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1	Ghostwalk more books like this by Rebecca Stott Set in present-day Cambridge, but entangled with the 17th century, this is at once a ghost story, a love story and a beautifully told history of 17th century Cambridge - as well as a four-hundred year-old murder mystery in which Isaac Newton is a suspect. The son of a reclusive historian finds his mother's drowned body in the tributary of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Darwin and the Barnacle: The Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough more books like this by Rebecca Stott Pairing Charles Darwin and a rare species of barnacle as her unlikely protagonists, Rebecca Stott guides readers through the treacherous shoals of 19th-century biology. Beginning her narrative in the 1820s even before Darwin's Beagle voyage, she examines the mystery of why Darwin waited over 20 years before formulating his pivotal theory of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.71! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Elizabeth Barrett Browning more books like this by Rebecca Stott, Simon Avery, Rebecca Scott This volume will provide students with an introduction to the poetry and life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, one of the most popular poets of her day in Britain and America and who has become one of the great icons of Victorianism for the modern age. The authors present a biographical survey, study of her poetry, its critical reception and an ... see all copies from $14.85! new only from $31.81!
4	Darwin and the Barnacle more books like this by Rebecca Stott In 1846 Darwin had a secret: an essay sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer which would overturn human understanding of time and nature forever. Before he published, he had just one more riddle to solve, that of the strange anatomy of a barnacle, nick-named Mr Arthrobalanus, found in South America during the voyage of the Beagle. ... see all copies from $2.27! new only from $14.93! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Writing with Style more books like this by Rebecca Stott, Simon Avery The book shows that advanced writing skills are best learnt from studying the prose styles and techniques of already established writers, and that any judgement about the quality of writing must take into account the use to which it is put and the audience for whom it is intended. see all copies from $16.11! new only from $22.25! \| first editions
6	Speaking Your Mind: Oral Presentation and Seminar Skills more books like this by Rebecca Stott This book is designed with the belie that the key to good speaking is an awareness of audience and context and knowledge of the techniques of argumentation or rhetoric. see all copies from $10.82! new only from $32.46! \| first editions
7	Making Your Case: A Practical Guide to Essay Writing more books like this by Rebecca Stott Writers investigate and learn about the processes of essay writing - from collecting information, identifying an argument and designing a plan to editing, proof-reading and referencing. see all copies from $4.97! new only from $32.46! \| first editions
8	Theatres of Glass: The Woman Who Brought the Sea to the City more books like this by Rebecca Stott In the winter of 1847, the cloisters of Westminster Abbey enjoyed a sudden growth in popularity, though the visitors who streamed in were not of the usual kind. They were naturalists, come to see the very first marine aquarium in England, a large collection of madrepores and sea sponges kept in glass cases in the drawing-room of Ashburnham House. ... see all copies from $11.94! new only from $11.95!
9	Oyster more books like this by Rebecca Stott As everybody knows, oysters are the ultimate aphrodisiac. Casanova is said to have eaten 50 raw oysters every morning with his mistress of the moment, in a bathtub designed for two. Whether oysters truly have exciting properties is open to debate, but like all seafoods, they contain high amounts of phosphorus and iodine, which are believed to be ... see all copies from $12.33! new only from $12.33!
10	Grammar and Writing: Speak-Write Series more books like this by Rebecca Stott Grammar and Writing is a practical book designed to be used by writers of all kinds who want to improve their knowledge of language in order to develop and improve their writing skills. The authors explaingrammatical terms in an accessible manner, through close attention to the way language is used in specific extracts from literary and non ... see all copies from $7.22! new only from $22.61!
11 view cover	Tennyson more books like this by Rebecca Stott (Editor) Alternative approaches have emerged which have radically altered our understanding of Tennyson's poetry and his relationship to the Victorian age. This text covers the most significant areas of new work on Tennyson, effectively linking feminist and gender studies with deconstructive, psychoanalytic and linguistic attention. The Introduction ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $53.64!
12	The fabrication of the late-Victorian femme fatale : the kiss of death more books like this by Rebecca Stott 'This is an impressively intelligent work of investigation, which makes good use of late Victorian imperial history and criminology' - Chris Baldick, TLS This book examines the rise of the femme fatale as a prominant fictional type in late 19th-century British culture. As a stereotype she has been 'fabricated', that is to say constructed as a ... see all copies from $57.44! new only from $57.44!

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