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Cat's Call (Chronicles of Charlie Waterman Book 1)

By: Duncan-Drake, Natasha

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Cat's Call (Chronicles of Charlie Waterman Book 1)

By: Duncan-Drake, Natasha

This gripped me from start to finish. The world created here is both believable and wonderfully fantastical." - Helen - Goodreads Charlie doesn't believe in destiny, unfortunately destiny believes in him. Accosted by a small clay, feline figurine, Charlie finds himself the chosen of the Cat Spirit, one of the Seven Great Spirits who protect the Balance of Existence. When he wakes up with a tail that will not go away no matter how he ignores it, he has to believe what is going on is real. At eighteen, Charlie isn't old, but he's two years past the threshold for dealing with magic for the first time, apparently. This makes him weird, even in Between, a realm of magic, prophecy and shapeshifting. He could live without the earthquakes, thanks. So now he has to: figure out magic; get along with five scarily competent sixteen year olds and one prickly vampire to form a team; and last but not least, be prepared to go to any world, in any universe when sent there by the Seer, so the Balance of Existence isn't destroyed by agents of chaos. All of which his mentor, Akari, assures him he did say yes to, even if he doesn't remember that part! Charlie has never thought of himself as a hero, but Existence depends on him coming to terms with the fact that he is.

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1908333006

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9781908333001

The Ptolemies

A Novel

By: Duncan Sprott

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The Ptolemies

A Novel

By: Duncan Sprott

From a refreshingly antic new voice in historical fiction, this epically entertaining, irresistibly madcap novel re-creates an ancient family whose obsessions and dysfunctions would change the world, for better or worse. They were the last pharaohs to rule Egypt. Ptolemy Soter (putative half-brother of Alexander the Great–his mother may have been raped by Alexander’s father) begins it all when he takes the kingdom of the Nile as his share of the empire and brings along Alexander’s carefully embalmed corpse for luck. Soon enough, Ptolemy, in a kind of ancient corporate takeover, becomes pharoah, the living god of Egypt, first in what he hopes will be a long line of Ptolemies. Scheming priests, conniving wives, errant sons and daughters (some of whom have a thing for each other), and an epic’s worth of battles and intrigue make for a tale so rich in upheaval and mayhem that perhaps only our narrator, the irreverent and disapproving Thoth, Egyptian god of Wisdom and Patron of Scribes, could do it justice.

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Vintage

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1400075106

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Stefan Stambolov and the Emergence of Modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895

By: Duncan M. Perry

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Stefan Stambolov and the Emergence of Modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895

By: Duncan M. Perry

Little known in the United States but increasingly important in the affairs of southeastern Europe, Bulgaria is a land with a stormy history. No less stormy is the story of Stefan Stambolov, who ruled the country during some of its most turbulent years. Duncan M. Perry's biography of Stambolov, the first in English in the twentieth century, illuminates the life, motives, and personality of this major figure. Perry begins with Bulgaria in the tumultuous years immediately following its founding in 1878. After the ousting of the country's first prince, Stambolov enters the stage as the fiery young lawyer who restored him to the throne. Although the prince promptly abdicated, Stambolov stepped into the breach and led the nation during the interregnum. Perry traces this patriotic politician's transformation into an authoritarian prime minister. He shows how Stambolov stabilized the Bulgarian economy and brought relative security to the land--but not without cost to himself and his regime. Perry depicts a man whose promotion of Bulgaria's independence exacted its price in individual rights, a ruler whose assassination in 1895 was the cause of both rejoicing and sorrow. Stambolov thus emerges from these pages as a complex historical figure, an authoritarian ruler who protected his country's liberty at the cost of the people's freedom and whose dictatorial policies set Bulgaria upon a course of stability and modernization. An afterword compares the Bulgarian liberation era of Stambolov with the communist-era dictator, Todor Zhikov, analyzing similarities and differences.

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Duke University Press

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0822313138

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9780822313137

Nabokov and his Books

Between Late Modernism and the Literary Marketplace

By: Duncan White

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Nabokov and his Books

Between Late Modernism and the Literary Marketplace

By: Duncan White

At the outbreak of the Second World War Vladimir Nabokov stood on the brink of losing everything all over again. The reputation he had built as the pre-eminent Russian novelist in exile was imperilled. In Nabokov and his Books, Duncan White shows how Nabokov went to America and not only reinvented himself as an American writer but also used the success of Lolita to rescue those Russian books that had been threatened by obscurity. Using previously unpublished and neglected material, White tells the story of Nabokov the professional writer and how he sought to balance his late modernist aesthetics with the demands of a booming American literary marketplace. As Nabokov's reputation grew so he took greater and greater control of how his books were produced, making the material form of the book—including forewords, blurbs, covers—part of the novel. In his later novels, including Pale Fire, Ada, and Transparent Things, the idea of the novelist losing control of his work became the subject of the novels themselves. These plots were replicated in Nabokov's own biography, as he discovered his inability to control the forces the market success of Lolita had unleashed. With new insights into Nabokov's life and work, this book reconceptualises the way we think about one of the most important and influential novelists of the twentieth century.

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Oxford University Press

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0191057614

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9780191057618

Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars

By: Duncan Head

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Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars

By: Duncan Head

Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars" is an important member of the WRG Ltd "Armies and Enemies" series. First published in 1983, it has long been out-of-print and we are delighted to make it available once more. It includes details of Persian, Greek, Boiotian, Spartan, Athenian, Phokian, Aitolian, Achaian, Tarantine, Syracusan, Macedonian, Thessalian, Successor, Antigonid, Epeirot, Ptolemaic, Kyrenean, Seleucid, Pergamene, Bactrian and Indian Greek, Maccabean, Thracian, Bithynian, Illyrian, Scythian, Bosporan, Sarmatian, Saka, Parthian, Indian, Carthaginian, Numidian, Spanish, Celtic, Galatian, Roman, Latin, Samnite, Campanian, Lucanian, Bruttian, Apulian and Etruscan armies.

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Lulu.com

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1326560514

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9781326560515

Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol.I

Embedded Speeches, Audience Responses, and Authorial Persuasion

By: John M. Duncan

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Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol.I

Embedded Speeches, Audience Responses, and Authorial Persuasion

By: John M. Duncan

A detailed comparative analysis of speaker-audience interactions in Greek historiography, Josephus, and Acts that examines historians’ use of speeches as a means of instructing/persuading their readers and highlights Luke’s distinctive depiction of the apostles as adaptable yet frequently alienating orators.

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BRILL

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9004524037

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9789004524033

Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292

Succession and Independence

By: A A M Duncan

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Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292

Succession and Independence

By: A A M Duncan

First published in 2002, and here introduced by Dauvit Broun as a core text in Scottish medieval history, this classic work is considered one of the most invaluable critiques of kingship in Scotland during the nation's foundations. In the early years of the period a custom of succession within one royal lineage allowed the Gaelic kingdom to grow in authority and extent. The Norman Conquest of England altered the balance of power between the north and south, and the relationship between the two kingdoms, which had never been easy, became unstable. When Scotland became kingless in 1286, Edward I exploited the succession debate between Balliol and Bruce and set claim to overlordship of Scotland until Bruce's coronation fixed the right of succession by law for Scottish kingship. In a meticulous account of this period, Professor Duncan disentangles the power struggles during the 'Great Cause' between the Balliols and the Bruces, and of the actions, motives and decisive interventions of Edward I. The Kingship of the Scots is historical scholarship at its best - thoughtful, challenging, incisive and readable.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474415458

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9781474415453

Cat's Creation (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #2)

By: Duncan-Drake, Natasha

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Cat's Creation (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #2)

By: Duncan-Drake, Natasha

Book #2 of The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman Life goes on for the residents of Between as they struggle to recover from the events that nearly destroyed their home and left a gaping hole in the structure of their world. As one of the leaders of the Questors, Charlie feels responsible for helping them to remain strong and together, but he's not sure how. To make his problems worse, his magic has become unreliable, and yet there is another task to deal with; one that requires all seven Questors to be at their magical peak. The difficult road before them ends in, Mydarec, a world run by mafia-style families, where sorcerers and vampires are a part of every-day living. Forced to play a role that could cost him his life and plagued by a vision of death, Charlie must struggle to overcome his own insecurities and, with his friends, figure out why they have been sent to such a dangerous world. Other books in the series: Cat's Call (#1) Cat's Confidence (#3)

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Wittegen Press

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1908333308

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Cat's Confidence (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #3)

By: Duncan-Drake, Natasha

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Cat's Confidence (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #3)

By: Duncan-Drake, Natasha

Book #3 of the Chronicles of Charlie Waterman The Seer says that a Questor is always prepared for the Task for which they are chosen and Charlie has been a Questor long enough to know the Seer is always right. Still, it never occurred to him that being ready would mean specific training for a specific Task. Charlie, Kaelyn and Alexander are given six weeks to become a Dragon Warrior team: all they need to do is master magical telepathy, archery, flying and, the trickiest of all, how to put on a dragon-harness in under five minutes! Once through the portal in the land of Snijela, they must pass as veterans, make friends with other dragons and figure out why they've actually been sent on their Task in the first place. Add in a volatile young queen, two feuding nations either on the verge of peace or all out war, as well as spies, sexism and an alarming acceleration in Charlie's premonitions, and nothing is ever going to be straightforward. Other Books in the series: Cat's Call Cat's Creation

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1908333685

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Performance and Identity in the Classical World

By: Anne Duncan

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Performance and Identity in the Classical World

By: Anne Duncan

Performance and Identity in the Classical World traces attitudes towards actors in Greek and Roman culture as a means of understanding ancient conceptions of, and anxieties about, the self. Actors were often viewed as frauds and impostors, capable of deliberately fabricating their identities. Conversely, they were sometimes viewed as possessed by the characters that they played, or as merely playing themselves onstage. Numerous sources reveal an uneasy fascination with actors and acting, from the writings of elite intellectuals (philosophers, orators, biographers, historians) to the abundant theatrical anecdotes that can be read as a body of 'popular performance theory'. This text examines these sources, along with dramatic texts and addresses the issue of impersonation, from the late fifth century BCE to the early Roman Empire.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107320852

