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By: Samuel Johnson
ISBN: 9780141439709
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
UK Publication Date: 27th September 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. Their journey takes them to Egypt, where they study the various conditions of men's lives, before returning home in a 'conclusion in which nothing is concluded'.
(Paperback, 3rd edition)
By: Edward Gibbon
ISBN: 9780140433951
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2005
UK Publication Date: 7th March 1996
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the second and third volumes were originally published in 1781), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources.
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By: Gregory of Tours
ISBN: 9780140442953
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1982
UK Publication Date: 28th November 1974
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours.
(Hardback)
By: Stephanie Wrobel
ISBN: 9780241586945
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Stephen Breen
ISBN: 9781844885596
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 28th April 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Annie Kirby
ISBN: 9781405949903
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 20th July 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Rabindranath Tagore
ISBN: 9780140449860
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2005
UK Publication Date: 31st March 2005
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip.
(Paperback)
By: Elizabeth Fremantle
ISBN: 9781405920131
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 19th August 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Arthur Schopenhauer
ISBN: 9780141191591
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2009
UK Publication Date: 27th August 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Examines ethics, religion and psychology. This selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism.
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By: Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 9780241952870
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2011
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The death, quite suddenly, of Sir Charles Baskerville in mysterious circumstances is the trigger for one of the most extraordinary cases ever to challenge Sherlock Holmes. As rumours of a legendary hound said to haunt the Baskerville family circulate, Holmes and Watson are asked to ensure the protection of Sir Charles' only heir, Sir Henry.
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By: Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 9780141199177
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
UK Publication Date: 6th December 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end.
(Paperback)
By: Dr Joanne Paul
ISBN: 9781405937191
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Dambudzo Marechera
ISBN: 9780241544259
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 28th April 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Edith Wharton
ISBN: 9780140187298
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1993
UK Publication Date: 25th November 1993
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City. In this aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and wealth. But her quest comes to an end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man. Exiled from her world of artificial conventions, she finds life impossible.
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By: Niall Ferguson
ISBN: 9780140240849
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family. It uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. It also reveals the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age.
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By: Jonathan Coe
ISBN: 9780241967744
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 26th June 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has had his life changed for ever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; and Terry, the insomniac, spends his wakeful nights fuelling his obsession with movies.
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By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN: 9780140390056
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1982
UK Publication Date: 28th January 1982
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. This novel presents a psychological drama, which concerns the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft, who live for generations under a dead man's curse until their house is finally exorcised by love.
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By: Emilia Pardo Bazn
ISBN: 9780141392950
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Follows pure and pious Father Julian Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julian's well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy.
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By: Maggie Campbell
ISBN: 9781405966382
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th January 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Sam Selvon
ISBN: 9780241441329
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Yrsa Daley-Ward
ISBN: 9780141998879
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 11th November 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: James Salter
ISBN: 9780141188645
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2007
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Captain Cleve Connell arrives in Korea with a single goal: to become an ace, one of that elite fraternity of jet pilots who have downed five MIGs. But as his fellow airmen rack up kill after kill, Cleve's luck runs bad. Other pilots question his guts. And then in one icy instant 40,000 feet above the Yalu River, his luck changes forever.
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By: Paul Rouse
ISBN: 9780241983546
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Jo Wheeler
ISBN: 9780241354636
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 26th July 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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