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13 Steps Downby Ruth RendellISBN 0091799759 (0-09-179975-9)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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2001by Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 8401492742 (84-01-49274-2)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodentsby Terry PratchettISBN 0060012358 (0-06-001235-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'Book summary:One rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe. And they were amazing when the rats followed hint out of town.
They'd have been really amazed if they'd ever found out that the rats and the piper met up with a cat somewhere outside of town and solemnly counted out the money.
The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits. For this is a town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks beneath the hunger-stricken streets....
Set in Terry Pratchett's widely popular Discworld, this masterfully crafted, gripping read is both compelling and funny. When one of the world's most acclaimed fantasy writers turns a classic fairy tale on its head, no one will ever look at the Pied Piper -- or rats -- the same way again!
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Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents: ISBN 006001234X (0-06-001234-X)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents: ISBN 0060012358 (0-06-001235-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Beggar's Operaby John Gay, Colin CounsellISBN 1854599143 (1-85459-914-3)
Softcover, Nick Hern Books
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The Biographer's Taleby A. S. ByattISBN 009928393X (0-09-928393-X)
Softcover, Vintage Uk
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Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson, John LloydISBN 0140296085 (0-14-029608-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917'Book summary:Then look no further. Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty is the book for you. Here, at last, for the first time, are the full scripts of one of British television's funniest comedies. Follow the hilarious misadventures of the despicable Edmund Blackadder and his dimwitted sidekick Baldrick through four centuries of hopelessly mangled English history: from medieval nastiness through English history: from medieval nastiness through Elizabethan and Regency glory, to the mud and sauteed rats of the First World War. Aside from the ball-bouncingly funny scripts themselves, Blackadder also features special bonus sections: "Instruments of Torture in the Late Middle Ages"; "Medieval Medicine" ("1. Herbs; 2. Leeches; 3. Saw It Off"); and an indispensable "Index of Blackadder's Finest Insults". [via]
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A Burnt-Out Caseby Graham GreeneISBN 0140185399 (0-14-018539-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Charmed Lifeby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0060298766 (0-06-029876-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Collected Poems of William Wordsworthby William WordsworthISBN 1853264016 (1-85326-401-6)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth'Book summary:(His remarkable autobiographical poem 'The Prelude' was completed in 1805, but was not published until after his death, and it is included in this full edition of Wordsworth's poetry) [via]
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The Comfort of Strangersby Ian McEwanISBN 0140112839 (0-14-011283-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classicsby C. S. LewisISBN 0060506083 (0-06-050608-3)
Hardcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics'Book summary:For the first time ever, these seven essential volumes by C. S. Lewis are available in a single edition. This remarkable book presents the classic works Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, A Grief Observed, and Lewis's prophetic examination of universal values, The Abolition of Man. Beautiful and timeless, this is a vital collection by one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. Lewis reached a vast audience during his lifetime, and books such as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters continue to be regarded as among the best spiritual writing of all time. With his uncanny grasp of human nature, Lewis offers a refreshing antidote to the modern world's consumerism and moral relativism. This new edition of his most celebrated books highlights Lewis's compassion for humanity and his relevance for the twenty-first century. [via]
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The Complete Playsby Christopher MarloweISBN 0140430377 (0-14-043037-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eaterby Thomas De Quincey, Alethea HayterISBN 014043061X (0-14-043061-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'Book summary:Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions, he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. [via]
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Cymbelineby William ShakespeareISBN 1903436028 (1-903436-02-8)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cymbeline'Book summary:The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of Cymbeline provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts. [via]
