Murder in the age of enlightenment

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

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Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment

This book attempts to defend the use of the term 'English Enlightenment' by using late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge as an illustratio

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Ideas of Poverty in the Age of Enlightenment

This collection of essays examines the ways in which poverty was conceptualised in the social, political, and religious discourses of eighteenth-centu

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Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment

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Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment

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Cultural History of Democracy in the Age of Enlightenment

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Exotic Switzerland? – Looking Outward in the Age of Enlightenment

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Scottish Enlightenment

Originally published in 1976, this book discusses the relationship of the age of intellectual enlightenment in Scotland to the age of economic improve

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Scottish Enlightenment

Originally published in 1976, this book discusses the relationship of the age of intellectual enlightenment in Scotland to the age of economic improve

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Murder in the Basement

A novel pairing dark humour and intelligent detection work, this 1932 â€whowasdunin?’ mystery is an example of a celebrated Golden Age authorâ

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Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment

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Twickenhamshire: A Riverside Realm of Gardens and Villas in the Age of Enlightenment

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Murder in the Family - Cara Hunterová

<p>*THE FIRST EVER STAND-ALONE FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER* From the Sunday Times Bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME comes a brilliant standalone thriller you'll never forget 'This book had me riveted to the page. It is original, inventive and totally 21st Century... Just brilliant!' Janice Hallett, author...

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Groote Park Murder

From a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a true classic of Golden Age detective fiction b

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Murder After Christmas

First published in 1944, Murder After Christmas is a lively riot of murder, mince pies and misdirection, cleverly twisting the tropes of Golden Age de

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Killers of a Certain Age

Charlie's Angels meets The Thursday Murder Club in this action-packed, globe-trotting adventure full of twists, turns and whip-smart women.

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On Murder, Mourning and Melancholia

Written against a background of war and racism, this work sees a similarly self-destructive savagery underlying individual life in the modern age, whi

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Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism

In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. With Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism, Cathy Gere relates the fascinating story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects...

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The Colour of Bee Larkham´s Murder - Sarah J. Harris

<p>A stunning adult debut - perfect for fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and My Name is Leon Jasper is thirteen years old and isn't like the other boys his age. His synaesthesia paints his world in fantastical colours specific to every sound and word he hears. Then there's his face-blindness, which prevents him from recognising anyone's face...

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Black Cat AGE OF INNOCENCE + CD ( Reading a Training Level 5)

As the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer was born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. Though sensitive and intelligent, Archer respects the rigid social code of his class and plans to marry "one of his own kind," the striking May Welland. But the arrival of the free-spirited Countess Olenska, who breathes clouds of European sophis...

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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World - Malcolm Gaskill

<p>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE* *A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR* 'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times 'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC History In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People su...

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A Good Girl´s Guide to Murder, 1. vydání - Holly Jacksonová

<p>The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about. Soon to be a major BBC series! THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020 'A fiendishly-plotted myste...

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A Good Girl´s Guide to Murder, 1. vydání - Holly Jacksonová

<p>The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about!</p> <p>THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020</p> <p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020A debut YA crime thriller as addictive as Serial as compelling as Riverdale and as page-turning as One of Us Is...

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Astrology. The Library of Esoterica - Jessica Hundley

<p>Looking to the sky, the second volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. From its birth as astronomy’s sister science, to our current Age of Aquarius, the story of this ancient practice is told through more than 400 images—from Egyptian temples to contemporary art—sequenced to mirror the spin of t...

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The Volcano Lover - Susan Sontag

<p>Based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century, this title examines the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment. It presents a picture of revolution, the fate of nature, art and love.</p>

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Banana Fish 2 - Akimi Yoshida

<p>Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideo...

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Banana Fish 2 - Akimi Yoshida

<p>Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideo...

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Jacques the Fatalist

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in "Jacques the Fatalist", he brilliantly challenged the artificialities of conventional French fiction of his age. Riding through France with his master, the servant Jacques appears to act as though he is truly free in a world of dizzying variety and unpredictability. Characters emerge and...

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Sorry for the Dead

Anotace: A compelling murder mystery in which events shift between a world on the brink of a devastating world war and the deadly aftermath of that war. The latest instalment of the enthralling series starring Golden Age crime writer Josephine Tey. In the summer of 1915, the violent death of a young girl brings grief and notoriety to Charleston Farmhouse on the Sussex D...

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The Dryden Arms

Bored with his job as a copywriter at a major hotel chain and living in a noisy apartment in Hollywood teeming with would-be actors and unsavory characters, aspiring novelist Rupert is laid off and seizes the opportunity to move to a serene dwelling in order to live in the peace and quiet he needs to go on a Bukowski-like writing bender. Instead, he ends up at The Dryden ...

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Where the Crawdads Sing

For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends...

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Sorry for the Dead - Nicola Upson

A compelling murder mystery in which events shift between a world on the brink of a devastating world war and the deadly aftermath of that war. The latest instalment of the enthralling series starring Golden Age crime writer Josephine Tey.

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The Gormenghast Trilogy - Mervyn Peake

<p>A beautiful fairytale filled with unexpected plot twists. Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this g...

