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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ernest HemingwayFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780099909002Language EnglishPublication Date 18/08/1994Publisher Ebury Press SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ernest HemingwayFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780099909002Language EnglishPublication Date 18/08/1994Publisher Ebury Press
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Ready Player One - Paperback English by Ernest Cline - 05/04/2012
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SpecificationsAbout the Author ERNIE CLINE is best known for creating the cult film Fanboys about a group of Star Wars fans on a pilgrimage to George Lucas Skywalker Ranch. His work has been covered in numerous national publications and all over the internet. This is his first book.Author 1 Ernest ClineFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "Gorgeously geeky superbly entertaining this really is a spectacularly successful debut" Daily Mail "If you grew up with an Atari or maybe had a Commodore 64 back in the day you are going to really enjoy this one. Cline really captures the feeling of those good old days in Ready Player One." WIRED "The strength of Clines first novel other than its geeky referencing of 1980s pop culture is the characterisation of the Candide-like Wade and his redemptive quest in both VR and the real world." Guardian "The mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way and the details that make up Mr. Clines world are simply astounding. Ready Player One has it all" Huffington Post "Enchanting…Willy Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you dont have to be a geek to get it." USA TodayISBN-10 0099560437ISBN-13 9780099560432Language EnglishNumber of Pages 384View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author ERNIE CLINE is best known for creating the cult film Fanboys about a group of Star Wars fans on a pilgrimage to George Lucas Skywalker Ranch. His work has been covered in numerous national publications and all over the internet. This is his first book.Author 1 Ernest ClineFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "Gorgeously geeky superbly entertaining this really is a spectacularly successful debut" Daily Mail "If you grew up with an Atari or maybe had a Commodore 64 back in the day you are going to really enjoy this one. Cline really captures the feeling of those good old days in Ready Player One." WIRED "The strength of Clines first novel other than its geeky referencing of 1980s pop culture is the characterisation of the Candide-like Wade and his redemptive quest in both VR and the real world." Guardian "The mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way and the details that make up Mr. Clines world are simply astounding. Ready Player One has it all" Huffington Post "Enchanting…Willy Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you dont have to be a geek to get it." USA TodayISBN-10 0099560437ISBN-13 9780099560432Language EnglishNumber of Pages 384View Full Specifications
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Go Set a Watchman - Hardcover English by Harper Lee - 14/07/2015
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman which became a phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller when it was published in July 2015. Ms. Lee received the Pulitzer Prize the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honors. She died on February 19 2016.Author 1 Harper LeeFormat HardcoverEdition Number 1Editorial Review “Go Set a Watchman is such an important book perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades… New York Times Opinion Pages: Taking Note “Watchman is compelling in its timeliness.” Washington Post “Go Set a Watchman provides valuable insight into the generous complex mind of one of America’s most important authors.” USA Today “Harper Lee’s second novel sheds more light on our world than its predecessor did.” Time “[Go Set a Watchman] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee’s writing- the easy drawling rhythms the flashes of insouciant humor the love of anecdote.” Wall Street Journal “…the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny ornery rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman too as exasperating and captivating as ever.” Chicago Tribune “Don’t let ‘Go Set a Watchman’ change the way you think about Atticus Finch…the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race.” Los Angeles Times “A significant aspect of this novel is that it asks us to see Atticus now not merely as a hero a god but as a flesh-and-blood man with shortcomings and moral failing enabling us to see ourselves for all our complexities and contradictions.” Washington Post “The success of Go Set a Watchman... lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father’s beliefs and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know.” Time “Go Set a Watchman’s greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America’s woeful track record when it comes to racial equality.” San Francisco Chronicle “Go Set a Watchman comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don’t know how much we need them.” Chicago Tribune “What makes Go Set a Watchman memorable is its sophisticated and even prescient view of the long march for racial justice. Remarkably a novel written that long ago has a lot to say about our current struggles with race and inequality.” Chicago Tribune “[Go Set a Watchman] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America’s great struggle: race.” Columbus Dispatch “Go Set a Watchman’s gorgeous opening is better than we could have expected.” Vanity Fair “Go Set a Watchman is more complex than Harper Lee’s original classic. A satisfying novel… it is in most respects a new work and a pleasure revelation and genuine literary event.” The Guardian “Lee’s ability with description is evident… with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history but welcoming all the same.” CNN “A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman…Go Set a Watchman’s voice is beguiling and distinctive and reminiscent of Mockingbird. It can’t