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  • The Charterhouse of Parma

    by Stendhal ...
    Translated by C K Scott Moncrieff ...
    Love, ambition, political intrigue, and unexpected adventure shape the turbulent life of a young Italian nobleman. Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma follows Fabrice del Dongo as he navigates political upheaval, romance, ambition, and the complicated world of nineteenth-century Italy. Fabrice's journey brings him into contact with powerful figures, dangerous political circumstances, passionate ... Read more

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  • The Song of Roland

    by Moncrieff, C. K. Scott ...
    The Song of Roland is as canonical and significant as the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf. It extols the chivalric ideals in the France of Charlemagne through the exploits of Charlemagne's nephew, the warrior Roland, who fights bravely to his death in a legendary battle. Against the bloody backdrop of the struggle between Christianity and Islam, The Song of Roland remains a vivid portrayal of medieval life, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Red and the Black

    by Stendhal ...
    Translated by C K Scott Moncrieff ...
    A brilliant young man's ambition collides with love, social expectations, and the rigid hierarchy of nineteenth-century France. Stendhal's The Red and the Black follows Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man determined to rise above his modest circumstances. Intelligent, passionate, and deeply conscious of social status, Julien navigates relationships and institutions while pursuing a place among ... Read more

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    Murder Most Festive

    by Ada Moncrieff ...
    Narrated by Gabrielle Baker ...
    Series series Christmas Mystery

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery!Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen . . . and then disaster strikes.Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs the bedrooms ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Murder Most Festive

    A Cozy Christmas Mystery

    by Ada Moncrieff ...
    The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery!Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen… and then disaster strikes.Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs the bedrooms are ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Red and the Black

    by Stendhal ...
    Translated by C K Scott Moncrieff ...
    "In a world of cold calculation, can a heart of fire survive?" Born the son of a provincial carpenter, Julien Sorel is possessed by a brilliant mind and a dangerous obsession with Napoleon Bonaparte. Realizing that the "Red" path of military glory is closed to him in the stagnant era of the Bourbon Restoration, he chooses the "Black" path of the clergy as a means to power. Julien's journey takes ... Read more

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  • The Letters of Abelard and Heloise

    Abelard, a prominent twelfth-century theologian, is hired to tutor Heloise, a brilliant pupil who becomes his lover and the mother of his child. Although the two are secretly married, a misunderstanding leads to Abelard's castration by Heloise's uncle, followed by the lovers' permanent separation. Abelard retreats to a monastery and Heloise to a nunnery — and their subsequent correspondence ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Power of Labelling

    How People are Categorized and Why It Matters

    Edited by Rosalind Eyben, Joy Moncrieffe ...
    �The Power of Labelling illuminates a fundamental and intriguing dimension of social and political life. Striking cases from a range of policy contexts generate eyeopening analyses of labelling�s causes and consequences, uses and abuses, and of alternatives in thinking and relating.�DES GASPER, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES, THE HAGUE�The authors convincingly and often vividly explain how the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Decolonising Curriculum Knowledge

    International Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Approaches

    Edited by Marlon Lee Moncrieffe ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book offers a unique blend of writing from a broad range of international perspectives, showing interdisciplinary research approaches to decolonising curriculum knowledge. With a focus on the intellectual, emotional, economic, and political reversal of colonial injustices, the decolonial research and writing in this book challenge dominant viewpoints and assumptions of curriculum knowledge by ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • How Not to End Up the Subject of a True Crime Podcast

    by J.H. Moncrieff ...
    Protect yourself from turning into the next true-crime headline with this witty, practical guide to personal safety, situational awareness, self-defense, escape tactics, and survival."It could never happen to me."It's what many think while watching the latest Netflix documentary about another serial killer, cold case, cult, or missing person. Yet, we binge the documentaries, listen to the podcasts ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 1

    by Marcel Proust ...
    Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, C. K. Scott Moncrieff ...
    One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, ... Read more

    $24.29 USD

  • The Charterhouse of Parma

    by Stendhal ...
    Translated by C K Scott Moncrieff ...
    A brilliant masterpiece of passion, adventure, and psychological depth set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Europe. The novel follows the life of Fabrice del Dongo, a young nobleman whose dreams of glory lead him into war, romance, and the dangerous world of political intrigue. As he moves through courts, prisons, and passionate relationships, Fabrice must confront ambition, desire, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks