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The Light Years

by Elizabeth Jane Howard ...

Series Book 1 - Cazalet Chronicles
Home Place, Sussex, 1937. The English family at home...For two unforgettable summers they gathered together, safe from the advancing storm clouds of war. In the heart of the Sussex countryside these were still sunlit days of childish games, lavish family meals and picnics on the beach.Three generations of the Cazalet family played out their lives - with their relatives, their children and their ... Read more

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Home Place, Sussex, 1937. The English family at home...For two unforgettable summers they gathered together, safe from the advancing storm clouds of war. In the heart of the Sussex countryside these were still sunlit days of childish games, lavish family meals and picnics on the beach.Three generations of the Cazalet family played out their lives - with their relatives, their children and their
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War And Peace

by Leo Tolstoy, Orlando Figes ...

Translated by Anthony Briggs ...

'A book that you don't just read, you live' Simon SchamaTolstoy's magnificent epic novel of love, conflict, fate and human life in all its imperfection and grandeurWar and Peace begins at a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, where conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young ... Read more

$17.99 NZD

'A book that you don't just read, you live' Simon SchamaTolstoy's magnificent epic novel of love, conflict, fate and human life in all its imperfection and grandeurWar and Peace begins at a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, where conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young
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For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway ...

In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from “the good fight,” For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, ... Read more

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In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from “the good fight,” For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage,
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Happy All the Time

With an introduction by Katherine Heiny

by Laurie Colwin ...

Series series W&N Essentials
'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine HeinyGuido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling around and wondering who they will marry.Then, one wet Sunday afternoon in a museum, Gudio meets Holly. Precise about everything, Holly knows what she likes: pressed sheets, tea on a tray - and now, Guido.Soon after, ... Read more

$16.99 NZD

'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine HeinyGuido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling around and wondering who they will marry.Then, one wet Sunday afternoon in a museum, Gudio meets Holly. Precise about everything, Holly knows what she likes: pressed sheets, tea on a tray - and now, Guido.Soon after,
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Whispers in the Sand

by Barbara Erskine ...

From the bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes this atmospheric and gripping page-turner.Recently divorced Anna Fox decides to cheer herself up by retracing a journey her great grandmother Louisa made in the mid-nineteenth century – a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan. Anna carries with her two of Louisa’s possessions: an ancient Egyptian scent bottle and an illustrated diary of the original ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes this atmospheric and gripping page-turner.Recently divorced Anna Fox decides to cheer herself up by retracing a journey her great grandmother Louisa made in the mid-nineteenth century – a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan. Anna carries with her two of Louisa’s possessions: an ancient Egyptian scent bottle and an illustrated diary of the original
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Series Book 4 - Delphi Parts Edition (Robert Louis Stevenson)
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time ... Read more

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This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time
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Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy ...

"He knew well, too well, in the secret centre of his brain, that Arabella was not worth a great deal as a specimen of womankind. Yet, such being the custom of the rural districts among honorable young men who had drifted so far into intimacy with a woman as he unfortunately had done, he was ready to abide by what he had said, and take the consequences." - Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part First ... Read more

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"He knew well, too well, in the secret centre of his brain, that Arabella was not worth a great deal as a specimen of womankind. Yet, such being the custom of the rural districts among honorable young men who had drifted so far into intimacy with a woman as he unfortunately had done, he was ready to abide by what he had said, and take the consequences." - Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part First
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Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen ...

What happens when a young woman's love of Gothic novels makes ordinary life seem like a mysterious adventure? In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen follows Catherine Morland, a young and imaginative heroine whose enthusiasm for Gothic fiction shapes the way she sees the world around her. When Catherine enters the fashionable social circles of Bath, she discovers new friendships, romantic possibilities, ... Read more

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What happens when a young woman's love of Gothic novels makes ordinary life seem like a mysterious adventure? In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen follows Catherine Morland, a young and imaginative heroine whose enthusiasm for Gothic fiction shapes the way she sees the world around her. When Catherine enters the fashionable social circles of Bath, she discovers new friendships, romantic possibilities,
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Black No More

by George S. Schuyler ...

