Great Lives in Graphics: Jane Austen by BUTTON BOOKS
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Category: Literature | Series: Great Lives in Graphics Ser.
Great Lives in Graphics: Jane Austen is a graphic retelling of Austen's story which gives children a colourful snapshot of her life and the world in which she grew up, whilst educating them on everything from Regency culture to the wonders of storytelling. You may already know that Jane Austen was a wri ...Show more
Death Sentences: Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature by Otto Penzler (Editor); Ian Rankin (Introduction by)
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Category: Literature
'What treats you have in store!' IAN RANKIN. Who knew literature could be so lethal? Here are 20 specially commissioned stories about deadly books from the world's best crime writers. By turns hair-raising and playful, packed with twists and turns, literary references and bookish conundrums, this is a ...Show more
Aftershocks by A. N. Wilson
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Category: Literature
"It's unlikely that a more intelligent, amusing and yet disturbing novel will appear this autumn." Scotsman On The Island, just as on many other islands, marriages are unhappy, people fall in love and the seasons pass. The town of Aberdeen is no different, until the earthquakes. These seismic ripples t ...Show more
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
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Category: Literature
Though sometimes classified as a 'problem play' for its mix of turbulent emotional and light-hearted comedy, William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is a timeless study of jealousy and desire. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Ernest Schanzer with an introduction by Russ McDonald. 'You may a ...Show more
In Praise of Older Women by Stephen Vizinczey
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Category: Literature | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'You cannot put it down: witty, moving and it's all about sex' - Margaret Drabble. 'A masterpiece ...dazzling ...like all great novels, it shows the truth about life' - Le Monde. 'At the basis of pleasure, of eroticism, Vizinczey places consciousness. His novel consists of scenes which you can see ...St ...Show more
Summer Crossing by Truman Capote
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Category: Literature | Series: Popular Penguins
Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Set in New York during the summer of 1945, this is the story of a young carefree socialite, Grady, who must make serious decisions about the romance she is dangerously pursuing an ...Show more
The Good Captain by Sean Rabin
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Category: Literature
Set in the near future - during a time of plummeting fish stocks, toxic algae blooms and jellyfish swarms - The Good Captain follows a group of radical environmentalists committed to a mission of extreme civil disobedience against the powers threatening to destroy the last of the world's marine life. Le ...Show more
A Little Book About Books: Quotes for the Bibliophile in Your Life by Unnamed
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Category: Literature | Series: The Little Books of Literature Ser.
A book about books for people who love books, packed full of one-liners, quotes and famous lines from books. The world of books in one little book. It doesn't matter how well read you are, A Little Book About Books is packed full of quotes, one-liners and famous lines from names that everyone will recog ...Show more
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
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Category: Literature | Series: PENGUIN CLASSICS
Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which William Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited with an introduction by Martin Butler. 'How many good ...Show more
Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
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Category: Literature
From the author of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, a collection of stories about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. In the luminous title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece ...Show more
The Getting of Wisdom: Popular Penguins by Henry Handel Richardson
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Category: Literature | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is ...Show more
Schadenfreude - The Joy of Another's Misfortune by Tiffany Watt Smith
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Category: Literature | Series: Wellcome Collection
A hilarious quest to understand life's ultimate guilty pleasure.