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The 1848 Revolutions in German-Speaking Europeby Hans Joachim HahnISBN 0582357659 (0-582-35765-9)
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2001 Space OdysseyISBN 0582461367 (0-582-46136-7)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
Find This BookBook summary:When an enigmatic monolith is found buried on the moon, scientists are amazed to discover that it's at least 3 million years old. Even more amazing, after it's unearthed the artifact releases a powerful signal aimed at Saturn. What sort of alarm has been triggered? To find out, a manned spacecraft, the Discovery, is sent to investigate. Its crew is highly trained--the best--and they are assisted by a self-aware computer, the ultra-capable HAL 9000. But HAL's programming has been patterned after the human mind a little too well. He is capable of guilt, neurosis, even murder, and he controls every single one of Discovery's components. The crew must overthrow this digital psychotic if they hope to make their rendezvous with the entities that are responsible not just for the monolith, but maybe even for human civilization.
Clarke wrote this novel while Stanley Kubrick created the film, the two collaborating on both projects. The novel is much more detailed and intimate, and definitely easier to comprehend. Even though history has disproved its "predictions," it's still loaded with exciting and awe-inspiring science fiction. --Brooks Peck [via]
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The Age of Plunder: King Henry's England, 1500-1547by W. G. HoskinsISBN 0582482739 (0-582-48273-9)
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The Age of Plunder : The England of Henry VIII (Social and Economic History of England)by W. G. HoskinsISBN 0582485444 (0-582-48544-4)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated
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American Abolitionistsby Stanley HarroldISBN 0582357381 (0-582-35738-1)
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Ascendency of Europe 1815-1914by Mitchel S. AndersonISBN 0582418658 (0-582-41865-8)
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Atlas Of Slaveryby James WalvinISBN 0582437806 (0-582-43780-6)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Blood, Bodies and Families: In Early Modern Englandby Patricia CrawfordISBN 0582405130 (0-582-40513-0)
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Britain in the Far East: A Survey from 1819 to the Presentby Peter LoweISBN 0582487315 (0-582-48731-5)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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Castroby Sebastian BalfourISBN 0582437474 (0-582-43747-4)
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Chartismby Edward RoyleISBN 0582352282 (0-582-35228-2)
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The Church of England: 1570-1640by Andrew FosterISBN 0582355745 (0-582-35574-5)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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Churchillby Keith RobbinsISBN 0582437598 (0-582-43759-8)
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Cicero and Sallustby E. J. Barnes, John T. RamseyISBN 0582367522 (0-582-36752-2)
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The Concert of Europe: A Study in German and British International Theory, 1815-1914by Carsten HolbraadISBN 0582482623 (0-582-48262-3)
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Contemporary England, 1914-1964by William Norton MedlicottISBN 0582484871 (0-582-48487-1)
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An Economic and Social History of Britain, 1760-1970by Trevor MayISBN 0582352800 (0-582-35280-0)
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Education and Society, 1500-1800: The Social Foundations of Education in Early Modern Britainby Rosemary O'DayISBN 0582489172 (0-582-48917-2)
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Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Eight Revolutionsby Peter JonesISBN 0582353122 (0-582-35312-2)
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Elizabeth 1by Christopher HaighISBN 0582472784 (0-582-47278-4)
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The Emergence of Rus 750-1200: 750-1200by Simon Franklin, Jonathan ShepardISBN 058249091X (0-582-49091-X)
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Emmaby Jane Austen, Annette BarnesISBN 0582417945 (0-582-41794-5)
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England Eats Out: A Social History of Eating Out in England from 1830 to the Presentby John BurnettISBN 0582472660 (0-582-47266-0)
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England in the Age of Wycliffeby George MacAulay TrevelyanISBN 0582482879 (0-582-48287-9)
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Europe 1780 to 1830by Franklin L. FordISBN 0582483468 (0-582-48346-8)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (1789-1950)by Harold William Vazeille Temperley, A. J. GrantISBN 0582482356 (0-582-48235-6)
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Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1830-1880by H. HearderISBN 0582483441 (0-582-48344-1)
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The Faerie Queeneby A. C. Hamilton, Edmund SpenserISBN 0582481066 (0-582-48106-6)