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, Diro A. SaundersISBN 0140431896 (0-14-043189-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'Book summary:British parliamentarian and soldier Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) conceived of his plan for Decline and Fall while "musing amid the ruins of the Capitol" on a visit to Rome. For the next 10 years he worked away at his great history, which traces the decadence of the late empire from the time of the Antonines and the rise of Western Christianity. "The confusion of the times, and the scarcity of authentic memorials, pose equal difficulties to the historian, who attempts to preserve a clear and unbroken thread of narration," he writes. Despite these obstacles, Decline and Fall remains a model of historical exposition, and required reading for students of European history. [via]
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The Diary of a Nobodyby George Grossmith, Weedon GrossmithISBN 1853262013 (1-85326-201-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diary of a Nobody'Book summary:[via]"Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see, because I do not happen to be a "Somebody," why my diary should not be interesting." So wrote the anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter, who has come to be seen as the epitome of English suburban life. His diary chronicles encounters with difficult tradesmen, the delights of home improvements, small parties, minor embarrassments, and problems with his troublesome son. The suburban world he inhabits is hilariously and painfully familiar in its small-mindedness and its essential decency. Wonderfully illustrated with Grossmith's line drawings, this very amusing Victorian comedy created in Charles Pooter a cultual icon and English archetype. Both celebration and critique, Diary of a Nobody has often been imitated, but never duplicated.More editions of The Diary of a Nobody:
Essaysby Francis BaconISBN 0140432167 (0-14-043216-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Five Children and Itby Edith Nesbit, H.R. MillarISBN 0140367357 (0-14-036735-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Flushby Virginia WoolfISBN 0140044531 (0-14-004453-1)
Softcover, Northwestern University Press
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Framley Parsonageby Anthony Trollope, David Skilton, Peter MilesISBN 0140432132 (0-14-043213-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Framley Parsonage'Book summary:Mark Robarts is a clergyman with ambitions beyond his small country parish of Framley. In a naive attempt to mix in influential circles, he agrees to guarantee a bill for a large sum of money for the disreputable local Member of Parliament, while being helped in his career in the Church by the same hand. But the unscrupulous politician reneges on his financial obligations, and Mark must face the consequences this debt may bring to his family. One of Trollope's most enduringly popular novels since it appeared in 1860, Framley Parsonage is an evocative depiction of country life in nineteenth-century England, told with great compassion and acute insight into human nature. [via]
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Furia / Furyby Salman Rushdie, Miguel SaenzISBN 8497596420 (84-9759-642-0)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Furia / Fury'Book summary:Malik Solanka, original de Bombay, filósofo educado en Cambridge e inventor de una popular muñeca, abandona un día a su familia en Londres, sin dar ninguna explicación, y se escapa a Nueva York. Lleva la furia dentro y teme haberse convertido en un peligro para los que quiere. Llega a Nueva York en un momento de abundancia sin precedentes, el colmo de la riqueza y del poder americano. Pero la furia está a su alrededor... Un asesino en serie mata a mujeres con un trozo de cemento. Una mujer joven con un gorro de béisbol le acecha. Y otra mujer, de quien se enamorará, le atraerá con una furia diferente, una furia con raíces en un país lejano. Mientras tanto pierde el control de sus propios pensamientos, emociones y deseos. Un gran amor que se ha echado a perder, una pasión que se apoya en cimientos falsos y un tercer amor que, con un poco de suerte, a lo mejor sale bien. Furia es una obra de energía explosiva, despiadada, y a la vez una comedia negra, una investigación profundamente inquietante del lado más oscuro de la naturaleza humana y de la sociedad opulenta. Pocas veces se ha logrado captar la esencia de un lugar y de un tiempo tan intensa y exactamente en una novela. [via]
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Great Divorceby C. S. LewisISBN 0020868901 (0-02-086890-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Divorce'Book summary:The Great Divorce is C.S. Lewis's Divine Comedy: the narrator bears strong resemblance to Lewis (by way of Dante); his Virgil is the fantasy writer George MacDonald; and upon boarding a bus in a nondescript neighborhood, the narrator is taken to Heaven and Hell. The book's primary message is presented with almost oblique tidiness--"There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'" However, the narrator's descriptions of sin and temptation will hit quite close to home for many readers. Lewis has a genius for describing the intricacies of vanity and self-deception, and this book is tremendously persistent in forcing its reader to consider the ultimate consequences of everyday pettiness. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Great Divorce: A Dreamby C. S. LewisISBN 0060652950 (0-06-065295-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Divorce: A Dream'Book summary:C. S. Lewis takes us on a profound journey through both heaven and hell in this engaging allegorical tale. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis introduces us to supernatural beings who will change the way we think about good and evil. [via]
