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1	Alchemist more books like this by Paulo Coelho My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Brave New World more books like this by Aldous Huxley When the novel "Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy. He ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	All Quiet on the Western Front more books like this by Erich Maria Remarque The Greatest Novel about the First World War and an International Bestseller All Quiet on the Western Front is probably the most famous anti-war novel ever written. The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war; under fire, on patrol, waiting ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Stranger more books like this by Albert Camus This handy guide places Albert Camus' The Stranger, one of the seminal texts of existentialism and twentieth-century literature in general, in the context of French and French-Algerian history and culture. In it, Patrick McCarthy examines the way the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction. In addition, he explores the parallels and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.86! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Ulysses more books like this by James Joyce Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. "Ulysses" has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sophie's world : a novel about the history of philosophy more books like this by Jostein Gaarder 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 $2.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Emma more books like this by Jane Austen In the world of books, there are hundreds of timeless classics. But only one collection of great works is a classic in itself - "Britannica's Great Books". This 60-volume set brings you centuries of celebrated writings from the greatest minds of all time, including Plato, Shakespeare, Swift, Freud, Hemingway and Twain. "Britannica's Great Books" ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Faceless killers more books like this by Henning Mankell One frozen January Morning at 5 am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he expects is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, victims of violence beyond reason. The woman supplies Wallander with his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Behind the Scenes at the Museum more books like this by Kate Atkinson Whitbread Book of the Year, 1995. Ruby was born while her father was in the pub. Her mother, Bunty, had never wanted to marry him, and dreamt of being swept off to America by a romantic hero, but instead, was stuck in a flat with her three children. This is the family's story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.23! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Hard Times more books like this by Charles Dickens The 'terrible mistake' was the contemporary utilitarian philosophy, expounded in Hard Times (1854) as the Philosophy of Fact by the hard-headed disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind. But the novel, Dickens's shortest, is more than a polemical tract for the times; the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father is one of Dickens's triumphs. When ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Passage to India more books like this by E M Forster "A Passage to India" sparked such political fury that enraged Anglo-Indians threw copies into the Indian Ocean, while in England it helped create a climate of opinion which would take the British out of India in less than a generation. It won the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and has sold over a million copies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Mayor of Casterbridge more books like this by Thomas Hardy Featuring a stunning Introduction by popular author of The Ice Storm and Demonology Rick Moody, this special edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge is a tie-in to the A&E Television Network adaptation of Thomas Hardy's critically acclaimed novel. In a surprisingly personal essay, Moody names the saga "the first great novel about alcoholism," and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Middlemarch more books like this by George Eliot Writing at the very moment when the foundations of Western thought were being challenged and undermined, George Eliot fashions in Middlemarch (1871-2) the quintessential Victorian novel, a concept of life and society free from the dogma of the past yet able to confront the scepticism that was taking over the age. In a panoramic sweep of English ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.63! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Bleak House more books like this by Charles Dickens With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, University of Kent at Canterbury and illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), "Bleak House" is one of Dickens' finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Veronika decides to die more books like this by Paulo Coelho The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho -- a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dying. Veronika has everything she could wish for. She is young and pretty, has plenty of boyfriends, a steady job, a loving family. Yet she is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Madame Bovary more books like this by Gustave Flaubert This book comes with an introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Doll's House more books like this by H Ibsen A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life". "Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Testament of Youth more books like this by Vera Brittain In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.65! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Darkness at noon more books like this by Arthur Koestler - Presents the most important 20th century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature - The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism - Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index - Introductory essay by Harold Bloom see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Steppenwolf more books like this by Hermann Hesse With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberationHarry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The dogs of Riga more books like this by Henning Mankell Another mesmerising and brilliant mystery from Sweden's renowned crime writer. It is February, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive a call to the Ystad police station. A dinghy has washed ashore, carrying a hideous cargo: two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were Latvian criminals, and this time Wallander ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Christmas mystery more books like this by Jostein Gaarder A boy called Joachim acquires a strange old Advent calender - and uncovers from it the story of a girl called Elisabet, who disappeared from her home fifty years earlier. Elisabet has been taken back through time and right across Europe to Palestine, to see the Holy Family in Bethlehem. Two thousand years of history flash by, and angels, shepherds ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.11! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	I am David more books like this by Anne Holm David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.76! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Norton Anthology of English Literature more books like this by M Abrams This seventh edition's thoroughly revised text incorporates recent scholarly developments while retaining the elements that have made the anthology useful in the past. New features includes a broader representation of women writers of all historical periods such as Marie de France, Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson, Elizabeth Gaskell ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.44! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales more books like this by Dean King A new edition of the classic companion to Patrick O'Brian's sea loving novels, updated to include the final novel in the series. This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.20! \| first editions \| SVS

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