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By: Laurie Lee
ISBN: 9780241237175
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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When author first left his country village aged nineteen, he discovered a delight in the outside world that remained undiminished throughout his writing life. In this book, he brings together pieces including recollections of his Gloucestershire childhood celebrated in Cider With Rosie.
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By: John Minford
ISBN: 9780143106920
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
UK Publication Date: 4th February 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental questions about the world and our place in it, this book deals with three thousand years to ancient shamanistic practices involving the ritual preparation of the shoulder bones of oxen.
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By: Richard Wilhelm
ISBN: 9780140192070
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2003
UK Publication Date: 29th June 1989
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Covers "I Ching" - a book of oracles containing the whole of human experience.
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By: Kuki Gallmann
ISBN: 9780141033181
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2008
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Kuki Gallmann's memoir of bringing up a family in Kenya in the 1970s, first with her husband Paulo, and then alone. This book is part elegaic celebration, part tragedy, and part love letter to the spirit of Africa.
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By: Catullus
ISBN: 9780141398594
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
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By: Miranda Hart
ISBN: 9781405958332
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Tucker Max
ISBN: 9780141029450
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2006
UK Publication Date: 27th July 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Tucker Max drinks to excess at inappropriate times, disregards social norms, indulges every whim, takes no responsibility for his actions, rebels against any authority, and sleeps with more women than is safe. This work contains what the modern-day bounder has written since he started sharing his depraved reality with audience.
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By: Laura Vanderkam
ISBN: 9780241199510
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 25th June 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Do you struggle to balance the demands of a successful career with quality time with family and friends, your hobbies, and even a decent night's sleep This book reveals strategies you can use to spend more time on the things you enjoy.
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By: Jane Corry
ISBN: 9780241984659
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
UK Publication Date: 28th May 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Yaron Matras
ISBN: 9780241954706
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2015
UK Publication Date: 5th February 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Explains why we need to reconsider how we view their culture. This book gives us the comprehensive account of their culture, language and history. It is a story of the echoes of a rich past left in language and customs, and of how the changing fortunes of Europe throughout the centuries have been imprinted on Romani culture.
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By: Eric A. Kimmel
ISBN: 9780140509168
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 1992
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A young girl brings her pets to the library--with predictably disastrous results.
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By: Kingsley Amis
ISBN: 9780141194257
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2012
UK Publication Date: 7th June 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The quickest way to get rich is to marry someone rich, but how do you do this if you aren't yet rich TV chat-show host Ronnie Appleyard is preoccupied with this question as he pursues wealthy heiress Simona Quick over two continents. But as he comes closer to his prize other questions present themselves. Is the androgenous Simona really worth it
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By: Risn Lanigan
ISBN: 9780241668535
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
UK Publication Date: 20th March 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Risn Lanigan
ISBN: 9780241756324
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Jenny Bayliss
ISBN: 9781405971065
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2025
UK Publication Date: 23rd October 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ISBN: 9780241360880
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 30th August 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Susan Hill
ISBN: 9780140034912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 26th October 1973
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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'I didn't want you to come here.' So says the note that the boy Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But, young Kingshaw and his mother have come to live with Hooper and his father in the ugly, isolated Victorian house for good.
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By: Courttia Newland
ISBN: 9780241993880
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2022
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: P. J. Tracy
ISBN: 9781405936361
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
UK Publication Date: 9th January 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: William Gibson
ISBN: 9780241953525
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2011
UK Publication Date: 28th July 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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After an attack of scruples, Colin Laney's skipped out on his former employer Slitscan - avoiding the rash of media lawyers sent his way - and taken a job for the outfit managing Japanese rock duo, Lo/Rez. Rez has announced he's going to marry an 'idoru' by the name of Rei Toi - she exists only in virtual reality.
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By: Stephen Sexton
ISBN: 9780141990026
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Sherwood King
ISBN: 9780141192192
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2010
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a job as chauffeur to the wealthy Mr and Mrs Bannister, his occasional work leaves him free to indulge. Bannister himself is bitter - his twisted leg keeps him on the sidelines while his ravishingly beautiful wife endures his moods with saintly patience.
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By: Gill Perdue
ISBN: 9780241992067
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 16th February 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Professor Tony Judt
ISBN: 9780718191412
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2011
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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If we are to replace fear with confidence then we need a different story to tell, about state and society alike: a story that carries moral and political conviction. This book provides that story.
