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Part one of a two-volume selection of Hardy's short fiction. This volume covers the stories contained in "Wessex Tales" (1888) and "A Group of Noble Dames" (1891).

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A collection of three works exploring the profound effects on protagonists who embark on psychological voyages of liberation. The first story offers a depiction of London's fashionable horse riding set. The second story portrays the intimacy between an aloof woman and her male guide, while the third deals with a woman's religious quest.

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Jane was fifteen when her life changed for ever. In the woods surrounding a Yorkshire country house, she took her eyes off the little girl she was minding and the girl slipped into the trees - never to be seen again.

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Presents history of global change from 1945 onwards. This title explores therapid changes in the Middle East, the end of apartheid in South Africa and the aims of American foreign policy. It concludes with an epilogue which examines the direction of post-1945 history as the world enters the twenty-first century.

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In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ardent was their faith that, early in the next century, the Cathars rose one last time. This title tells the story of this historical episode.

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Offers a collection of short stories including "The Yellow Wall-Paper", the novel "Herland", and poems.

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Hailey and her friends are young, rich and beautiful. They have the world at their feet - and that's the problem. Six months have passed since 9/11 and New York City is still reeling in shock, but for Hailey life seems to go on just the same as before. She's still madly in love with Brenner and he's still sending mixed signals back.

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Mitford rector Father Tim faces the new challenges of matrimony after he marries his vivacious Cynthia, from the trials and tribulations of the parish's new computer, to redecorating the rectory, to his dog's new sleeping arrangements.

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From basic health care to more serious behavioural issues, from training cats to use a scratching post to avoiding litter box problems, this title covers a cat owner's most pressing concerns.

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Offers you the tools to Apple's success - and shows you how to use them. Whether you're in a multinational corporation or a lean startup, this guide will teach you how to crush complexity and focus on what matters; how to perform better, faster and more efficiently.

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It's the start of the Easter holidays and Lauren Cusack should be heading back to Washington before her final term at Wyckham College, Oxford. But this call changes everything. Her relationship with impossibly handsome aristocrat Alexander Hunt has been turbulent, passionate and addictive.

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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly thought he had it all: nice gaff, cool car, plenty of dosh, a stake in Dublin's trendiest nightclub and a face that made boyfriends jealous. To say nothing of a beautiful wife and kids. All that remained was for him to totally fock it up: and I mean, totally. But did he see it coming

A collection of author's comic drawings that covers the world's worst comeback lines, the world's worst comeback lines, to brilliant charts and graphs ("Incidence of Lung Cancer in Dragons", "A Sad Clown/Happy Clown Venn Diagram") and a bittersweet ghost love story.

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Presents answers to fifty-seven questions about the world we live in, stretching from "What is jihad" to "Is fair trade a good thing" and "Is there still a war in Chechnya" This edition includes a chapter explaining the problem of Afghanistan.

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Jessica Hart has never forgotten Matthew Landley. After all, he was her first love when she was fifteen years old. But he was also her school maths teacher, and their affair ended in scandal with his arrest and imprisonment. Now, seventeen years later, Matthew returns to Norfolk, with a new identity and a long-term girlfriend and a daughter...

Born in Ghana, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow Africans in 1770. Exploiting his dual identity as an African and a British citizen, the author asserted that those under slavery's yoke had a moral obligation to rebel, while at the same time he appealed to white England's better self.

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Nineteen year old Lily Bart is in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to gossip.

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Includes the plays "The White Devil", "The Duchess of Malfi", and "The Devil's Law-Case".