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  • Before The Fall
    Aaron J Clarke
    Before the Fall is a retelling of Henry James’s The Golden Bowl, but with a twist as it involves the gay lovers, Marty Townsend and Carlton Aspern, seducing and manipulating the widowed Australian millionaire Clara de Veer and her daughter Maggie. With its almost invisible flaw, the precious vase is the vehicle Clarke uses to extinguish the flame of trust that previously burnt ...
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    17,66 €

  • Snapdragon Revolution
    Aaron J Clarke
    In the ruins of Occidental University, Reuven Hoffman, a man burdened by the weight of his past, finds himself lost in memories of a bygone era. Before the world was scorched by revolution and pestilence. A complicated love triangle places three Occidental University students in peril, forcing them to each come to terms with their inner demons and tearing at the edges of their ...
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    19,97 €

  • Zerbrochene Leben
    Aaron J. Clarke / AARON JCLARKE / Heike von Mellenthin
    In einem stilvollen Nord-Queenslander Haus, getröstet durch die Rufe einheimischer Kreaturen und klassischer Töne, scheinen die Baxters eine archetypische Familie zu sein, komplett mit glücklicher Ehe und fleißigem Sohn. Aber 1968 ist eine Zeit voller religiöser Kontroversen, politischer Umwälzungen und der sich ständig abzeichnenden Gefahr der Wehrpflicht. Der Schein konservat...
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    15,19 €

  • The Rake
    Aaron J. Clarke / AARON JCLARKE
    Taking inspiration from Mozart’s opera, ’Don Giovanni’, Clarke recounts in his play, ’The Rake’, the final day of Lord Grayson’s hedonistic life-another day of seducing women and general debauchery: breaking into a lady’s bedroom, murder, and enticing a bride on her wedding day. But despite his impressive reputation, Lord Grayson’s fortuity is petering out. Miss Anna has pledge...
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    11,03 €

  • MEREDITH
    Aaron J. Clarke / AARON JCLARKE
    ’Meredith’ is a retelling of Euripides’ ’Medea’, but with a twist as the drama takes place in nineteenth-century England. Impoverished aristocrat Lord Jason spurns Meredith in favour of Gloria, the daughter of the wealthy businessman, Crane. In the beginning, Meredith acquiesces with Jason’s scheme because she will sacrifice everything, so her sons do not face poverty. Later, ...
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    12,21 €

  • The Dead Woman in Love
    Théophile Gauthier / Aaron J. Clarke
    First published in 1836, Théophile Gautier’s ’The Dead Woman in Love’ is a supernatural tale, recounting the life of the priest named Romuald who falls in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Clarimonde, who the reader later learns to be a vampire. At the beginning of the tale, Romuald is asked whether he has ever loved and to which he responds, 'yes.' On the day of his Ordina...
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    32,94 €

  • Upon the Rock
    Aaron J Clarke
    ’Upon the Rock’ is a blend of narrative voices and styles that tells the story of Marcus Baird, a gay man from Townsville, and Aemilius, a character from a novel set in Ancient Rome written by Aaron J Clarke. Marcus Baird hopes to win the author’s affections. His quest for love leads him to England where he is imprisoned in the writer’s house. During his captivity, he is forced...
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    16,88 €

  • Understanding Statistics and Experimental Design
    Aaron Clarke / Gregory Francis / Michael H. Herzog
    This open access textbook provides the background needed to correctly use, interpret and understand statistics and statistical data in diverse settings.  Part I makes key concepts in statistics readily clear. Parts I and II give an overview of the most common tests (t-test, ANOVA, correlations) and work out their statistical principles. Part III provides insight into meta-stati...
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    48,48 €

  • Vidas fracturadas
    Aaron J Clarke
    Dentro de una elegante casa de North Queensland, confortada por las llamadas de criaturas nativas y tonos clásicos, parece que los Baxters son una familia arquetípica, con un matrimonio feliz y un hijo diligente. Pero 1968 es un tiempo lleno de controversia religiosa, agitación política y la constante amenaza de la conscripción. La aparición de valores familiares conservadores ...
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    14,53 €

  • Death in Xanadu
    Aaron J Clarke
    ’Death in Xanadu’ is a savage indictment against the movie industry, and in this world of celluloid fantasy, the ultimate power belongs to the studio mogul Carlton Hislop, who can either destroy careers or create them - on the condition that they submit themselves to him. Author Aaron J Clarke turns a jaundiced eye on Xanadu, and the result is a depiction of a chain-smoking, he...
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    13,36 €

  • The Voices of Discontent
    Aaron J Clarke
    On the verge of committing suicide, Cécile, a middle-aged woman, suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, contemplates her life in Townsville, and with that of her husband, Alain - whom in hindsight she believes to have made a mistake in marrying. Cécile believes her marriage to be flawed because Alain is unsupportive of her artistic ambitions and her dreams of travelling. Compoundin...
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    19,18 €

  • Selected Short Stories
    Aaron J Clarke
    The seven stories in this selection span Clarke’s early career, ranging from The Woman in Question, a drug affected man who is unable to let go of the woman he loves that ultimately leads him to the person responsible for her death. In The Wager, an unscrupulous man bets that a black servant won’t be accepted into English high society; in The Unyielding Wind, Clarke reimagines ...
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    14,55 €

  • The Road To Ignominy
    Aaron J Clarke
    Inspired by a real-life 19th century scandal, Clarke deftly writes about the privileged world of the Victorian upper-class, where Hugh is forced by his overbearing mother, Lady Lillian, to conform to society’s views concerning sex. Hugh’s inquisitive and rebellious nature leads Lady Lillian to send the innocent young man away to Thorndike Academy to be educated according to Eng...
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    15,69 €

  • Selected Poems
    Aaron J Clarke / Aaron Clarke
    Drawing upon personal events, Clarke invites readers of his poetry to meet a romantic and sensitive soul. He explores death and desire, questions what it means to be good, and pays homage to the divine and nature, observing it with impressionist intensity. Moreover, the language is simple, yet blended with the ornate to create poetry of great beauty. ...
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    8,77 €

  • The Cat
    Aaron J Clarke
    In the distant future, a man downloads an ancient novel and instead of instantly transferring the novel into his brain, the man does something profound, he reads the text. As he reads the novel set in 1940s Townsville, he is involved in the story of Mr. Wilbur’s immoral desires for Sam. ’The Cat’ is perhaps Clarke’s most daring novel: where innocence is betrayed, where reality ...
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    13,47 €