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Utopia - Sir Thomas MoreUtopia - Sir Thomas More
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- Thomas More
- 135
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
" With an Introduction by Mishtooni Bose. More's Utopia is a complex, innovative and penetrating contribution to political thought, culminating in the famous 'description' of...
Tristram Shandy - Laurence SterneTristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne
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- Laurence Sterne
- 480
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Laurence Sternes The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a huge...
Generation X : Tales for an Accelerated Culture - Douglas CouplandGeneration X : Tales for an Accelerated Culture - Douglas Coupland
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- Douglas Coupland
- 224
- 1996
- Abacus
Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society beyond their means. Twentysomethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island, and scarred by the 80s fallout of...
North and South - Elizabeth GaskellNorth and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
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- Elizabeth Gaskell
- 496
- 1996
- Penguin
As relevant now as when it was first published, Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South skilfully weaves a compelling love story into a clash between the pursuit of profit and...
The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
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- Thomas Pynchon
- 160
- 1996
- Vintage Publishing
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she haas been made executrix of a...
Sleepers - Lorenzo CarcaterraSleepers - Lorenzo Carcaterra
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- Lorenzo Carcaterra
- 384
- 1996
- Arrow Books
They were four boys who shared everything - the laughter and bruises of an impoverished upbringing in New York's West Side. Then one of their pranks misfired - a man nearly...
H.M.S. Surprise - Patrick O'BrianH.M.S. Surprise - Patrick O'Brian
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- Patrick O'Brian
- 416
- 1996
How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar seas, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must test themselves to the very limits...
Never Far from Nowhere - Andrea LevyNever Far from Nowhere - Andrea Levy
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- Andrea Levy
- 288
- 1996
- Headline Publishing Group
Zwei Schwestern. Die Eltern kamen aus Jamaica, Olive und Vivien sind in London geboren. Olive erzählt von ihrem Versuch, sich früh ein eigenes Leben aufzubauen, von...
Hard Frost - R.D. WingfieldHard Frost - R.D. Wingfield
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- R D Wingfield
- 448
- 1996
- Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
Fast-paced and wryly amusing... A delight from start to finish - Val McDermid Detective Inspector Jack Frost is having a hard time. A young boy is found dead in a rubbish...
Heal Thyself : Explanation of the Real Cause and Cure of Disease - Edward BachHeal Thyself : Explanation of the Real Cause and Cure of Disease - Edward Bach
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- Edward Bach
- 64
- 1996
- Ebury Publishing
Dr Bach reveals the vital principles that are influencing some of the more advanced members of the medical profession today and will guide medical practice in the near future.
The Fortune of War - Patrick O'BrianThe Fortune of War - Patrick O'Brian
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- O´Brian Patrick
- 358
- 1996
- HarperCollins Publishers
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East...
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne BronteThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte
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- Anne Bronte, Stevie Davies
- 576
- 1996
- Penguin
"The Penguin Classics" edition of Anne Bronte's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", her groundbreaking study of a woman's valiant struggle for independence from an abusive husband...
The Jewel in the Crown - Paul ScottThe Jewel in the Crown - Paul Scott
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- Paul Scott
- 528
- 1996
- Arrow Books
BOOK ONE OF THE RAJ QUARTET India 1942: everything is in flux. World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining many supporters....
The Siege of Krishnapur - J.G. FarrellThe Siege of Krishnapur - J.G. Farrell
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- J. G. Farrell
- 320
- 1996
- Farrell, James Gordon
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly...
Ben Hur - Wordsworth Classics - Lew WallaceBen Hur - Wordsworth Classics - Lew Wallace
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- Lewis Wallace
- 400
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace. An immediate best-seller on publication, Ben Hur remains a dazzling achievement by any standards. A thoroughly exhilarating tale...
The Mysterious Island - Wordsworth Classics - ... - Jules VerneThe Mysterious Island - Wordsworth Classics - ... - Jules Verne
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- Jules Verne
- 524
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
With an Introduction by Alex Dolby. Translation by W.H.G. Kingston. Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure...
The Woodlanders - Wordsworth Classics - Paperb... - Thomas HardyThe Woodlanders - Wordsworth Classics - Paperb... - Thomas Hardy
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- Thomas Hardy
- 336
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
With an Introduction and Notes by Phillip Mallett, Senior Lecturer in English, University of St Andrews. Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland...
Daniel Deronda - Wordsworth Classics - Paperba- George EliotDaniel Deronda - Wordsworth Classics - Paperba- George Eliot
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- George Eliot
- 752
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
George Eliot's final novel, Daniel Deronda (1876), follows the intertwining lives of the beautiful but spoiled and selfish Gwendolene Harleth and the selfless yet alienated...
Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Wordswort- Jules VerneJourney to the Centre of the Earth - Wordswort- Jules Verne
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- Jules Verne
- 185
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
With an introduction by David Stuart Davies. The father of science fiction, Jules Verne, invites you to join the intrepid and eccentric Professor Liedenbrock and his companions...
Histories - Wordsworth Classics of World Liter- Herodotus , Tom Griffith - IntrHistories - Wordsworth Classics of World Liter- Herodotus , Tom Griffith - Intr
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- Herodotus
- 768
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith. Herodotus (c480-c425) is The Father of History and his Histories are the first piece of...
The Rights of Man - Thomas PaineThe Rights of Man - Thomas Paine
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- Thomas Paine
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
With an Introduction by Derek Matravers. Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to...
The Pilgrim's Progress - John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
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- John Bunyan
- 255
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
With an Introduction by Professor Stuart Sim. John Bunyan was variously a tinker, soldier, Baptist minister, prisoner and writer of outstanding narrative genius which reached...
The Nicomachean Ethics - AristotleThe Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle
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- Aristoteles
- 287
- 1996
- Wordsworth Editions
Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as...
Bury Me StandingBury Me Standing
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- Isabel Fonseca
- 342
- 1996
- Vintage Publishing
Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly because of their mysterious origins, and partly because of the romance of nomadism. But because they resist assimilation,...