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A Fantasy of Dr Ox by Jules Verne; Andrew Brown (Translator)
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Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
In the somnolent Flemish town of Quiquendone disagreements are unheard of, courtships might last a decade and not a ripple of activity can be seen at all. But when the mysterious Dr Ox is tasked with providing lighting for the town, strange things begin to happen: animals become aggressive, fruits grow ...Show more
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his ...Show more
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
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Category: Childrens Intermediate | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the Limberlost is considered a classic of Indiana literature.The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limberlost Swamp - at that time, a site of heavy logging and natural oil extraction.This Bildungsroman is structured as girl-meets-boy ...Show more
A Glass Of Blessings by Barbara Pym
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Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CLARE CHAMBERS'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN 'The subtlest of her books . . . the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art' PHILIP LARKINWilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, go ...Show more
A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o; Abdulrazak Gurnah (Introduction by)
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
It is 1963 and Kenya is on the verge of Uhuru - independence day. The mighty British government has been toppled, and in the lull between the fighting and the new world, colonised and coloniser alike reflect on what they have gained and lost. In the village of Thabai, the men and women who live there h ...Show more
A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor
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Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'Funny and brave and moving and absolutely bonkers. I love this novel' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON'Elizabeth Mavor relishes spirited, unorthodox women, free with their tongues and ready to snap their fingers at convention' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKSHero Kinoull is an antiquarian bookseller whose sedate life in the ...Show more
A Guinea Pig Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; Tess Newall; Alex Goodwin
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Category: Gift | Series: Guinea Pig Classics Ser.
The ultimate and timeless Christmas story, with cuddly guinea pigs in the starring roles Miserable to the core and wholly unwilling to extend a paw to help those in desperate need, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge says "bah, Humbug " to the festive season. But one night he is visited by three Christmas Sp ...Show more
A History of My Times by Xenophon
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Category: Ancient History | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this is a fascinating chronicle of the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greec ...Show more
A History of Tokyo by Edward Seidensticker
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Category: History | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it...if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city,' this book is something you must have in your collection."--JapanThis.com Edward Seidensticker'sA History of Tokyo 1867-1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transform ...Show more
A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul
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Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
With an introduction by author Teju Cole, A House for Mr Biswas is Nobel Prize in Literature winner V. S. Naipaul's unforgettable masterpiece. Heart-rending and darkly comic, it has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels, a classic that evokes a man's quest for autonomy against the ...Show more
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as his writing experience, to create this vivid chronicle of the epidemic and its victims. A Journal (1722) follows Defoe's fictiona ...Show more
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne; Norman Nodel (Illustrator)
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Category: Childrens Graphic Novels | Series: Classics Illustrated Vintage Replica Hardcover Ser.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre, also translated under the titles A Journey to the Center of the Earth and A Journey to the Interior of the Earth) is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes th ...Show more