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Harold Pinter and the Language of Cultural Power

Harold Pinter and the Language of Cultural Power

Marc Silverstein

I want to thank Harold Pinter, Faber and Faber, and Grove Weidenfeld for permission to quote from the published editions of Pinter's work. Parts of this work have previously appeared in print: portions of Chapter 2 appeared in different form ...
Poetry Please: Love Poems

Poetry Please: Love Poems

Various Poets

... 1993) © Simon Armitage, reprintedby permission ofFaber &Faber Ltd EMILYBERRY: 'Letter to Husband' © Emily Berry, from DearBoy (Faber& Faber, 2013) reprinted by permission of the publisher JOHNBETJEMAN: 'In a Bath Teashop' and ...
Faber and Faber Poetry Diary 2017

Faber and Faber Poetry Diary 2017

Various Poets

In recent years the creation of the Poet-to-Poet series has further broadened the scope of Faber poetry to include the work of great poets from the past, selected and introduced by the contemporary poets they have inspired.
Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York

Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York

Francis Spufford

Originally published: Great Britain: Faber & Faber, 2016.
Homo Faber

Homo Faber

Max Frisch

Walter Faber is an emotionally detached engineer forced by a string of coincidences to embark on a journey through his past.
The Kennedy years

The Kennedy years

Harold Faber

A study of the political career, especially the Presidency, of John F. Kennedy. Includes reprints of and excerpts from articles in the New York Times.
Airplane

Airplane

Harold Faber

Follows the development of the airplane.
Multitudes

Multitudes

Lucy Caldwell

First published in 2016 by Faber & Faber Ltd Bloomsbury House 74–77 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DA This ebook edition first published in 2016 All rights reserved © Lucy Caldwell, 2016 Design by Faber The right of Lucy Caldwell ...
Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Harold Faber

Traces the life of the statesman who played a crucial role in India's struggle for independence from Great Britain, with emphasis on the Mahatma's early years.
John Charles Frémont: Pathfinder to the West

John Charles Frémont: Pathfinder to the West

Harold Faber

A biography of the nineteenth-century soldier, politician, and explorer whose many expeditions helped open up the American West to settlers.
The Fahrenheit Twins

The Fahrenheit Twins

Michel Faber

Deft and lyrical, this paperback edition of Michel Faber's collection of stories is his first since his auspicious debut, Some Rain Must Fall.
Samuel de Champlain, Explorer of Canada

Samuel de Champlain, Explorer of Canada

Harold Faber

Presents a biography of the French explorer who was instrumental in founding the city of Quâebec, and includes details about the land and people of the times and a time line.
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.
Casualty Actuarial Society Forum

Casualty Actuarial Society Forum

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JACK: HAROLD JILL: HAROLD JACK: JILL: HAROLD: JACK: JILL: HAROLD JACK: HAROLD JILL: HAROLD JACK: JILL: HAROLD JACK: JILL: Have you implemented tough, new cost-saving measures? Yes sir! We cutout vacations, holidays, ...
Some Rain Must Fall: And Other Stories

Some Rain Must Fall: And Other Stories

Michel Faber

Michel Faber's short stories are markedly diverse-the voice of each is so distinct that the book reads like an anthology of different writers.
The Fahrenheit Twins and Other Stories

The Fahrenheit Twins and Other Stories

Michel Faber

Deft and lyrical, this paperback edition of Michel Faber's collection of stories is his first since his auspicious debut, Some Rain Must Fall.
The Faber Book of Science

The Faber Book of Science

John Carey

The Faber Book of Science introduces hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos.
The Discoverers of America

The Discoverers of America

Harold Faber

A look at the dozens of explorers who reached the "New World" long before Columbus did discusses everyone from the native American tribes, through the Vikings and European explorers, to the explorers of Alaska and Hawaii.
Lewis and Clark: From Ocean to Ocean

Lewis and Clark: From Ocean to Ocean

Harold Faber

Recounts the journey into the western United States conducted by explorers Lewis and Clark, outlining their routes, personal experiences, and encounters with the Native Americans.
Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight

Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight

Eli Faber

In this groundbreaking book, likely to stand as the definitive word on the subject, Eli Faber cuts through this cloud of mystification to recapture an important chapter in both Jewish and African diasporic history.
New Age Journal

New Age Journal

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Uncommon Voyage: Parenting a Special Needs Child in the World of Alternative Medicine, by Laura Shapiro Kramer (Faber and Faber, April). After her son is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, the author seeks out alternative therapies. Waking  ...
Whose Side Are You On?

Whose Side Are You On?

Teddy Jamieson

3. Alex Higgins, quoted in Donald Trelford, Snookered (Faber & Faber, 1986). 4. For a full rundown on the highs and hells of Higgins's life you could do worse than read Bill Borrows's compellingbiography The Hurricane (Atlantic Books, 2002).
Undying: A Love Story

Undying: A Love Story

Michel Faber

How can you say goodbye to the love of your life? In Undying Michel Faber honours the memory of his wife, who died after a six-year battle with cancer.
Winterstoke

Winterstoke

L.T.C. Rolt

This ebook edition first published in 2015 by Faber & Faber Ltd Bloomsbury House 74–77 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DA All rights reserved © The Estate of L. T. C. Rolt, 1954 Introductory remarks © individual contributors, 2015 The ...
From Sea to Sea: The Growth of the United States

From Sea to Sea: The Growth of the United States

Harold Faber

A geographical history of the United States, detailing the work of the diplomats, soldiers, and explorers who marked new boundaries in the claim for expansion from thirteen colonies to over fifty States and possessions.
Who Killed the Queen?: The Story of a Community Hospital and ...

Who Killed the Queen?: The Story of a Community Hospital and ...

Holly Dressel

1 Griffith, Harold, “Highlights in the Life of Harold Randall Griffith.” Griffith, Harold. Diary entry, 160. Griffith, Harold. “Highlights in the Life of Harold Randall Griffith,” 31. This and all subsequent quotes about Vimy are from Harold Griffith's letter ...
Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist

Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist

Richard Rhodes

Inc. (This material, paraphrased by Richard Rhodes, is an interpretation of Sheila Weller's published material except where there are quotes directly extracted from the book.) Random House, Inc., and Faber and Faber Limited: Excerpt from ...
Lysistrata, The Women's Festival, and Frogs

Lysistrata, The Women's Festival, and Frogs

Aristophanes

Also by Michael Ewans [anéc'ek's Tragic Operas (Faber, 1977) Wagner and Aeschylus: The Ring and the Oresteia (Faber, 1982) Georg Biichner's Woyzeck ( Peter Lang, 1989) Aeschylus: Oresteia (editor and translator) (I. M. Dent, 1995) ...

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