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| "Once Upon a Time : A Short History of Fairy Tale" |
| "From wicked queens beautiful princesses elves monsters and goblins to giants glass slippers poisoned apples magic keys and mirrors the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences both adults and children for centuries These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders and been passed on from generation to generation ever-changing renewed with each re-telling Few forms of literature have greater power to enchant us and rekindle our imagination than a fairy tale But what is a fairy tale? Where do they come from and what do they mean? What do they try and communicate to us about morality sexuality and society? The range of fairy tales stretches across great distances and time; their history is entangled with folklore and myth and their inspiration draws on ideas about nature and the supernatural imagination and fantasy psychoanalysis and feminism Marina Warner has loved fairy tales over a long writing life and she explores here a multitude of tales through the ages their different manifestations on the page the stage and the screen From the phenomenal rise of Victorian and Edwardian literature to contemporary children's stories Warner unfolds a glittering array of examples from classics such as Red Riding Hood Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty the Grimm Brothers' Hansel and Gretel and Hans Andersen's The Little Mermaid to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's Snow White and gothic interpretations such as Pan's Labyrinth In ten succinct chapters Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in their brilliant and fantastical variations in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history Her book makes a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture"
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| "Karl Marx: Selected Writings" |
| "This second edition of McLellan's comprehensive selection of Marx's writings includes carefully selected extracts from the whole range of Marx's political philosophical and economic thought Each section of the book deals with a different period of Marx's life with the sections arranged in chronological order thus allowing the reader to trace the development of Marx's thought from his early years as a student and political journalist in Germany right through to his final letters of the early 1880s The inclusion of extracts from some of Marx's less well-known works alongside selections from classic texts such as The Communist Manifesto and Capital provides the reader with an unparalleled overview of Marx's thinking whilst Professor McLellan's fully updated and revised introduction and bibliographical notes accompanying each extract put Marx's writings into biographical and historical context This edition also includes a general bibliography and a full index of names and ideas as well as a new general introduction for each section of the book by Professor McLellan As with the first edition this comprehensive and clearly structured selection of Marx's writings will be essential reading for all those interested in the political thought of this perennially important figure in Western political philosophy"
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| "Contemporary Political Philosophy : An Introduction" |
| "This edition of Will Kymlicka's best selling critical introduction to contemporary political theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo-American political philosophy in the last 11 years particularly the new debates on political liberalism deliberative democracy civic republicanism nationalism and cultural pluralism The book now includes two new chapters on citizenship theory and multiculturalism in addition to updated chapters on utilitarianism liberal egalitarianism libertarianism socialism communitarianism and feminism The many thinkers discussed include G A Cohen Ronald Dworkin William Galston Carol Gilligan R M Hare Catherine Mackinnon David Miller Philippe Van Parijs Susan Okin Robert Nozick John Rawls John Roemer Michael Sandel Charles Taylor Michael Walzer and Iris Young Extended guides to further reading have been added at the end of each chapter listing the most important books and articles on each school of thought as well as relevant journals and websites Covering some of the most advanced contemporary thinking Will Kymlicka writes in an engaging accessible and non-technical way to ensure the book is suitable for readers approaching these concepts for the first time This second edition promises to build on the original edition's success as a key text in the teaching of modern political theory"
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| "Blackstone's Police Q&A: Evidence and Procedure 2017" |
| "Blackstone's Police Q&As 2017 are the essential revision tool for all police officers sitting the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination (formerly OSPRE(R) Part I) Written in partnership with the best-selling Blackstone's Police Manuals the only study guides endorsed by the College of Policing the Q&As' experienced author team follow subjects in the same sequence as the Manuals providing the most authoritative means of self-testing outside of the promotion examinations Blackstone's Police Q&A Evidence and Procedure 2017 contains hundreds of multiple-choice questions designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the Evidence and Procedure Manual Matching the only format of questions you will see in an NPPF Step Two Legal Examination each question has a detailed and comprehensive answer that highlights not only the correct response but also the reasoning behind the incorrect responses allowing candidates to highlight any gaps or weaknesses in their knowledge Ful"
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| "The Masnavi. Book Four" |
| "'Joking is teaching so take care to listen - Don't look at just the joke's form of expression To jesters every serious thing's hilarious While to the wise hilarious jokes are serious' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian and the Masnavi is his masterpiece Divided into six books and consisting of some 26000 verses the poem was designed to convey a message of divine love and unity to the disciples of Rumi's Sufi order known today as the Whirling Dervishes Like the earlier books Book Four interweaves amusing stories with homilies to instruct pupils in understanding of God's meaning It has a special focus on the mystical knowledge of the spiritual guide elaborated through stories such as Solomon's inspiration to the Queen of Sheba and animal fables This is the first ever verse translation of Book Four of the Masnavi It follows the original by presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets"
