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The Boleyn Inheritance

by Philippa Gregory ...

From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII and his final queens.The king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the power of God now.Henry VIII must take his fourth wife and the dangerous prize is won by Anne of Cleves. A German princess by birth, Anne is to be Henry’s pawn in the ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII and his final queens.The king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the power of God now.Henry VIII must take his fourth wife and the dangerous prize is won by Anne of Cleves. A German princess by birth, Anne is to be Henry’s pawn in the
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Interview With The Vampire

Volume 1 in series

by Anne Rice ...

Series Book 10 - Vampire Chronicles
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice, this sensuously written spellbinding classic remains 'the most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's Dracula' (The Times)In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood.When Interview with the Vampire ... Read more

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice, this sensuously written spellbinding classic remains 'the most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's Dracula' (The Times)In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood.When Interview with the Vampire
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The Honourable Schoolboy

by John le Carré ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
In the second part of John le Carré's Karla Trilogy, the battle of wits between spymaster George Smiley and his Russian adversary takes on an even more dangerous dimension.George Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley launches a risky ... Read more

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In the second part of John le Carré's Karla Trilogy, the battle of wits between spymaster George Smiley and his Russian adversary takes on an even more dangerous dimension.George Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley launches a risky
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East of Eden

by John Steinbeck ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
COMING THIS AUTUMN: A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES STARRING FLORENCE PUGHThe magnum opus of a giant of American literature, East of Eden is an epic, unforgettable family saga of blood ties and betrayal'There is only one book to a man' Steinbeck wrote of East of Eden. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two ... Read more

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COMING THIS AUTUMN: A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES STARRING FLORENCE PUGHThe magnum opus of a giant of American literature, East of Eden is an epic, unforgettable family saga of blood ties and betrayal'There is only one book to a man' Steinbeck wrote of East of Eden. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two
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The Constant Princess

by Philippa Gregory ...

A splendid and sumptuous historical novel from the internationally bestselling author, Philippa Gregory, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon.I was born a princess, destined to be queen, and I know my duty.Henry VII’s eldest son Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, has been betrothed since childhood to the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. Their marriage will cement the alliance Henry ... Read more

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A splendid and sumptuous historical novel from the internationally bestselling author, Philippa Gregory, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon.I was born a princess, destined to be queen, and I know my duty.Henry VII’s eldest son Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, has been betrothed since childhood to the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. Their marriage will cement the alliance Henry
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1984

by George Orwell ...

Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within ... Read more

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Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within
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Rebecca

The iconic gothic classic of jealousy and obsesssion

by Daphne du Maurier, Sally Beauman ...

Series Book 13 - Virago Modern Classics
FALL IN LOVE WITH THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED TAYLOR SWIFT'An unforgettable masterpiece . . . filled with razor-sharp tension, escalating dread, and a twist that chills to the bone' FREIDA MCFADDEN'It's the book every writer wishes they'd written' CLARE MACKINTOSH'The greatest psychological thriller of all time' ERIN KELLY'Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture ... ... Read more

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FALL IN LOVE WITH THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED TAYLOR SWIFT'An unforgettable masterpiece . . . filled with razor-sharp tension, escalating dread, and a twist that chills to the bone' FREIDA MCFADDEN'It's the book every writer wishes they'd written' CLARE MACKINTOSH'The greatest psychological thriller of all time' ERIN KELLY'Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture ...
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The Outsider

by Albert Camus ...

Translated by Sandra Smith ...

Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only serve to increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and challenges the fundamental values of society - a set of rules so binding that any person breaking them is condemned as an outsider. For Meursault, this is an insult to his reason ... Read more

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Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only serve to increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and challenges the fundamental values of society - a set of rules so binding that any person breaking them is condemned as an outsider. For Meursault, this is an insult to his reason
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Siddhartha. An Indian Tale.

by Hermann Hesse ...

"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse is a novel that follows the spiritual journey of a man named Siddhartha in ancient India. The story traces Siddhartha's quest for enlightenment and self-discovery as he embarks on a path of renunciation and exploration. Dissatisfied with the materialistic world he was raised in, Siddhartha seeks a deeper understanding of existence and the nature of reality. Through ... Read more

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"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse is a novel that follows the spiritual journey of a man named Siddhartha in ancient India. The story traces Siddhartha's quest for enlightenment and self-discovery as he embarks on a path of renunciation and exploration. Dissatisfied with the materialistic world he was raised in, Siddhartha seeks a deeper understanding of existence and the nature of reality. Through
... Read more
The Story of the Treasure Seekers

by Edith Nesbit ...

