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1	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln more books like this by Doris Kearns Goodwin This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. see all copies from £13.15! new only from £13.15! \| first editions
2	Pride & Prejudice more books like this by Jane Austen Mrs Bennet wants all of her five daughters to marry and to marry well. When two rich young men come to the village, Mrs Bennet is sure that they will make wonderful husbands. "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. ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan more books like this by Lisa See Set in 19th-century China, See's national bestseller tells a story of two young women who find solace with each other, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart. High school & older. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Jane Eyre more books like this by Charlotte Bronte 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 ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Wuthering Heights more books like this by Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights is a house on the lonely moors of Yorkshire. Here a tragic love story unfolds as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliffe fall in love, but Cathy marries another man, Edgar Linton, and breaks Heathcliffe's heart. Returning years later, he takes his revenge on the Linton family. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Christmas Carol more books like this by Charles Dickens Scrooge was a miser. His money was his life. Then, one Christmas Eve, Scrooge received a trio of visitors who showed him not only the true meaning of Christmas, but the true meaning of his life as well... Probably one of the most beloved Christmas stories in history, Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has it all: heroes, villains, ghosts, time ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Gone with the wind more books like this by Margaret Mitchell -- "Gone With The Wind" sold more than 176,000 copies within the first three weeks of its initial publication in 1936. The Warner mass market edition (1993) sold over 330,000 copies. Over 28 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 37 countries. After 60 years, this will be the very first trade paperback edition ever published. -- In ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Count of Monte Cristo more books like this by Alexandre Dumas 'people get out of prison, and when they get out, and their name is Edmond Dantes, they take their revenge!' Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d'If. Having endured years of incarceration, he stages a daring and dramatic escape and sets out ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Les Miserables more books like this by Victor Hugo WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELL. Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, Les Miserables is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. It is a novel peopled by colourful characters from the nineteenth-century Parisian underworld; the street children, the prostitutes ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Persuasion more books like this by Jane Austen In this witty story of love and marriage, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth meet again after many years. They are in love, but will they marry? "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 ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| first editions
11 view cover	Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author od "D-Day," presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £10.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Communist manifesto more books like this by Karl Marx The Communist Manifesto is the most influential political call-to-arms ever written. In the century and a half since its publication the world has been shaken repeatedly by those who sought to make its declamations a reality. But the focus of this modern edition is not primarily the vivid history of Marx and Engels' most important work. Rather, ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.81! \| first editions
13 view cover	Great expectations more books like this by Charles Dickens Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Little house in the Big Woods more books like this by Laura Ingalls Wilder For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.86! \| first editions
15 view cover	Little House on the Prairie more books like this by Laura Ingalls Wilder For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as beautifully redesigned covers. The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for Kansas. They travel for many ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation more books like this by Cokie Roberts Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Moby Dick more books like this by Professor Herman Melville For this sesquincentennial edition, the Northwestern-Newberry text of "Moby-Dick" has been footnoted to include dozens of biographical discoveries. A section on whaling and whalecraft features prose and graphics by John B. Putnam, a sample of contemporary whaling engravings and an engraving of Tupai Cupa. This image introduces a new section that ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Long Winter more books like this by Laura Ingalls Wilder The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as Pa, Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace bravely face the hard winter of 1880-81 in their little house in the Dakota Territory. Blizzards cover the little town with snow, cutting off all supplies from the outside. Soon there is almost no food left, so young Almanzo Wilder and a friend ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Roughing It more books like this by Mark Twain This book includes all 304 first-edition illustrations by True Williams, Edward F Mullen, and others. It provides the first and only text that adheres to the author's wishes in details of wording, spelling, and punctuation, restored from original sources. It features expert annotation, specially prepared maps, facsimile manuscript pages, and other ... see all copies from £1.78! new only from £5.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Anne of Green Gables more books like this by Lucy Maud Montgomery Since its publication in 1908, "Anne of Green Gables" has been an enduring bestseller and arguably Canada's most famous novel. This Norton Critical Edition offers an unrivaled selection of contextual and critical material, edited by two leading Montgomery scholars. "Backgrounds" brings together fourteen relevant excerpts from Montgomery's ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| first editions
21 view cover	Post Captain more books like this by Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets to coincide with a new film based on the adventures and to introduce these modern classics to a new generation. Patrick O'Brian is ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.15! \| first editions
22 view cover	Picture of Dorian Gray more books like this by Oscar Wilde From Longman's new Cultural Editions Series, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Andrew Elfenbein, includes the novel and contextual materials from the era of Oscar Wilde. This edition of Oscar Wilde's classic work, The Picture of Dorian Gray, highlights the novel's modernity in both its form and its revolutionary content, and ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	A Great and Terrible Beauty more books like this by Libba Bray It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from India to a boarding school in England. Lonely and prone to visions of the future, Gemma is now being followed by a mysterious young Indian man who's been sent to watch her. But why? see all copies from £5.67! new only from £6.71! \| first editions
24 view cover	Walden and Civil Disobedience more books like this by Henry David Thoreau Disdainful of America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods near Walden Pond. Walden, the account of his stay, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist's yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance. But, even as ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.91! \| first editions
25 view cover	King Leopolds' Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa more books like this by Adam Hochschild First published in 1999, Hochschild provides a riveting account of the Congo massacres, peopled by callous monarchs, corrupt adventurers and a handful of genuine heroes. This exemplary piece of history writing gives the facts that caused those atrocities. see all copies from £6.99! new only from £7.21! \| signed copies \| first editions

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