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A Companion to Mr FinchleyA Companion to Mr Finchley (book)

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Biography of Victor Canning, introductions to the three Mr Finchley books that launched his career in 1934, and a thorough index of characters, locations and themes in the three books.

Mr. Finchley discovers his England (hb)Mr. Finchley discovers his England (hb) (book)

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The adventures of a middle-aged solicitor's clerk who takes a holiday for the first time in his life and finds himself in all kinds of unexpected situations, chased by the police, befriended by gypsies, mistaken for a homicidal lunatic, collecting for a band of street musicians, and at sea with a smuggler.

Mr. Finchley discovers his EnglandMr. Finchley discovers his England (book)

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The adventures of a middle-aged solicitor's clerk who takes a holiday for the first time in his life and finds himself in all kinds of unexpected situations, chased by the police, befriended by gypsies, mistaken for a homicidal lunatic, collecting for a band of street musicians, and at sea with a smuggler.

Mr. Finchley goes to Paris (hb)Mr. Finchley goes to Paris (hb) (book)

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A light romantic novel in which Mr. Finchley, a solicitor's clerk introduced in 'Mr. Finchley discovers his England', goes to Paris where he befriends a stray child and returns to propose marriage.

Mr. Finchley goes to ParisMr. Finchley goes to Paris (book)

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A light romantic novel in which Mr. Finchley, a solicitor's clerk introduced in 'Mr. Finchley discovers his England', goes to Paris where he befriends a stray child and returns to propose marriage.

Mr. Finchley takes the roadMr. Finchley takes the road (book)

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Mr. Finchley goes house-hunting in a horse-drawn caravan. A picaresque fantasy view of the Kent countryside in the 1930s, with an array of odd characters.

Mr. Finchley takes the road (pb)Mr. Finchley takes the road (pb) (book)

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Mr. Finchley goes house-hunting in a horse-drawn caravan. A picaresque fantasy view of the Kent countryside in the 1930s, with an array of odd characters.

A 'Smiler' companionA 'Smiler' companion (book)

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Victor Canning wrote three books for children about Samuel Miles, known as 'Smiler', who is on the run from the police. In the first he encounters a cheetah which has escaped from Longleat. In the second he goes to Scotland. In the third he rescues a falcon. This book contains a life of Victor Canning, photographs of some of the locations, with notes and an index covering all three titles.

Comedies and WhimsiesComedies and Whimsies (book)

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Sixteen humorous and romantic stories by the thriller writer Victor Canning, including two recently discovered stories never previously published.

The ViaductThe Viaduct (book)

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A novel by Victor Canning using the pen name Alan Gould, first published in 1939, concerning the building of a railway viaduct at Caradon (real-life Calstock) on the Devon/Cornwall boundary. The chief engineer, John Seabright, has to cope with local discontent, an undisciplined workforce, and an outbreak of cholera.

The ViaductThe Viaduct (book)

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A novel by Victor Canning using the pen name Alan Gould, first published in 1939, concerning the building of a railway viaduct at Caradon (real-life Calstock) on the Devon/Cornwall boundary. The chief engineer, John Seabright, has to cope with local discontent, an undisciplined workforce, and an outbreak of typhoid.

FindwordFindword (multimedia download)

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A utility to find and list words which match some pattern, such as containing certain letters or sounds, belonging to specific parts of speech, or having a specific syllable count.

Diary of a voyage from London to Port Philip 1852Diary of a voyage from London to Port Philip 1852 (book)

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Diary of a voyage from London to Australia in 1852 on board the sailing barque Abel Gower.

A Family Record (pb)A Family Record (pb) (book)

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Family history of the Wilkie Brown family, with a detailed account of David Cargill, Fiji missionary, and Charles Plumbe, Nottingham printer.

VerbalistVerbalist (multimedia download)

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VERBALIST takes any main verb, real or nonsense, and demonstrates all the possible verb phrases that can be made from it. Using all the available combinations of tense, voice, modal, question, negative, and pronoun, you can generate up to 20,000 different phrases for any one verb.

Jackass--a game for language learnersJackass--a game for language learners (multimedia download)

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JACKASS is a development of the original ANIMAL game invented by Arthur Luehrmann in the 1970s. The computer challenges you to a guessing game. At the beginning it will probably lose, but every time it loses it learns from you and gradually gets cleverer. In this version the computer also writes little essays embodying what it has learned. You can experiment to see how it does this by turning ON or OFF some of the grammar rules it uses.

Atlantic CompanyAtlantic Company (book)

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A powerful novel about a group of survivors afloat in the Atlantic after the sinking of a cargo ship at the outbreak of WW II.

Every Creature of God is GoodEvery Creature of God is Good (book)

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Andrew Godwin is a frustrated clerk with huge ambitions. Robbery and murder would provide him with a way out of drudgery. Will he be able to carry it through? We are given a vivid account of small town life on the coast of Somerset and of a memorable if tragic figure whose struggles to escape it are finally doomed.

A Rex Carver CompanionA Rex Carver Companion (book)

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A companion to the five Richard Manston/Rex Carver books of Victor Canning, including a biography of Canning, two background essays, and a comprehensive index of characters, locations and themes.

A 'Birdcage' CompanionA 'Birdcage' Companion (book)

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Biography of Victor Canning, introductions to his eight 'Birdcage' thrillers and a thorough index of characters, locations and themes used in the books.

A Victor Canning SamplerA Victor Canning Sampler (book)

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A collection of memorable sayings and oddments from the 61 books and 100 short stories of Victor Canning.

Sanctuary from the dragonSanctuary from the dragon (book)

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Novel set in Kent describing the hostility of villagers to the arrival of three out-of-work drifters.

Mercy Lane (pb)Mercy Lane (pb) (book)

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Novel set in Kent about a stranger with a secret who settles in a small town. A penetrating account of how suspicion and hostility can damage love and friendship.

The Wooden Angel (pb)The Wooden Angel (pb) (book)

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The setting is "Wearemouth", a fictional Plymouth. We are introduced to five children who, on a walk to the cinema, pass a local landmark, the Wooden Angel, made from a ship's figurehead and stand holding hands, making a wish. The rest of the book follows their careers to see how far the wishes come true. This was the only book written by Victor Canning under the pen name Julian Forest. The time is during and immediately after the Great War, and the book tells us a great deal about social attitudes and class in a west country city of that era. It is one of the best of Victor Canning's early novels.

New comedies and whimsiesNew comedies and whimsies (book)

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A collection of Victor Canning's short stories with a humorous slant reprinted from newspapers and magazines. This edition adds two new stories to the sixteen in the earlier version.

Two Men Fought (pb)Two Men Fought (pb) (book)

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The first book by Victor Canning using the pen name Alan Gould, this is the story of a feud between two boys which persists through adolescence, marriage and a failed business partnership, spanning the years 1900 to 1930, set on the south coast of Cornwall. There are some magnificent descriptions of the scenery and wildlife of the area.

Two Men Fought (hb)Two Men Fought (hb) (book)

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Story of a feud crossing three generations in a Cornish fishing village, set before and after the Great War.