Beloved Special Edition by Toni Morrison

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Category: Classics

A BEAUTIFUL GIFT EDITION IN CELEBRATION OF TONI MORRISON 'An American masterpiece' AS Byatt It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby daughter, whose tombstone bear s the single word, Beloved, returns as a spectre to punish her mother, but also to elicit her love. Told with heart-stopping clarity, melding horror and beauty, Beloved is Toni Morrison's enduring masterpiece. 'Toni Morrison was a giant of her times and ours..."Beloved," is a heartbreaking testimony to the ongoing ravages of slavery, and should be read by all' Margaret Atwood, New York Times 'The literary titan we must never stop learning from' Metro Winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow award for achievement in American fiction ...Show more

Stoner by John Williams; John McGahern (Introduction by)

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Category: Classics | Reading Level: good

Colum McCann once called Stoner one of the great forgotten novels of the past century, but it seems it is forgotten no longer - in 2013 translations of Stoner began appearing on bestseller lists across Europe. Forty-eight years after its first, quiet publication in the US, Stoner is finally finding the wide and devoted readership it deserves. Have you read it yet? William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely. Yet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value. Stoner tells of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history, and reclaims the significance of an individual life. A reading experience like no other, itself a paean to the power of literature, it is a novel to be savoured. ...Show more

Dracula (tv tie-In) by Bram STOKER

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Category: Classics

"We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things." Bram Stoker's classic horror novel tells the story of English lawyer Johnathan Harker, who travels to Transylvania on business with the reclusive Count Dracula. Harker s oon discovers Dracula's true nature- he is an immortal 15th century noble with an insatiable appetite for blood. Dracula, sensing new opportunities to feed and spread his undead curse, sets his sight on England, and Harker's fiance, the spitting image of his late wife. Accompanying the new BBC series from Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, creators of Sherlock, starring Claes Bang as Count Dracula. This Tie-in edition will introduce a whole new generation of fans to the wonders of Stoker's original novel. ...Show more

Stalingrad: A Novel (HB) by Vasily Grossman; Elizabeth Chandler (Translator); Robert Chandler (Translator)

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Category: General

Stalingrad is the prequel to Life and Fate, one of the twentieth century's greatest novels. This is its first publication in English. In April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini plan the huge offensive on the Eastern Front that will culminate in the greatest battle in human history. Hundreds of miles awa y, Pyotr Vavilov receives his call-up papers and spends a final night with his wife and children in the hut that is his home. As war approaches, the Shaposhnikov family gathers for a meal- despite her age, Alexandra will soon become a refugee; Tolya will enlist in the reserves; Vera, a nurse, will fall in love with a wounded pilot; and Viktor Shtrum will receive a letter from his doomed mother which will haunt him forever. The war will consume the lives of a huge cast of characters - lives which express Grossman's grand themes of the nation and the individual, nature's beauty and war's cruelty, love and separation. For months, Soviet forces are driven back inexorably by the German advance eastward and eventually Stalingrad is all that remains between the invaders and victory. The city stands on a cliff-top by the Volga river. The battle for Stalingrad - a maelstrom of violence and firepower - will reduce it to ruins. But it will also be the cradle of a new sense of hope. Stalingrad is a magnificent novel not only of war but of all human life- its subjects are mothers and daughters, husbands and brothers, generals, nurses, political officers, steelworkers, tractor girls. It is tender, epic, and a testament to the power of the human spirit. ...Show more

The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas

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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.

This is the story of Mattis, a mentally handicapped man who lives with and is cared for by his older sister, Hege. Within their isolated, lakeside existence, Mattis cannot make sense of his tangled thoughts, frightening apparitions, surges of emotion and clever insights. When a travelling lumberjack att racts Hege's affections, the disruption is too much for Mattis to bear. This Norwegian masterpiece sensitively captures the mystic command of the natural world, the prison of unfulfilled time and the fragility of the human mind. The narrative is sparse, poetic and contemplative with an ending that crescendos into heartbreak. ...Show more

Beloved by Toni Morrison

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Category: Classics

Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but 18 years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless. ...Show more

Animal Farm by George Orwell

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Category: Classics

All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others. Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate th e terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges. . . Animal Farm- the history of a revolution that went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. ...Show more

Bedtime Tales by Hinkler Books

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Category: Classics | Series: Illustrated Treasury of | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7

Enchanting and magic worlds are only a moment away with these stunning treasury titles. These illustrated stories, songs and rhymes have been adapted from traditional sources. Little faces will light up as they discover these timeless classics and come to love the well-known characters who have delighte d children for generations. Proven content that will be refreshed and redesigned to give another life to theses cherished titles. Featuring classic stories, songs and rhymes that have been faithfully retold. Gorgeous gift format with padded hardcover, thick paper stock, head and tail bands and ribbon marker that will clearly convey the value of these titles. ...Show more

My Little Golden Book about Airplanes by Michael Joosten

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Category: Classics | Series: Little Golden Book

Little pilots can learn all about exciting airplanes and famous aviators in this high-flying Little Golden Book! Climb aboard and soar the skies with this adventure-filled look at a subject all children are fascinated by- airplanes! Full of exciting illustrations, simple sentences, and unbelievable fac ts and stories about some of the most memorable aviators (the Wright brothers, Charles Lindberg, Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart) and airplanes (the Concorde, the B-2, the 747), My Little Golden Book About Airplanes is a celebration of the dreamers and doers of aviation. ...Show more

The New Annotated H P Lovecraft V2 Beyond Arkham by H. P. Lovecraft; Leslie S. Klinger (Editor); Alan Moore (Introduction by); Victor LaValle (Introduction by)

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Category: Classics

In 2014, The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft was published to widespread acclaim-- vaunted as a "treasure trove" (Joyce Carol Oates) for Lovecraft aficionados and general readers, alike. Hailed by Harlon Ellison as an "Olympian landmark of modern gothic literature," the volume included twenty-two of Lovec raft's original stories. Now, in this final volume, best- selling author Leslie S. Klinger reanimates twenty-five additional stories, the balance of Lovecraft's significant fiction, including "Rats in the Wall," a post- World War I story about the terrors of the past, and the newly contextualized "The Horror at Red Hook," which recently has been adapted by best- selling novelist Victor LaValle. In following Lovecraft's own literary trajectory, readers can witness his evolution from Rhode Island critic to prescient literary genius whose titanic influence would only be appreciated decades after his death. Including hundreds of eye- opening annotations and dozens of rare images, Beyond Arkham finally provides the complete picture of Lovecraft's unparalleled achievements in fiction. ...Show more

Pocket Book of Romantic Poetry (Barnes and Noble Collectible Classics: Pocket Edition)

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Category: Classics | Series: Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Pocket Editions Ser.

Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer

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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.

Horace Rumpole, the old boy committed to defending the apparently indefensible, trusting of a jury, scornful of the law's pomposities, appears here in a new edition of the 1978 iconic Rumpole debut. This volume collects the much-loved stories 'Rumpole and the Younger Generation', 'Rumpole and the Alter native Society', 'Rumpole and the Honourable Member', 'Rumpole and the Married Lady', 'Rumpole and the Learned Friends' and 'Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade'. ...Show more