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By: Ben Crystal

ISBN: 9780140291179
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2004
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A resource for students, scholars and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood or unknown to a modern audience. Plot summaries for all Shakespeare's plays are included as well as notes on specific areas of his language.


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By: A. Bradley

ISBN: 9780140530193
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1991
UK Publication Date: 31st January 1991
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A.C.Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy, first published in 1904, ranks as one of the greatest works of Shakespearean criticism of all time. In his ten lectures A.C.Bradley has provided a study of the four great tragedies - Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth - which reveals a deep understanding of Shakepearean thought and art.


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By: Dick Francis

ISBN: 9781405916622
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2014
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Gerard Logan witnesses the death of his close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, after a fall from his horse. In the aftermath, Gerard is left to pick up the pieces - including a mysterious unmarked videotape that Martin secretly left him. But before Gerard gets to watch it, the videotape is stolen.


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By: Gytha Lodge

ISBN: 9781405938488
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 12th December 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Elliot Ackerman

ISBN: 9780241772546
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 21st August 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Arthur Conan Doyle

ISBN: 9780143107132
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
UK Publication Date: 28th January 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Features stories such as: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and, The Valley of Fear.


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By: H. Leighton Dickson

ISBN: 9781911750123
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A shipwrecked royal mage-in-training wants to join the crew of the infamous pirate ship who rescued her. But first, she must not only prove herself to the infuriating captain, but also to the sentient ship, the Ship of Spells, thats bonded to him.


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By: Molly Weir

ISBN: 9780241957929
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 29th March 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir's childhood. From sharing a pull-out bed in her mother's tiny kitchen to running in terror from the fever van, it was an upbringing that was cemented in hardship. Hunger, cold and sickness was an everyday reality and complaining was not an option.


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By: Richard Coward

ISBN: 9780140265439
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1999
UK Publication Date: 30th September 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original French and in English translation, this volume gives an insight into French culture and literature.


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By: Ernst Zillekens

ISBN: 9780140265422
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2003
UK Publication Date: 25th September 2003
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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This volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature with the aid of parallel translations.


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By: Nick Roberts

ISBN: 9780140265408
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1999
UK Publication Date: 30th September 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.


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By: John King

ISBN: 9780140265415
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1999
UK Publication Date: 30th September 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Spanish and in English translation, this volume gives an insight into Spanish and Latin American culture and literature.


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By: Tom Feiling

ISBN: 9780241959909
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2013
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth And how is it rebuilding itself after decades of violence


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By: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

ISBN: 9780241406786
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th March 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

ISBN: 9780141197630
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2012
UK Publication Date: 3rd May 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Aaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of a rabbi, who struggles to be true to his art when he is faced with the chance of riches and a passport to America. But as the Nazis threaten to invade Poland, Aaron rediscovers Shosha, his childhood sweetheart who has been waiting for him all these years.


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By: Dan Roam

ISBN: 9780241004371
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st May 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Teaches us how to make presentations. This title provides a simple five-step path to take us from jitters and complexity to confidence and clarity.


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By: Adam Tooze

ISBN: 9780241485873
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Gavin Alexander

ISBN: 9780141439389
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2004
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2004
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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This is a collection of the major works of literary criticism from the Renaissance, beginning with Sidney's defence of poesy and moving into the critical responses to Sidney's argument, and a selection of texts illustrating the wider debates about poetry and its place in politics and society.


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By: Geraint Jones

ISBN: 9781405931618
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
UK Publication Date: 29th November 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: George Eliot

ISBN: 9780141389455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
UK Publication Date: 29th November 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life.


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By: Diarmaid MacCulloch

ISBN: 9780241952320
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
UK Publication Date: 10th April 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Unravels a polyphony of silences from the history of Christianity and beyond. This book considers Judaeo-Christian borrowings from Greek explorations of the divine, and the silences which were a feature of Jesus' brief ministry.


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By: Edward de Bono

ISBN: 9780241257487
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
UK Publication Date: 5th November 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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From confusing manuals to uninterpretable jargon and bureaucratic red-tape, modern life can be highly complicated and frustrating. For many of us it is almost impossible to make sense of. In this book, the author shows you how to bring clarity into our increasingly complicated lives.


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By: Michela Chiappa

ISBN: 9780718177058
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
UK Publication Date: 24th April 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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From snacks, soups and salads, to mains, side dishes and desserts, this book brings you good, simple, fresh Italian food.


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By: Colin Smith

ISBN: 9780141010366
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2006
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and death for thousands of allied men and women. With material from British, Australian, Indian and Japanese sources, this book offers the story of the fall of Singapore and its aftermath.

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