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The appreciation of Zen philosophy and art has become universal, and Zen poetry, with its expression of insight and enlightenment, appeals to lovers of poetry, spiritually and beauty everywhere.

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Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Svevo's charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. 1 map.

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FRAMLEY PARSONAGE continues the Barchester series of novels in which Trollope explores the social, political and domestic life revolving around a mid-nineteenth-century cathedral town. Popular since it was first published, the story combines romantic comedy with satirical commentary.

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How can the individual be both free and happy What are freedom and happiness and how do they relate to each other These are the questions that Mill aims to answer from both a political and a philosophical perspective.

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In his last completed novel, published in 1864-5, Dicens confirmed his reputation as a story-teller of genius while extending the sphere of his imagination to new worlds. Like all Dickens' novels, OUR MUTUAL FRIEND weaves together many stories, uniting them in the bizarre symbolism of the wealth which derives from a rubbish tip.

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It has been said that, after the Bible, Plato's dialogues are the most influential books in Western culture. In both dialogues, Socrates plays the leading role, by turns teasing, arguing, analyzing, joking, inspiring, and cajoling his followers into understanding ideas that have remained central to Western thought through the centuries.

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The greatest English comic novelist of the twentieth century produced a considerable body of shorter fiction, including several master-pieces, notably Mr Loveday's Little Outing and Scott-King's Modern Europe. Two chapters of Waugh's tantalizingly unfinished novel Work Suspended are also included.

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In this extraordinary variation on the theme of the eternal triangle, Henry James contrasts two women who love one man: the magnificent but ambitious and unscrupulous Kate Croy, and the fragile heiress Millie Theale whose early death precipitates the story's surprising outcome.

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(Hardback, Revised edition)

- A clever combination of text, photographs and clear cartography

- 6 colour-coded districts, each with its own large-scale fold-out map

- A spread at the front highlights the 10 sights you shouldn't miss;

(, Combined volume)

A beautiful collectable gift box containing three Jeeves novels from one of the finest comic writers- PG Wodehouse. Superb hardback editions all with cloth binding, acid free paper and silk ribbon. A classic gift.