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| "Gaia : A New Look at Life on Earth" |
| "In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism Written for non-scientists Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a radically different model of our planet In contrast to conventional belief that life is passive in the face of threats to its existence the book explores the hypothesis that the Earth's living matter influences air ocean and rock to form a complex self-regulating system that has the capacity to keep the Earth a fit place for life Since Gaia was first published Jim Lovelock's hypothesis has become a hotly debated topic in scientific circles In a new Preface to this edition he outlines his view of the present state of the debate Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas and shaped the way we think"
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| "Oxygen : The molecule that made the world" |
| "Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life Three hundred million years ago in Carboniferous times dragonflies grew as big as seagulls with wingspans of nearly a metre Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today - probably as much as 35 per cent Giant spiders tree-ferns marine rock formations and fossil charcoals all tell the same story High oxygen levels may also explain the global firestorm that contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs after the asteroid impact The strange and profound effects that oxygen has had on the evolution of life pose a riddle which this book sets out to answer Oxygen is a toxic gas Divers breathing pure oxygen at depth suffer from convulsions and lung injury Fruit flies raised at twice normal atmospheric levels of oxygen live half as long as their siblings Reactive forms of oxygen known as free radicals are thought to cause ageing in people Yet if atmospheric oxygen reached 35 per cent in the Carboniferous why did it promote exuberant growth instead of rapid ageing and death?Oxygen takes the reader on an enthralling journey as gripping as a thriller as it unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death The book explains far more than the size of ancient insects it shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity the birth of photosynthesis the sudden evolution of animals the need for two sexes the accelerated ageing of cloned animals like Dolly the sheep and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds Drawing on this grand evolutionary canvas Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on our own lives and deaths explaining modern killer diseases why we age and what we can do about it Advancing revelatory new ideas following chains of evidence the book ranges through many disciplines from environmental sciences to molecular medicine The result is a captivating vision of contemporary science and a humane synthesis of our place in nature This remarkable book might just redefine the way we think about the world Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas and shaped the way we think"
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| "The Selfish Gene : 40th Anniversary edition" |
| "The million copy international bestseller critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages As influential today as when it was first published The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication This imaginative powerful and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience but galvanized the biology community generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research Forty years later its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published This 40th anniversary edition includes a new epilogue from the author discussing the continuing relevance of these ideas in evolutionary biology today as well as the original prefaces and foreword and extracts from early reviews Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas and shaped the way we think"
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| "The Extended Selfish Gene" |
| "The Selfish Gene is a classic exposition of evolutionary thought In it Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for the replication of genes The book provoked widespread and heated debate which in part led Dawkins to write The Extended Phenotype in which he gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection as well as contributing his own development of this insight For the first time The Extended Selfish Gene brings these two books together by including two key chapters from The Extended Phenotype These chapters provide Dawkins's detailed and powerful response to two issues raised by critics of The Selfish Gene the accusations of genetic determinism (the idea that our behaviour is entirely determined by our genes) and of adaptationism (that all traits are indiscriminately perceived to be adaptations resulting from natural selection) While written in particular for the biology community Dawkins's clarity of expression allows these chapters to be accessible to all who are seriously engaged with the gene's eye view and its implications The imaginative powerful and stylistically brilliant Selfish Gene not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience but galvanized the biology community generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research Forty years later its insights remain as significant as on the day it was published Along with the two extra chapters The Extended Selfish Gene includes a new epilogue to The Selfish Gene from the author which highlights the relevance of the gene's eye view to evolutionary biology today"
