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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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  ...
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.
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 ...
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) ...
Gay TV and Straight America

Gay TV and Straight America

Ron Becker

See Rodger Streitmatter, Unspeakable:The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America (Boston: Faber and Faber, 1995), 308–337; Daniel Harris, The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture (NewYork: Hyperion, 1997), 64–85. 59. See Diane Cyr,“The ...
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 ...
The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights

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It seems to confirm the development of Reid's drama.7 Primary Sources Works by Graham Reid The Billy Plays: Too Late to Talk to Billy; A Matter ofChoicefor Billy; A Coming to Termsfor Billy; Lorna (London: Faber and Faber, 1987). The Death ...
The Faber Book of Twentieth-Century German Poems

The Faber Book of Twentieth-Century German Poems

Michael Hofmann

Meticulously researched but eminently approachable, The Faber Book of Twentieth Century German Poems is an essential new addition to any poetry bookshelf.
Filming Beckett's Television Plays: A Director's Experience

Filming Beckett's Television Plays: A Director's Experience

Sidney Homan

North, Richard. "Review of ... but the clouds . . .." The Listener (2 April 1977), in A Student's Guide to the Plays of Samuel Beckett. Ed. Beryl Fletcher, John Fletcher, Barry Smith, and Walter Bachem. London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1978.
Brian Friel Plays 1: Philadelphia, Here I Come!; The Freedom ...

Brian Friel Plays 1: Philadelphia, Here I Come!; The Freedom ...

Brian Friel

This collection first published in 1984 asSelectedPlays Reissued as Brian Friel: Plays One in 1996 by Faber and Faber Ltd Bloomsbury House 74–77 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DA This ebook editionfirst published in2013 All rights ...
Clark Kerr's University of California: Leadership, ...

Clark Kerr's University of California: Leadership, ...

Cristina Gonzalez

London: Faber & Faber. Pelfrey, Patricia A. (2004). A Brief History of the University of California. Berkeley, California: University of California. Pelfrey, Patricia A. (2008a). “Origins of the Principles for Review of Executive Compensation 1992-93 ...
William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered

William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered

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Selected Books by William Saroyan LINDA HAMALIAN The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1934; London: Faber St Faber, 1935. Inhale and Exhale. New York: Random House, 1936; ...
The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Brahms, ...

The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Brahms, ...

A. Peter Brown

Antonin Dvorak: Musician and Craftsman. London: Faber & Faber, 1966. Clapham, John. "Dvorak and the Impact of America." MR XV/3 (August i954):203- n. Clapham, John. "Dvofák at the Crossroads." MR XXIII/i (February i962):7-i2. Clapham ...

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