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1	Catcher in the Rye more books like this by J. D. Salinger The hero-narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex ... see all copies from £2.07! new only from £4.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Night Before Christmas more books like this by Clement Clarke Moore "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." These familiar words have never before been illustrated with such style. Magnificent paintings by American artist Richard Jesse Watson infuse traditional images with pizzazz and flair. From cozy interiors to snowy landscapes, each ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Atlas Shrugged more books like this by Ayn Rand Published in 1957, "Atlas Shrugged" was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel, she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the ... see all copies from £6.61! new only from £7.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Fountainhead more books like this by Ayn Rand The Fountainhead is an unprecedented phenomenon in modern literature. Arguably the century's most challenging novel of ideas, when first published in 1943 it created a public furor and worldwide interest in its brilliant author, Ayn Rand. On the surface, it is a story of a gifted young architect, his violent battle with conventional standards, and ... see all copies from £2.12! new only from £7.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Alchemist more books like this by Paulo Coelho My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Me Talk Pretty One Day more books like this by D Sedaris Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious new pieces, including 'Me Talk Pretty One Day', about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Macbeth more books like this by William Shakespeare The Boynton/Cook editions of four of Shakespeare's most popular plays have been reissued with attractive new cover designs and printed on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series is specifically designed for high school classes. Students will be able to see each play as a whole. In their introduction to each of the plays, editors Mack and ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Their Eyes Were Watching God more books like this by Zora Neale Hurston One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Brave New World more books like this by Aldous Huxley When the novel "Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy. He ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Old Man and the Sea more books like this by Ernest Hemingway The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, "The Old Man and the Sea" has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Joy Luck Club more books like this by Amy Tan A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including titles from Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Alex Madina, Jo Phillips and Adrian Barlow. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Red Tent more books like this by Anita Diamant Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her fate is merely hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the verses of the "Book of Genesis" that recount the life of Jacob and his infamous dozen sons. The "Red Tent" is an extraordinary and engrossing tale of ancient womanhood and family honour. Told in Dinah's voice, it opens with the story of her ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Anna Karenina more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count In 1872 the mistress of a neighbouring landowner threw herself under a train at a station near Tolstoy's home. This gave Tolstoy the starting point he needed for composing what many believe to be the greatest novel ever written. In writing "Anna Karenina" he moved away from the vast historical sweep of "War and Peace" to tell, with extraordinary ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Prophet more books like this by Kahlil Gibran First published in the 1920's, The Prophet an inspirational, allegorical guide to living, the book is perhaps the most famous work of religious fiction of the Twentieth Century and has sold millions of copies in more than twenty languages. Gibran's protagonist, called simply 'the Prophet', delivers spiritual, yet practical, homilies on a wide ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	All Quiet on the Western Front more books like this by Erich Maria Remarque The Greatest Novel about the First World War and an International Bestseller All Quiet on the Western Front is probably the most famous anti-war novel ever written. The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war; under fire, on patrol, waiting ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Killer Angels more books like this by Michael Shaara This title is a novelized account of the Battle of Gettysburg. Despite carrying a letter from Lincoln offering peace on the South's terms, General Robert E. Lee resolved on one mighty blow to finally destroy the Federal Army of the Potomac. see all copies from £3.13! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Handmaid's Tale more books like this by Margaret Atwood The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	On the Road more books like this by Jack Kerouac "On the Road" swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than Scott Fitzgerald, and it goes racing towards the ... see all copies from £1.76! new only from £4.21! \| first editions
19 view cover	Bluest Eye more books like this by Toni Morrison The chronicle of the tragic lives of a poor black family in 1940s America. Every night Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays for blue eyes like those of her white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by her family's frailty and the world's cruelty. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	One Hundred Years of Solitude more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez One of the 20th century's enduring works, "One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize- winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendi a family. It is a rich and ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £7.35! \| first editions
21 view cover	War & Peace more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, "War and Peace"? presented here in the first new English translation in forty years?is often considered the greatest novel ever written. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering; and Natasha Rostov, ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Sun Also Rises more books like this by Ernest Hemingway Published in 1926 to explosive acclaim, "The Sun Also Rises" stands as perhaps the most impressive first novel ever written by an American writer. A roman a clef about a group of American and English expatriates on an excursion from Paris's Left Bank to Pamplona for the July fiesta and its climactic bull fight, a journey from the center of a ... see all copies from £3.65! new only from £6.32! \| first editions
23 view cover	East of Eden more books like this by John Steinbeck Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Stranger more books like this by Albert Camus This handy guide places Albert Camus' The Stranger, one of the seminal texts of existentialism and twentieth-century literature in general, in the context of French and French-Algerian history and culture. In it, Patrick McCarthy examines the way the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction. In addition, he explores the parallels and the ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.21! \| first editions
25 view cover	And Then There Were None more books like this by Agatha Christie Volume 34 in the Agatha Christie Collection (1939) Limited edition of 800 copies worldwide Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.25! \| first editions

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