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Call for the Dead by John le Carré
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Category: Crime & Thrillers | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. John le Carr 's latest novel, A Legacy of Spies, is now available. "Go back to Whitehall and look for more spies on you ...Show more
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This is a portrait of people on the margin of society, dependent on one another for both physical and emotional survival. Written in 1945 this book focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Penguin Modern Classics by Tennessee Williams
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Category: Specials | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A Southern family meet to celebrate 'Big Daddy' Pollit's birthday- Gooper with his wife and children, his brother Brick - an ageing, broken football star - and his wife Maggie. But as the party unfolds the facade of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repressed love, and greed i ...Show more
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'We are the music makers ...we are the dreamers of dreams'. This new edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrates fifty years of the bestselling and beloved classic. The story of Charlie Bucket, a mysterious, eccentric chocolate factory owner and the golden ticket that transforms his existenc ...Show more
Claudius the God by Robert Graves; Barry Unsworth (Foreword by)
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel toI, Claudiusgives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He reco ...Show more
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' 'Brilliant ... very probably the funniest book ever written' Sunday Times When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly-named Cold Comfort Fa ...Show more
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
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Category: Specials | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders: cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and damn ...Show more
Cranford (Clothbound Classic) by Elizabeth Gaskell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Cranford is a witty portrait of small town life in early-Victorian England. The story unfolds through the eyes of Mary Smith, a young woman who observes the comedic struggles of two middle aged sisters in their efforts to maintain a level of refined dignity amid po ...Show more
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Crime and punishment is probably Dostoevsky's most read and known novel and one of the most famous literary works of all time. Published in installments in 1866 in the journal «Russkij vestnik» («The Russian Messenger»), it is the story of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, which the author describes in a l ...Show more
Critique Of Pure Reason by IMMANUEL KANT
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Category: Words & Writing | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The masterpiece of the father of modern philosophy A seminal text of modern philosophy, Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) made history by bringing together two opposing schools of thought: rationalism, which grounds all our knowledge in reason, and empiricism, which traces all our knowled ...Show more
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
One of the finest American authors of the 20th century, Wallace Stegner compiled an impressive collection of accolades during his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a National Book Award, and three O. Henry Awards. His final novel, Crossing to Safety is the quiet yet stirring tale of two ...Show more
Demian by Hermann Hesse
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Demian is a coming-of-age story that follows a young boy's maturation as he grapples with good and evil, lightness and darkness, and forges alternatives to the ever-present corruption and suffering that he sees all around him. Crucial to this development are his relationships with a series of older ment ...Show more