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| "The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries they ruled much of Central Europe and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain Through the Spanish connection they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New World spreading eastwards to include the Philippines Reaching from South-East Asia to what is now Ukraine the Habsburg Empire was truly global In this Very Short Introduction Martin Rady looks at the history of the Habsburgs from their tenth-century origins in Switzerland to the dissolution of the Habsburg Empire in 1918 He introduces the pantheon of Habsburg rulers which included adventurers lunatics and at least one monarch who was so malformed that his true portrait could never be exhibited He also discusses the lands and kingdoms that made up the Habsburg Empire and the decisive moments that shaped their history Dynasty Europe global power and the idea of the multi-national state all converge on the history of the Habsburg Empire ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "A Dictionary of Critical Theory" |
| "With over 750 authoritative entries covering all areas of critical theory this dictionary is an essential reference work for anyone needing a clear guide to theory from feminism to globalization from Marxism to psychoanalysis This edition is fully revised and updated"
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| "The Causes of War and the Spread of Peace : But Will War Rebound?" |
| "Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence why people fight and can they stop Spanning warfare from prehistory to the 21st century the book shows that neither an irresistible drive nor a cultural invention deadly violence and warfare have figured prominently in our behavioural toolkit since the dawn of our species People have always alternated between cooperation peaceful competition and violence to attain evolution-shaped human desires A marked shift in the balance between these options has occurred since the onset of the industrial age Rather than modern war becoming more costly (it hasn't) it is peace that has become more rewarding Scrutinizing existing theories concerning the decline of war - such as the 'democratic peace' and 'capitalist peace' - Gat shows that they in fact partake of a broader Modernization Peace that has been growing since 1815 By now war has disappeared within the world's most developed areas Finally Gat explains why the Modernization Peace has been disrupted in the past as during the two World Wars and how challenges to it may still arise They include claimants to alternative modernity - such as China and Russia - anti-modernists and failed modernizers that may spawn terrorism potentially unconventional While the world has become more peaceful than ever before there is still much to worry about in terms of security and no place for complacency"
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| "Tomorrow's Lawyers : An Introduction to Your Future" |
| "Tomorrow's Lawyers predicts that we are at the beginning of a period of fundamental transformation in law a time in which we will see greater change than we have seen in the past two centuries Where the future of the legal service will be a world of internet-based global businesses online document production commoditized service legal process outsourcing and web based simulation practice Legal markets will be liberalized with new jobs for lawyers and new employers too This book is a definitive guide to this future - for young and aspiring lawyers and for all who want to modernize our legal and justice systems It introduces the new legal landscape and offers practical guidance for those who intend to build careers and businesses in law Tomorrow's Lawyers is divided into three parts The first is an updated restatement of Richard Susskind's views on the future of legal services as laid out in his previous bestselling works The Future of Law Transforming the Law and The End of Lawyers? He identifies key drivers of change such as the economic downturn and considers how these will impact on the legal marketplace In the second part Susskind sketches out the new legal landscape as he predicts it including the changing role of law firms and in-house lawyers with virtual hearings and online dispute resolution The third part focuses on the prospects for aspiring lawyers predicting what new jobs and new employers there will be and equipping prospective lawyers with penetrating questions to put to their current and future employers This new edition has been fully updated to include an introduction to online dispute resolution Susskind's views on the debates surrounding artificial intelligence and its role in the legal world a new analysis of new jobs available for lawyers and a retrospective evaluation of The Future of Law Susskind's prediction published in 1996 about the future of legal services This is the essential introduction to the future of law for those who want to succeed in the rapidly changing legal landscape"
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| "Catholicism: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife the Roman Catholic Church remains a vast and influential presence in our modern world But what were its origins and how has it changed and adapted over the centuries? After Pope Benedict XVI dramatically resigned in early 2013 (the first Pope to resign since the fifteenth century) and Pope Francis was elected many wondered what direction he would lead the Church in and whether the Church could modernise in the face of the demands of our world In this Very Short Introduction Gerald O'Collins covers the history of the Catholic Church and considers some of the key issues facing Catholicism today such as the catastrophic revelations about clerical child abuse the impact of the growth of Islam and the destruction in the Middle East of ancient Christian church communities He also shows how Catholics are being increasingly challenged by an opposition between their traditional Christian values and rights which are endorsed by the secular world such as the right to physician assisted suicide or same-sex marriage and considers the future for the largest and oldest institution in the world ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "The Future of the Professions : How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts" |
