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Frankenstein or 'The Modern Prometheus' The 1818 Text (Oxford World Classics) by Mary Shelley; Nick Groom (Editor)
Category: Fiction | Series: World's Classics Ser.
Introducing Shakespeare: A Graphic Guide by Nick Groom
Category: Biography | Series: Introducing... S.
Much more than a biography or a guide to his plays and sonnets, "Introducing Shakespeare" is tour through the world of Will and concludes that even after centuries, Shakespeare remains the battlefield on which our very comprehension of humanity is being fought out.
The Forger's Shadow: How Forgery Changed the Course of Literature by Nick Groom
Category: Culture
The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year by Nick Groom
Category: History
"For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomised and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? In this splendidly rich and lyrical celebration of the English ...Show more
The Seasons: An Elegy for the Passing of the Year by Nick Groom
Category: Philosophy and Religion
For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomised and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first cucko ...Show more
The Vampire - A New History by Nick Groom
Category: Culture
An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scenePublished to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori's publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom's detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to ...Show more
Twenty-First Century Tolkien: What Middle-Earth Means To Us Today by Nick Groom
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
An engaging and original celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien, which reveals how his visionary creation of Middle-Earth is more relevant now than ever. Ever since The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was first published in 1937 the popularity of the vast, imaginative world he created has only increased over time. What ...Show more
Twenty-First Century Tolkien - What Middle-Earth Means to Us Today by Nick Groom
Category: Fiction
An engaging, original and radical reassessment of J.R.R. Tolkien, revealing how his visionary creation of Middle-Earth is more relevant now than ever before.
UNION JACK by NICK GROOM
Category: unmapped
Known the world over as a symbol of the UK, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. Groom's original history covers the controversies over the Union Jack - as a symbol of Empire and a symbol exploited by ultra-rightwing political groups. ...Show more
Vampire - a New History by Nick Groom
Category: History
An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori's publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom's detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came t ...Show more
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