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The Formation of Turkey: The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum Eleventh to Fourteenth Centuryby P. M. Holt, Claude CahenISBN 0582414911 (0-582-41491-1)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Francoby Sheelagh M. EllwoodISBN 0582437539 (0-582-43753-9)
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0582426987 (0-582-42698-7)
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The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians, 751-987by Rosamond McKitterickISBN 0582490057 (0-582-49005-7)
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Gender, Power and Privilege in Early Modern Europeby Penny Richards, Jessica MunnsISBN 0582423295 (0-582-42329-5)
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Global Conflict: The International Rivalry of the Great Powers, 1880-1970by C.J. BartlettISBN 0582490707 (0-582-49070-7)
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The Glorious Revolutionby John MillerISBN 0582353661 (0-582-35366-1)
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The Godwinsby Frank BarlowISBN 0582423813 (0-582-42381-3)
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Henry VIIIby Michael Denison PalmerISBN 0582354374 (0-582-35437-4)
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Historians on History: An Anthologyby John ToshISBN 0582357950 (0-582-35795-0)
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A History of Postwar Britain, 1945-1974by C.J. BartlettISBN 0582483204 (0-582-48320-4)
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India 1885-1947: The Unmaking of an Empireby Ian CoplandISBN 0582381738 (0-582-38173-8)
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The Irish Diasporaby Andy BielenbergISBN 0582369975 (0-582-36997-5)
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Jane EyreISBN 0582419328 (0-582-41932-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
Find This BookBook summary:Jane Eyre is a poor young teacher who goes to work for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him and he loves Jane too, but he hides a terrible secret which will bring them both great sadness. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class. [via]
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Japan Faces the World, 1925-1952by Mary HannemanISBN 0582368987 (0-582-36898-7)
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The Knights Templar In Britainby Evelyn LordISBN 0582472873 (0-582-47287-3)
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The Later Middle Ages in England, 1216-1485by Bertie WilkinsonISBN 0582480329 (0-582-48032-9)
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Leisure and Society, 1830-1950by James WalvinISBN 0582486823 (0-582-48682-3)
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Lenin and the Russian Revolutionby Harold ShukmanISBN 0582486947 (0-582-48694-7)
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Literacy in Early Modern Europe: Culture and Education 1500-1800by R.A. HoustonISBN 0582368103 (0-582-36810-3)
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The Longman Companion to Central and Eastern Europe Since 1919by Adrian WebbISBN 0582437326 (0-582-43732-6)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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The Longman Companion to the Formation of the European Empires, 1488-1920by Muriel E. ChamberlainISBN 0582369797 (0-582-36979-7)
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The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-2000by John Stevenson, Chris CookISBN 0582423945 (0-582-42394-5)
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Madame Bovaryby Victor HugoISBN 0582454085 (0-582-45408-5)
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The Making of Russian Absolutism, 1613-1801by Paul DukesISBN 058248684X (0-582-48684-X)
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Margery Kempe and Her Worldby Anthony GoodmanISBN 0582368081 (0-582-36808-1)
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Marx, His Theory and Its Context: Politics as Economics Introductory and Critical Essay on the Political Economy of Karl Marxby Angus WalkerISBN 058244196X (0-582-44196-X)
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Medieval Englandby John Hatcher, Edward MillerISBN 0582485479 (0-582-48547-9)
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Medieval England: Rural Society and Economic Change, 1086-1348. Vol 1by John Hatcher, Edward MillerISBN 0582482186 (0-582-48218-6)
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Medieval Memories: Men, Women, and the Past, 700-1300by Elisabeth Van HoutsISBN 0582369029 (0-582-36902-9)
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Modern Iran Since 1921: The Pahlavis and Afterby Ali AnsariISBN 0582356857 (0-582-35685-7)
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Modern Italy, 1871-1982by Martin ClarkISBN 058248362X (0-582-48362-X)
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Napoleonby Geoffrey EllisISBN 0582437520 (0-582-43752-0)
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Oliver Cromwellby Barry CowardISBN 0582437512 (0-582-43751-2)
