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Everything you need to know to start doing physics - and nothing more This is the ultimate master class in modern physics. World-class physicist and father of string theory Leonard...

Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute, in a stunning new cover look for his great works 'You have talked so often of going to...

In the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to appease the needs of the Party. In the Record Department of the sprawling...

Ravaged by years of war and civil conflict, Britain has changed its name to Airstrip One and become part of Oceania - one of the three totalitarian blocks dominating the...

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George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future, annotated for students and with a new introduction by D. J. Taylor Ever since its publication in 1948, George Orwell's terrifying vision...

Key reading for 2018- Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London...

These essays, reviews and articles illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who created a unique literary manner from...

Orwell's masterwork in a stunning Clothbound Classics edition for the first time Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one Unfailingly wise and...

New look for two of the 20th century's most important novels Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out...

'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.' George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among...

Big Brother is watching you. Under the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, Winston Smith spends his days in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting the past to serve a government that...

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.' Drunken Mr Jones of Manor Farm has neglected his livestock for too long. In a burst of insurgent...

Orwell's first novel, a devastating account of colonial rule in Burma, in a stunning new cover look for his great works Set in the days of the Empire, with the...

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A spectacular graphic adaptation of the greatest dystopian novel ever written Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to...

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With a new introduction by Emma Larkin Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Burmese Days describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe definitive literary biography, George Orwell: A Life by Bernard Crick chronicles the full arc of Eric...

'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography, The Unknown Orwell, uncovers the formative years and hidden influences that shaped one of the...

Author: Rebecca Solnit (Y) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening' wrote George Orwell in 1940. Inspired by her encounter...

In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London's Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions...

A landmark collection of Orwell's writings, with a new Introduction by Jeremy Paxman 'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer...

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant...

An enlightening anthology of George Orwell's journalism and non-fiction writing Famous for his novels and essays, Orwell remains one of our very best journalists and commentators. Confronting social, political and...

The first ever graphic novel treatment of Orwell's seminal fable, now in paperback When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm...

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An expansive collection of George Orwell's writing on the down and out The vivid, impassioned writings collected together in this powerful volume chronicle Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the...

This, the first biography to draw on a close study of the new "Complete Works", sheds a new light on this extraordinary literary figure through interviews with family and friends,...

Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series 'Who controls the past controls the future- who controls the present controls the past.' Hidden away in...

When we think about George Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who - between puffs on his cigarette - composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned...

The first ever paperback publication of Orwell's remarkable letters Personal as well as political, Orwell's letters offer a fascinating window into the mind of a phenomenal man. We are privy...

Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back...

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Winston Smith is a good worker. He supports the Party. He is...

The definitive collection of George Orwell's timeless political writing This comprehensive collection brings together the best of George Orwell's powerful political essays and journalism with his timeless satire on totalitarianism,...

Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write....

Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. The classic story of a society that controls your every move and...

Orwell: A Man of Our Time offers a vivid portrait of the man behind the writings, and places him and his work at the centre of the current political landscape....

Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 Burmese Days focuses on a handful of Englishmen who meet at the European Club to drink whisky and to alleviate the...