Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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Category: Classics | Reading Level: very good
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle g ...Show more
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Penguin Modern Classics by Tennessee Williams
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A Southern family meet to celebrate 'Big Daddy' Pollit's birthday- Gooper with his wife and children, his brother Brick - an ageing, broken football star - and his wife Maggie. But as the party unfolds the facade of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repressed love, and greed i ...Show more
The Plague: Popular Penguins by Albert Camus
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
First published in 1947, The Plague was an immediate best-seller, striking a powerful chord with readers who were struggling to understand the fascist 'plague' that had just overwhelmed Europe. Seventy years later, author and director Neil Bartlett has adapted Camus' classic for our own dangerous times. ...Show more
The Stranger from the Sea: A Novel of Cornwall, 1810-1811 (Poldark #8) by Winston Graham
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Category: Classics | Series: Poldark Ser.
Eighth in the series Cornwall 1810. The Poldark family awaits the return of Ross from his mission to Wellington's army in Portugal. But their ordered existence ends with Jeremy Poldark's dramatic rescue of The Stranger from the Sea. Stephen Carrington's arrival in the Poldark household changes all their ...Show more
Demelza: A Novel of Cornwall, 1788-1790 (Poldark #2) by Winston Graham
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Category: Classics | Series: Poldark Ser.
Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But the events of these turbulent years test their marriage and their love.Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry - and her husband - bring her confusion and heartache, despite ...Show more
Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793 (Poldark #4) by Winston Graham
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Category: Classics | Series: Poldark
Cornwall 1792. Ross plunges into a highly speculative mining venture which threatens not only his family's financial security but also his turbulent marriage to Demelza. When Ross and Elizabeth's old attraction rekindles itself, Demelza retaliates by becoming dangerously involved with a handsome Scottis ...Show more
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
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Category: Classics
'The apparition had reached the landing half-way up and was therefore on the spot nearest the window where, at the sight of me, it stopped short.' "The Turn of the Screw" tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in t ...Show more
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Category: Classics | Reading Level: very good
Published to great acclaim and fierce controversy in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment has left an indelible mark on global literature and on our modern world. Declared a PBS "Great American Read," Michael Katz's sparkling new translation gives new life to the story of Raskolnikov, an impov ...Show more
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales - Classic Tales by Flame Tree Studio (Gothic Fantasy) (Created by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
The Danish author Hans Christian Andersen is known predominantly for his remarkable series of fairy tales, many of which remain classics today. Evocative and poignant, their rich narratives are hugely compelling and tend to explore morality in an accessible and thought-provoking way. This latest col ...Show more
The Prophet (HB) by GIBRAN, KAHLIL
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Category: Classics | Series: Capstone Classics
Part of the bestselling Capstone Classics Series edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon, this collectible, hard-back edition of The Prophet provides an accessible and insightful introduction to this timeless spiritual work The Prophet is an inspirational book of 26 poetry fables written in English by Lebanese-Ame ...Show more
Mother Tongue - The English Language by Bill Bryson
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), t ...Show more
A Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition)
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Category: Classics | Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection
These lrish tales all are reprinted from nineteenth-century sources, but they date back to a centuries-old oral tradition of storytelling that had yet to be committed to the printed page. They were passed down through the ages virtually unaltered and feature a wide variety of fantastic beings. This edit ...Show more