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This is the famous historical account of the mass seppuku (disembowelment) of the 47 ronin, or masterless samurai, shortly after the turn of the 18th ... More

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The author of Possession returns to the territory of her bestselling novel in two breathtakingly accomplished fictions that explore the social and ... More

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Like Byatt's bestselling Possession, these two fascinating novellas are set in the 14th-century, weaving reality and romance. Whether it be a young ... More

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A novel set at the turn of the 19th-century which follows the exploits of a woman called Fevvers. From the author of LOVE and SEVERAL PERCEPTIONS. ... More

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Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then ... More

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Eight-year-old Lenny, spirited daughter of an affluent Parsee family, narrates the story of the breaking of India as she witnesses Muslims, Hindus, ... More

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The last thoughts of a dying writer are captured in this intelligent novel by Booker Prize-winner Penelope Lively. The moving and poignant story of ... More

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Nobel Prize winner and author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", Gabriel Garcia Marquez blends the natural with ... More

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A picture of Australia at the time of its foundation, focussed on the hostility between early British settlers and native Aboriginals. It is ... More

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The bestselling first volume of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy is being published in paperback to coincide with the ... More

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'He's spoilt my life,- he's spoilt it for as long as iver I live on this earth' The compelling story of an ordinary girl's tragic passion for a man ... More

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The first volume in Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy looks into the lives of the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad, a merchant who forces his family to follow strict ... More

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An invisible princess, a magic ring, and more adventures than you could dream of. This is what Gerald, Kathleen and Jimmy find when they stumble upon ... More

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ... More

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One day in 1897, as the huge carnival big-top swooshed upward, a child came flying out of the folds of the tent and landed softly in the ... More

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A tale of love and loss, set in the glamorous and squalid circus world of London in the 1870s... Nineteen-year-old Nathan crosses the Atlantic in ... More

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An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of "Riding Lessons ... More

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In her astonishing debut, Cathy Day follows the everyday lives of the people of the Great Porter Circus, as they make the unlikely choice to winter ... More

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Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, ... More

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This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all ... More

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The tough-mindedness of the social satire in and its air of palpable integrity give this novel a special place in Anthony Trollope's Literary career. ... More

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A young Spaniard captured with 119 others fighting with the French Resistance counts off the days and nights as the truck rolls slowly but inexorably ... More

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This critical edition of Thomas Hardy's 1891 British Victorian novel reprints the authoritative second impression of the 1920 Wessex edition together ... More

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"This day is call'd the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd. And rouse him ... More

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