be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee’s imagination. It has too much integrity for that.” The Independent “Atticus’ complexity makes Go Set a Watchman worth reading. With Mockingbird Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. Go Set a Watchman continues in this noble literary tradition.” New York Post “A deftly written tale… there’s something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee’s prose once again.” People “One overarching theme that many critics have zeroed in on is that there is a lot to learn from the novel as both a writer and a reader.” Vulture “As Faulkner said the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that’s a pretty good summation of Go Set a Watchman.” Daily Beast “Go Set a Watchman offers a rich and complex story… To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point.” Bloomberg View “[Go Set a Watchman is a] brilliant book that ruthlessly examines race relations Denver Post “In this powerful newly published story about the Finch family Lee presents a wider window into the white Southern heart and tells us it is finally time for us all to shatter the false gods of the past and be free.” NPRs "Code Switch" “[Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved.” Buffalo NewsISBN-10 0062409859ISBN-13 9780062409850Language EnglishView Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman which became a phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller when it was published in July 2015. Ms. Lee received the Pulitzer Prize the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honors. She died on February 19 2016.Author 1 Harper LeeFormat HardcoverEdition Number 1Editorial Review “Go Set a Watchman is such an important book perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades… New York Times Opinion Pages: Taking Note “Watchman is compelling in its timeliness.” Washington Post “Go Set a Watchman provides valuable insight into the generous complex mind of one of America’s most important authors.” USA Today “Harper Lee’s second novel sheds more light on our world than its predecessor did.” Time “[Go Set a Watchman] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee’s writing- the easy drawling rhythms the flashes of insouciant humor the love of anecdote.” Wall Street Journal “…the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny ornery rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman too as exasperating and captivating as ever.” Chicago Tribune “Don’t let ‘Go Set a Watchman’ change the way you think about Atticus Finch…the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race.” Los Angeles Times “A significant aspect of this novel is that it asks us to see Atticus now not merely as a hero a god but as a flesh-and-blood man with shortcomings and moral failing enabling us to see ourselves for all our complexities and contradictions.” Washington Post “The success of Go Set a Watchman... lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father’s beliefs and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know.” Time “Go Set a Watchman’s greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America’s woeful track record when it comes to racial equality.” San Francisco Chronicle “Go Set a Watchman comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don’t know how much we need them.” Chicago Tribune “What makes Go Set a Watchman memorable is its sophisticated and even prescient view of the long march for racial justice. Remarkably a novel written that long ago has a lot to say about our current struggles with race and inequality.” Chicago Tribune “[Go Set a Watchman] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America’s great struggle: race.” Columbus Dispatch “Go Set a Watchman’s gorgeous opening is better than we could have expected.” Vanity Fair “Go Set a Watchman is more complex than Harper Lee’s original classic. A satisfying novel… it is in most respects a new work and a pleasure revelation and genuine literary event.” The Guardian “Lee’s ability with description is evident… with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history but welcoming all the same.” CNN “A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman…Go Set a Watchman’s voice is beguiling and distinctive and reminiscent of Mockingbird. It can’t be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee’s imagination. It has too much integrity for that.” The Independent “Atticus’ complexity makes Go Set a Watchman worth reading. With Mockingbird Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. Go Set a Watchman continues in this noble literary tradition.” New York Post “A deftly written tale… there’s something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee’s prose once again.” People “One overarching theme that many critics have zeroed in on is that there is a lot to learn from the novel as both a writer and a reader.” Vulture “As Faulkner said the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that’s a pretty good summation of Go Set a Watchman.” Daily Beast “Go Set a Watchman offers a rich and complex story… To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point.” Bloomberg View “[Go Set a Watchman is a] brilliant book that ruthlessly examines race relations Denver Post “In this powerful newly published story about the Finch family Lee presents a wider window into the white Southern heart and tells us it is finally time for us all to shatter the false gods of the past and be free.” NPRs "Code Switch" “[Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved.” Buffalo NewsISBN-10 0062409859ISBN-13 9780062409850Language EnglishView Full Specifications
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Farewell To Arms Paperback English by Ernest Hemingway - 2003-03-06
