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The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England

By: Abigail Wheatley

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The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England

By: Abigail Wheatley

Medieval castles have traditionally been examined as feats of military engineering & tools of feudal control. This book presents a different perspective, by exploring the castle as a cultural reflection of the society that produced it, seen through art & literature.

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192

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Boydell & Brewer

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1903153611

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9781903153611

The Canterbury Tales: Usborne Classics Retold

Usborne Classics Retold

By: Sarah Courtauld,Abigail Wheatley

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The Canterbury Tales: Usborne Classics Retold

Usborne Classics Retold

By: Sarah Courtauld,Abigail Wheatley

It's the Middle Ages, and an ill-matched band of strangers is setting off on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. To amuse themselves along the way, they hold a storytelling competition. But the tales soon turn from ripping yarns to slanging matches... With a cast of unforgettable characters, from the blue-blooded Knight and the merry Wife of Bath to the shifty Pardoner, the story is as much about the riotous pilgirims as the weird and wonderful tales they tell. Clearly written in a modern, approachable style to introduce young readers to this much-loved classic story.

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148

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Usborne Publishing Ltd

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140958562X

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9781409585626

Narratives of Colored Americans. God "Hath Made of One Blood All Nations of Men for to Dwell on All the Face of the Earth"

By: Abigail Mott,Lindley Murray,Mary Sutton Wood

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Narratives of Colored Americans. God "Hath Made of One Blood All Nations of Men for to Dwell on All the Face of the Earth"

By: Abigail Mott,Lindley Murray,Mary Sutton Wood

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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282

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385382416

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9783385382411

Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar

Representations of slavery

By: Abigail Ward

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Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar

Representations of slavery

By: Abigail Ward

Slavery is a recurring subject in works by the contemporary black writers in Britain Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D’Aguiar, yet their return to this past arises from an urgent need to understand the racial anxieties of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Britain. This book examines the ways in which their literary explorations of slavery may shed light on current issues in Britain today, or what might be thought of as the continuing legacies of the UK’s largely forgotten slave past. In this highly original study of contemporary postcolonial literature, Abigail Ward explores a range of novels, poetry and non-fictional works by these authors in order to investigate their creative responses to the slave past. This is the first study to focus exclusively on British literary representations of slavery, and thoughtfully engages with such notions as the ethics of exploring slavery, the memory and trauma of this past, and the problems of taking a purely historical approach to Britain’s involvement in slavery or Indian indenture. Although all three authors are concerned with the problem of how to commence representing slavery, their approaches to this problem vary immensely, and this book investigates these differences.

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307

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Manchester University Press

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1847797806

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9781847797803

Supporting Young Parents

Pregnancy and Parenthood among Young People from Care

By: Ian Warwick,Abigail Knight,Elaine Chase,Peter Aggleton

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Supporting Young Parents

Pregnancy and Parenthood among Young People from Care

By: Ian Warwick,Abigail Knight,Elaine Chase,Peter Aggleton

Invaluable in providing vivid illustrations of the strengths and needs of young parents who have been 'looked after' and, therefore of their children at the start of their lives. It illuminates policy and practice implications and points the way forward to what needs to be done to ameliorate their lives. Throughout, it presents its research in an accessible style and measured tone that make it difficult to put down.' - Extract from the Foreword by Ann Phoenix, Co-Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London Supporting Young Parents explores early pregnancy and parenthood from the perspectives of young men and women in and leaving care. Most discussion about teenage pregnancy and parenthood focuses on the negative consequences for teenagers and their children. Yet, for some young people, particularly those who have been disadvantaged in life, early parenthood may offer the security of a family life, a sense of stability and an opportunity to build emotional attachments. This book draws on authoritative research into the reasons for and experiences of pregnancy and parenthood among young people from local authority care. It questions the assumptions that early parenthood always limits young people's choices and opportunities and examines the types of support most likely to enable successful parenting. This book will be essential reading for community nurses, health visitors, social workers, academics and students working in the fields of health, education and social care.

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193

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1846428831

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9781846428838

Sleepover Cookbook

By: Abigail Wheatley,Francesca Carabelli

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Sleepover Cookbook

By: Abigail Wheatley,Francesca Carabelli

This title features mouthwatering food for every occasion, from sharing snacks for parties to comfort food for a quiet night in - plus plenty of sweet treats.

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1409586588

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9781409586586

The Fear Factor

How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between

By: Abigail Marsh

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The Fear Factor

How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between

By: Abigail Marsh

In this "compelling scientific detective story," a leading neuroscientist looks for the nature of human kindness in the brains of heroes and psychopaths (Wall Street Journal). At fourteen, Amber could boast of killing her guinea pig, threatening to burn down her home, and seducing men in exchange for gifts. She used the tools she had available to get what she wanted, and, she didn't care about the damage she inflicted. A few miles away, Lenny Skutnik was so concerned about the life of a drowning woman that he jumped into the ice-cold river to save her. How could Amber care so little about others' lives, while Lenny cared so much? Abigail Marsh studied the brains of both psychopathic children and extreme altruists and found that the answer lies in our ability to recognize others' fear. And as The Fear Factor argues, by studying people who demonstrate heroic and evil behaviors, we can learn more about how human morality is coded in the brain. A path-breaking read, The Fear Factor is essential for anyone seeking to understand the heights and depths of human nature.

