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Heathcote Williams
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Heathcote Williams
Whale nation
by Heathcote Williams
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19 editions published between 1988 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 693 libraries worldwide Photographs and a long narrative poem celebrate the beauty, intelligence, and usefulness of the whale, while deploring its killing to satisfy the human appetite for non-essentials. Includes a lengthy section of commentary on whales and dolphins over the past 170 years.
Orlando
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8 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in English and held by 681 libraries worldwide "Orlando, an English nobleman, defies the laws of nature with surprising results. Immortal and highly imaginative, he undergoes a series of extraordinary transformations that humorously, hauntingly illustrate the eternal war between the sexes."--Container.
The speakers
by Heathcote Williams
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17 editions published between 1961 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 471 libraries worldwide
Sacred elephant
by Heathcote Williams
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13 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 372 libraries worldwide The author's poem raises our consciousness that a gentle sensitive animal is being forced into labor and slaughtered for jewelry.
The Inferno from the Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
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12 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and held by 306 libraries worldwide Led by Virgil, the poet is taken down into the depths and shown the seven layers of Hell and those doomed to suffer eternal torment for vices exhibited and sins committed on earth. The 'Inferno' is the first part of the 'Divine Comedy' which continues the journey through Purgatory and Paradise.
AC/DC & The local stigmatic; two plays
by Heathcote Williams
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1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 299 libraries worldwide
William Shakespeare's The tempest
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 286 libraries worldwide An interpretation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, with elaborate staging and modern touches. It tells the story of Prospero, the magician, who lives with his nubile daughter on an enchanted island and punishes his enemies when they are shipwrecked there. It's a study of sexual and political power in the guise of a fairy tale.
Falling for a dolphin
by Heathcote Williams
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11 editions published between 1988 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 281 libraries worldwide
AC/DC
by Heathcote Williams
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14 editions published between 1971 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 220 libraries worldwide
Autogeddon
by Heathcote Williams
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6 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 220 libraries worldwide
The local stigmatic
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2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 199 libraries worldwide Graham is an East-End Englishman with a bitter obsession for Greyhound racing and celebrity. His roommate, Ray, although less passionate by nature, tries to help Graham win satisfaction as he pursues strangely deviant acts. When the pair meets a famous film actor, Graham tests Ray's loyalty by suggesting they attack the man.
Paradise from the Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
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10 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in English and held by 191 libraries worldwide While in the worlds below the poet was able to revel in the painstaking description of strange creatures and fantastic landscapes, in Paradise his task is to introduce us to the pure and just, whose abode is clear air adorned only with singing stars and ever more brilliant light.
Purgatory from the Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
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12 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 180 libraries worldwide Purgatory is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy. The Poet and his guide, Virgil, ascend the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory, inhabited by those doing penance in an attempt to expiate their sins.
The divine comedy
by Dante Alighieri
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9 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in English and held by 170 libraries worldwide Dante's vision, The divine comedy, has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early 14th century. The box set contains the trilogy of The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, plus a biography of Dante, A life of Dante, which puts the very personal nature of his poetry into perspective.
The tempest
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14 editions published between 1979 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 127 libraries worldwide Derek Jarman's interpretation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, with elaborate staging and modern touches.
Alegria an enchanting fable
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2 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and held by 115 libraries worldwide Inspired by the Cirque du Soleil, this feature film moves the Cirque's dreamlike imagery into the real world while introducing a narrative love story.
The immortalist
by Heathcote Williams
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5 editions published between 1978 and 2005 in English and German and held by 113 libraries worldwide
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
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6 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in English and held by 97 libraries worldwide For a century Bram Stoker's Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal and erotic creature of the night. In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a story expressing the most persistent nightmare of the human condition. Take this opportunity to dream again.
The New Testament selections from the Bible (the Authorized version)
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7 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in English and held by 81 libraries worldwide The New Testament tells the extraordinary and moving story of the life of Christ and the founding of his Church. This generous selection from the texts which lie at the root of two thousand years of European civilization ranges between the powerful sincerity of the Evangelists and the ecstatic vision of John's New Jerusalem.
The middle way the story of Buddhism
by Jinananda
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7 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 71 libraries worldwide Divides Buddhism into the Three Jewels - the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. more
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