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Hamlet
$25.00 Read moreChiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world’s finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and be
- Series: Chiltern Classic
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1914602145
- Language: English
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Orwell on Truth
$16.99 Add to cartOver the course of his career, George Orwell wrote about many things, but no matter what he wrote the goal was to get at the fundamental truths of the world. He had no place for dissemblers, liars, co… [more below]
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0358065054
- Language: English
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The Caretaker: And, the Dumb Waiter: Two Plays
$15.00 Add to cartJacket description.back: In all of Pinter’s plays, seemingly ordinary events become charged with profound, if elusive, meaning, haunting pathos, and wild comedy. In The Caretaker, a tramp finds lodgin… [more below]
- Series: Pinter, Harold
- Author: Pinter, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 18 1994
- ISBN10: 080215087X
- Language: English
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The Little Book of J.R.R. Tolkien: Wit and Wisdom from the Creator of Middle Earth
$8.95 Add to cartA renowned scholar of the English language, Tolkien is today celebrated as the father of the high fantasy genre. Drawing on his knowledge of languages, mythology and legend, he created an entire alter
- Series: Little Books of Literature #11
- Author: Hippo! Orange
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1800693745
- Language: English
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NB by J. C.: A Walk Through the Times Literary Supplement
$24.95 Add to cart“Overall, NB might be loosely described as a gossip column for the erudite, but during the first 20 years of the present century, James Campbell made it into something more–a uniquely personal miscel… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1589881753
- Language: English
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The Merchant of Venice
$10.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with sc- Series: Pelican Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0143130226
- Language: English
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The Prelude
$40.00 Add to cartA gorgeous new edition of the definitive text of Wordsworth’s The Prelude, with full-color contemporaneous illustrations that illuminate this epic poem. With a new afterword by Helen Vendler.
The Prel- Author: Wordsworth, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1684582504
- Language: English
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Stuff Happens
$18.00 Add to cart“Stuff happens . . . And it’s untidy, and freedom’s untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.”
Such was Donald Rumsfeld’s response on April 11, 2003, follo- Author: Hare, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 057122606X
- Language: English
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And So This Is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems
$19.99 Read moreIt’s that time of year again . . .
With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with And So This is Christmas, fifty-one poems in celebration of the festive season: from bizarre family traditions to- Author: Bilston, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1035031469
- Language: English
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The Life of Christina of Markyate
$15.95 Add to cart‘I wish to remain single, for I have made a vow of virginity.’
This is the remarkable story of the twelfth-century recluse Christina, who became prioress of Markyate, near St Albans in Hertfordshire.- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Fanous, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 11 2010
- ISBN10: 199556059
- Language: English
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Troilus and Cressida
$19.00 Add to cartOften called the first great English novel, Troilus and Cressida, a tragic love story set during the siege of Troy, is Chaucer’s masterpiece. Troilus, a valiant warrior, is scornful of love until he c… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: April 09 2002
- ISBN10: 0375757368
- Language: English
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As You Like It
$12.99 Add to cartThis edition of As You LIke It is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly cre… [more below]
- Series: Oxford School Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 23 2009
- ISBN10: 0198328699
- Language: English
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Sounding the Seasons Enlarged Edition: One Hundred and Ten Sonnets for the Christian Year
$20.99 Add to cartPoetry has always been a central element of Christian spirituality and is used in worship, in pastoral services and guided meditation. In Sounding the Seasons, Cambridge poet and priest Malcolm Guite … [more below]
- Author: Guite, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1786225638
- Language: English
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El Problema del Dolor
$12.99 Add to cartPor qu? debemos sufrir? “”Si Dios es bueno y todopoderoso, por qu? permite que suscriaturas sufran?”” Y qu? del sufrimiento de los animales, quienes ni se merecen el dolor ni pueden mejorarse por m
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0061140031
- Language: Spanish
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Jane Austen’s Christmas: The Festive Season in Georgian England
$21.99 Add to cartEssential reading for anyone interested in this period, or simply curious as to how Christmas was celebrated in the past, this is a wonderful piece of indulgent nostalgia.
Christmas comes up time and- Author: Hubert, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1803993871
- Language: English
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Wild: Poems
$21.99 Read moreA rich, joyful collection of poems on living and loving from the Booker Prize-winning author.
Freedom is the most precious commodity in the world. In this powerful collection, the celebrated novelist,- Author: Okri, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1635422922
- Language: English
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Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
$38.99 Add to cartA TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER
‘He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all’
Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-rea
- Author: Byrne, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0008322252
- Language: English
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In the Cairngorms
$14.95 Add to cartThe only book of poems from this legendary author (who wrote the still bestselling The Living Mountain) and who is now being re-discovered as one of the greats of 20th century women writers.
Foreword … [more below]
- Author: Shepherd, Nan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1903385334
- Language: English
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Iona: New and Selected Poems
$19.00 Read more“Steven has an Irish monk’s attentiveness to the fragility, mystery, and hidden beauties of things.” –Peter Leithart, First Things
The book is a gathering together of all of Kenneth Steven’s poems co- Series: Paraclete Poetry
- Author: Steven, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1640606300
- Language: English
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Samuel Johnson: The Major Works
$16.95 Add to cartSamuel Johnson’s literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, thanks to his good friend Boswell… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Johnson, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538336
- Language: English
