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The Selected Poems of Cavafy
C. P. Cavafy is one of the most singular and poignant voices of twentieth-century European poetry, conjuring a magical interior world through lyrical...
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Selected Poems
Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. By the end of his brief career, he had...
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Giovanni’s Room
When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend’s return to Paris destroys...
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Critique of Pure Reason
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is the central text of modern philosophy. It brings together the two opposing schools of...
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Breaking the spell
What is religion and how did it evolve? Is it the product of blind evolutionary instinct or of rational choice? Is the only way to live a good life...
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Against the day
Spanning the period between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, this novel moves from the labor troubles in...
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The Pillow Book
A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese...
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On Liberty and the Subjection of Women
A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most...
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The Bacchae and Other Plays
Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated...
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Selected Poems
Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, John Donne (1572-1631) was also among the most intriguing figures of the Elizabethan age....
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Salg!
Will They Ever Trust Us Again?
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A searing indictment of the US's policy to go to war with Iraq. Letters from serving men and women in Iraq and from their families tell it like it...
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Eichmann and the Holocaust
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate,...
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate,...
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On Suicide
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate,...
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The early stories 1953- 1975
Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Hidden away in the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels...
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Why i write
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, this title features...
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Selected Poems
One of the major poets of Romanticism, Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and the spontanous...
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On Natural Selection
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate,...
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Civilisation and Its Discontents
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate,...
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The Complete Poems
In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work which defined him as one of America's most influential voices, and which he added to...
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Other Voices, Other Rooms
When Joel Knox's mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there,...
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