Andrew Zurcher

Fitz thinks he is an ordinary eleven-year-old and loves to turn simple things into mini-adventures, like sneaking next door and filching books from Mr Ahmadi's vast library of mysterious tomes, and goading the guard dog into giving breakneck chase. But one tranquil evening three sharp knocks on the front door change everything . . . 'I said I would come for him. He is my jewel. It is time. It is past time.' Now on the run from a threat that has been waiting his entire life, Fitz's only hope is to put his life in the hands of his enigmatic neighbour, Mr Ahmadi. Taken on as an apprentice in a secret society who keep all they really do cloaked in mystery, Fitz has to quickly learn the ropes within the most skilful, most powerful, most dangerous and wealthiest organisation in the world . . .

The Giant's Almanac

Kay's father is working late - as usual. Fed up, her mother bundles her daughters into the car and drives to her husband's Cambridge college to collect him herself. But when they arrive, the staff claim that nobody by his name has ever worked there . . . Kay is puzzled by her mother's reaction - silent tears, not anger and confusion. And what is even more puzzling is the card on her pillow when they return home- Will O. de Wisp, Gent. F.H.S.P. and Phillip R. T. Gibbet, Gent. F.H.S.P. K.Bith. REMOVALS. That night, Kay is woken by voices at her window- the voices of Will and Phillip, the Removers. But they are not human. And Kay shouldn't be able to see them. Except she can . . .

Twelve Nights

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Andrew Zurcher takes a fresh, historically sensitive look at Shakespeare's meticulous resort to legal language, texts, concepts, and arguments in a range of plays and poems.

Shakespeare and Law

John Burnside

André Naffis-Sahely

Timothy Donnelly

Andrew Motion

Robert Crawford

Jon Stone

Sarah Howe

Helen Mort

Tim Gunn

Paul Muldoon

Mina Gorji

W. N. Herbert

Isobel Dixon

Alicia Elsbeth Stallings

John McAuliffe

Leontia Flynn

Peter Manson

Andy Powell

Aisha Farr

Anthony Adler

Aviva Dautch

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An Anthology of Imitation

The Mimic Octopus

Mary A. Favret

Mark Rawlinson

Carol Watts

Catherine A. M. Clarke

Joanna Bellis

James Purdon

Susanna A. Throop

Katie L. Walter

Tom F. Wright

Reflections on the uneasy yet symbiotic relations of war and writing, from medieval to modern literature.

War and Literature

A magical tale of imagination, adventure, and the power of storytelling, perfect for fans of The Golden Compass and A Wrinkle in Time. Kay's father has gone missing on Christmas Eve! And when Kay and her sister Ell go to his office, everyone he works with claims never to have heard of him. So later that evening, when Kay wakes up to find two mysterious strangers outside her bedroom window, talking about her father and looking for the last remnants of his existence, she demands to know what's happened to her dad. The two strangers, Flip and Will, are wraiths, on a mission to bring Kay and Ell's father to their world--the world of woven stories and grand imagination that their father has spent his career studying. Only things in that world have gone very wrong, and the Bride of Bithynia, the only being who can set things right, is nowhere to be found. Can Kay and Ell find their father and join Flip and Will in a centuries-old battle to save the world? Debut author Andrew Zurcher has created a world as captivating as Lyra's Oxford and Alice's Wonderland in this spellbinding quest of a novel. Praise for Twelve Nights: * "Debut author Zurcher writes with surety and panache . . . a superb adventure." --Booklist, STARRED REVIEW "One for the bookshelf of any fantasy enthusiast." --Kirkus Reviews

Introduces a Renaissance masterpiece to a modern audience.

Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'

Introduces a Renaissance masterpiece to a modern audience. This guide will help new readers to understand and enjoy The Faerie Queene, drawing attention to its various ironies, its self-reflexive construction, its visual emphasis and the timeless ethical, political, and literary questions that it asks of all of us. The book includes key selections from the poem (each accompanied by a headnote, commentary and glosses), historical and critical discussions, teaching and learning plans and a guide to further resources in electronic and print media.

A Reading Guide

Úchvatná fantasy pre oddaných fanúšikov Philipa Pullmana a Terryho Pratchetta. Kejin ocko sa na Štedrý deň vyparí bez stopy zo svojho pracoviska na univerzite. Akoby nikdy ani neexistoval! V tú noc, keď Kej so sestrou El zaspia a ich užialená mama podľahne spánku, zavíta do ich izby nečakaná a tajuplná návšteva - dva prízraky, ktoré dievčatám otvoria cestu do príbehu, kde dobro musí zvíťaziť nad zlom a fantázia nad prázdnotou.

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Contains substantial selections from The Faerie Queene.

Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene"

Dobrodružství, které potrvá dvanáct nocí Je Štedrý den. Kayin tatínek zůstal dlouho v práci - jako obvykle. Maminka už toho má dost, a tak naloží Kay i její sestru do auta a vydají se ho vyzvednout na univerzitu, kde pracuje. Vrátný a všichni ostatní zaměstnanci však tvrdí, že žádného takového kolegu nemají a že ho v životě neviděli. Té noci vzbudí Kay hlasy za oknem. Patří odstraňovačům. Nejsou to lidé a Kay by je neměla ani vidět. Ale vidí je...

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Highlights Spenser's use of legal thought and language, resulting in new insights into his work.

Law and Poetry in Early Modern England

Spenser's Legal Language

Andrew Zurcher

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