| "This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them In an internet-enhanced society according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind we will neither need nor want doctors teachers accountants architects the clergy consultants lawyers and many others to work as they did in the 20th century The Future of the Professions explains how increasingly capable technologies - from telepresence to artificial intelligence - will place the 'practical expertise' of the finest specialists at the fingertips of everyone often at no or low cost and without face-to-face interaction The authors challenge the 'grand bargain' - the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today's professionals They argue that our current professions are antiquated opaque and no longer affordable and that the expertise of their best is enjoyed only by a few In their place they propose five new models for producing and distributing expertise in society The book raises profound policy issues not least about employment (they envisage a new generation of 'open-collared workers') and about control over online expertise (they warn of new 'gatekeepers') - in an era when machines become more capable than human beings at most tasks Based on the authors' in-depth research of more than a dozen professions and illustrated by numerous examples from each this is the first book to assess and question the future of the professions in the 21st century"
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| "The Calculus Story : A Mathematical Adventure" |
| "Calculus is the key to much of modern science and engineering It is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics But it is also something of a mathematical adventure largely because of the way infinity enters at virtually every twist and turnIn The Calculus Story David Acheson presents a wide-ranging picture of calculus and its applications from ancient Greece right up to the present day Drawing on their original writings he introduces the people who helped to build our understanding of calculus With a step by step treatment he demonstrates how to start doing calculus from the very beginning"
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| "Logic: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy and even less to do with real life In this lively and accessible introduction Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is He explores the philosophical roots of the subject explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory Along the way the basics of formal logic are explained in simple non-technical terms showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy In this new edition Graham Priest expands his discussion to cover the subjects of algorithms and axioms and proofs in mathematics ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "Oxford First Picture Dictionary by Oxford University Press (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "A fun first alphabetic picture dictionary to introduce children aged 4 upwards to reading and writing and looking up words It has over 500 words listed in alphabetical order each with an illustration and a useful phrase The alphabet down the side of each page with the appropriate letter highlighted teaches first navigation skills Additional thematic sections at the back focus on themes - including words from the calendar outer space fairy tales plus the everyday world of the classroom and the playground Val Biro's delightful animals and other characters make this the most attractive introduction to first dictionary skills"
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| "Oxford First Learner's French Dictionary by Oxford University Press (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "A new edition of Oxford's primary bilingual dictionary for all first learners of French The Oxford First Learner's French Dictionary is a bilingual French dictionary the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11 This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design the alphabet down the side of each page and colour headwords that lead the pupil straight to the translation they are looking for It gives core vocabulary with phrases and context examples as well as special level-appropriate language tips on grammar and usage and cultural tips about life in France The dictionary has been designed to meet the requirements of the KS2 Framework for Languages and will be a useful resource not only for pupils but also for primary teachers who may be teaching the language for the first time and for parents who need to help their child with homework This dictionary will support and guide and help create an enthusiasm for finding out about other languages and cultures"
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| "Oxford Student Atlas 2012 by Patrick Wiegand (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "This new edition of the Oxford Student Atlas includes stunning satellite images country data and easy-to-read colourful mapping presented in an accessible visual layout based on research into how students use maps The atlas covers key exam specification themes and issues such as earthquakes and volcanoes climate and climate change economic activity development and globalisation It includes comprehensive coverage of the British Isles Europe and the world It is the ideal atlas for students to use on exam courses Also available an e-Atlas CD-ROM providing an interactive version of the atlas suitable for both individual study and whole-class display"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Oxford School Atlas by Patrick Wiegand (Hardback, 2012)" |
| "This new edition of the Oxford School Atlas includes country data and easy-to-read colourful mapping presented in an accessible visual layout based on research into how students use maps The atlas covers key curriculum themes such as earthquakes and volcanoes climate economic activity and development It includes comprehensive coverage of the British Isles and case studies of Italy Kenya Brazil Japan China California the Indian Ocean tsunami Hurricane Katrina and Antarctica Also availablee-Atlas CD-ROM providing an interactive version of the atlas suitable for both individual study and whole-class display"