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Ernest Hemingway was born in Chicago in 1899 the second of six children. In 1917 he joined the Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. The following year he volunteered as an ambulance driver on the Italian front where he was badly wounded but decorated for his services. He returned to America in 1919 and married in 1921. In 1922 he reported on the Greco-Turkish war before resigning from journalism to devote himself to fiction. He settled in Paris associating with other expatriates like Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. He was passionately involved with bullfighting big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing. Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature following the publication of The Old Man and the Sea. He died in 1961.Author 1 Ernest HemingwayBook Description In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingways description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear the comradeship the courage of his young American volunteer and the men and women he meets in Italy with total conviction. But A Farewell to Arms is not only a novel of war. In it Hemingway has also created a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion.Editorial Review Essential Hemingway...a gripping account of the life of an American volunteer in the Italian army and a poignant love story * Daily Express * A novel of great power * Times Literary Supplement * There is something so complete in Mr. Hemingways achievement in A Farewell to Arms that one is left speculating as to whether another novel will follow in this manner and whether it does not complete both a period and a phase...crisply natural and convincing * Guardian 1929 * It seems such simple and straightforward language but it isnt. The first chapter of A Farewell to Arms is only two and a bit pages but there is almost every variety of sentence structure. It is incredibly artful writing and part of the art is disguising that it is artful -- John Harvey * Guardian * Flawless... such mastery of narrative imagery and feeling the prerequisites for great prose -- Edna OBrien * Guardian *ISBN-10 0099273977ISBN-13 9780099273974Language EnglishNumber of Pages 304View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Ernest Hemingway was born in Chicago in 1899 the second of six children. In 1917 he joined the Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. The following year he volunteered as an ambulance driver on the Italian front where he was badly wounded but decorated for his services. He returned to America in 1919 and married in 1921. In 1922 he reported on the Greco-Turkish war before resigning from journalism to devote himself to fiction. He settled in Paris associating with other expatriates like Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. He was passionately involved with bullfighting big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing. Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature following the publication of The Old Man and the Sea. He died in 1961.Author 1 Ernest HemingwayBook Description In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingways description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear the comradeship the courage of his young American volunteer and the men and women he meets in Italy with total conviction. But A Farewell to Arms is not only a novel of war. In it Hemingway has also created a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion.Editorial Review Essential Hemingway...a gripping account of the life of an American volunteer in the Italian army and a poignant love story * Daily Express * A novel of great power * Times Literary Supplement * There is something so complete in Mr. Hemingways achievement in A Farewell to Arms that one is left speculating as to whether another novel will follow in this manner and whether it does not complete both a period and a phase...crisply natural and convincing * Guardian 1929 * It seems such simple and straightforward language but it isnt. The first chapter of A Farewell to Arms is only two and a bit pages but there is almost every variety of sentence structure. It is incredibly artful writing and part of the art is disguising that it is artful -- John Harvey * Guardian * Flawless... such mastery of narrative imagery and feeling the prerequisites for great prose -- Edna OBrien * Guardian *ISBN-10 0099273977ISBN-13 9780099273974Language EnglishNumber of Pages 304View Full Specifications
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Burn After Writing (Pink) Paperback
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The Scarlet Letter - Paperback English by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 33725
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Born on the fourth of July in 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the stories that lie at the heart of the American Romantic movement. His portraits of colonial life reflect his Puritan heritage and offer fascinating profiles of individuals who strive for freedom from social conventions.Author 1 Nathaniel HawthorneAuthor 2 Henry ClaridgeAuthor 3 Dr.Keith CarabineFormat PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1850. It is considered a masterpiece of American literature and a classic moral study. The novel is set in a village in Puritan New England. The main character is Hester Prynne a young woman who has borne an illegitimate child. Hester believes herself a widow but her husband Roger Chillingworth returns to New England very much alive and conceals his identity. He finds his wife forced to wear the scarlet letter A on her dress as punishment for her adultery. Chillingworth becomes obsessed with finding the identity of his wifes former lover. When he learns that the father of Hesters child is Arthur Dimmesdale a saintly young minister who is the leader of those exhorting her to name the childs father Chillingworth proceeds to torment the guilt-stricken young man. In the end Chillingworth is morally degraded by his monomaniacal pursuit of revenge; Dimmesdale is broken by his own sense of guilt and he publicly confesses his adultery before dying in Hesters arms. Only Hester can face the future bravely as she plans to take her daughter Pearl to Europe to begin a new life. --The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.ISBN-10 1853260290View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Born on the fourth of July in 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the stories that lie at the heart of the American Romantic movement. His portraits of colonial life reflect his Puritan heritage and offer fascinating profiles of individuals who strive for freedom from