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  • Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales

    by Angela Carter ...
    Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

    by Angela Carter ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals, centaurs and acrobats, Desiderio must battle against unreality and the warping of time and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Unicorn

    The poetry of Angela Carter

    by Rosemary Hill, Angela Carter ...
    a) The UnicornAs with the night-scented stock, the fullsplendour of the unicorn manifests itself most potentlyat twilight. Then the horn sprouts, swells, bloomsin all its glory. SEE THE HORN(bend the tab, slit in slotmarked 'x')Despite being one of the most influential - and best-loved - of the post-war English writers, Angela Carter remains little-known as a poet. In Unicorn, the critic and ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Wise Children

    by Emma Rice, Angela Carter ...
    Series series Oberon Modern Plays
    In Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance – twin chorus girls born and bred south of the river – are celebrating their 75th birthday. Over the river in Chelsea, their father and greatest actor of his generation Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day. As does his twin brother Peregrine. If, in fact, he's still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior is their real father after all…Wise Children is adapted for ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Sadeian Woman

    An Exercise in Cultural History

    by Angela Carter ...
    Series Book 79 - Virago Modern Classics
    'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN'Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN**'Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid ... ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    The Angela Carter BBC Radio Drama Collection

    by Angela Carter ...
    Narrated by Anton Lesser, Full Cast, Fiona Shaw, Jessica Raine, Roisin Conaty, Andrew Sachs, Susannah Clapp, Lewis Fiander, Ariyon Bakare, James Anthony Rose ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 42 min

    Angela Carter was one of the most important writers of the 20th Century. A pioneer of British magical realism, her work was described by Salman Rushdie as 'without rival and without equal'. Her radical, inventive novels influenced countless writers, while her dark, sensual short fiction turned traditional fables inside out, giving women the power over their desires and fates.Susannah Clapp, Angela ... Read more

    $19.11 USD

  • Young People, Employment and Work Psychology

    Interventions and Solutions

    Edited by Angela Carter ...
    Youth unemployment and underemployment is a serious issue in most developed countries in the world. Having few young people in the workplace has serious and lasting consequences for generations of young people, their families, businesses and society as a whole. Dr Carter explores these important issues from multiple (and international) perspectives, offering research evidence and guiding ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Furies

    Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 16 bestselling, award-winning authors

    by Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, CN Lester, Claire Kohda, Eleanor Crewes, Annie Hodson ...
    A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror'Where power and feminist rage meet' StylistBANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE.</... ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Scorpion Queen

    by Mina Fears ...
    Uprooted meets Children of Blood and Bone in this dark fantasy inspired by a Malian fairy tale about a princess whose suitors are challenged to gruesome trials.Deep within the imperial palace at Timbuktu, Amie has suffered a devastating loss. Once the daughter of a prosperous salt merchant Amie’s life was cruelly overturned in a matter of months. At sixteen, Amie now finds herself disinherited, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Shield Maiden

    by Sharon Emmerichs ...
    Both epic and intimate, Sharon Emmerichs's extraordinary debut novel reimagines Beowulf from the perspective of a young woman reclaiming her power.All her life, Fryda has longed to be a shield maiden, an honor reserved for Geatland’s mightiest warriors. When a childhood accident leaves her tragically injured and unfit for the battlefield, her dreams are dashed—or so she thinks. But a strange, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Hag

    Forgotten Folktales Retold

    by Daisy Johnson, Kirsty Logan, Emma Glass, Eimear McBride, Natasha Carthew, Mahsuda Snaith, Naomi Booth, Liv Little, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Irenosen Okojie ...
    'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday TimesDARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID.Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Boys with Sharp Teeth

    by Jenni Howell ...
    *An Instant New York Times Bestseller*We Were Liars meets The Raven Boys in this warped reimagining of The Picture of Dorian Gray about dark revenge, twisted desire, and the sinister secrets lurking behind the walls of an elite boarding school."A darkly delicious spiral where each page makes you crave more." ―CG Drews, author of Don't Let The Forest In</strong... ... Read more

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