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Rights of Man (Paine, T.)
This work is a statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. It argues that people are born with a set of natural rights and that any society that violates those rights is flawed and should be…
€ 5,³⁵
Sanshiro (Natsume Soseki)
Sanshiro (Natsume Soseki)
€ 9,³⁰
Scoop
One of Evelyn Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news. Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himsel
€ 13,³⁰
Secret Garden (Burnett, F. H.)
Secret Garden (Burnett, F. H.)
€ 9,³⁵
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence, T.E.)
Written between 1919 and 1926, this text tells of the campaign aganist the Turks in the Middle East, encompassing gross acts of cruelty and revenge, ending in a welter of stink and corpses in a Damascus hospital.
€ 5,³⁵
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories (Doyle, A.C.)
The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals.
€ 14,⁶⁵
Social Contract (Rousseau, J.J.)
In this translated classic, Rousseau argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. He says that we can only be free under the law by voluntarily embracing that law as our own. Hence, being free in society…
€ 5,³⁵
Starry, Starry Night (Willett, Marcia)
The night she shared her secret . . . The night he'll always remember. This delightful new novel from Marcia Willett is ideal for fans of Katie Fforde and Fern Britton.
€ 22,⁶⁰
Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio (Pu Songling)
Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio (Pu Songling)
€ 17,³⁰
Symposium and The Death of Socrates (Plato)
"Symposium" gives an account of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The other dialogues collected here under the title "The Death of Socrates" tell the tale of how Socrates was put on trial for…
€ 5,³⁵
Tao te Ching (Lao Tzu)
Dating for around 300 BC, this is an early work of the Chinese school of philosophy called Taoism. It offers a complete view of the cosmos and how human beings should respond to it. It has mystical insight into the nature of…
€ 5,³⁵
Tender is the Night
These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash, the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most
€ 19,⁹⁵
Tender is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald's last completed novel, Tender is the Night is edited by Arnold Goldman with an introduction and notes by Richard Godden in Penguin Modern Classics. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the Fre
€ 10,⁶⁵
Tender is the Night / The Last Tycoon (Fitzgerald, F.S.)
Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the 'Roaring Twenties'. Even in its incomplete state The Last Tycoon remains the greatest American novel about Hollywood and contains some of…
€ 3,³⁵
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman
€ 4,⁰⁰