Hans Christian Andersen (The Complete Fairy Tales) (PB) by Hans Christian Andersen
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Category: Classics | Series: Special Editions
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872. For ...Show more
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
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Category: Classics | Series: Special Editions
Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the later death of his mother, he was taken into the foster care of John Allan, a Virginia tobacco farmer. Now styled as Edgar Allan Poe, he distinguished himself at the University o ...Show more
The March Fallen by Volker Kutscher
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Category: Classics | Series: The\Gereon Rath Mysteries Ser.
1933: A homeless veteran is found dead under railway arches in Berlin; apparently killed by an army dagger. Gereon Rath is brought onto the case just as the Reichstag mysteriously burns down. Unsettled by the Nazis' tightening grip; he and Charlotte Ritter must also contend with their political colleagu ...Show more
The Call of the Wild - Puffin Classics by Jack London
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Category: Classics | Series: Puffin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck mus ...Show more
7 More Dark Tales by Christine Grace; Wendy Straw (Illustrator)
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Category: Classics
This collection of seven short stories is a startling and imaginative take on the fairy tale form. Inspired by the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, each one takes strange, unexpected, and sometimes dark twists. The text is exquisitely written in prose poetry form with evocative and sometimes spine-chil ...Show more
The Riddle of the Sands (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Erskine Childers
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitat ...Show more
The "Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare
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Category: Classics | Series: York Notes Advanced
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticat ...Show more
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
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Category: Classics | Series: Phillip Marlowe | Reading Level: very good
The Big Sleep is Raymond Chandler's most famous and popular novel of allLos Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's ...Show more
Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott
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Category: Classics | Series: Little Women | Reading Level: very good
Good Wivesis the second story about the March family.Three years on from Little Women, the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way - from Meg's sad lesson in housekeeping to Laurie's disappointment in love ...Show more
Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
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Category: Classics
Ten years after the school at Plumfield was founded, Jo's boys - including wanderer Dan, sailor Emil and musician Nat - are grown up and discovering more about the world. But life after childhood can be confusing and frightening, and it is Jo and the warm-hearted March family who can comfort and guide t ...Show more
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
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Category: Classics | Series: Little Women Ser.
Little MenBy Louisa May AlcottLittle Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1871. The novel reprises characters from Little Women and is considered by some the second book in an unofficial Little Women trilogy, which is completed wit ...Show more
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he ...Show more