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    The Magic Circle: A Novel

    Jenny Davidson

    Three smart young women - the scholarly Ruth, her poet roommate Lucy, and their exotic, provocative neighbor Anna - are obsessed with games of all kinds. They’ve devoted themselves to…

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    Breeding: A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century

    Jenny Davidson

    The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many eighteenth-century writers argued that the proper…

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    Reading Style: A Life in Sentences

    Jenny Davidson

    A professor, critic, and insatiable reader, Jenny Davidson investigates the passions that drive us to fall in love with certain sentences over others and the larger implications of our relationship…

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    Reading Style: A Life in Sentences

    Jenny Davidson

    A professor, critic, and insatiable reader, Jenny Davidson investigates the passions that drive us to fall in love with certain sentences over others and the larger implications of our relationship…

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    Reading Jane Austen

    Jenny Davidson (Columbia University, New York)

    An original and highly engaging account of one of the most influential writers in the history of English literature, by novelist and leading academic Jenny Davidson. Looking at Austen’s novels…

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    Reading Jane Austen

    Jenny Davidson (Columbia University, New York)

    An original and highly engaging account of one of the most influential writers in the history of English literature, by novelist and leading academic Jenny Davidson. Looking at Austen’s novels…

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    Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen

    Jenny Davidson (Columbia University, New York)

    Jenny Davidson considers the arguments that define hypocrisy as a moral and political virtue in its own right. She shows that these were arguments that thrived in eighteenth-century Britain’s culture…

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    Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen

    Jenny Davidson (Columbia University, New York)

    Jenny Davidson considers the arguments that define hypocrisy as a moral and political virtue in its own right. She shows that these were arguments that thrived in eighteenth-century Britain’s culture…

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    Oh No! Look What The Cat Dragged In

    Joy H. Davidson

    In this hilarious lighthearted story book by award-winning author Joy H Davidson a week at Grandma’s house descends into chaos as the cat brings a series of increasingly horrible creatures…

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    Grandma’s Lost Her Corgis

    Joy H Davidson

    When Queen Elizabeth II loses her corgis, her grandchildren search Buckingham Palace, its grounds, and the city of London to find the precious pets. The Queen even calls out the…

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    The Duchess of Angus

    Margaret Brown Kilik

    Plath’s The Bell Jar and McCullers’s The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter meet South Texas struggles with gender, class, and race

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    Pop-up Sleeping Beauty

    Susanna Davidson

    Little children willlove this magical retelling of the classic fairy tale, with fantastic pop-ups,all stunningly illustrated by George Ermos. Discover the secret tower, seeSleeping Beauty prick her finger on the…

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    Pop-Up Snow White

    Susanna Davidson

    Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? Turn the pages of this gorgeous pop-up book and watch as the classic fairy tale magically comes to…

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    Pop-up Cinderella

    Susanna Davidson

    The magical story of Cinderella comes to life in this beautifully illustrated pop-up book. Marvel as the pumpkin becomes a fabulous golden carriage, see Cinderella’s glass slipper sparkling on the…

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    Youth Marginality in Britain: Contemporary Studies of Austerity

    This collections showcases contemporary research on multiple youth deprivation of personal isolation, social hardship, gender and ethnic discrimination and social stigma, drawing on findings of empirical studies that seek to…

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