Series series Penguin Science Fiction
'A liberating and lacerating critique of American racial madness, capitalism and white superiority ... Schuyler's wild, misanthropic, take-no-prisoners satire of American life seems more relevant than ever ... Afrofuturist before such a term existed' New York Review of BooksTelling the extraordinary story of a mysterious process that can turn black skin white in 1930s America, Black No More is a ... Read more

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'A liberating and lacerating critique of American racial madness, capitalism and white superiority ... Schuyler's wild, misanthropic, take-no-prisoners satire of American life seems more relevant than ever ... Afrofuturist before such a term existed' New York Review of BooksTelling the extraordinary story of a mysterious process that can turn black skin white in 1930s America, Black No More is a
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All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr ...

WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTIONA beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War IIMarie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTIONA beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War IIMarie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature
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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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Blood Meridian

by Cormac McCarthy ...

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a 14-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians ... Read more

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Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a 14-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians
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The Chaoswar Saga

A Kingdom Besieged, A Crown Imperilled, Magician’s End

by Raymond E. Feist ...

Return to a world of magic and adventure from bestselling author Raymond E. Feist. This bundle includes the complete Chaoswar Saga.The bundle includes: A Kingdom Besieged, A Crown Imperilled, Magician’s End.A KINGDOM BESIEGED: The Darkness is coming…The Kingdom is plagued by rumour and instability. Kingdom spies in Kesh have been disappearing – either murdered, or turned to the enemy side. ... Read more

$25.99 NZD

Return to a world of magic and adventure from bestselling author Raymond E. Feist. This bundle includes the complete Chaoswar Saga.The bundle includes: A Kingdom Besieged, A Crown Imperilled, Magician’s End.A KINGDOM BESIEGED: The Darkness is coming…The Kingdom is plagued by rumour and instability. Kingdom spies in Kesh have been disappearing – either murdered, or turned to the enemy side.
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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy ...

Series series The Works of Leo Tolstoy presented by Kobo Editions
Anna Karenina is a rich and masterful story of love in its many facets and complexities: honest, corrupted, nourishing, destructive. Set against the backdrop of luxury and the Russian upper class, it is the story of a passionate love affair doomed from the beginning between beautiful Anna, married and a mother well placed in Russian high society, and cavalry officer Count Vronsky. Called "one of ... Read more

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Anna Karenina is a rich and masterful story of love in its many facets and complexities: honest, corrupted, nourishing, destructive. Set against the backdrop of luxury and the Russian upper class, it is the story of a passionate love affair doomed from the beginning between beautiful Anna, married and a mother well placed in Russian high society, and cavalry officer Count Vronsky. Called "one of
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Kindred

The ground-breaking masterpiece from the New York Times bestseller

by Octavia E. Butler ...

Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò.'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' NEW YORK TIMES'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' GUARDIAN'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' JUNOT DIAZIn 1976, Dana dreams of being a wr... ... Read more

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Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò.'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' NEW YORK TIMES'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' GUARDIAN'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' JUNOT DIAZIn 1976, Dana dreams of being a wr...
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The 39 Steps

by John Buchan ...

One of the most exciting 'chase thrillers' ever published, and a huge influence not only on spy fiction, but on Hollywood as well, The 39 Steps is a book which has captured the imagination of audiences for decades. It was written by acclaimed Scottish author John Buchan, who inspired the writing of other great British novelists, including Graham Greene, Ian Fleming and John le Carré. The 39 Steps ... Read more

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One of the most exciting 'chase thrillers' ever published, and a huge influence not only on spy fiction, but on Hollywood as well, The 39 Steps is a book which has captured the imagination of audiences for decades. It was written by acclaimed Scottish author John Buchan, who inspired the writing of other great British novelists, including Graham Greene, Ian Fleming and John le Carré. The 39 Steps
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Scoop

by Evelyn Waugh ...

William Boot, a young man who lives in genteel poverty, far from the iniquities of London, contributes nature notes to Lord Copper's Daily Beast, a national daily newspaper. He is dragooned into becoming a foreign correspondent, when the editors mistake him for John Courtney Boot, a fashionable novelist and a remote cousin. He is sent to Ishmaelia, a fictional state in East Africa, to report on ... Read more

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William Boot, a young man who lives in genteel poverty, far from the iniquities of London, contributes nature notes to Lord Copper's Daily Beast, a national daily newspaper. He is dragooned into becoming a foreign correspondent, when the editors mistake him for John Courtney Boot, a fashionable novelist and a remote cousin. He is sent to Ishmaelia, a fictional state in East Africa, to report on
... Read more
The Count Of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)

by Alexandre Dumas ...

