures, from adult reconstructive...

In the annals of adventure, there are no more thrilling narratives of heroic perseverance in the performance of duty than the record of Spanish exploration in America. To those of us who have come into possession of the fair land opened up by them, the story of their travels and adventures have the most...

Much has been written and debated on lone mothers. However little has been discussed about non-resident fathers. Absent Fathers is part of a growing literature on men and masculinities and takes this debate further. Drawn from one of the best social policy units in the UK and results from the current...

If you are a first-time parent of a newborn infant, you are just finding out that parenting is not just a job, its a full time, round the clock profession for which there is no pay. I find it hard to believe that we actually get more training for the job of birthing the baby than we do for the profession...