social conventions.Author 1 Nathaniel HawthorneAuthor 2 Henry ClaridgeAuthor 3 Dr.Keith CarabineFormat PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1850. It is considered a masterpiece of American literature and a classic moral study. The novel is set in a village in Puritan New England. The main character is Hester Prynne a young woman who has borne an illegitimate child. Hester believes herself a widow but her husband Roger Chillingworth returns to New England very much alive and conceals his identity. He finds his wife forced to wear the scarlet letter A on her dress as punishment for her adultery. Chillingworth becomes obsessed with finding the identity of his wifes former lover. When he learns that the father of Hesters child is Arthur Dimmesdale a saintly young minister who is the leader of those exhorting her to name the childs father Chillingworth proceeds to torment the guilt-stricken young man. In the end Chillingworth is morally degraded by his monomaniacal pursuit of revenge; Dimmesdale is broken by his own sense of guilt and he publicly confesses his adultery before dying in Hesters arms. Only Hester can face the future bravely as she plans to take her daughter Pearl to Europe to begin a new life. --The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.ISBN-10 1853260290View Full Specifications
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File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents - Paperback English by Lemony Snicket - 42647
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Lemony Snicket claims he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. He is the author of several other unpleasant stories including those in the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Lump of Coal.Author 1 Lemony SnicketAuthor 2 SethFormat PaperbackEditorial Review Fans of the All the Wrong Questions series will have to wait for answers to its bigger questions while Lemony Snicket meets Encyclopedia Brown. Oh not literally. Young Lemony is still in Stain’d-by-the-Sea why is the town falling apart? and still in the company of mentor S. Theodora Markson who exactly is she? but he’s taking a pause to solve 13 mysteries Brown-style: short conundrums with the answers at the book’s conclusion. The main difference between Snicket and Brown is that the former has a much bigger vocabulary and far better allusions eating maple syrup is like drinking the blood of a tree while the latter chooses mysteries that are easier for readers to solve. That said Snicketeers will relish the chance to revisit Lemony and several familiar characters in every sense of that word!. Once again Seth’s black-and-white illustrations are charming and occasionally worrisome. But after this delightful detour Snicket please return to the problems at hand as Stain’d-by-the-Sea is losing residents faster than rats departing a sinking ship.ISBN-13 9780316393065Language EnglishNumber of Pages 288View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Lemony Snicket claims he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. He is the author of several other unpleasant stories including those in the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Lump of Coal.Author 1 Lemony SnicketAuthor 2 SethFormat PaperbackEditorial Review Fans of the All the Wrong Questions series will have to wait for answers to its bigger questions while Lemony Snicket meets Encyclopedia Brown. Oh not literally. Young Lemony is still in Stain’d-by-the-Sea why is the town falling apart? and still in the company of mentor S. Theodora Markson who exactly is she? but he’s taking a pause to solve 13 mysteries Brown-style: short conundrums with the answers at the book’s conclusion. The main difference between Snicket and Brown is that the former has a much bigger vocabulary and far better allusions eating maple syrup is like drinking the blood of a tree while the latter chooses mysteries that are easier for readers to solve. That said Snicketeers will relish the chance to revisit Lemony and several familiar characters in every sense of that word!. Once again Seth’s black-and-white illustrations are charming and occasionally worrisome. But after this delightful detour Snicket please return to the problems at hand as Stain’d-by-the-Sea is losing residents faster than rats departing a sinking ship.ISBN-13 9780316393065Language EnglishNumber of Pages 288View Full Specifications
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Emma - Paperback Reprint Edition
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Though the domain of Jane Austen’s novels was as circumscribed as her life her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon Hampshire on December 16 1775 she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family’s entertainment. As a clergyman’s daughter from a well-connected family she had an ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class the gentry and the aristocracy. At twenty-one she began a novel called “The First Impressions” an early version of Pride and Prejudice. In 1801 on her father’s retirement the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of Northanger Abby to a London publisher but the first of her novels to appear was Sense and Sensibility published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by Pride and Prejudice 1813 Mansfield Park 1814 and Emma 1815. After her father died in 1805 the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman another a London banker and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously she had many early and devoted readers among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816 in declining health Austen wrote Persuasion and revised Northanger Abby Her last work Sandition was left unfinished at her death on July 18 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen’s identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry who supervised the publication of Northanger Abby and Persuasion in 1818.Author 1 Jane AustenAuthor 2 Dr. Nicola BradburyAuthor 3 Dr.Keith CarabineFormat PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review Of all Jane Austens heroines Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed the most infuriating and in the end the most endearing. Pride