When their mother dies and their father's business partner runs off with most of their money, the six intrepid Bastable children are determined to restore their family's fallen fortunes. ... Read more

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When their mother dies and their father's business partner runs off with most of their money, the six intrepid Bastable children are determined to restore their family's fallen fortunes.
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The JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION 9 TOP CLASSICS NOVELS (with Free Audio Links)(SENSE AND SENSIBILITY,PRIDE AND PREJUDICE,MANSFIELD PARK,EMMA,NORTHANGER ABBEY,PERSUASION,LADY SUSAN,SANDITON,THE WATSONS)

by Jane Austen ...

Series series Classic Novels
The JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION 9 TOP CLASSICS NOVELS (with Free Audio Links)THE MAJOR NOVELS- SENSE AND SENSIBILITY- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- MANSFIELD PARK- EMMA- NORTHANGER ABBEY- PERSUASIONSHORT FICTION- LADY SUSANUNFINISHED NOVELS- SANDITON- THE WATSONSJane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the... ... Read more

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The JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION 9 TOP CLASSICS NOVELS (with Free Audio Links)THE MAJOR NOVELS- SENSE AND SENSIBILITY- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- MANSFIELD PARK- EMMA- NORTHANGER ABBEY- PERSUASIONSHORT FICTION- LADY SUSANUNFINISHED NOVELS- SANDITON- THE WATSONSJane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the...
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Decline and Fall

by Evelyn Waugh ...

Modest and unassuming theology student Paul Pennyfeather falls victim to the drunken antics of the Bollinger Club and is subsequently expelled from Oxford for running through the grounds of Scone College without his trousers. Having thereby defaulted on the conditions of his inheritance, he is forced to take a job teaching at an obscure public school in Wales called Llanabba, run by Dr Fagan. ... Read more

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Modest and unassuming theology student Paul Pennyfeather falls victim to the drunken antics of the Bollinger Club and is subsequently expelled from Oxford for running through the grounds of Scone College without his trousers. Having thereby defaulted on the conditions of his inheritance, he is forced to take a job teaching at an obscure public school in Wales called Llanabba, run by Dr Fagan.
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Coming Home

by Rosamunde Pilcher ...

'As ever, Rosamunde Pilcher has kept me enthralled to the very last page' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The endearing bestseller from the much-loved Rosamunde PilcherBorn in Colombo, Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father. When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow, the ... Read more

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'As ever, Rosamunde Pilcher has kept me enthralled to the very last page' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The endearing bestseller from the much-loved Rosamunde PilcherBorn in Colombo, Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father. When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow, the
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And Sons

by David Gilbert ...

Who is A. N. Dyer? For fans of ‘The Art of Fielding’ and ‘Wonder Boys’ – this is the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide.The Manhattan funeral of Charles Henry Topping would have been a minor affair but for the identity of the eulogist: reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel ‘Ampersand’ stands as a classic of teenage angst. ... Read more

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Who is A. N. Dyer? For fans of ‘The Art of Fielding’ and ‘Wonder Boys’ – this is the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide.The Manhattan funeral of Charles Henry Topping would have been a minor affair but for the identity of the eulogist: reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel ‘Ampersand’ stands as a classic of teenage angst.
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The Sleepwalkers

A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

by Arthur Koestler ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view ... Read more

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Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view
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50 Timeless Masterpieces (Volume 1) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Essential Classics for a Rich Literary Journey

by Homer, Sun Tzu, Plato, Dante, Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jane Austen, Nikolai Gogol0, Emily Brontë1, Mary Shelley2, Alexandre Dumas3, Fyodor Dostoevsky4, Charles Dickens5, Victor Hugo6, Nathaniel Hawthorne7, Gustave Flaubert8, Leo Tolstoy9, Henrik Ibsen0, Herman Melville1, Mark Twain2, Robert Louis Stevenson3, Arthur Conan Doyle4, Raymond Chandler5, H. G. Wells6, Joseph Conrad7, Rudyard Kipling8, Louisa May Alcott9, L. Frank Baum0, L. M. Montgomery1, T. S. Eliot2, Franz Kafka3, James Joyce4, Virginia Woolf5, C. S. Lewis6, Ernest Hemingway7, Walt Whitman8, Jack Kerouac9, John Steinbeck0, William Faulkner1, Kate Chopin2, Zora Neale Hurston3, Margaret Mitchell4, Sylvia Plath5, Thomas Mann6, Albert Camus7, George Orwell8, Elliot Ellinghurst1 ...

