The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Classics
The story of Mowgli, the abandoned man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as the bear Baloo, the graceful black panther Baghe ...Show more
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley
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Category: Classics
When Elspeth Huxley's pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home- five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination- building a grass ho ...Show more
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; Tom Lathrop (trans)
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Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
When an ageing, impoverished nobleman decides to style himself “Don Quixote” and embarks upon a series of daring endeavours, it is clear that his ability to distinguish between reality and the fantasy world of literary romance has broken down. His exploits turn into comic misadventures, in which everyda ...Show more
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Austen Ser.
Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the epitome of sensibili ...Show more
Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy
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Category: Classics | Series: A&R Classics
'I enjoyed Maestro enormously. Besides its thoughtfulness and bright sensuality, it has a playful quality, a love of jest, which appealed to me very much.' Helen Garner, SYDNEY REVIEW On release, MAESTRO was hailed 'a splendid achievement, a wise, deeply felt novel that continues to haunt well after one ...Show more
The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' Guardian'This Room Guaranteed BOMB-FREE. From the Management' Hapless cosmonaut Ijon Tichy has been sent back to earth to attend the Eighth Futurological Congress in smog-bound, overpopulated Costa Rica, holed up with an assortment of scientists in a luxur ...Show more
Ulysses by James Joyce
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Category: Classics
Celebrating 100 Years of Joyce's masterpieceThe authoritative Hans Walter Gabler text; With a new introduction by Anne EnrightSet entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James Joyce c ...Show more
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Category: Classics
One of Time magazine's 100 best English-language novels and the most famous of all twentieth-century political allegories. This account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind, is a universal drama. Taking as his ...Show more
The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the ve ...Show more
Little Women - Collins Classic by Louisa May Alcott
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
'I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.' Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - four "little women" enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England The charming story of the March sisters, Little Women has been adored by generations. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his p ...Show more
Edgar Allan Poe - Illustrated Tales by Edgar Allen Poe
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Category: Classics | Series: Illustrated Classic Editions Ser.
Sprung from the shadowed recesses of Edgar Allan Poe’s imagination, these nineteen tales of mystery and the macabre testify to the brilliance of their author’s dark artistry. Each story is colourfully illustrated by the classic artwork of Harry Clarke, in whom Poe found one of his most sensitive and sym ...Show more
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more