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The Heat of the Dayby Elizabeth BowenISBN 0140018441 (0-14-001844-1)
Softcover, Penguin Books in association with J. Cape
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, David WomersleyISBN 0140433937 (0-14-043393-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'Book summary:Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes one and two, Gibbon charts the vast extent and constitution of the Empire from the reign of Augustus to 395 ad. And in a controversial critique, he examines the early Church, with fascinating accounts of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian. [via]
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The House at Pooh Corner: Library Editionby A. A. Milne, Ernest H. ShepardISBN 0140361227 (0-14-036122-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House at Pooh Corner: Library Edition'Book summary:Here are Pooh and Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and of course Christopher Robin, doing what they've done for generations--enchanting young readers. [via]
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Idylls of the Kingby Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, J.M. GrayISBN 0140422536 (0-14-042253-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Idylls of the King'Book summary:Tennyson had a life-long interest in the legend of King Arthur and after the huge success of his poem "Morte d'Arthur" he built on the theme with this series of twelve poems, written in two periods of intense creativity over nearly twenty years. "Idylls of the King" traces the story of Arthur's rule, from his first encounter with Guinevere and the quest for the Holy Grail to the adultery of his Queen with Launcelot and the King's death in a final battle that spells the ruin of his kingdom. Told with lyrical and dreamlike eloquence, Tennyson's depiction of the Round Table reflects a longing for a past age of valour and chivalry. And in his depiction of King Arthur he created a hero imbued with the values of the Victorian age - one who embodies the highest ideals of manhood and kingship. [via]
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Inversionsby Iain BanksISBN 1857236262 (1-85723-626-2)
Hardcover, Orbit
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inversions'Book summary:In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realizes, but she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about. In another palace across the mountains, the chief bodyguard of the regicidal Protector General also has his enemies. [via]
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Jeeves and the Tie That Bindsby Pelham Grenville WodehouseISBN 0060972831 (0-06-097283-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jeeves and the Tie That Binds'Book summary:A Bertie and Jeeves classic, featuring the Junior Ganymede, a Market Snodsbury election, and the Observer crossword puzzle.
Jeeves, who has saved Bertie Wooster so often in the past, may finally prove to be the unwitting cause of this young master's undoing in Jeeves and the Tie that Binds. The Junior Ganymede, a club for butlers in London's fashionable West End, requires every member to provide details about the fellow he is working for. When information is inadvertently revealed to a dangerous source, it falls to Jeeves to undo the damage. [via]
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Jeeves in the Morningby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0060806583 (0-06-080658-3)
Softcover, Harper & Row
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jeeves in the Morning'Book summary:Jeeves in the Morning reflects the glories and absurdities of a vanished era as Jeeves and his master, Bertie Wooster, frolic through a series of outrageous and nightmarish doings. [via]
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crimeby Oscar WildeISBN 1860920160 (1-86092-016-0)
Softcover, Travelman Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'Book summary:Stories in the Travelman Short Stories series take the reader to places of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance, and corners of the universe yet unexplored. In turn, readers take them on the bus or subway, slip them into briefcases and lunchboxes, and send them from Jersey to Juneau. Each classic or original short story is printed on one sheet of paper and folded like a map. This makes it simple to read while commuting, convenient to carry when not, and easy to give or send to a friend. A paper envelope is provided for mailing or gift-giving, and both are packaged in a clear plastic envelope for display. The cost is not much more than a greeting card. [via]
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The Magicians of Capronaby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0060298782 (0-06-029878-2)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magicians of Caprona'Book summary:Tonino is the only person in the famous Montana household who wasn't born with an instinct for creating spells, but he has other gifts.His ability to communicate with cats just might help defend the city of Caprona against a mysterious enchanter -- but only if Tonino can learn to cooperate with a girl from the hated Petrocchi family of spell-makers.
