| Title | : | Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1585674346 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 263 |
1 A Damsel in Distress aristocratic Marshton family, Blandings precursors 2 Leave It to Psmith crime and gunplay3 Mulliner Nights inimitable Mr Mulliner4 Thank You, Jeeves Lord Chuffy Chuffnell borrows the services of Jeeves....
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| Title | : | The Parasite |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0809594374 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 |
Let me try to reason it out This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism She can project herself into my body and take command of it She has a parasite soul yes, she is a parasite, a monstrous parasite She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk s shell I am powerless What can I do I am dealing with forces of which I know Let me try to reason it out This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism She can project herself into my bod...
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| Title | : | The Egoist |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0140430342 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 |
Virginia Woolf said of The Egoist Meredith pays us a supreme compliment to which as novel readers we are little accustomed He imagines us capable of disinterested curiosity in the behaviour of our kind In this, the most dazzlingly intellectual of all his novels, Meredith tries to illuminate the pretensions of the most powerful class within the very citadel of secur Virginia Woolf said of The Egoist Meredith pays us a supreme compliment to which as novel readers we are little accustomed He im...
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| Title | : | The War of the Worlds |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1402736886 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 |
Hot on the heels of the blockbuster film comes a version of H.G Wells chilling tale of alien invasion that every child can enjoy It begins as the sky lights up with bright cylinders from Mars that look like falling starsand continues as the Martians emerge from their vessels with machines of fire and deadly smoke Wells s depiction of a city in panicwritten in 1898still Hot on the heels of the blockbuster film comes a version of H.G Wells chilling tale of alien invasion that every child can enjoy...
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| Title | : | The Dollmaker |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0060529342 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 |
Strong willed, self reliant Gertie Nevels s peaceful life in the Kentucky hills is devastated by the brutal winds of change Uprooted from her backwoods home, she and her family are thrust into the confusion and chaos of wartime Detroit And in a pitiless world of unendurable poverty, Gertie will battle fiercely and relentlessly to protect those things she holds most dear Strong willed, self reliant Gertie Nevels s peaceful life in the Kentucky hills is devastated by the brutal winds of change Upr...
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| Title | : | Sir Percy Hits Back |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1568497334 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 |
The League is up to their old tricks again, but this time they have the help of a local simple girl from the country, Fleurette When she and her love fall into danger for her help, the League decides these two innocents must be rescued as well But matters are complicated when the Pimpernel discovers that Fleurette is none other than Citizen Chauvelin s only child Will C The League is up to their old tricks again, but this time they have the help of a local simple girl from the country, Fleurette...
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| Title | : | To His Coy Mistress |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1857996690 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 |
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell....
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| Title | : | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0590254766 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 189 |
They open a door and enter a world.NARNIA the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy the place where the adventure begins.Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor s mysterious old house At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia But soon Edmund They open a door and enter a world.NARNIA the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan,...
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| Title | : | The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0192838628 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 872 |
The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920 Galsworthy s masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women This is the only critical edition of the work available, wit The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper middle class Forsyte family be...
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| Title | : | The House on the Borderland |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1426438281 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 156 |
A manuscript is found filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit water, it tells the story of an old recluse and his strange home and its even stranger, jade green double, seen by the recluse on an otherworldly plain where gigantic gods and monsters roam.Soon his earthly home is no less terrible than his bizarre vision, as swine like creatures boil from A manuscript is found filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit water, it tells the story of an old recluse and his strange home...
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| Title | : | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0020442203 |
| Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 186 |
The Lion, the Witch the Wardrobe, completed in the winter of 1949 published in 1950, tells the story of four ordinary children Peter, Susan, Edmund Lucy Pevensie They discover a wardrobe in Prof Digory Kirke s house that leads to the magical land of Narnia, which is currently under the spell of a witch The four children fulfill an ancient, mysterious The Lion, the Witch the Wardrobe, completed in the winter of 1949 published in 1950, tells the story of four ordinary children Peter, Susan, Edmund...
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| Title | : | Fahrenheit 451 |
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| ISBN | : | |
| Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 159 |
The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post literate future.
Guy Montag is a fireman His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness Even so, Montag is unhappy there is discord in his marriage Are books hidden in his house The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters,
The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post literate future.Guy Montag is a fireman His job is to burn books, which are f...
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| Title | : | Troilus and Cressida |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0671669168 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 135 |
The Arden Shakespeare is the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare s plays Now in its third series, Arden offers the best in contemporary scholarship Each volume guides you to a deeper understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare s work....
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| Title | : | House of Sand and Fog |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0393338118 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 365 |
The National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, 1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar nominated motion picture On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force sees a way to restore his family s dignity in an attractive bungalow available on county auction But the house s owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her l The National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, 1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar nominated motion pi...
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| Title | : | Initiation |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0671876406 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : |
On a planet where going berserk means surviving and berserkers control the normal population, Bart is terrified that he will not turn zerker and Sanda fears she will but together they can save themselves and their troubled society Original....
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| Title | : | Barchester Towers |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0192834320 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 388 |
Barchester Towers 1857 is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten years apprenticeship, Trollope finally found his distinctive voice In this his most popular novel, the chronicler continues the story of Mr Harding and his daughter Eleanor, begun in The Warden, adding to his cast of characters that oily symbol of progress Mr S Barchester Towers 1857 is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten years apprenticeship, Trol...
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| Title | : | Each One Special |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 155143122X |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 26 |
Ben s pal Harry is a cake decorator extraordinaire, revered for his fabulous creations Every cake is a work of art no two are alike Harry loves every minute of his job But one day the bakery is sold and the new owners don t want Harry or his unique creations They want lots and fast, not different and special Despondent, Harry eventually accepts his forced retirement Ben s pal Harry is a cake decorator extraordinaire, revered for his fabulous creations Every cake is a work of art no two are alike Harry lov...
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