The Sea Wolf (with an Introduction by Lewis Gannett), Paperback - Jack London

Reducere. Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" is the story of Humphrey van Weyden, an effete gentleman who finds himself shipwrecked when the San Francis...

Reducere. DescriptionI glanced up. The captain had thrust his head and shoulders out of the pilot-house, and was staring intently into the fog as though by s...

Reducere. The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London. The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary c...

Reducere. The Sea-Wolf (1904) is an adventure novel by American writer Jack London. Inspired by his acquaintance Captain Alex MacLean, a sailor from the Paci...

Reducere. Hailed by critics as one of the greatest sea stories ever written, this rousing adventure offers a fascinating combination of gritty realism and su...

In The Sea-Wolf, London's most gripping novel, Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued from the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay by a demonic sea captai...

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Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Bryan TalbotNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 217 x 306 x 26Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in...

A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in...

DescriptionFirst published in 1902, Owen Wister's "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains" is a genre-defining work, arguably the first western no...

Oliver is eighteen and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country...

It's a world you'll never tire of exploring' IAN RANKINBeware the Badger! The acclaimed steampunk series from graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot ex...

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From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- a...

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William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her beli...

"Antigone, " the first Theban play written by Sophocles yet chronologically last in the cycle, is a masterpiece of classical antiquity which examin...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODENLondon is under threat. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, wh...

A kind of Trigger Happy correspondence, his innocent requests, queries, complaints, demands and suggestions to hotels, airlines, multi-national cor...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: SophoclesTranslator: E. H. PlumptreIntroduction by: John William WhiteThe second Theban play written by Sophocles, "Oedipus...

DescriptionFirst performed in 1882, Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" is the story of the animosity that can befall someone whose actions, wh...

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DescriptionWritten in the middle of the 14th century as the Bubonic Plague decimated the population of Europe, "The Decameron" is a satirical and a...

'Anyone who has ever tried to do something well, anyone who has ever made personal sacrifices for an art or an idea, will have no trouble understan...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William ShakespeareOther: Henry N. HudsonIntroduction by: Charles Harold HerfordConsidered by many as Shakespeare's masterp...

The three short novels in this collection, The Scorpion God, show Golding at his playful, ironic and mysterious best. And 'Envoy Extraordinary' is ...

Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. For Wilf...

A tightly constructed drama which is regarded as one of the William Shakespeare's finest; "Othello" is the story of its titular character, a Mooris...

The beloved cult classic from the winner of the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize: a novel of life-changing moments, incredible descriptions of landscape and t...

'Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf' ALI SMITH Seven sh...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marcus AureliusTranslator: George LongIntroduction by: Alice ZimmernMarcus Aurelius was born in Rome in 121 AD and would be...

The follow-up to Casino capitalism, this is another classic text, and the last book written by Susan Strange. It builds on the previous work, discu...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Julian AguonNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 143 x 224 x 19Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

An bold and big-hearted memoir by Julia Cameron, the author of The Artist's Way - a book that has helped thousands of people uncover their creative...

'Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf' ALI SMITH A daring...

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Contributor(s): Author: Mary ShelleyIntroduction by: Sir Walter ScottMary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young sci...

The second volume of William Golding's Sea TrilogyIn a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Au...

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PEDRO ALMODOVAR The lives of trans Latinx come alive in this cocktail of bleakness and joy de vivre that depicts a communit...

Mythological and legendary figures from across international history and folklore who could be considered as super heroes have their stories told i...

Reducere. Upon its original publication in 1857 Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" or "The Flowers of Evil" was embroiled in controversy. Within a mont...