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Mapp & Lucia Prion Humour Classby E. F. BensonISBN 1853753904 (1-85375-390-4)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mapp & Lucia Prion Humour Class'Book summary:[via]Mrs. Emmeline Lucas is the recently-widowed newcomer to the village of Tilling, eager to wrest the reins of social supremacy from the incumbent Miss Elizabeth Mapp and to install herself as its benevolent dictator. In their polite acts of sabotage, as they ruthlessly jockey for the position of cultural arbiter, Mapp and Lucia tear up the conventions of drawing-room diplomacy and enter a protracted conflict using fêtes, garden parties, musical soirées, and bridge evenings as their deadly weapons. Things finally come to a head with Miss Mapp's audacious attempt to steal her rival's celebrated recipe for Lobster à la Riseholme. With a charming satirical bent, E.F. Benson turns the pretensions and snobberies of English village life into a deliciously wicked comedy.More editions of Mapp & Lucia Prion Humour Class:
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Martin Chuzzlewitby Charles DickensISBN 0140430318 (0-14-043031-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Miss Pym Disposesby Josephine TeyISBN 0020545401 (0-02-054540-1)
Softcover, Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Mrs. McGinty's Deadby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061003751 (0-06-100375-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Murder Is Easyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061003700 (0-06-100370-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Nemesisby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427202946 (84-272-0294-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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New Grub Streetby George GissingISBN 1853262927 (1-85326-292-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Grub Street'Book summary:The commercial hacks of "Grub Street" are now in the ascendent. Sensitive novelist, Edwin Reardon, thought his reputation was safe, but poverty undermines his temperament and he finds it hard to produce marketable work. The future belongs to self-seeking writers such as Jasper Milvain. [via]
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Odd Womenby George GissingISBN 0140433791 (0-14-043379-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Offshoreby Penelope FitzgeraldISBN 0002216140 (0-00-221614-0)
Hardcover, Collins
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The Old Wives' Taleby Arnold Bennett, John WainISBN 0140182551 (0-14-018255-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Old Wives' Tale'Book summary:The Old Wives' Tale (1908) celebrates the romance of even the most ordinary lives as it tells the story of the two Baines sisters, placid stay-at-home Constance and rebellious Sophia, from their girlhood to their last days. They move from the family drapery shop in provincial Bursley during the repressive mid-Victorian period to old age in the modern era of mass marketing and the internal combustion engine. The setting ranges from the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Bursley to a Paris brothel, the action from the controlled domestic routine of the Baines household to wife murder and the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1.
This edition of The Old Wives' Tale gives fascinating critical insights into Bennett's most wide-ranging novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece. [via]-
The Partnershipby Barry UnsworthISBN 1857990706 (1-85799-070-6)
Hardcover, Phoenix
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Partnership'Book summary:Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth's first novel, published for the first time in the United States.
Foley and Moss are partners in a successful small business, making plaster pixies for the tourist trade. Foley is the artistic member of the partnership; he thinks up the ideas and designs and has pretensions to even greater artistry in his cherub lamps and fixtures. Moss, the seemingly quiet one who supplied the capital for the venture, manufactures them. Barry Unsworth sets his scene magnificentlya Cornish village, Lanruan, thriving on specious tourism, and its local characters: Graham, the primitive painter; Bailey, the loud-mouthed Northerner who comes to Lanruan to make his fortune; Barbara, the nearest thing the village possesses to a bad girl; and above all Gwendoline, who, inadvertently, begins the rift in the partnership between Foley and Moss. The Partnership is a disquieting, darkly funny tale about hidden desires and the unspoken attachments we have for one another. [via]More editions of The Partnership:
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The Penguin Complete Sakiby SakiISBN 0140090037 (0-14-009003-7)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin Complete Saki'Book summary:Saki is considered by many as perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's "golden afternoon" - the slow and peaceful years before World War I. This volume contains the whole of his work, including all the short stories, his three novels and three plays. [via]
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Phineas Finnby Anthony Trollope, John SutherlandISBN 0140430857 (0-14-043085-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phineas Finn'Book summary:The second of Trollope's Palliser novels tells of the career of a hot-blooded middle-class politician whose sexual energies bring him much success with women. [via]
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The Phoenix and the Carpetby Edith Nesbit, H.R. MillarISBN 014036739X (0-14-036739-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phoenix and the Carpet'Book summary:It's startling enough to have a phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it talks and reveals that you have a magic carpet on the floor. The vain and ancient bird accompanies the children on a series of adventures through time and space which are rarely straightforward, but always exciting. This book is a sequel to "Five Children and It". [via]