and Prejudices Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibilitys Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse handsome clever and rich with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is quite a lot. For Emma raised to think well of herself has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith a young woman of unknown parentage and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill the newly arrived son of family friends and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emmas fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly the Woodhouses longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like " she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet Frank and Jane are all properly accounted for Emma is wiser though certainly not sadder and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.ISBN-10 1853260282View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Though the domain of Jane Austen’s novels was as circumscribed as her life her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon Hampshire on December 16 1775 she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family’s entertainment. As a clergyman’s daughter from a well-connected family she had an ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class the gentry and the aristocracy. At twenty-one she began a novel called “The First Impressions” an early version of Pride and Prejudice. In 1801 on her father’s retirement the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of Northanger Abby to a London publisher but the first of her novels to appear was Sense and Sensibility published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by Pride and Prejudice 1813 Mansfield Park 1814 and Emma 1815. After her father died in 1805 the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman another a London banker and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously she had many early and devoted readers among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816 in declining health Austen wrote Persuasion and revised Northanger Abby Her last work Sandition was left unfinished at her death on July 18 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen’s identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry who supervised the publication of Northanger Abby and Persuasion in 1818.Author 1 Jane AustenAuthor 2 Dr. Nicola BradburyAuthor 3 Dr.Keith CarabineFormat PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review Of all Jane Austens heroines Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed the most infuriating and in the end the most endearing. Pride and Prejudices Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibilitys Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse handsome clever and rich with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is quite a lot. For Emma raised to think well of herself has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith a young woman of unknown parentage and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill the newly arrived son of family friends and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emmas fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly the Woodhouses longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like " she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet Frank and Jane are all properly accounted for Emma is wiser though certainly not sadder and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.ISBN-10 1853260282View Full Specifications
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The Wishing-Chair Collection (Set Of 3 Books) Paperback English by Enid Blyton - 20 Mar 2018
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Enid BlytonBook Description Whizz off on three magical adventures in one bumper illustrated book from the worlds best-loved childrens author Enid Blyton. The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair: When Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly and grant wishes! The Wishing-Chair takes them on some marvellous adventures - to a castle where they narrowly escape from a giant and rescue Chinky the pixie to the Land of Dreams and to a disappearing island! The Wishing-Chair Again: Mollie and Peter are home for the holidays and they long to see their friend Chinky and their magic Wishing-Chair. Together they have wonderful adventures but what happens when the Wishing-Chair is stolen and then gets its wings cut off by the naughty Slipperies? More Wishing-Chair Stories: Mollie and Peter and Chinky the pixie have more amazing adventures on their Wishing-Chair. They find gold at the end of the rainbow they meet brownies and they visit the Land of Wishes. Best of all they get to help Santa Claus deliver presents for Christmas! Short chapters and illustrations make The Wishing Chair Adventures perfect bedtime reading for children aged five and up. For grandparents and parents it is a chance to introduce Blyton to the next generation. Also look out for the New Adventures of the Wishing Chair The Island of Surprises The Land of Mythical Creatures Winter Wonderland Giantland Spellworld Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous childrens author of all time thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair The Faraway Tree- The Mysteries The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Her fantasy books are among her most popular creations and they promise to enchant boys and girls for generations to come.Country of Origin United Kingdom UKGrade NewISBN-13 9780603574757Language EnglishNumber of Pages 125Publication Date 20 Mar 2018View Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Enid BlytonBook Description Whizz off on three magical adventures in one bumper illustrated book from the worlds best-loved childrens author Enid Blyton. The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair: When Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly and grant wishes! The Wishing-Chair takes them on some marvellous adventures - to a castle where they narrowly escape from a giant and rescue Chinky the pixie to the Land of Dreams and to a disappearing island! The Wishing-Chair Again: Mollie and Peter are home for the holidays and