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Dangerous Thoughts

Dangerous Thoughts

Celia Fremlin

'A thoughtful, entertaining thriller.' Booklist 'I cannot recommend [it] too highly.' Time Out 'Celia Fremlin is an astonishing writer, who explores that nightmare country where brain, mind and self battle to establish the truth.
Seven Lean Years

Seven Lean Years

Celia Fremlin

'Fremlin wraps up her little mystery cunningly in this accomplished thriller-chiller of a book.' Sunday Times 'Fremlin has a quite extraordinary ability for imbuing the normal with intimations of doom-to-come.
With No Crying

With No Crying

Celia Fremlin

' Andrew Taylor With No Crying (1980), Celia Fremlin's eleventh novel, tells of Miranda, a daydreaming fifteen-year-old schoolgirl who has encouraged a boy to seduce her and is glad to find herself pregnant, but then bitterly resentful when ...
Prisoner's Base

Prisoner's Base

Celia Fremlin

Celia Fremlin's sixth novel Prisoner's Base (1967) served further proof of her mastery at uncovering anxieties and even terrors in the domestic sphere.
King of the World

King of the World

Celia Fremlin

' Andrew Taylor King of the World (1994), Celia Fremlin's sixteenth and final novel, is the story of flat-mates Bridget and Diane.
The Echoing Stones

The Echoing Stones

Celia Fremlin

' Andrew Taylor The Echoing Stones (1993) was Celia Fremlin's fifteenth novel. Arnold Walker's decision to take early retirement and become caretaker and tourist guide at a Tudor mansion changes his life dramatically.
Uncle Paul

Uncle Paul

Celia Fremlin

Uncle Paul (1959) was Celia Fremlin's second novel, and consolidated the success of her suspenseful debutThe Hours Before Dawn. Fifteen years ago Uncle Paul was exposed as a murderer by his wife Mildred, and sent to prison.
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark: Short Stories

Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark: Short Stories

Celia Fremlin

Female characters predominate in these tales, as does the doom-filled atmosphere that was Fremlin's metier.
By Horror Haunted: Stories

By Horror Haunted: Stories

Celia Fremlin

By Horror Haunted (1974) was Celia Fremlin's second collection of stories, and it runs the gamut of her many talents.
The Jealous One

The Jealous One

Celia Fremlin

' 'A tense situation, ultimately resolved by a beautifully fitting plot-twist. Even more memorable than the suspense story is the witty and acute comedy.' New York Times 'A brilliant example of the psychological thriller.
A Lovely Day to Die: And Other Stories

A Lovely Day to Die: And Other Stories

Celia Fremlin

“I'm sorry, Gerald darling, if Carol—if the little girl—was upset.I didn't mean to upset her, I just thought that the children should know about us.I don't believein lies and deceitwith children,Ithink theyare entitled tothe truth.Oh, darling, please don't ...
Desdemona for Celia by Hilton

Desdemona for Celia by Hilton

Celia Paul

"'Desdemona for Celia by Hilton' is a multifaceted collaboration between artist Celia Paul and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer Hilton Als. A concise selection of drawings and paintings by Paul are illustrated.
The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes, C1682-c.1712

The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes, C1682-c.1712

Celia Fiennes

THIS THIRD EDITION IS A LIVE ACCOUNT OF THE TRAVELS OF CELIA FIENNES THROUGHOUT ENGLAND BETWEEN 1685 AND 1710 AND IS NOW RE-ISSUED TO CO-INCIDE WITH THE WILLIAM AND MARY TRECENTENARY.
Celia Scott

Celia Scott

Alan Colquhoun

Photographer Nick Turner, © Celia Scott 12. Photographer Nick Turner, © Celia Scott 13. Photographer Nick Turner, © Celia Scott 14. © Jerry Hardman-Jones 15 . © Celia Scott 16. Photographer Nick Turner, © Celia Scott 17. Photographer ...
Sexual paradox: creative tensions in our lives and in our ...

Sexual paradox: creative tensions in our lives and in our ...

Celia A. Hahn

Creative Tensions in Our Lives and in Our Congregations Celia Allison Hahn Presenting an alternative to current male-female stereotypes, Celia Hahn analyzes the tensions between men and women in their physical, psychological, social, ...
Through England on a Side Saddle

Through England on a Side Saddle

Celia Fiennes

Celia Fiennes is remarkable for the journeys she made, in an effort regain her health, riding through the English countryside.
British Modernism and Censorship

British Modernism and Censorship

Celia Marshik

Celia Marshik argues that censorship can benefit as well as harm writers and the works they create in response to it.
Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism

Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism

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Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism Edited by Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember and Celia Lury Contents Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember and Celia Lury Monica Greco Suhail M alik Andrew Barry Adrian Mackenzie Celia Lury Lisa ...
Beyond Tribalism: Managing Identities in a Diverse World

Beyond Tribalism: Managing Identities in a Diverse World

Celia de Anca

In Beyond Tribalism, author Celia de Anca reveals that tribalism is the key to understanding the success of the most innovative businesses in the 21st century.
Virginia Woolf Miscellany

Virginia Woolf Miscellany

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REVIEW BRITISH MODERNISM AND CENSORSHIP by Celia Marshik. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 257 pages. S85.00 cloth. With its first sentence, Celia Marshik lays the groundwork for her timely and informative study, ...
Ticket to Curlew

Ticket to Curlew

Celia Lottridge

CELIA BARKER LOTTRIDGE has won international recognition for her many children's books, including Wings to Fly, the sequel to Ticket to Curlew. She lives in Toronto, where she is writing a third book about the Ferrier family.
Woolf Studies Annual

Woolf Studies Annual

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Celia Marshik (New York: Cambridge UP, 2006) xii + 257 pp. Illus. Let me begin with the ending because Celia Marshik's "Afterword: Forgotten Evils" sums up the exceptional relevance of her study. As Marshik observes: In the place of a ...
Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games ...

Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games ...

Celia Pearce

In Communities of Play, game researcher and designer Celia Pearce explores emergent fan cultures in networked digital worlds -- actions by players that do not coincide with the intentions of the game's designers.

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