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9781107320857

The Other Island

By: Juls Duncan

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The Other Island

By: Juls Duncan

Fourteen year old Morgan Koda may hold the Four Elements of Earth in the palm of her hand. But a little thunder storm might be her undoing. The island of Edenwiess is under attack from what seems to be a simple storm. However, lighting is striking repeatedly in the same location over the vast volcano. Those who are observing realize that this is no typical storm. Something evil is at work.In order to save the magical world she loves, Morgan and her friends, Tristan, Rex, and Raine return to the Island after their school has been evacuated. Not only will she place her life in peril, but those of her friends as well. Morgan Koda will go beyond the limits of her magic to discover the source responsible for the attack. The result will leave her feeling betrayed.Author's Website: www.morgankodaadventures.com

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Mythic Dragon Publishing

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1478239328

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9781478239321

Antiquity and the Meanings of Time

A Philosophy of Ancient and Modern Literature

By: Duncan F. Kennedy

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Antiquity and the Meanings of Time

A Philosophy of Ancient and Modern Literature

By: Duncan F. Kennedy

Society and contemporary culture seem forever fascinated by the topic of time. In modern fiction, Ian McEwan (The Child in Time) and Martin Amis (Time's Arrow) have led the way in exploring the human condition in relation to past, present and future. In cinema, several cultural texts (Memento, Minority Report, The Hours) have similarly reflected a preoccupation with temporality and human experience. And in the sphere of politics, debates about the 'end of history', prompted by Francis Fukuyama, indicate that how we live is deeply determined by our relationship not only to place but also to the passing of time. But what did the ancients think about time? Is our interest in chronology a relatively recent phenomenon? Or does it go further back? In his major new work, Duncan Kennedy indicates that our own fascination with time-reckoning is by no means unique. Discussing a number of key texts (such as Homer's Odyssey; Sophocles' Oedipus Rex; Virgil's Aeneid; and Ovid's Metamophoses) and imaginatively setting these side-by-side with modern works (such as Sterne's Tristram Shandy and Joyce's Ulysses), he shows that, from era to era, and in different ways, human beings have uniformly striven to understand the unfolding of history and their relationship to it.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857722166

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9780857722164

Acts of Robert I (1306-1329)

By: Duncan A A M Duncan

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Acts of Robert I (1306-1329)

By: Duncan A A M Duncan

The Acts of Robert I (1306-1329)

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Edinburgh University Press

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147446789X

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My Friend Muriel

By: Jane Duncan

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My Friend Muriel

By: Jane Duncan

Janet Sandison made her bow in My Friends the Miss Boyds, Jane Duncan's sparkling first novel. Here she is again, now a determined young woman of twenty with a University degree. Taking a job with a cranky Pen-Friend organization, she meets Muriel. Muriel is uncompromisingly plain, but clings like ivy. As the lively narrative unfolds, Muriel's story and Janet's diverge and interlace again, aided by a blushing curate, an eccentric she-dragon and her severely repressed husband, by a shady confidence trickster and a suit of armour!

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Pan Macmillan

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1447298160

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Ben Jonson and the Lucianic Tradition

By: Douglas Duncan

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Ben Jonson and the Lucianic Tradition

By: Douglas Duncan

Duncan suggests Jonson's challenge to the audience originates in the practice of 'oblique teaching', which was developed by Erasmus and More out of their admiration for Lucian.

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0521223598

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9780521223591

Daniel: A Commentary Old Testament New European Christadelphian Commentary

By: Duncan Heaster

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Daniel: A Commentary Old Testament New European Christadelphian Commentary

By: Duncan Heaster

Duncan Heaster expounds the prophecy of Daniel as a verse by verse commentary, from a Christadelphian perspective.

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0244620776

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Book's by Duncan Alexander

Cat's Call (Chronicles of Charlie Waterman Book 1)

Cat's Call (Chronicles of Charlie Waterman Book 1)

The Ptolemies

The Ptolemies

Stefan Stambolov and the Emergence of Modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895

Stefan Stambolov and the Emergence of Modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895

Nabokov and his Books

Nabokov and his Books

Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars

Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars

Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol.I

Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol.I

Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292

Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292

Cat's Creation (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #2)

Cat's Creation (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #2)

Cat's Confidence (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #3)

Cat's Confidence (The Chronicles of Charlie Waterman #3)

Performance and Identity in the Classical World

Performance and Identity in the Classical World

The Other Island

The Other Island

Antiquity and the Meanings of Time

Antiquity and the Meanings of Time

Acts of Robert I (1306-1329)

Acts of Robert I (1306-1329)

My Friend Muriel

My Friend Muriel

Ben Jonson and the Lucianic Tradition

Ben Jonson and the Lucianic Tradition

Daniel: A Commentary Old Testament New European Christadelphian Commentary

Daniel: A Commentary Old Testament New European Christadelphian Commentary

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