50 Timeless Masterpieces (Volume 1) gathers an extraordinary sweep of world literature, from epic poetry, philosophical dialogue, and military strategy to the novel, drama, detective fiction, modernist experiment, and political allegory. Its range evokes the long evolution of narrative and thought: heroic voyages, moral trials, social satire, psychological inquiry, dystopian warning, and spiritual ... Read more

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50 Timeless Masterpieces (Volume 1) gathers an extraordinary sweep of world literature, from epic poetry, philosophical dialogue, and military strategy to the novel, drama, detective fiction, modernist experiment, and political allegory. Its range evokes the long evolution of narrative and thought: heroic voyages, moral trials, social satire, psychological inquiry, dystopian warning, and spiritual
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Poems

Collection of Poems

by T. S. Eliot ...

Series Book 1 - Poems Collection
T.S. Eliot, the 1948 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is one of the giants of modern literature, highly distinguished as a poet, literary critic, dramatist, and editor and publisher. Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), "one of the twentieth century's major poets", was also an essayist, publisher, playwright, and literary and social critic. Born in St. Louis, ... Read more

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T.S. Eliot, the 1948 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is one of the giants of modern literature, highly distinguished as a poet, literary critic, dramatist, and editor and publisher. Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), "one of the twentieth century's major poets", was also an essayist, publisher, playwright, and literary and social critic. Born in St. Louis,
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Assassin’s Quest

by Robin Hobb ...

Series Book 3 - The Farseer Trilogy
‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. MartinThe gripping finale to Robin Hobb’s classic Farseer Trilogy.With the king no longer living and the heir, Verity, missing and declared dead, Prince Regal has treacherously seized the throne.Regal’s torture has left Fitz more dead than alive, and more closely than ever bonded with his wolf. All who once loved him believe him dead: even Molly, now ... Read more

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‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. MartinThe gripping finale to Robin Hobb’s classic Farseer Trilogy.With the king no longer living and the heir, Verity, missing and declared dead, Prince Regal has treacherously seized the throne.Regal’s torture has left Fitz more dead than alive, and more closely than ever bonded with his wolf. All who once loved him believe him dead: even Molly, now
... Read more
The Alchemist

A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho ...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • OVER 120 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • PUBLISHED IN 89 LANGUAGES • SPECIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION“Teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily, “Best Self-Help Books of a Generation”A stunning 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new foreword by Paulo Coelho and charming ... Read more

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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • OVER 120 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • PUBLISHED IN 89 LANGUAGES • SPECIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION“Teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily, “Best Self-Help Books of a Generation”A stunning 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new foreword by Paulo Coelho and charming
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So Big

by Edna Ferber ...

Selina Peake De Jong decides to be a school teacher in farming country. During her stay on the Pool family farm, she encourages the young Roelf Pool to follow his interests, which include art. ... Read more

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Selina Peake De Jong decides to be a school teacher in farming country. During her stay on the Pool family farm, she encourages the young Roelf Pool to follow his interests, which include art.
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On the Road

by Jack Kerouac ...

The essential classic from legendary author, Jack Kerouac. ... Read more

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The essential classic from legendary author, Jack Kerouac.
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Dracula

by Bram Stoker ...

Young, unsuspecting clerk Jonathan Harker finds himself sent to visit a mysterious client in Transylvania – Count Dracula. Harker’s perilous journey to Castle Dracula is only the beginning of his misfortunes, as although intrigued by the mysterious Count, he comes to realize that his host is a vampire and his stay there is not as a guest, but as a prisoner. Harker escapes, but the monster follows ... Read more

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Young, unsuspecting clerk Jonathan Harker finds himself sent to visit a mysterious client in Transylvania – Count Dracula. Harker’s perilous journey to Castle Dracula is only the beginning of his misfortunes, as although intrigued by the mysterious Count, he comes to realize that his host is a vampire and his stay there is not as a guest, but as a prisoner. Harker escapes, but the monster follows
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To Kill A Mockingbird

The bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning modern classic

by Harper Lee ...

'ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN''Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour ... Read more

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'ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN''Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour
... Read more
East of Eden

by John Steinbeck ...

Enter the sprawling and evocative world of John Steinbeck's masterpiece, "East of Eden." Set against the backdrop of California's Salinas Valley, this epic novel weaves a tale of family, love, and the eternal battle between good and evil. Immerse yourself in the lives of the Trask and Hamilton families as their destinies intertwine across generations. Follow the complex journey of Adam Trask, a ... Read more

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Enter the sprawling and evocative world of John Steinbeck's masterpiece, "East of Eden." Set against the backdrop of California's Salinas Valley, this epic novel weaves a tale of family, love, and the eternal battle between good and evil. Immerse yourself in the lives of the Trask and Hamilton families as their destinies intertwine across generations. Follow the complex journey of Adam Trask, a
... Read more

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