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The Player of Gamesby Iain M. BanksISBN 0061000981 (0-06-100098-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Player of Games'Book summary:In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-high technology everyone has everything they want, no one gets sick, and no one dies. It's a playground society of sports, stellar cruises, parties, and festivals. Jernau Gurgeh, a famed master game player, is looking for something more and finds it when he's invited to a game tournament at a small alien empire. Abruptly Banks veers into different territory. The Empire of Azad is exotic, sensual, and vibrant. It has space battle cruisers, a glowing court--all the stuff of good old science fiction--which appears old-fashioned in contrast to Gurgeh's home. At first it's a relief, but further exploration reveals the empire to be depraved and terrifically unjust. Its defects are gross exaggerations of our own, yet they indict us all the same. Clearly Banks is interested in the idea of a future where everyone can be mature and happy. Yet it's interesting to note that in order to give us this compelling adventure story, he has to return to a more traditional setting. Thoughtful science fiction readers will appreciate the cultural comparisons, and fans of big ideas and action will also be rewarded. --Brooks Peck [via]
The Plays of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1853261858 (1-85326-185-8)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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The Plumed Serpentby D. H. LawrenceISBN 1905432593 (1-905432-59-3)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Portable Gibbonby Edward GibbonISBN 0140150609 (0-14-015060-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Roxanaby Daniel Defoe, David BlewettISBN 0140431497 (0-14-043149-7)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Sakiby H. H. MunroISBN 0140184201 (0-14-018420-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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A Sentimental Journey: Through France and Italyby L. SterneISBN 185326279X (1-85326-279-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sentimental Journey: Through France and Italy'Book summary:Narrated by Parson Yorick, this is a novel without a plot and a travel book that is oddly lacking in descriptions of fine buildings or splendid scenery. It illuminates the emotions of the assortment of characters Yorick encounters along the way. [via]
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Sheby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1902058038 (1-902058-03-8)
Softcover, Pulp Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'She'Book summary:Ayesha is She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, a 2,000-year-old queen who rules a fabled lost city deep in a maze of African caverns. She has the occult wisdom of Isis, the eternal youth and beauty of Aphrodite, and the violent appetite of a lamia. Like A. Conan Doyle's Lost World, She is one of those magnificent Victorian yarns about an expedition to a far-off locale shadowed by magic, mystery, and death.
Tim Stout writes, in Horror: 100 Best Books, "As the plot takes hold one has the fancy that [Ayesha] had always existed, in some dark dimension of the imagination, and that [H. Rider] Haggard was the fortunate author to whom she chose to reveal herself." Haggard did, in fact, write this book in a six-week burst of feverish inspiration: "It came faster than my poor aching hand could set it down," he later said.
This edition of the 1887 classic features an introductory essay by literary critic Regina Barreca, who likens Ayesha to Flaubert's Madame Bovary or Tolstoy's Anna Karenina--"literally fantastic female figures who must be stopped before they love again." [via]
She Stoops to Conquerby Oliver GoldsmithISBN 1854594419 (1-85459-441-9)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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A Shilling for Candlesby Josephine TeyISBN 0020545304 (0-02-054530-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Singing Sandsby Josephine TeyISBN 0020088256 (0-02-008825-6)
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The Small House at Allingtonby Julian Thompson, Anthony TrollopeISBN 0140433252 (0-14-043325-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Small House at Allington'Book summary:Engaged to the ambitious and self-serving Adolphus Crosbie, Lily Dale is devastated when he jilts her for the aristocratic Lady Alexandrina. Although crushed by his faithlessness, Lily still believes she is bound to her unworthy former fiance for life and therefore condemned to remain single after his betrayal. And when a more deserving suitor pays his addresses, she is unable to see past her feelings for Crosbie. Written when Trollope was at the height of his popularity, The Small House at Allington (1864) contains his most admired heroine in Lily Dale a young woman of independent spirit who nonetheless longs to be loved and is a moving dramatization of the ways in which personal dilemmas are affected by social pressures. [via]
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Stiff Upper Lip, Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0060806680 (0-06-080668-0)
Softcover, Perennial Library
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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Storiesby Robert Louis Stevenson, Jenni CalderISBN 0140431179 (0-14-043117-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Stories'Book summary:Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote "Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde" as a "chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case of Dr. Jekyll, a kindly scientist who by night takes on his stunted evil self, Mr. Hyde. Anticipating modern psychology, "Jekyll And Hyde" is a brilliantly original study of man's dual nature -- as well as an immortal tale of suspense and terror. Published in 1866, "Jekyll And Hyde" was an instant success and brought Stevenson his first taste of fame. Though sometimes dismissed as a mere mystery story, the book has evoked much literary admirations. Vladimir Nabokov likened it to "Madame Bovary" and "Dead Souls" as "a fable that lies nearer to poetry than to ordinary prose fiction." [via]
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A Study in Scarletby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0140057072 (0-14-005707-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Study in Scarlet'Book summary:Arthur Conan Doyle's Study in Scarlet is the first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world's best-known detective, and the first narrative by Holmes's Boswell, the unassuming Dr. Watson, a military surgeon lately returned from the Afghan War. Watson needs a flat-mate and a diversion. Holmes needs a foil. And thus a great literary collaboration begins.
