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The Road to Wigan Pier
Presents an account of the author's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s. It provides descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment....
Black Beauty (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Although his mother warns him that there are 'bad, cruel men? in the world, he begins his life in a happy home, with a friendly groom to look after him and plenty to eat. However, when a change of circumstances means that he is sold, he soon discovers the truth of his mother?s words. Anna Sewell?s movin...
Frankenstein
'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness'. A twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveya...
The Book of Five Rings
When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in 1643 and wrote "The Book of Five Rings," a manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy, and winning for his students and generations of samurai to come, he created one of the most perceptive and incisive texts on strategic thinking ever to com...
A Man In Love (#2 My Struggle)
"'Intense and vital... Ceaselessly compelling... Superb' James Wood, New Yorker/b>his is a book about leaving your wife and everything you know. It is about fresh starts, about love, about friendship. It is also about the earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of fami...
Understanding a Photograph
John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W. ...
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (A4 Colour Edition)
Introducing the ladderless window-cleaning company. A Giraffe with a neck so long she can reach the highest windows, A Pelican with a bucket-sized beak, A Monkey to do the washing - and their new friend Billy. At last their big break has arrived! The richest man in England has given them a job that coul...
The Captain Class: the Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams
A bold new theory of leadership drawn from elite captains throughout sports--the perfect gift for Father's DayFrom the founding editor of The Wall Street Journal's sports section comes a bold new theory of leadership drawn from the elite captains who inspired their teams to achieve extraordinary success...
Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music (PB)
'Beguiling ... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the Year In November 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin...
The Wonderful Things You Will Be Growth Chart
Between two sturdy, hardcover ends, the eight accordion-fold pages are chock-full of Emily Winfield Martin's beautiful four-color illustrations. The elastic closure can be used to hang the chart on the wall so parents and children can easily track their growth without marking up a door frame. With the a...
The Little Prince
A stunning hardback gift edition of one of the world's most beloved stories. The timeless, enchanting story of the little prince who lives on a tiny planet with three volcanoes and a haughty flower, which he must protect from the baobabs, the bad seeds. The rulers of the other planets he visits all suff...
Crochet Step by Step: Techniques, Stitches, and Patterns Made Easy
Your essential crochet reference for stitches, techniques, and yarns. Follow clear step-by-step photographs and instructions for over 100 key techniques and stitches. Experiment with different yarns and color combinations for impressive results. Learn how to read crochet patterns and be insp...
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The original picture book written and illustrated by Tim Burton, a companion to the award-winning film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington is the most important figure in Halloween Town and for years he has delighted in organising macabre tricks and frights for Halloween. But this year he ...
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