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  • The Old Wives' Tale

    Series series
    First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters--shy, retiring Constance and defiant, romantic Sophia--over the course of nearly half a century. Bennett traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Hurry on Down

    "A great fund of comic invention." - Times Literary Supplement"Written with great spirit . . . very funny . . . fresh, unhackneyed and excellently observed." - Listener"[A] bustling kaleidoscope of a book, by an author fertile in expedient, keenly observant and occasionally probing the heart of darkness." - Sunday TimesCharles Lumley feels that he has been born in captivity - the captivity of his ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Winter in the Hills

    by John Wain ...
    '[A] triumph of mature observation and art.' - Daily Telegraph'A winter's tale of light and laughter.' - Sunday Times'What is especially enjoyable is the rough-edged tenderness and kindness of Mr Wain's concern ... probably his most substantial achievement to date.' - Robert Nye, Saturday Times Review'[S]ubstantial and serious ... sustains a vigorous narrative line - he has always been an ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Three Scientists of the Ancient World

    Anaxagoras, Archimedes, Hypatia

    These plays cover one thousand years of the ancient world from the golden age of Athens to 5th century Alexandria. The protagonists are Anaxagoras, Archimedes and Hypatia, scientists, mathematicians, philosophers. All three of them came into conflict with the prevalent views of the time. Anaxagoras maintained that the sun was a big burning rock of the size of the Peleponnesus. He was condemned to ... Read more

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    Dark Place to Hide

    by A J Waines ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    She’s trying to tell you—if only you’d listen…About to break the news to his wife, Diane, that he’s infertile, criminology expert Harper Penn gets a call to say she’s been rushed to hospital with a miscarriage. Five days later, when Diane fails to return from the village shop, police think she must have taken off with a secret lover, but Harper is convinced the online messages are not from her.In ... Read more

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    Dark Place to Hide [Booktrack Soundtrack Edition]

    by A.J. Waines ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    This edition of Dark Place to Hide is enhanced with a musical soundtrack from Booktrack for an immersive listening experience!She’s trying to tell you—if only you’d listen…About to break the news to his wife, Diane, that he’s infertile, criminology expert Harper Penn gets a call to say she’s been rushed to hospital with a miscarriage. Five days later, when Diane fails to return from the village ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Salmonella in Domestic Animals

    Salmonella remains a major cause of economic loss in domestic livestock and human food poisoning worldwide. In the last 10 years there have been major advances in understanding the salmonella organism, meaning a compiled source of the new research is urgently needed. With fully updated chapters and new coverage of genome structure, virulence, vaccine development, molecular methods for epidemiology ... Read more

    $229.19 USD

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  • The Card - A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns

    Author and journalist Arnold Bennett was born in the Potteries district of Staffordshire in England's West Midlands area. So named because of its long-time association with pottery and ceramics production, the Potteries communities exerted a strong influence on Bennett's literary career. Many of his novels, including the action-packed The Card, are set in and around the area. ... Read more

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  • Riceyman Steps

    Riceyman Steps is a novel by British novelist Arnold Bennett, first published in 1923 and winner of that year's James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. It follows a year in the life of Henry Earlforward, a miserly second-hand bookshop owner in the Clerkenwell area of London. (from wikipedia.org) ... Read more

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  • Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

    Series series Halcyon Classics
    WINESBURG, OHIO is a series of interlinking stories set in the fictional Ohio town of Winesburg. This psychological novel follows the life of George Willard as he grows up and his connection to the town fades. As Willard's life becomes more complex, so do the stories surrounding him. Little regarded by the general public when first published, WINESBURG, OHIO is now regarded as one of the greatest ... Read more

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  • The Complete Essays of Michel de Montaigne

    Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 – 1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. He became famous for his effortless ability to merge serious intellectual exercises with casual anecdotes and autobiography—and his massive volume Essais (translated literally as "Attempts" or "Trials") contains, to this day, some of the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Kidnapped

    This is one of the most celebrated novels by Stevenson. The novel presents a gripping adventurous story full of exhilarating drama blemishes with heroism and danger. David Balfour, a boy struggles for his inheritance but gets trapped on a ship. He is later taken into slavery. The book demarcates right and wrong as the young David learns the treachery of the world. Enthralling! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD