Results for: books tagged ‘Utopia’
Comic Potential: Alan Ayckbourn
Comic Potential is a comedy set in the foreseeable future when everything has changed except human nature . . .Alan Ayckbourn's fifty-third full-length play was first presented at the Stephen ... More
The Faber Book of Utopias: John Carey
Every age has its utopias, from Plato's Republic to contemporary sci-fi visions. In this spellbinding anthology John Carey charts the course of every conceivable dream world - whether communist, fascist, ... More
High in the Clouds: Paul McCartney, Philip Ardagh and Geoff Dunbar
Wirral, Froggo, Wilhamina and Ratsy are on a mission - to save enslaved animals everywhere! More
Tyrannosaurus Rex versus the Corduroy Kid: Simon Armitage
Tyrannosaurus Rex versus The Corduroy Kid engages with the matter of ‘Merrie England’, here and now. The poet’s preoccupation with utopias and new republics, with visions and intimations, is in ... More
Utopian Dreams: Tobias Jones
From the author of the bestselling The Dark Heart of Italy comes a different kind of travel book, a diary of one man’s search for the good life.Fed up with ... More
Inglorious: Joanna Kavenna
Winner of this year's Orange Broadband New Writers Award, Joanna Kavenna's Inglorious describes how a thirty-something high-achiever decides to walk out on office life and set off on a quest for meaning in her life. Read an extract on Joanna's website. More
In the Days of the Comet: H. G. Wells
Revenge was all Leadford could think of as he set out to find the unfaithful Nettie and her adulterous lover. But this was all to change when a new comet ... More
Men Like Gods: H. G. Wells
The main protagonist of Men Like Gods is Mr Barnstaple, a careful driver and depressive journalist writing for The Liberal newspaper. It is to his consternation, therefore, that while carefully ... More
The World of William Clissold Vol. 3: H. G. Wells
Though this novel was first published in 1926, with a preface strenuously denying that it was anything but a work of fiction, William Clissold is nevertheless a character whose thought ... More
The World of William Clissold Vol. 2: H. G. Wells
Though this novel was first published in 1926, with a preface strenuously denying that it was anything but a work of fiction, William Clissold is nevertheless a character whose thought ... More
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