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Fiction, Novel
The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey (Hardback)
- Page : 285
- ISBN : 9789356520271
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm
Pearl Zane Grey (1872-1939) is a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, “combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture.” Consequently he is the best known author of novels about the Wild West. His great storytelling skills have been transferred to film over and over again. The Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 115 films as of April 2015. Read these books to find spectacular adventure scenes that cause you to eagerly devour every page.d
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Fiction, Novel
The Inferno by August Strindberg (Hardback)
- Page : 128
- ISBN : 9789394885844
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm
“Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.”In the year 1300, on the night before Good Friday, Dante loses his way in the woods. Standing in front of a mountain, he is surrounded by three beasts-a lion, a leopard and a she-wolf. Dante cannot escape. He returns to the dark woods, unable to find a straight way and runs into the ghost of the great Roman poet Virgil. What happens when, led by Virgil, Dante embarks on his journey to Heaven through Hell?The first part of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem Divine Comedy, Inferno deftly depicts the narrator’s allegorical journey through Hell. Composed spectacularly with rich and vivid imagery, it is considered one of the finest works in the Italian language
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (Hardback)
- Page : 651
- ISBN : 9789393198532
- Dimensions : 25.2 x 19 x 4.5 cm
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. ”David Copperfield lives happily with his mother until she decides to marry the tyrannical Edward Murdstone. Abused and ill-treated by his stepfather, David is sent to the Salem House, a boarding school where he makes friends with the self-centred James Steerforth and the hapless Tom Taddles. David returns home upon his mother and half-brother’s demise, only to be neglected by his stepfather who sends him to work at their family bottling factory. What happens when after a miserable life at the factory, David runs away to his great-aunt Betsy Trotwood?A coming-of-age novel, David Copperfield presents Charles Dickens at his best. It is not only among his own personal favourites, but also draws on his life’s experiences. The novel has undergone several film and television adaptations and continues to be loved by the readers.
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Psychology
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud (Hardback)
- Page : 450
- ISBN : 9789394885936
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm
“Dreams Are the Royal Road To the Unconscious.”Do you wake up wondering what was it that you saw in your dream, why did you see it, what does it symbolize?Have you ever considered interpreting your dreams?Offering an engaging insight into this most intriguing aspect of our life—dreams—this book explores their sources, their relation to our waking life, method of dream-interpretation and the psychology of dream process. With detailed analysis and interpretations of some of his own dreams and dreams of his patients, Sigmund Freud’s the Interpretation of Dreams not only presents his findings but is also one of the first comprehensive works in the field of psychoanalysis. Though its first publication was not well received, the subsequent editions gained recognition. it continues to remain a masterpiece.
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Psychology, Science
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume (H.B)
A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion. If you tell me, that any person is in love, I easily understand your meaning, and form a just conception of his situation; but never can mistake that conception for the real disorders and agitations of the passion. When we reflect on our past sentiments and affections, our thought is a faithful mirror, and copies its objects truly; but the colours which it employs are faint and dull, in comparison of those in which our original perceptions were clothed. It requires no nice discernment or metaphysical head to mark the distinction between them. -from “Of the Origin of Ideas” David Hume may well be the most significant philosopher ever to write in the English language: his arguments dramatically influenced both scientific and religious thinking, and much of what he wrote-particular concerning free will, political theory, and religion-still sounds startlingly modern. This 1748 treatise is the great thinker’s thinking on thinking. What can we know, and how can we be sure we really know it? Is there ever any “truth” outside of what we experience inside our own heads? Does experience lead to knowledge, or does experience in fact foil and fool our understanding of the world? Deeply empiricist and skeptical, Hume’s ideas continue to be reflected in everything from modern psychology to modern science fiction.
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Play, Poetry
Othello by William Shakespeare (H.B)
Othello, a soldier in the service of the Venetian Republic, is tricked by his villainous ensign, Iago, into believing that his beloved wife, Desdemona, is an adulteress. In a fit of emotional imbalance, Othello murders her in the most ungracious manner. What happens when he comes to know that she is innocent?
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Fiction, Novel
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster (H.B)
Forster’s most memorably romantic exploration of the liberating effects of Italy on the English, A Room with a View follows the carefully chaperoned Lucy Honeychurch to Florence. There she meets the unconventional George Emerson and finds herself inspired by his refreshingly free spirit- which puts her in mind of “a room with a view”-to escape the claustrophobic snobbery of her guardians back in England. The wicked tragicomedy Where Angels Fear to Tread chronicles a young English widow’s trip to Italy and its messy aftermath.
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Fiction, Novel
Adam Bede by George Eliot (H.B)
Adam Bede was the first novel by Mary Ann Evans, and was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in print ever since and is regularly used in university studies of 19th-century English literature.