they long to see their friend Chinky and their magic Wishing-Chair. Together they have wonderful adventures but what happens when the Wishing-Chair is stolen and then gets its wings cut off by the naughty Slipperies? More Wishing-Chair Stories: Mollie and Peter and Chinky the pixie have more amazing adventures on their Wishing-Chair. They find gold at the end of the rainbow they meet brownies and they visit the Land of Wishes. Best of all they get to help Santa Claus deliver presents for Christmas! Short chapters and illustrations make The Wishing Chair Adventures perfect bedtime reading for children aged five and up. For grandparents and parents it is a chance to introduce Blyton to the next generation. Also look out for the New Adventures of the Wishing Chair The Island of Surprises The Land of Mythical Creatures Winter Wonderland Giantland Spellworld Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous childrens author of all time thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair The Faraway Tree- The Mysteries The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Her fantasy books are among her most popular creations and they promise to enchant boys and girls for generations to come.Country of Origin United Kingdom UKGrade NewISBN-13 9780603574757Language EnglishNumber of Pages 125Publication Date 20 Mar 2018View Full Specifications
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Dork Diaries - Hardcover English by Rachel Renee Russell - 3/11/2016
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Rachel Renee Russell is a lawyer who prefers writing childrens books to legal briefs mainly because books are a lot more fun and pyjamas and bunny slippers arent allowed in court. She has raised two daughters and lived to tell about it. Rachel lives in northern Virginia with a spoiled pet Yorkie who terrorises her daily by climing on top of her computer and pelting her with stuffed animals while she writes. And yes Rachel considers herself a total Dork.Author 1 Rachel Renee RussellBook Description Nikki Maxwell LOVES spending time with her BFFs Zoey and Chloe and with this dork-tastic kit YOU and YOUR friends can have some dorky fun too! Includes Dork Diaires: Party Time friendship cards to share with your besties a special notebook to write about all the KA-RAY-ZEE times you have together super cool stickers and a friendship bracelet craft set. So whether you have one extra special best friend or a few BFFs that you’d be lost without this kit is the perfect way to remember and share the fun you have together and to let your inner DORKS shine through!Format HardcoverISBN-10 1471160777ISBN-13 9781471160776Language EnglishNumber of Pages 336View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Rachel Renee Russell is a lawyer who prefers writing childrens books to legal briefs mainly because books are a lot more fun and pyjamas and bunny slippers arent allowed in court. She has raised two daughters and lived to tell about it. Rachel lives in northern Virginia with a spoiled pet Yorkie who terrorises her daily by climing on top of her computer and pelting her with stuffed animals while she writes. And yes Rachel considers herself a total Dork.Author 1 Rachel Renee RussellBook Description Nikki Maxwell LOVES spending time with her BFFs Zoey and Chloe and with this dork-tastic kit YOU and YOUR friends can have some dorky fun too! Includes Dork Diaires: Party Time friendship cards to share with your besties a special notebook to write about all the KA-RAY-ZEE times you have together super cool stickers and a friendship bracelet craft set. So whether you have one extra special best friend or a few BFFs that you’d be lost without this kit is the perfect way to remember and share the fun you have together and to let your inner DORKS shine through!Format HardcoverISBN-10 1471160777ISBN-13 9781471160776Language EnglishNumber of Pages 336View Full Specifications
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ماما دومًا بجانبي - Board Book Arabic by عبير بلان - 2009
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 عبير بلانBook Description ماما دومًا بجانب الطفل طالما هو بحاجة إليها. هذا كتاب بسيط وممتع يقوّي ثقة الطفل بنفسه، كما يقوّي تعلّقه الصحّي والإيجابي بأمّه.Format Board BookCountry of Origin United Arab Emirates UAEISBN-13 9789948037477Language ArabicNumber of Pages 24Publication Date 2009View Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 عبير بلانBook Description ماما دومًا بجانب الطفل طالما هو بحاجة إليها. هذا كتاب بسيط وممتع يقوّي ثقة الطفل بنفسه، كما يقوّي تعلّقه الصحّي والإيجابي بأمّه.Format Board BookCountry of Origin United Arab Emirates UAEISBN-13 9789948037477Language ArabicNumber of Pages 24Publication Date 2009View Full Specifications
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Revelations: Assassins Creed Book 4 - Paperback English by Oliver Bowden - 40871
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist. He has written all the Assassins Creed titles.Author 1 Oliver BowdenFormat PaperbackEdition Number 1ISBN-13 9780241951736Language EnglishNumber of Pages 513Publication Date 40871View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist. He has written all the Assassins Creed titles.Author 1 Oliver BowdenFormat PaperbackEdition Number 1ISBN-13 9780241951736Language EnglishNumber of Pages 513Publication Date 40871View Full Specifications
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The Hunger Games Trilogy : 3 Book Set Paperback English by Suzanne Collins
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Suzanne CollinsBook Description Set in a dark vision of the near future a terrifying reality TVGrade NewISBN-13 9781407191287Language English SpecificationsAuthor 1 Suzanne CollinsBook Description Set in a dark vision of the near future a terrifying reality TVGrade NewISBN-13 9781407191287Language English
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Body In The Library - Paperback
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackISBN-13 6281072055721Language ArabicPublisher Jarir Book Shop Saudi SpecificationsAuthor 1 Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackISBN-13 6281072055721Language ArabicPublisher Jarir Book Shop Saudi
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