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Chimes and The Holly Tree
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No author is more associated with Christmas-time than Charles Dickens. This collection contains two of his festive short novels: 'The Chimes' and 'The Holly Tree'.
Eve of the French Revolution
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A fascinating look at the state of Europe at the start of the French revolution in the 18th century, written by 19th century American historian Edward Jackson Lowell.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Vicente Blasco Ibanez's most famous novel, adapted several times for film, is set in Europe during World War I. A young South American artist moves to Paris when the War breaks out. Ibanez paints a wonderful picture of pre-war Germany and France during the war.
Glimpses of the Moon
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Edith Wharton's classic novel about a pair of poor lovers in New York driven apart by the need to marry elsewhere to obtain wealth has enchanted readers around the world for more than eighty years.
Green Flag
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A fantastic collection of short stories by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, all revolving around tales of war and hunting.
Inside Story of the Peace Conference
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A fascinating look at the events of the Paris Peace Conference at the end of the First World War written by a man who was there: journalist Emile Joseph Dillon. The conference ran for just over a year, and resulted in the signing of various treaties, including the Treaty of Versailles, and the creation of the League of Nations, the precursor to the modern-day United Nations.
Jacket
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Jack London's classic novel from 1915 follows the story of Darrell Standing, a university professor who, while serving life imprisonment in San Quentino Prison for murder, is subjected to the torture of The Jacket, a straitjacket that induces angina by compressing the person's whole body. Standing discovers that he can go into a trance-like state to escape the pain, and in this state walks among the stars and re-lives events from past lives. It was published in the US under the title 'The Star Rover' and has had two cinema adaptions.
Death at the Excelsior
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A classic comedy from the creator of Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse.
Pagan and Christian Creeds
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A fascinating look at the history of Pagan and Christian faiths by prolific philosopher and writer Edward Carpenter.
Notes from Underground
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short novel Notes from Underground is considered the world's first existentialist novel. Originally published in 1864 (this English translation was first published in 1918), it is presented as the memoirs of an unnamed narrator, a retired civil servant living in St Petersburg, whose rambling stories and insights are a deep existentialist attack on emerging Western philosophies.
Old St Paul's
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A fantastic classic novel set during the events of the Great Plague and Great Fire of London in 1665-1666.
Old Christmas
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A fantastic festive tale by American author, essayist, biographer and historian Washington Irving.
Our Mutual Friend
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This was Charles Dickens' last complete novel, published in 1865.The novel concerns the events that follow the discovery in the Thames of the body of a certain John Harmon, who had returned to London to receive his inheritance. The ownership of this inheritance forms the main focus for the novel, as do the themes of greed and corruption.
Hard Times
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Charles Dickens' Hard Times has been enjoyed by readers around the world for over 150 years.Now you can enjoy this classic novel, which in unusual amongst Dickens' work in that it is not set in London, but in the fictional town of Coketown, which was based on the real town of Preston. It paints a somewhat cynical view of life in an industrial English town in the 19th Century.
101 Amazing Facts about Wine
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Do you know how much the most expensive bottle of wine ever auctioned sold for? Or how the production processes of red and white wine differ? What should you be doing when a waiter hands you a cork? And what is the difference between an aroma and a bouquet? All these questions and more are answered in this fascinating book about wine. Whether you are an experienced wine buff and want to discover some interesting and little-known facts, or you are new to the world of fine wines and want an introduction to the subject, this is an excellent addition to your bookshelf.
Pointless Conversations Quickies - The Off-White Collection
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Pointless conversations: a selection of daft, ridiculous and utterly pointless meanderings from the mind of Scott Tierney. In this collection of short (but still pointless) conversations, we learn about the age of Jesus, smelly sweets and dirty gobstoppers, more random film references from Taken, X-Men and Willy Wonka, and much more...
How I Found Livingstone
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In 1869, Sir Henry Morton Stanley was instructed by James Gordon Bennett Jr, the son of the founder of the New York Herald, to find the famous explorer David Livingstone, who no-one had seen for years after travelling to explore Africa. This is Stanley's own fascinating account of his search for Livingstone.
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London
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Hushed Up! A Mystery of London, William Le Queux's classic tale of intrigue and conspiracy in one of the world's greatest cities, has been enjoyed by readers around the world for almost a century.
Inez
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The first novel by Augusta Jane Evans, the famed American Southern author, was written when she was only 15. "e;Inez: A Tale of the Alamo"e; is a sentimental, moralistic, anti-Catholic love story which follows an orphan's spiritual journey from religious skepticism to devout faith.
Jews of Barnow
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A fascinating look at life in the Jewish ghetto in the 19th century, written by Jewish writer and publicist Karl Emil Franzos.
John the Baptist
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A study of the Biblical figure John the Baptist by the Reverend Frederick Brotherton Meyer, a Baptist pastor.From the author's preface:The life and character of John the Baptist have always had a great fascination for me; and I am thankful to have been permitted to write this book. But I am more thankful for the hours of absorbing interest spent in the study of his portraiture as given in the Gospels. I know of nothing that makes so pleasant a respite from the pressure of life's fret and strain, as to bathe mind and spirit in the translucent waters of Scripture biography.As the clasp between the Old Testament and the New-the close of the one and the beginning of the other; as among the greatest of those born of women; as the porter who opened the door to the True Shepherd; as the fearless rebuker of royal and shameless sin-the Baptist must ever compel the homage and admiration of mankind. In many respects, such a life cannot be repeated. But the spirit of humility and courage; of devotion to God, and uncompromising loyalty to truth, which was so conspicuous in him, may animate us. We, also, may be filled with the spirit and power of Elijah, as he was; and may point, with lip and life, to the Saviour of the world, crying, "e;Behold the Lamb of God."e;