Watson and Holmes move to a now-famous address, 221B Baker Street, where Watson is introduced to Holmes's eccentricities as well as his uncanny ability to deduce information about his fellow beings. Somewhat shaken by Holmes's egotism, Watson is nonetheless dazzled by his seemingly magical ability to provide detailed information about a man glimpsed once under the streetlamp across the road.
Then murder. Facing a deserted house, a twisted corpse with no wounds, a mysterious phrase drawn in blood on the wall, and the buffoons of Scotland Yard--Lestrade and Gregson--Holmes measures, observes, picks up a pinch of this and a pinch of that, and generally baffles his faithful Watson. Later, Holmes explains: "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.... There are few people who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result." Holmes is in that elite group.
Conan Doyle quickly learned that it was Holmes's deductions that were of most interest to his readers. The lengthy flashback, while a convention of popular fiction, simply distracted from readers' real focus. It is when Holmes and Watson gather before the coal fire and Holmes sums up the deductions that led him to the successful apprehension of the criminal that we are most captivated. Subsequent Holmes stories--The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes--rightly plunge the twosome directly into the middle of a baffling crime, piling mystery upon mystery until Holmes's denouement once more leaves the dazzled Watson murmuring, "You are wonderful, Holmes!" Generations of readers agree. --Barbara Schlieper [via]
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Sweet Dangerby Margery AllinghamISBN 0140007695 (0-14-000769-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweet Danger'Book summary:Albert Campion poses as the king of a tinpot Balkan state looking for his lost crown in Mentone. Guffy Randall is stolid, Nordic and logical, but his curiosity is aroused, and he cannot resist the temptation to join in the tantalizing treasure hunt. [via]
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Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life (or Six Good Reasons to Stay at Home and Bolt the Door)by Lynne TrussISBN 1861979339 (1-86197-933-9)
Hardcover, Profile
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Thank You, Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0060806575 (0-06-080657-5)
Softcover, Harper & Row
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thank You, Jeeves'Book summary:In Thank You, Jeeves, Bertie Wooster retires to a cottage in the country without the assistance of his right-hand man, Jeeves. But after a period of lively adventure, during which the cottage is destroyed by fire, Bertie returns to London, accompanied once more by the invaluable Jeeves.
Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves are perhaps the most beloved characters in all of English literature--certainly the most humorous. P. G. Wodehouse's classic novels reflect the glories and absurdities of a vanished era. [via]-
They Do It With Mirrorsby Agatha ChristieISBN 006100376X (0-06-100376-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Touch Not The Catby Mary StewartISBN 0060823720 (0-06-082372-0)
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Under the Greenwood Treeby Thomas HardyISBN 0140431233 (0-14-043123-3)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Under Western Eyesby Joseph ConradISBN 1857150430 (1-85715-043-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under Western Eyes: Library Edition'Book summary:Espionage novel. Conrad's other novel of this same kind is "The Secret Agent." According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Conrad (1857 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English languagea fact that is remarkable, as he did not learn to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties (and always with a strong Polish accent). He became a naturalized British subject in 1886. Conrad is recognized as a master prose stylist. Some of his works have a strain of romanticism, but more importantly he is recognized as an important forerunner of modernist literature. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many writers, including Ernest Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Graham Greene, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Heller, V.S. Naipaul, Italo Calvino and J. M. Coetzee." [via]
The Unicornby Iris MurdochISBN 014002476X (0-14-002476-X)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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The Wardenby ChadwickISBN 1870587405 (1-870587-40-5)
Hardcover, Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited
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The Water Babiesby Charles KingsleyISBN 1853261483 (1-85326-148-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Water Babies'Book summary:Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task, he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief. He runs away, and, hot and bothered, he slips into a cooling stream, falls asleep, and becomes a Water Baby. In his new life, he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures, including an engaging old lobster, other water babies, and at last reaches St Branden's Isle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonebyeasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart's desire. [via]