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père). It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Dumas completed the work in 1844. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean, and in the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838. It is an adventure story ... Read more

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The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père). It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Dumas completed the work in 1844. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean, and in the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838. It is an adventure story
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Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game

by Sidney Sheldon, Tilly Bagshawe ...

The spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon’s MASTER OF THE GAME, one of the most glamorous and suspenseful tales ever told…It began with Jamie MacGregor, stealing diamonds in Africa. It continued with his daughter, the powerful Kate Blackwell, who grew her father’s company into a world wide conglomerate. Now the story passes to the next generation.Spanning the decades and picking up exactly where ... Read more

$7.99 NZD

The spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon’s MASTER OF THE GAME, one of the most glamorous and suspenseful tales ever told…It began with Jamie MacGregor, stealing diamonds in Africa. It continued with his daughter, the powerful Kate Blackwell, who grew her father’s company into a world wide conglomerate. Now the story passes to the next generation.Spanning the decades and picking up exactly where
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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy, John Bayley ...

Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky ...

'One of the greatest love stories in world literature' Vladimir NabokovThe heroine of Tolstoy's epic of love and self-destruction, Anna Karenina has beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son, but feels that her life is empty until she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and brings jealousy and bitterness in its wake. ... Read more

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'One of the greatest love stories in world literature' Vladimir NabokovThe heroine of Tolstoy's epic of love and self-destruction, Anna Karenina has beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son, but feels that her life is empty until she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and brings jealousy and bitterness in its wake.
... Read more
The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection (All 22 Stories With Active Table of Contents)

by L. Frank Baum ...

Series series The Wizard of Oz
The complete wizard of oz collection of 22 stories written by L. Frank Baum. This is the only complete collection that includes all the Oz stories. In this collection, you will find stories not available in other collections and it even includes stories published after the death of L. Frank Baum.About The Wizard of Oz:Ever since Dorothy realized that she was not in Kansas anymore, she has ... Read more

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The complete wizard of oz collection of 22 stories written by L. Frank Baum. This is the only complete collection that includes all the Oz stories. In this collection, you will find stories not available in other collections and it even includes stories published after the death of L. Frank Baum.About The Wizard of Oz:Ever since Dorothy realized that she was not in Kansas anymore, she has
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The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost One

Two enchanting stories from the Queen of the Romantic Mystery

by Mary Stewart ...

The sweeping long-lost novella, now available in paperback for the first time in 40 years, alongside recently rediscovered short story 'The Lost One', from the original queen of romantic suspense'Total heaven' Harriet EvansLanzarote. A wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family distraught.Perdita West, secretary to a famou... ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

The sweeping long-lost novella, now available in paperback for the first time in 40 years, alongside recently rediscovered short story 'The Lost One', from the original queen of romantic suspense'Total heaven' Harriet EvansLanzarote. A wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family distraught.Perdita West, secretary to a famou...
... Read more
Airs Above the Ground

The suspenseful love story from the Queen of the Romantic Mystery

by Mary Stewart ...

'A wonderful book to lose yourself in' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Mary Stewart on top form' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A timeless favourite' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Vanessa March's husband Lewis is meant to be on a business trip in Stockholm.So why does he briefly appear in newsreel footage of a fire at a circus in Vienna, with his arm around another woman?Vanessa flies ... ... Read more

$14.99 NZD

'A wonderful book to lose yourself in' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Mary Stewart on top form' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A timeless favourite' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Vanessa March's husband Lewis is meant to be on a business trip in Stockholm.So why does he briefly appear in newsreel footage of a fire at a circus in Vienna, with his arm around another woman?Vanessa flies ...
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Conqueror

by Conn Iggulden ...

Series Book 5 - Conqueror
No.1 bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great and heroic mind; his action-packed rule; and how in conquering one-fifth of the world’s inhabited land, he changed the course of history forever.A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar.A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength and wisdom.A ... Read more

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No.1 bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great and heroic mind; his action-packed rule; and how in conquering one-fifth of the world’s inhabited land, he changed the course of history forever.A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar.A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength and wisdom.A
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