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Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA landmark work of academic history, The Oxford History of New Zealand presents a comprehensive and authoritative...

A gorgeous clothbound edition of Woolf's fantastical and dazzlingly playful novel Orlando has always been an outsider... His longing for passion, adventure and fulfilment takes him out of his own...

A gripping, extraordinary account of England in an era of revolutionary turmoil Within the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century which resulted in the triumph of the protestant ethic -...

Have they stirred an ancient evil...or is there a killer in their midst? Fifteen years ago, on Halloween night, a group of teenagers performed a summoning ritual on Hallows Hill....

Audiences have always delighted in the robust comedy and verbal inventiveness of The Taming of the Shrew . It has survived many adaptations ranging from, probably, the play printed in...

The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on cowboy fiction. Its narrator, fresh from the East, encounters in Wyoming cattle country a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew writers of the eighteenth century managed to master the novel, the stage, and verse with equal brilliance — Oliver Goldsmith was one such rare exception,...

Virginia Woolf's playful mock 'biography' of a chameleonic historical figure, written for her intimate friend Vita Sackville-West Orlando has always been an outsider... His longing for passion, adventure and fulfilment...

Author: Sally Potter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Orlando is Sally Potter's bold, unsentimental re-working of Virginia Woolf's classic novel in which an innocent aristocrat journeys through 400 years...

Author: Edwina Wyatt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Lilah's beloved cat dies and all she's left with is an olive tree to remember her by. Seasons pass and the...

Author: Oliver GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic eighteenth-century novel, The Vicar Of Wakefield, presents a charming and often humorous account of the Primrose family, whose...

The new Oxford World's Classics edition of Oliver Twist is based on the authoritative Clarendon edition, which uses Dickens's revised text of 1846. It includes his preface of 1841 in...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis Treasury Of World Masterpieces presents a captivating collection of O. Henry's most celebrated short stories, showcasing his unparalleled mastery of the...

The classic life of Cromwell by one of Britain's great radical historians A nuanced biography of Oliver Cromwell, breaking down Cromwell's life into different parts- fenland farmer and humble backbencher;...

Author: Oliver GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a comprehensive collection of Oliver Goldsmith's enduring works, showcasing his mastery across various literary forms. The novel...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew literary figures of the twentieth century left behind a correspondence as electrically alive as that of D.H. Lawrence — a writer...

Author: Oliver GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: CollinsCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a comprehensive collection of Oliver Goldsmith's enduring works, showcasing his mastery across various literary forms. The novel The...

'Compelling, clever and dark . . . you'll gobble it up in one go' Heat Magazine She knew everything about him - but the truth. Alice and Oliver Ryan seem...

Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that...

Author: O. HenryBinding: HardbackPublished: The Library of World Classics, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection presents the timeless short stories of a master of the form. It chronicles...

The power of imagination and the strength of friendship is celebrated in this Kate Greenaway shortlisted and Amnesty Endorsed book from a rising star of picture book making. Shortlisted for...

Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that...

Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual aging. Good copy. Foxing on block - does not extend internallyThis omnibus collection gathers six of O....

Highlights the interconnected styles and contexts of Virginia Woolf's Orlando by examining individual sentences If the line is the privileged semantic unit in verse, we could ask whether the sentence...

Author: Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.Binding: HardbackPublished: W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh; W. Orr, London; and W. Curry, Jun. & Co. Dublin, 1833Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodHe was the greatest actor of the twentieth century — a titan of stage and screen whose name became synonymous...

A BRAND NEW KING OLIVER NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEAJoe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate...

Author: Walter Mosley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A BRAND NEW KING OLIVER NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA Joe King Oliver is...

Oliver Twist unromantically portrays the sordid lives of criminals and exposes the cruel treatment of the many orphans in England in the mid-19th century.

In the heart of teeming nineteenth-century London, Owen Oliver walks out of his gloomy, unwelcoming lodgings - and he doesn't stop his travels until he reaches Kent. There, Owen's life...

Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth...

A visit to a health retreat takes a horrifyingly dark twist... Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her sister, she wakes up one day to discover a...

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Oliver Twist is born in the harsh confines of a workhouse, his mother expiring in childbirth, his father unknown. After enduring years of brutal treatment, Oliver runs away to London,...

The ultimate illustrated children's edition of one of the greatest classic tales of all time. The miserable and hungry orphan Oliver Twist is forced to flee his wretched life at...

Penguin Classics relaunch. The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was...

Dickens had already achieved renown with 'The Pickwick Papers'. With 'Oliver Twist' his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsOliver Twist chronicles the harrowing journey of an innocent orphan navigating the brutal realities of Victorian London. This classic work...