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Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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By: Simone St. James
ISBN: 9781405962315
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Shirley Jackson
ISBN: 9780141391960
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household.
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By: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780140271287
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 1999
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A book about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and the love of words. It tells of the relationship between the dictionary editor and one of its main contributors (they were all volunteers) who corresponded for 17 years before they met - at Broadmoor.
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By: Patrick Barkham
ISBN: 9780241471487
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th April 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Julie Otsuka
ISBN: 9780241994283
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 13th July 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Julie Otsuka
ISBN: 9780241543887
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The Swimming Pool: From the author of ITVs Our House starring Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton
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By: Louise Candlish
ISBN: 9781405919876
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 28th July 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: C. F. Iggulden
ISBN: 9780718186814
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Plato
ISBN: 9780140449273
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2003
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2003
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts.
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By: Plato
ISBN: 9780141023847
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2005
UK Publication Date: 25th August 2005
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Roberto Calasso
ISBN: 9780141998459
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 16th November 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: John le Carr
ISBN: 9780241291733
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
UK Publication Date: 23rd February 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Ciaran Carson
ISBN: 9780140455304
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2008
UK Publication Date: 2nd October 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cualige.
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By: Kerry Brown
ISBN: 9780241694299
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: C. J. Tudor
ISBN: 9781405930970
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 22nd August 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Royall Tyler
ISBN: 9780143107262
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 28th August 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Presents a masterpiece of world literature and the progenitor of all samurai stories. Legendary for its magnificent and vivid set battle scenes, this book is filled with intimate human dramas and emotions, contemplating Buddhist themes of suffering and separation, as well as universal insights into love, loss and loyalty.
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By: Norman Solomon
ISBN: 9780141441788
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2009
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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With a range of styles including commentary, parables, proverbs and anecdotes, this title provides guidance on various aspects of everyday life from ownership to commerce to relationships. It includes a selection of passages that make accessible the centuries of Jewish thought.
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By: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780141396583
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2015
UK Publication Date: 24th September 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The beautiful but sharp-tongued 'shrew' Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. Her younger sister Bianca, meanwhile, is forbidden to be married until Katherina finds a suitable match - much to the dismay of Bianca's suitors, Hortensio and Gremio.
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By: Dinah Jefferies
ISBN: 9780241969557
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2016
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Presents a haunting, tender portrait of a woman forced to choose between her duty as a wife and her instinct as a mother.
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By: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780141396309
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A storm rages. Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his monstrous servant Caliban watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, and bewitching love follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which they have landed.
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By: George Herbert
ISBN: 9780241303078
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
UK Publication Date: 24th August 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Jay Rayner
ISBN: 9780241976692
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 23rd June 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A title, in which, the author deals once and for all with questions like whether it is ever okay to covet thy neighbour's oxen (it is), eating with your hands (very important indeed) and if you should cut off the fat (no). Combining reportage and anecdotes with recipes worthy of adoration, it brings us the new foodie rules to live by.
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By: David Sumpter
ISBN: 9780141991092
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 27th January 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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