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Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

Lynn Wells

This introduction to the work of Ian McEwan places his fiction in historical and theoretical context.
Dictionary of Scottish Art & Architecture

Dictionary of Scottish Art & Architecture

Peter J. M. McEwan

An essential work on the artistic life of Scotland.
Ian McEwan: Contemporary Critical Perspectives, 2nd Edition

Ian McEwan: Contemporary Critical Perspectives, 2nd Edition

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With a new chapter on Solar, this is an up-to-date guide to critical writing on Ian McEwan, including an interview with the author.
The Siege of Shangri-La: The Quest for Tibet's Sacred Hidden ...

The Siege of Shangri-La: The Quest for Tibet's Sacred Hidden ...

Michael McRae

To run the first rapid of the trip, Jamie McEwan initially chose a line down the center of the river but suddenly changed his mind. The colossus of standing waves in midchannel was far bigger than he had expected. McEwan veered off and ...
The Daydreamer

The Daydreamer

Ian McEwan

Peter Fortune is a daydreamer.
Ian McEwan: Contemporary Critical Perspectives, 2nd edition

Ian McEwan: Contemporary Critical Perspectives, 2nd edition

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CHAPTER FIVE Postmodernism and the Ethics of Fiction in Atonement ALISTAIR CORMACK Chapter Summary: In Atonement (2001), Ian McEwan performs a complex examination of novelistic discourse. The narrative involves a collision ...
Willy the Scrub

Willy the Scrub

Jamie McEwan

Willy the scrub / by Jamie McEwan. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-58196-010-5 Summary: Willy and his friends have just started 5th grade and they want to be part of the “in ” crowd, the jocks. The fall football season leaves Willy a benchwarmer, or scrub,  ...
Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools: Lesson Plans, ...

Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools: Lesson Plans, ...

Michele Hensley

... Emotions or Feelings The Heart of Cool, Jamie McEwan (PreK-3rd) Rain Romp : Stomping Awaya Grouchy Day, Jane Kurtz (PreK-3rd) Story of Grump and Pout, Jamie McEwan (PreK-3rd) Following Instructions Winnie the Pooh: Oh Bother!
Whitewater Scrubs

Whitewater Scrubs

Jamie McEwan

In this sequel to Willy the Scrub, the gang has joined a kayaking club after school.
Braknovia Forest: The Three

Braknovia Forest: The Three

J. T. McEwan

I loved this story from the moment I started reading until the very last page.” Online Book Club
Navigating New Media Networks: Understanding and Managing ...

Navigating New Media Networks: Understanding and Managing ...

Bree McEwan

This work will be of interest to scholars of sociology, psychology, and communication
The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

Mary Kershner Maxwell

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Understanding Ian McEwan

Understanding Ian McEwan

David Malcolm

This is a discussion of the work of one of Britain's most highly regarded novelists and the winner of the 1998 Booker Prize.
Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu

Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu

Jamie McEwan

Rufus is tired of being yelled at by his football coach.
Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times

Dr. Laurence J. Peter

From the author of the multimillion-selling The Peter Principle, and The Peter Prescription, here is a timeless collection of some of history's greatest and best-expressed thoughts.
Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times

Laurence J. Peter

From the author of the multimillion-selling The Peter Principle, and The Peter Prescription, here is a timeless collection of some of history's greatest and best-expressed thoughts.
Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts

Jamie McEwan

This anthology of short, autobiographical stories has kids book authors telling tales of their own real-life athletic incidents.
Saturday

Saturday

Ian McEwan

Saturday, February 15, 2003.
The Heart Of Cool

The Heart Of Cool

Jamie McEwan

When Bobby moves to a new school, he tries to be the ultimate in cool by imitating Harry Haller, the coolest kid of all.
Atonement

Atonement

Ian McEwan

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house.
Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

Kiernan Ryan

A new edition of the first study in English of one of the most original and exciting writers of our time which adds substantially to critical appreciation of his body of work, which has grown considerably with publication of A Child inTime, ...
Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Ian McEwan

In the weeks that follow, Clive and Vernon’s lives become bound together in ways neither could have imagined. Two dubious moral decisions and a pact made in extremis lead them both to the heart of Amsterdam.
First Love, Last Rites

First Love, Last Rites

Ian McEwan

Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.
Peter Pan - Hello, my name is Peter

Peter Pan - Hello, my name is Peter

Robert Steiner

Sixty years after the original story, Wendy must face her fears and weaknesses and return to Neverland to rescue Peter from certain doom in this final and most touching chapter of the ever youthful legend of Peter Pan.
Summary of The Children Act: By Ian McEwan | Includes Analysis

Summary of The Children Act: By Ian McEwan | Includes Analysis

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Before I Met You: A Novel

Before I Met You: A Novel

Lisa Jewell

Peter Lawler. He sounded like he might be a financial adviser. Or a solicitor. The intercom crackled, and the sound of an elderly lady's voice emerged. “Yes?” “Oh, hello. I'm looking for a Peter Lawler.” “Who?” “Peter Lawler.” “Peter Morler?” “No ...
Second World War in Contemporary British Fiction

Second World War in Contemporary British Fiction

Victoria Stewart

... Modernism of Ian McEwan's Atonement' and Alistair Cormack, 'Postmodernism and the Ethics of Fiction in Atonement'. Introduction. 19.
The Fahrenheit Twins

The Fahrenheit Twins

Michel Faber

' Good Reading 'Were you to lock Paul Auster, Roald Dahl and Ian McEwan in a room together, the result might well resemble this collection of short stories by Michel Faber.
The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong

The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong

Dr. Laurence J. Peter

With the wit of Mark Twain, the psychological acuity of Sigmund Freud, and the theoretical impact of Isaac Newton, Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull’s The Peter Principle brilliantly explains how incompetence and its accompanying ...

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