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The Dryden Arms - Allina Johnny

Anotace: Bored with his job as a copywriter at a major hotel chain and living in a noisy apartment in Hollywood teeming with would-be actors and unsavory characters, aspiring novelist Rupert is laid off and seizes the opportunity to move to a serene dwelling in order to live in the peace and quiet he needs to go on a Bukowski-like writing bender. Instead, he ends up at T...

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The Dryden Arms - Johnny Allina

<p>Bored with his job as a copywriter at a major hotel chain and living in a noisy apartment in Hollywood teeming with would-be actors and unsavory characters, aspiring novelist Rupert is laid off and seizes the opportunity to move to a serene dwelling in order to live in the peace and quiet he needs to go on a Bukowski-like writing bender. Instead, he ends up at Th...

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A Clash of Kings: Book 2 of a Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. Martin

Anotace: HBO`s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin`s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series. Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising. From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns ...

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A Clash of Kings: Book 2 of a Song of Ice and Fire - George Raymond Richard Martin

<p>HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series. Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising. From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns a...

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Sorry for the Dead - Nicola Upson

<p>A compelling murder mystery in which events shift between a world on the brink of a devastating world war and the deadly aftermath of that war. The latest instalment of the enthralling series starring Golden Age crime writer Josephine Tey. In the summer of 1915, the violent death of a young girl brings grief and notoriety to Charleston Farmhouse on the Sussex Do...

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The Chalk Man : The Sunday Times bestseller. The most chilling book you'll read this year - C. J. Tudor

<p>A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'A frightening Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery. With new crime writers this dark, the future is bright' A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip'<br /> ___________ It was only meant to be a game . . . <br /> None of us ever agreed on the...

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Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine - Cruz Smith Martin

Anotace: `The later Renko novels are stark, spare and beautiful, like trees in winter. Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable` MICK HERRON ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Renko has been confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way. Although he`s more disillusioned with policing and th...

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Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine - Smith Martin Cruz

<p>'The later Renko novels are stark, spare and beautiful, like trees in winter. Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable' MICK HERRON ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Renko has been confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way. Although he's more disillusioned with policing and the...

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The Brothers Karamazov, 1. vydání - Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij

<p>Dostoevsky's beautiful writing style and universal themes make this epic 19th century novel unmissable. The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov and his three sons - the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy youn...

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A Clash of Kings (Reissue) - George Raymond Richard Martin

<p>HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series.</p> <p>‘Nobody does fantasy quite like Martin’ Sunday Times</p> <p>Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising.<...

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Second Treatise of Goverment - Locke John

Anotace: Notes and Introduction by Mark G. Spencer, Brock University, Ontario John Locke (1632-1704) was perhaps the most influential English writer of his time. His Essay concerning Human Understanding (1690) and Two Treatises of Government (1690) weighed heavily on the history of ideas in the eighteenth century, and Locke`s works are often ? rightly ? presented as foun...

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Dissolution

In an age of treachery and turmoil, brutal murder brings the ultimate test of faith.

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Raised by Wolves

At the age of four, Bryn watched a rabid werewolf brutally murder her parents. Alone in the world, she was rescued and taken in by Callum, the alpha o

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Newcomer

'An intriguing mashup of police procedural and golden age puzzle mystery' Guardian International bestseller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mindbender - Newcomer - as newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga is assigned to a baffling murder. Detective Kyochiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Ni...

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Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman´s Search for Everything - Elizabeth Gilbert

<p>It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: ...

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Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Notes and Introduction by Mark G. Spencer, Brock University, Ontario John Locke (1632-1704) was perhaps the most influential English writer of his time. His Essay concerning Human Understanding (1690) and Two Treatises of Government (1690) weighed heavily on the history of ideas in the eighteenth century, and Locke's works are often - rightly - presented as foundations of...

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Chalk Man - neuveden

Anotace: A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'A frightening Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery. With new crime writers this dark, the future is bright' A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip'<br> ___________ It was only meant to be a game . . . <br> None of us e...

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Eat, Pray, Love: 'One Woman''s Search for Everything Across Italy, India & Indonesia' (0747589356)

Kniha - autor Elizabeth Gilbert, 350 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time...

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Tales and Poems - Poe Edgar Allan

Anotace: This mesmerising, macabre collection contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, including 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee' and 'Lenore', and a selection of his very best stories, along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems explore the familiar Poe themes of murder,...

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Tales and Poems - Edgar Allan Poe

<p>This mesmerising, macabre collection contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, including 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee' and 'Lenore', and a selection of his very best stories, along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems explore the familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession and love, but this volume...

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Carlo Gambino

Carlo Gambino - Crime Boss Don Carlo is the biography of Carlo Gambino, a Mafioso who became boss of the Gambino crime family that still bears his name today. Gambino was known for being low-key and secretive and unlike many modern mafiosi, Gambino served relatively little time in prison. Gambino began carrying out murder orders for new Mob bosses in his teens. In 1921, a...

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As Good As Dead - Holly Jacksonová

<p>THE THIRD AND FINAL THRILLING BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER TRILOGY A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller and WINNER of The British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year 2020 and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020 Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by th...

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Two Can Keep a Secret - Karen M. McManusová

<p>A perfect town is hiding secrets. Two teenagers are dead. Two murders unsolved. And a killer who claims to be coming back. Ellery's never been to Echo Ridge, but she's heard all about it. It's where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen's murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live wit...

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