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The Trouble With Being Born by E. M. Cioran
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Category: Philosophy & Psychology | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.' In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth, death, God, the passing of time, how to relate to others and how to make ourselves get out of bed ...Show more
The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
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Category: No Category | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
'I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.' In TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, the l ...Show more
The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the ve ...Show more
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown . . . I want to write the history of that war. A women's history.' In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich set out to wr ...Show more
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. That girl didn't want to die. She just wanted out of that house. She wanted out of that dec ...Show more
The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
When a strange, meteor-like object lands in the heart of England, the inhabitants of Earth find themselves victims of a terrible attack. A ruthless race of Martians, armed with heat rays and poisonous smoke, is intent on destroying everything that stands in its way. As the unnamed hero struggles to find ...Show more
The Watch Tower: Text Classics by Elizabeth Harrower
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Category: No Category | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Set in the leafy northern suburbs of Sydney during the 1940s, The Watch Tower is a novel of relentless and acute psychological power. Following their father's death, Laura and Clare are withdrawn from their elite private boarding school by their mother. As their mother slowly withdraws from them, the tw ...Show more
The Wealth of Nations: Books IV-V by Adam Smith
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
The foundation for all modern economic thought and political economy, The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of Scottish economist Adam Smith, who introduces the world to the very idea of economics and capitalism in the modern sense of the words. Smith details his argument in five books: Book I. Of th ...Show more
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics Ser.
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is an English classic loved by adults and children alike. The much-loved classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river an ...Show more
The Wind in the Willows and Other Stories (Word Cloud Classics) by Kenneth Grahame
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser.
A timeless collection of stories told with a focus on children's perspectives. Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is an enduring classic of children's literature, and has been beloved by readers of all ages since its publication in 1908. In addition to the delightful tale about the adventures ...Show more
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
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Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American moralityatwo classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debuts IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with "The Winter of Our Discontent," he had aresumed his position as an indep ...Show more
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Bedtime Classics: charmingly illustrated board book editions of perennial favorites, simplified for the youngest readers Bedtime Classics introduce classic works of fiction to little literary scholars through character-driven narratives and colorful illustration. Designed to be the perfect one minu ...Show more