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Whip Handby Dick FrancisISBN 2830202546 (2-8302-0254-6)
Hardcover, Edito-Service
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Wintersmithby Terry PratchettISBN 0060890312 (0-06-089031-2)
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six Moreby Roald DahlISBN 0140328742 (0-14-032874-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Woodlandersby Thomas HardyISBN 1853262935 (1-85326-293-5)
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2001 Una Odisea Espacial / 2001. A Space Odysseyby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 8497599292 (84-9759-929-2)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: '2001 Una Odisea Espacial / 2001. A Space Odyssey'Book summary:Una expedición a los confines del universo y a los del alma, en la que pasado, presente y futuro se amalgaman en un continuo enigmático. ¿Qué esencia última nos rige? ¿Qué lugar ocupa el hombre en el complejo entramado del infinito? ¿Qué es el tiempo, la vida, la muerte? Una grandiosa novela de dimensiones épicas cuyo amplio abanico de interpretaciones ofrece una visión totalizadora. Arthur C.Clarke colaboró estrechamente con Stanley Kubrick en la producción de la célebre película homónima. [via]
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La Casa Torcida/the Crooked Houseby Agatha ChristieISBN 8478713131 (84-7871-313-1)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Furia / Furyby Salman Rushdie, Miguel Saenz SagasetaISBN 8401341655 (84-01-34165-5)
Hardcover, Arete
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Mi familia y otros animalesby Gerald DurrellISBN 8420633356 (84-206-3335-6)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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LA Primera Detective De Botsuanaby Alexande McCallISBN 8495618389 (84-95618-38-9)
Softcover, Umbriel Editores
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Primera Detective De Botsuana'Book summary:En Botswana nunca había habido una mujer detective... hasta el día en que Mma Ramotswe decide abrir su pequeña oficina al pie del monte Kgale, cerca del desierto de Kalahari. Le basta con unas sillas, dos mesas, un teléfono y una secretaria... además de unas tazas para invitar a los clientes a tomar un té. ¿Qué otra cosa se requiere para resolver misterios? Al fin y al cabo, ¿no se han dedicado siempre las mujeres a escuchar y a intentar solucionar los problemas de los demás frente a una taza de té?
Mma Ramotswe no es una irónica intelectual ni una aguerrida ex policía, sino una mujer alegre y rolliza, cargada de sentido común y con un firme deseo de ayudar al prójimo. En su opinión, muchas personas no saben distinguir el bien del mal, y hay que enseñarles la diferencia. Huérfana, superviviente de un matrimonio infernal y madre por sólo cinco días, esta Miss Marple africana sabe reconocer el dolor ajeno, y quiere contribuir a aliviarlo. Sus métodos son tal vez poco ortodoxos, pero también lo son sus casos, así como sus atribulados clientes.
Con sus acertadas descripciones y sus sensatos comentarios, la protagonista de esta novela nos introduce paso a paso en la realidad de un país lejano y desconocido, donde la teconología convive con las tradiciones mágicas, y donde resulta más fácil conocer las noticias de boca de las vecinas que leyendo la prensa. [via]
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Una Odisea Espacial 2001, Usa/2001: A Space Odysseyby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 8434580926 (84-345-8092-6)
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LA Constance Du Jardinierby John Le CarreISBN 2020557215 (2-02-055721-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Constance Du Jardinier'Book summary:Le diplomate Justin Quayle est affecté à Nairobi, Kenya, au haut commissariat britannique qu'il représente au C.E.D.A.O., un organisme chargé de contrôler l'action humanitaire en Afrique. Sa séduisante épouse, la jeune avocate Tessa, scandalisée par la misère qu'elle découvre dans ce pays, milite aux côtés de membres d'O.N.G. et dénonce divers scandales dans une série de documents qu'elle adresse au ministère britannique. Alors qu'elle était partie en mission dans le nord du pays, on la retrouve assassinée dans sa Jeep près du lac Turkana. Le médecin africain Arnold Bluhm qui l'accompagnait, et que la rumeur considère comme son amant, est porté disparu. Deux policiers venus de Londres interrogent Justin Quayle. Ils le soupçonnent d'avoir fait exécuter sa femme par jalousie. Finalement disculpé, il rentre à Londres en ayant soustrait aux autorités une partie des documents de Tessa. Sous une fausse identité, il décide de se lancer à la recherche des assassins.
Parfaitement construit avec une série de retours en arrière judicieusement imbriqués, La Constance du jardinier raconte comment, par amour pour son épouse disparue, Justin va brusquement prendre conscience de la grande misère des Africains et de l'exploitation qu'ils continuent de subir à cause des multinationales et de la complicité des gouvernements de pays industrialisés. Un admirable récit à la John Le Carré. --Claude Mesplède [via]
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