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Poetry
The Odyssey by Homer (H.B)
Ten years after the Trojan War and the Fall of Troy, Odysseus, one of the war heroes, has still not returned to his kingdom, Ithaca. Assumed to be dead, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors who have overrun Odysseus? palace and ransacked his land, competing for Penelope?s hand in marriage. But Odysseus is still alive; imprisoned on the island of Ogygia by Calypso, who is possessed by love for him and desires to make him her immortal husband. How will Odysseus return home?Will he reunite with his loving Penelope?Expounding Homer?s energetic vision of everyman?s journey through life, the Odyssey recounts the tale of Odysseus? ?nostos??journey back home. the second oldest extant work of Western literature, it is an evocation of Homer?s grandiloquent revival of myths and legends narrated in this rare classic. Nearly three thousand years after its composition, the Odyssey still remains one of the most celebrated and widely read stories ever told.
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Play
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (H.B)
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon. shipwrecked by a storm at sea, two sets of identical twins are separated soon after their birth. Years later, when they happen to be in the same city, what follows is a drama of mistaken identities, confusion, and bafflement. The comedy of errors is Shakespeare’s shortest written comedy. A sensational farce, this play continues to be staged worldwide, enthralling the public.
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Religion & Philosophy
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (H.B)
Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the publication of this enduring work which applies an ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state which to this day remains well known and studied. Mills (1806-1873), a British economist, philosopher, and ethical theorist whose argument does not focus on “the so-called Liberty of the Willbut Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual” asks and answers provocative questions relating to the boundaries of social authority and individual sovereignty. He declares that there is “one very simple principle” regarding the use of coercion in society one may only coerce others either to defend oneself or to defend others from harm. Mill puts forth his basic argument in favor of liberty for the individual as long as it harms no one else. Setting forth the value of liberty of opinion and liberty of action, he emphasizes the importance of individuality versus the “tyranny of the majority” and highlights the positive effects of liberty on all people and on society, as freedom enables progress and prevents social stagnation. He details the appropriate level of authority society ought to have over the individual societys obligation to protect people incapable of exercising their own freedom. On Liberty remains one of the most influential studies on the nature of individual liberty and its role in a democratic society.
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Travel Literature
Following The Equator by Mark Twain (Hardback)
Following the Equator-A Journey Around the World (1889), a travel book about Mark Twain’s lecture tour in the British Empire, undertaken late in his life to repay his debts after becoming nearly broke. This book describes Twain’s fascinating experiences in Australia, India, South Africa, and elsewhere. It offers Twain’s quintessential mix of irony, humor, and social criticism of white man’s behavior towards the indigenous populations around the world.
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Fiction, Novel
Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (H.B)
“Why didn’t you tell me there was danger in men-folk? Why didn’t you warn me?”Tess Durbeyfield, the young, graceful and virtuous daughter of a poor peddler, falls prey to the unscrupulous desires of Alec d’Urberville, the rich and licentious heir of the d’Urberville estate where she is sent to work as a farmhand. After giving birth to his son who dies in a few weeks, Tess joins a dairy farm outside the village, working as a milkmaid. Her life seems to change for good when she meets Angel Clare, the progressive son of a parson, who falls in love with her and wants to marry her. But as their wedding date approaches, Tess finds herself on the horns of a dilemma, overshadowed by the bitter truth of her past. A victim of the nineteenth-century English social morality, what sort of future awaits Tess?Received critically by the readers of his era, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of d’Urbervilles is a heart-rending tragedy. Listed among the best-loved novels of all time on The Big Read, a survey conducted by BBC, the novel has undergone numerous adaptations and continues to appeal to its readers.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Hardcover)
“Beware how you give your heart.” Northanger Abbey is a coming-of age satirical novel, which pokes fun at the 18th century British genteel. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels. She is invited by the Allens to spend a season in Bath and participate in balls and the theatre. Soon enough, she meets the intriguing and wealthy Henry Tilney, with whom she engages in conversation and frivolity. Her over-active imagination leads her to expect mystery and intrigue at every turn. However, the truth turns out to be far more complicated. Deliciously witty in its portrayal of love, Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen’s most endearing classics.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (H.B)
“But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand. Published in 1889, three men in a Boat is the most widely acclaimed novel by English author Jerome K. Jerome. Jerome wrote the novel after going on a boating trip along river Thames. Intended initially to serve as a tour guide, the novel, however, was soon overtaken by the comical elements and transformed into the humorous travelogue that is a classic today. Three friends, J. (Jerome), Harris and George, are apparent hypochondriacs in need of a vacation. A two-week long boating trip, they feel, would be good for their health. Narrated by “J.”, An embodiment of Jerome K. Jerome himself, the story chronicles in the form of ramblings and digressions, the hilarious adventures and mishaps of the three friends. The novella success led to a sequel, three men on the bummel (1900) and was adapted in several art-forms including film and theatre.”.
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