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321

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Basic Books

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1541697200

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9781541697201

Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians

By: Abigail Gardner

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Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians

By: Abigail Gardner

Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians focuses on ageing within contemporary popular music. It argues that context, genres, memoirs, racial politics and place all contribute to how women are 'aged' in popular music. Framing contemporary female musicians as canonical grandmothers, Rude Girls, neo-Afrofuturist and memoirists settling accounts, the book gives us some respite from a decline or denial narrative and introduces a dynamism into ageing. Female rock memoirs are age-appropriate survival stories that reframe the histories of punk and independent rock music. Old age has a functional and canonical ‘place’ in the work of Shirley Collins and Calypso Rose. Janelle Monáe, Christine and the Queens and Anohni perform ‘queer’ age, specifically a kind of ‘going beyond’ both corporeal and temporal borders. Genres age, and the book introduces the idea of the time-crunch; an encounter between an embodied, represented age and a genre-age, which is, itself, produced through historicity and aesthetics. Lastly the book goes behind the scenes to draw on interviews and questionnaires with 19 women involved in the contemporary British and American popular music industry; DIY and ex-musicians, producers, music publishers, music journalists and audio engineers. Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians is a vital intergenerational feminist viewpoint for researchers and students in gender studies, popular music, popular culture, media studies, cultural studies and ageing studies.

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168

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Routledge

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135169183X

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9781351691833

Weird Dance

Curious and Captivating Dance Trivia

By: Tim Rayborn,Abigail Keyes

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Weird Dance

Curious and Captivating Dance Trivia

By: Tim Rayborn,Abigail Keyes

Attend a grand ball of the bizarre and never look at dance the same way again! Weird Dance processes through the odd, grim, and unintentionally humorous history of dance, uncovering strange stories and weird facts. These dark tales of murder, rivalry, insanity, and more reveal all sorts of grim goings-on, proving that—for dancers—life was not just one grand plié. Stories include: An elderly woman who stepped out of her Strasbourg home one summer day in 1518 and began to dance furiously; nothing and no one could stop her. Soon, dozens more joined her, and so began another strange epidemic of the deadly dancing plague. The horrific fate of a young ballerina who had a run-in with a gaslight and saw her career go up in smoke. The medieval Dance of Death that reminded all of their inevitable doom. The controversial ballet that sparked a riot. The strange and macabre fate of the infamous Mata Hari’s head after her execution. The grotesque scarf accident that led to Isadora Duncan’s demise. From Roman Bacchanals to medieval and Renaissance dancing plagues, from the bloody world of ballet to scandals, ghosts, spirit possessions, superstitions, and more, you will attend a grand ball of the bizarre that shows just how awful dancers, choreographers, and even audience members have been to each other over the centuries.

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327

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Simon and Schuster

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1510731059

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9781510731059

Feminisms in the Academy

By: Domna C. Stanton,Abigail J. Stewart

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Feminisms in the Academy

By: Domna C. Stanton,Abigail J. Stewart

Brings together essays by leading scholars to explore the profound impact of feminist scholarship on the major academic disciplines.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472065661

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9780472065660

Look Inside Living Long Ago

By: Abigail Wheatley

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Look Inside Living Long Ago

By: Abigail Wheatley

Lift the flaps to reveal what life was like a long time ago in various scenes from everyday life. The Look Inside series presents a lot of information in an entertaining, interactive way. Bright, busy scenes with flaps that give the answer to questions -- and raise more question...

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Look Inside Board Books

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1409556778

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9781409556770

Little Cakes and Cookies to Bake

By: Abigail Wheatley

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Little Cakes and Cookies to Bake

By: Abigail Wheatley

This title is packed with simple, jargon-free recipes for delicious little cakes and cookies that children will love to cook and eat. Each recipe is fully illustrated with mouth-watering colour photographs, and with clear step-by-step diagrams, to show what to do at each stage of a recipe.

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Usborne Books

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1409549364

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Book's by Abigail Wheatley

The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England

The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England

The Canterbury Tales: Usborne Classics Retold

The Canterbury Tales: Usborne Classics Retold

Narratives of Colored Americans. God "Hath Made of One Blood All Nations of Men for to Dwell on All the Face of the Earth"

Narratives of Colored Americans. God "Hath Made of One Blood All Nations of Men for to Dwell on All the Face of the Earth"

Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar

Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar

Supporting Young Parents

Supporting Young Parents

Sleepover Cookbook

Sleepover Cookbook

The Fear Factor

The Fear Factor

Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians

Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians

Weird Dance

Weird Dance

Feminisms in the Academy

Feminisms in the Academy

Look Inside Living Long Ago

Look Inside Living Long Ago

Little Cakes and Cookies to Bake

Little Cakes and Cookies to Bake

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