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1	Odyssey more books like this by Homer "Tell us, Goddess, daughter of Zeus, start in your own place: when all the rest at Troy had fled from that steep doom and gone back home, away from war and the salt sea, only this man longed for his wife and a way home." Homer's Odyssey, at once an exciting epic of strife and subterfuge and a deeply felt tale of love and devotion, stands at the ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Crime and Punishment more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment," by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": New ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies more books like this by Laura Esquivel Peppered with recipes, remedies and folky digressions, this novel is a treat. The heroine of this fantastical love story, Tita, the youngest of three Mexican daughters, is expected to devote her life to her widowed mother. When her lover, Pedro, asks her to marry him, her mother denies her permission and offers Rosaura, her sister, instead. Pedro ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The wind-up bird chronicle. more books like this by Haruki Murakami Toru Okada is an apparently happy man - his domestic routine seems familiar and comfortable. Admittedly, he has recently quit his job, the cat has disappeared, and a strange woman has begun to bother him with explicit phone calls. Then one day his wife does not come home from work. see all copies from £4.88! new only from £9.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	House of the Spirits more books like this by Isabel Allende Isabel Allende's compelling magical-realist saga about the Trueba family in Chile is a political and social history of the country, as well as a powerful novel of family relationships. The novel revolves around the lives of the larger-than-life patriarch Esteban, his elusive wife Clara, their rebellious daughter Blanca, and Blanca's out-of-wedlock ... see all copies from £1.78! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Aesops Fables more books like this by Aesop The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to older children and adults alike. ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Odyssey of Homer more books like this by Richmond Lattimore (Translator) This is Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' triumph over Troy and arduous journey home: Odysseus survives a storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his ... see all copies from £3.02! new only from £6.25! \| first editions
8	One Step Behind more books like this by Henning Mankell A serial killer invades the peaceful Swedish city of Ystad, and Chief Inspector Kurt Wallander soon finds that the killer is no ordinary criminal but an evil man determined on a most unusual--and deadly--mission. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £9.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The epic of Gilgamesh more books like this by N K Sandars (Introduction by) Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh's grief and fear of ... see all copies from £2.02! new only from £6.46! \| first editions
10	Idiot more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky " My intention is to portray a truly beautiful soul." -- Dostoevsky Despite the harsh circumstances besetting his own life -- object poverty, incessant gambling, the death of his firstborn child -- Dostoevsky produced a second masterpiece, The Idiot, just two years after completing Crime and Punishment. In it, a saintly man, Prince Myshkin, is ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Collected Fictions more books like this by Jorge Luis Borges This is a collection of Borges's fiction, translated and gathered into a single volume. From his 1935 debut with "The Universal History of Iniquity", through the influential collections "Ficciones" and "The Aleph", to his final work from the 1980s, "Shakespeare Memory". see all copies from £11.42! new only from £11.61! \| first editions
12 view cover	No Exit and Three Other Plays more books like this by Jean-Paul Sartre 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism. see all copies from £5.30! new only from £8.76! \| first editions
13 view cover	Analects more books like this by Confucius Few individuals have shaped their country's civilization more profoundly than the Master Kong (Confucius, 551-479 BC). Compulsory reading in the late Imperial period for all who wished to enter the Civil Service or Government, his sayings and those of his disciples form the foundation of a distinct social, ethical, and intellectual system. They ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £4.05! \| first editions
14 view cover	Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces more books like this by Maynard Mack (Editor) Edited by scholars, translators and teachers of the literary traditions represented, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces , Expanded Edition, offers nearly 3,000 pages per volume of the world's greatest literary landmarks, from early Egyptian love poetry to Chinua Achebe's stunning Things Fall Apart . Prized by teachers and students ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.03! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I more books like this by Sophocles, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) "These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."--Robert Brustein, "The New Republic" "This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."--Kenneth Rexroth, "The Nation" "The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.68!
16 view cover	The Odyssey: The Story of Odysseus more books like this by Homer, W H D Rouse (Preface by) 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 £5.29! new only from £5.43!
17 view cover	Glass Bead Game more books like this by Hermann Hesse The title of this novel refers to an ultra-aesthetic game played by scholars in the kingdom of Castalia around the year 2400. The game involves all branches of knowledge and spiritual values, especially those of the East. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £9.10! \| first editions
18 view cover	Bonjour tristesse more books like this by Francoise Sagan The French Riviera - home to the beautiful Cecile, a precocious 17-year-old, and her father Raymond. The duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. But when Raymond decides to marry, he lets loose in Cecile impulses to destroy, with tragic consequences. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Inferno more books like this by John Ciardi (Translator), Archibald T MacAllister (Introduction by), Dante Alighieri "The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ... see all copies from £5.43! new only from £5.43! \| first editions
20 view cover	Narcissus and Goldmund more books like this by Hermann Hesse "Narcissus and Goldmund "is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits. One of his students is the sensual, restless Goldmund, who is immediately drawn to his teacher's fierce intellect ... see all copies from £2.57! new only from £5.66! \| first editions
21 view cover	Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 more books like this by David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of "The Complete Greek Tragedies," Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of more than three ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £7.72! \| first editions
22 view cover	The fall more books like this by Albert Camus Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a successful Parisian barrister, has come to recognize the deep-seated hypocrisy of his existence. His epigrammatic and, above all, discomforting monologue gradually saps, then undermines, the reader's own complacency. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £8.19! \| first editions
23 view cover	Stories of Eva Luna more books like this by Isabel Allende Isabel Allende is one of the world's most beloved authors. In 1988, she introduced the world to Eva Luna in a novel of the same name that recounted the adventurous life of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Retruning to this tale, Allende presents "The Stories of Eva Luna," a treasure trove of ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Fairy tales more books like this by Hans Christian Andersen A new selection of 30 tales to mark the 200 year anniversary of Andersen's birth in 2005. Tiina Nunnally's sparkling translation captures the rawness and immediacy of Andersen's style, for the first time enabling English readers to be as startled and amazed as his original readers were, and revealing the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius. ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam more books like this by Edward Fitzgerald (Translator) Edward FitzGerald's translation of "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", perhaps the most frequently read Victorian poem and certainly one of the most popular poems in the English language, poses formidable challenges to an editor. FitzGerald compulsively revised his work, alternately swayed by friends' advice, importuned by his publisher's commercial ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.32! \| signed copies \| first editions

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