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1	The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement more books like this by Eliyahu M Goldratt add to wishlist This second edition of the thriller-style story of Alex Rogo's fight to save his plant has an extra 10 chapters which bring the story forward to describe Alex's transition from Plant Manager to Divisional Manager. It incorporates the business principles of the author's Theory of Constraints (TOC). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.07! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Ishmael more books like this by Daniel Quinn add to wishlist The author reads a short ad in the personals section, "teacher seeks pupil, must have an earnest desire to save the world". This "teacher" is a gorilla called Ishmael. Through a series of conversations, the author learns how to regard the world from a totally different viewpoint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Fountainhead more books like this by Ayn Rand add to wishlist Originally published in 1943 and now available in a special centennial edition, this classic and controversial story of gifted architect Harold Roark, his struggle against conventional standards, and his violent love affair brilliantly addresses a number of universal themes. By the author of Atlas Shrugged. Reissue. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Little prince more books like this by Antoine De Saint-Exupery add to wishlist The Little Prince is the most translated boo k in the French language. Both moral fable and spiritual aut obiography, it is the story of a little boy who lives alone on a planet not much bigger than himself, who leaves it to t ravel round the universe ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Tess of the Durbervilles more books like this by Thomas Hardy add to wishlist An exciting new TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic Tess of the D'Urbervilles has arrived on BBC 1, and this is the official tie-in edition with an exclusive introduction from the programme's producer David Snodin. A tragic tale of love, seduction and betrayal,Tess of the D'Urbervilles was named the nation's 12th favourite book in a poll for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sophie's world : a novel about the history of philosophy more books like this by Jostein Gaarder add to wishlist Sophie finds two questions in her mailbox: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" This is the start of her journey through the history of philosophy, guided by a mysterious mentor. To find the truth, we must understand the questions, but the truth is stranger than Sophie can imagine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Satanic Verses more books like this by Salman Rushdie add to wishlist When a jumbo jet blows apart above the English Channel, Gabreel and Saladin are two who survive and are washed up on an English beach. However, it soon becomes clear that curious changes have come over them and that they have been chosen as protagonists in the eternal struggle between God and the Devil. Salman Rushdie is the author of "Midnight's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Turtle Moon more books like this by Alice Hoffman add to wishlist Verity, Florida, is a town remarkable only for its unbearable heat, strange inhabitants and the high number of women divorcees who live there. Lucy and Bethany Lee are two of them. Lucy's bad penny son Keith witnesses Bethany Lee's murder. And the murderer witnesses him. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable about Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny more books like this by Robin S Sharma add to wishlist The true story of Julian Mantle, whose money-centered, workaholic lifestyle eventually brought him a near-fatal heart attack and forced him to confront life's big questions. Seeking the secrets of true happiness, Julian undertakes an odyssey that leads him to an ancient culture of Himalayan sages. There he discovers the seven lessons and practices ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.38! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Sister Carrie more books like this by Theodore Dreiser add to wishlist `When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse.' The tale of Carrie Meeber's rise to stardom in the theatre and George Hurstwood's slow decline captures the twin poles of exuberance and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Old Curiosity Shop more books like this by Charles Dickens add to wishlist The Old Curiosity Shop was expanded from a short tale to save Dickens's failing periodical Master Humphrey's Clock (1840-1); it is the first of his novels of which the complete manuscript, many corrected proofs, and some working notes survive. This makes it uniquely interesting to both the textual critic and general reader. Forster's Life of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Ubik more books like this by Philip K. Dick add to wishlist Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $7.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Uncle Tom's cabin or Life among the lowly more books like this by Harriet Beecher Stowe add to wishlist Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has remained controversial to this day, seen as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Winter of Our Discontent more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Reflecting back on his New England family's past fortune, and his father's loss of the family wealth, the hero, Ethan Allen Hawley, characterizes success in every era and in all its forms as robbery, murder, even a kind of combat, operating under 'the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	North & South more books like this by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell add to wishlist 'she tried to settle that most difficult problem for women, how much was to be utterly merged in obedience to authority, and how much might be set apart for freedom in working.' North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.63! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Return of the Native more books like this by Thomas Hardy add to wishlist 'To be loved to madness - such was her great desire' Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for 'music, poetry, passion, war'. She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	A Fairly Honourable Defeat more books like this by Iris Murdoch add to wishlist In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Adam Bede more books like this by George Eliot add to wishlist 'Our deeds carry their terrible consequences...consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves.' Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire, Arthur Donnithorne. His dalliance with the dairymaid has unforeseen consequences that affect the lives of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	A Knight of the Word more books like this by Terry Brooks add to wishlist Five years have passed since the cataclysmic events which took place in RUNNING WITH THE DEMON. John Ross, a Knight of the Word, sworn to fight the eternal battle against mankind's demons, has moved on. But his years spent saving mankind from the horror of the Void have taken their toll. He has lost his spirit, his belief and now it seems he has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Choice more books like this by Og Mandino add to wishlist Choice! The key is Choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and self-pity. But, hold on! If this is true then why have so many among us apparently elected to live in that manner? The answer is obvious. Those who live in unhappy failure have never exercised their options ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Fifth Business more books like this by Robertson Davies add to wishlist This novel exploring notions of fate and identity is an early work by one of modern Canada's most celebrated writers, the first in his Deptford Trilogy. The story portrays the complicated fortunes of four characters linked together by a snowball thrown on December 27, 1908 in the Canadian town of Deptford: Boy Staunton (who threw it), Mary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Daniel Deronda more books like this by George Eliot add to wishlist This book is with an introduction and notes by Dr Carole Jones, freelance writer and researcher. George Eliot's final novel, "Daniel Deronda" (1876), follows the intertwining lives of the beautiful but spoiled and selfish Gwendolene Harleth and the selfless yet alienated Daniel Deronda, as they search for personal and vocational fulfilment and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.56! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	My Ishmael more books like this by Daniel Quinn add to wishlist The sequel to Quinn's earlier novel, "Ishmael", which won Ted Turner's $500,000 prize for a work of fiction that proposed the best solution to the problems of today's world. This book, like its predecessor, is essentially a lecture, by a wise and compassionate gorilla, on how to live. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Sea, the Sea more books like this by Iris Murdoch add to wishlist WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE. When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	At Play in the Fields of the Lord more books like this by Peter Matthiessen (Read by) add to wishlist Martin Quarrier is an earnest, well-meaning, but seriously misguided missionary who wants to convert an Amazonian Indian tribe to Christianity. Lewis Moon is an American Indian turned mercenary who has been hired to wipe them out. Matthiessen's now classic novel is not only an engrossing story but a protest against the missionary urge to inflict ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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