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1	Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, a best-seller when it was first published in 1969, brought Kurt Vonnegut to prominence as a major voice in American fiction. Vonnegut was a POW held in Dresden in 1945 when the city was attacked by American bombers and virtually obliterated, leaving more than 130,000 people dead. He uses that event as the climax of this ... see all copies from £3.75! new only from £6.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns more books like this by Ray Bradbury add to wishlist In this classic of dystopian science fiction, censorship is so prevalent that "firemen" are entrusted with the task of burning books to keep the citizenry away from anything that might cause dissent. Suicides are commonplace, and people drug themselves with pills, thrills, and the meaningless programming that pours from four-wall television. Guy ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Lightning Thief more books like this by Rick Riordan add to wishlist Now in paperback--the first novel of a new series that mixes classic Greek mythology with modern adventure. After learning he is a demigod, Percy Jackson is sent to a summer camp on Long Island, where he meets the father he never knew--Poseidon, god of the sea. see all copies from £3.53! new only from £3.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Stranger more books like this by Albert Camus add to wishlist In this stylistically simple, first-person tale of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Through Meursault, Camus portrays a man who rejects the beliefs and life styles imposed on him by society. The events that lead to his ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Harold and the Purple Crayon more books like this by Crockett Johnson add to wishlist "An ingenious and original picture story in which a small boy out for a walk--happily with crayon in hand--draws himself some wonderful adventures. A little book that will be loved".--The Horn Book. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £2.13! \| first editions
6	Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go more books like this by Richard Scarry add to wishlist On their way to the beach for a picnic the Pig family encounters almost every kind of transportation vehicle imaginable--and imaginary. see all copies from £5.74! new only from £9.77! \| first editions
7	Angle of Repose more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist A retired, ailing history professor, Lyman Ward, has been deserted by his wife. To distract himself from pain, both physical and emotional, he embarks on the project of editing the private papers of his grandmother, an artist and writer married to a geologist. Ward recounts the story of his grandparents' life juxtaposed with his own--specifically, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Pat the Bunny more books like this by Dorothy Kunhardt add to wishlist In this classic book, readers can play along as Paul and Judy pat their stuffed bunny, look in the mirror, play peek-a-boo, touch their daddy's rough whiskers, and try on their mother's wedding ring. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from £3.50! new only from £3.50!
9	Gravity's rainbow more books like this by Thomas Pynchon add to wishlist Tyrone Slothrop is an archetypal innocent abroad, but in the worst possible circumstances: he's an American on a mission to locate V-2 rocket-launching sites in war-torn Europe. On a larger level, the novel illustrates the struggle between those who perceive and rebel against the war, seeing it as an overt movement toward the obliteration of the ... see all copies from £3.30! new only from £6.77! \| first editions
10	The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text more books like this by William Faulkner add to wishlist THE SOUND AND THE FURY, Faulkner's fourth novel (1929), is his first true masterpiece. Depicting the decline of the once aristocratic Compson family, the novel is composed of four stream-of-consciousness narratives, each told by a different character with his or her own way of relating events. The first is sweet, gentle Benjy Compson, who at the ... see all copies from £5.21! new only from £8.26! \| first editions
11 view cover	Great Gatsby more books like this by F Scott Fitzgerald add to wishlist When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure--a phenomenon the high ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold more books like this by C S Lewis add to wishlist A reinterpretation of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Psyche's great beauty incurs the wrath of Venus, who sends Cupid to punish her, but Cupid falls in love with Psyche. In this version, the main character is Psyche's ugly, jealous sister, in whose words the story is told. see all copies from £6.86! new only from £6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	To Kill a Mockingbird more books like this by Harper Lee add to wishlist TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is about the crisis of human behavior and conscience arising from the racism and prejudice that exist in the small Southern town during the Depression. Scout Finch, age 8, who lives with her brother, Jem, and their lawyer father, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama, tells the story of her father's defense of Tom Robinson, a young ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more books like this by Mark Twain add to wishlist Twain spent seven years writing HUCKLEBERRY FINN--the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on the Mississippi provides a panoramic view of Southern society, which Twain saw as beset by greed, violence, and coldhearted brutality in the guise of virtue. At the end of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Neverending Story more books like this by Michael Ende add to wishlist A strange book draws a lonely boy named Bastian into the doomed world of Fantastica. It seems that only Bastian can save Fantastica from the dragons, giants, monsters, and other terrors that haunt the land. Will Bastian be able to succeed at this dangerous quest? see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.63! \| first editions
16 view cover	Animal Farm more books like this by George Orwell add to wishlist Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Odyssey more books like this by Homer add to wishlist Perhaps the most celebrated of all Western narratives, the Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's roundabout voyage home to Ithaca where his beloved Penelope awaits. In stories along the way, he famously encounters Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and many, many others. This translation renders the classic more economically than others. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Pride & Prejudice more books like this by Jane Austen add to wishlist It's hard to believe that Jane Austen wrote the sophisticated and acerbic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE when she was only 21 years old, in 1797. Originally entitled FIRST IMPRESSIONS, the novel was rejected, revised, retitled, and finally published--anonymously--in 1813, only four years before Austen's untimely death. In PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Austen calls on ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Le Petit Prince more books like this by Antoine de Saint-Exupery add to wishlist Part fable, part fairy tale, part philosophy of life, THE LITTLE PRINCE tells the story of a pilot who crashes his airplane in the Sahara Desert, where he meets the Little Prince, a visitor from another planet. The Little Prince tells the pilot he has been traveling to many distant asteroids to get advice on how to care for his rose, the only ... see all copies from £5.11! new only from £5.11! \| first editions
20 view cover	Jane Eyre more books like this by Charlotte Bronte add to wishlist Charlotte Brontë's first novel, published in 1847, was based in part on the author's own days in a brutal boarding school where two of her sisters died of tuberculosis; her characterization of the place in her first published work was an act of revenge. The novel's heroine is a plain, impoverished, but spirited young governess who not only wins ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Boxed Set more books like this by J R R Tolkien add to wishlist This four-volume, deluxe paperback boxed set contains Tolkien's epic masterworks "The Hobbit" and the three volumes of "The Lord Of The Rings" ("The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers, " and "The Return Of The King") in their definitive text settings, complete with maps and cover illustrations from the motion pictures. see all copies from £8.38! new only from £15.37! \| first editions
22 view cover	Horton Hears a Who! more books like this by Dr Seuss add to wishlist Horton, the lovable elephant, tries to protect tiny creatures on a speck of dust. An easy reader with delightful verse and pictures. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from £3.11! new only from £8.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Lord of the Flies more books like this by Sir William Golding (Read by) add to wishlist In this now-classic tale--a terrifying variation on the traditional boys' adventure story--the brutal behavior of a group of English schoolboys left stranded on a deserted island after an atomic war is an allegory for the defects of society. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
24 view cover	Of Mice and Men more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist Steinbeck tells the classic story of three days in the lives of two migrant workers, Lennie Small and George Milton. Lennie, a simple-minded giant who doesn't know his own strength, wants only to settle down with his friend on a small farm where he will be allowed to feed the animals. When he inadvertently kills first a puppy, then a woman--the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Important Book more books like this by Margaret Wise Brown add to wishlist Originally published in 1949, this charming, careful examination of the natural world and various objects--from spoons to the sky--shares clear, simple ideas about the most important qualities of each one chosen. With generous repetition, readers will learn that "the important thing about grass is that it is green," or "the important thing about ... see all copies from £2.03! new only from £2.03! \| first editions

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