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The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford

With an Introduction and Notes by Sara Haslam, Department of English, The Open University.The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction, an inspiration for many…

How it Works: The Dad - Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris

The PERFECT GIFT for that superhero, saint, figure of worship or, if none of those apply, your plain dear old dad.''Shawn has set up his own firework display in the garden."Those…

The Sun is also a Star - Nicola Yoon

*Now a major film starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton* The New York Times bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything.Natasha: I’m a girl who…

The White Masai - Corinne Hofmannová

Whilst on holiday in Kenya, Corinne Hoffman fell in love with a Masai warrior. Eventually she moved into a tiny shack with him and his mother and spent four years in Kenya.…

The Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket

Dear reader,There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international…

Little Women - Louisa May Alcottová

Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks,…

Paradise Lost

John Milton''s celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man''s existenceA Penguin Classic In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic…

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays - Oscar Wilde

The crowning plays of one of Ireland''s most heralded artistsOscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His…

Sam Walton - Sam Walton

Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America''s heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart,…

Violence - Slavoj Žižek

Zizek argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers…

The Wasp Factory - Iain M. Banks

''A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality'' Financial Times''Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I''d…

The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King

King''s classic fantasy novel now with a stunning new cover look.The King is dead, murdered by an unusual poison.While evidence is gathered, and the land of Delain mourns, Flagg…

Angela’s Ashes - Frank McCourt

Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt''s sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.It is a…

The Sellout - Paul Beatty

A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.Born in…

The Defence of the Realm - Christopher Andrew

''Sensationally good ... A riveting story, the real-life spooks and spies far more compelling than anything you will see on the screen ... history doesn''t come more fascinating…