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Orientalismby A. L. MacFieISBN 0582423864 (0-582-42386-4)
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Origins of the Cold Warby Martin McCauley, Martin McCaultyISBN 0582353882 (0-582-35388-2)
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The Origins of the Crimean Warby David M. GoldfrankISBN 0582490545 (0-582-49054-5)
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The Origins of the French Revolutionary Warsby T. C. BlanningISBN 0582490510 (0-582-49051-0)
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Paradise Lostby John Milton, Alastair FowlerISBN 0582484553 (0-582-48455-3)
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Peelby Norman GashISBN 0582485991 (0-582-48599-1)
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Kieran McGovern, Oscar WildeISBN 0582418089 (0-582-41808-9)
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As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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The Poems of John Keatsby John KeatsISBN 058248457X (0-582-48457-X)
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Poverty and Policy in Tudor and Stuart Englandby Paul SlackISBN 0582489652 (0-582-48965-2)
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Radical Puritans in England, 1550-1660by R.J. AchesonISBN 058235515X (0-582-35515-X)
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The Reign of Mary Iby Robert TittlerISBN 0582353335 (0-582-35333-5)
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Religious Thought in the Reformationby Bernard M. G. ReardonISBN 0582490316 (0-582-49031-6)
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Reluctant Europeans: Britain and European Integration, 1945-1998by David Gowland, Arthur TurnerISBN 0582369568 (0-582-36956-8)
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Restoration England: The Reign of Charles IIby John L. MillerISBN 0582353963 (0-582-35396-3)
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Rise of Industrial Society: 1815-1855by S. G. ChecklanISBN 0582482399 (0-582-48239-9)
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Rogue Traderby Nicholas William LeesonISBN 058243050X (0-582-43050-X)
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The Romantic Periodby Robin JarvisISBN 0582382394 (0-582-38239-4)
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Round the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 0582426650 (0-582-42665-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Round the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:Can Phileas Fogg travel round the world in eighty days? He bets all his money that he can, but he doesn't know that someone wants to stop him. Will he make it back to London in time? [via]
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Round the World in Eighty Daysby Penguin, H. E. PalmerISBN 0582427207 (0-582-42720-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Round the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:The year is 1872 and Mr Phileas Fogg is leading his usual quiet life. He has kept to the same exact routine for many years. However, in a discussion he says that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty days and to prove it, he sets off himself. At first, all goes well but then all sorts of problems start and what about the detective Fix who seems determined to stop Fogg? [via]
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Ruling Britanniaby Glyn Williams, John RamsdenISBN 0582490731 (0-582-49073-1)
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Russia in the Age of Modernization and Revolution, 1881-1917by Hans RoggerISBN 0582489121 (0-582-48912-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Russia in the Age of Modernization and Revolution, 1881-1917'Book summary:Hans Rogger's study of Russia under the last two Tsars takes as its starting point what the Russians themselves saw as the central issue confronting their nation: the relationship between state and society, and its effects on politics, economics and class in these critical years.
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Scotland in the 18th Century: Union and Englightenmentby David AllanISBN 0582382475 (0-582-38247-5)
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Sense And Sensibilityby Cherry Gilchrist, Jane AustenISBN 0582416892 (0-582-41689-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
Seventeenth Century Europeby D. PenningtonISBN 0582482097 (0-582-48209-7)
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The Skilled Labourerby J. L. Hammond, Hammond, Barbara (Bradby)ISBN 058249043X (0-582-49043-X)
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A Soldier and a Woman : Women in the Militaryby Gerard J. De GrootISBN 0582414385 (0-582-41438-5)
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Spain's Civil War: The Last Great Causeby Anthony WoodISBN 0582353130 (0-582-35313-0)
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Tom Jonesby Henry Fielding, Janet McAlpinISBN 0582364140 (0-582-36414-0)
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackeryISBN 0582426936 (0-582-42693-6)
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The World in the Twentieth Centuryby Jeremy BlackISBN 0582472849 (0-582-47284-9)
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