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| "The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "'One ought to choose something very deliberately and be faithful to that' Isabel Archer is a young intelligent and spirited American girl determined to relish her first experience of Europe She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty and independence declaring that she will never marry Thanks to the generosity of her devoted cousin Ralph she is free to make her own choice about her destiny Yet in the intoxicating worlds of Paris Florence and Rome her fond illusions of self-reliance are twisted by the machinations of her friends and apparent allies What had seemed to be a vista of infinite promise steadily closes around her and becomes instead a 'house of suffocation' Considered by many as one of the finest novels in the English language this is Henry James's most poised achievement written at the height of his fame in 1881 It is at once a dramatic Victorian tale of betrayal and a wholly modern psychological study of a woman caught in a web of relations she only comes to understand too late This edition reproduces the revised New York Edition with James's own Preface ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "'We have heard much of the rage of fanaticism in former days but nothing to this' A wretched young man 'an outcast in the world' tells the story of his upbringing by a heretical Calvinist minister who leads him to believe that he is one of the elect predestined for salvation and thus above the moral law Falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself he embarks on a career as a serial murderer Robert Wringhim's Memoirs are presented by an editor whose attempts to explain the story only succeed in intensifying its more baffling and bizarre aspects Is Wringhim the victim of a psychotic delusion or has he been tempted by the devil to wage war against God's enemies? Hogg's sardonic and terrifying novel too perverse for nineteenth-century taste is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Romantic fiction The first edition text of 1824 has been freshly considered for this new edition A critical introduction explores the remarkable career of the novel's author and its historical theological and cultural contexts ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "&39;you are to understand Mr Pip that the name of the person who is your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret&39;Young Pip lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London Pip is haunted by figures from his past - the escaped convict Magwitch the time-withered Miss Havisham and her proud and beautiful ward Estella - and in time uncovers not just the origins of his great expectations but the mystery of his own heart A powerful and moving novel Great Expectations is suffused with Dickens&39;s memories of the past and its grip on the present and it raises disturbing questions about the extent to which individuals affect each other&39;s lives This edition includes a lively introduction Dickens&39;s working notes the novel&39;s original ending and an extract from an early theatrical adaptation It reprints the definitive Clarendon text ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World&39;s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford&39;s commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "The Castle by Anthea Bell, Franz Kafka (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "'K kept feeling that he had lost himself or was further away in a strange land than anyone had ever been before' A remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial sexually predatory bureaucrats - this is the setting for Kafka's story about a man seeking both acceptance in the village and access to the castle Kafka breaks new ground in evoking a dense village community fraught with tensions and recounting an often poignant occasionally farcical love-affair He also explores the relation between the individual and power and asks why the villagers so readily submit to an authority which may exist only in their collective imagination Published only after Kafka's death The Castle appeared in the same decade as modernist masterpieces by Eliot Joyce Woolf Mann and Proust and is among the central works of modern literature This translation follows the text established by critical scholarship and manuscript variants are mentioned in the notes The introduction provides guidance to the text without reducing the reader's own freedom to make sense of this fascinatingly enigmatic novel ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "The Trial by Franz Kafka (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "'Someone must have been telling tales about Josef K for one morning without having done anything wrong he was arrested' A successful professional man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained The mysterious court which conducts his trial is outwardly co-operative but capable of horrific violence Faced with this ambiguous authority Josef K gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure He consults various advisers without escaping his fate Was there some way out that he failed to see? Kafka's unfinished novel has been read as a study of political power a pessimistic religious parable or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the problem One of the iconic figures of modern world literature Kafka writes about universal problems of guilt responsibility and freedom; he offers no solutions but provokes his readers to arrive at meanings of their own This new edition includes the fragmentary chapters that were omitted from the main text in a translation that is both natural and exact and an introduction that illuminates the novel and its author ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "Ulysses by James Joyce (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Ulysses one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century has had a profound influence on modern fiction In a series of episodes covering the course of a single day 16 June 1904 the novel traces the movements of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus through the streets of Dublin Each episode has its own literary style and the epic journey of Odysseus is only one of many correspondencies that add layers of meaning to the text Ulysses has been the subject of controversy since copies of the first English edition were burned by the New York Post Office Authorities Today critical interest centres on the authority of the text and this edition complete with an invaluable Introduction notes and appendices republishes for the first time without interference the original 1922 text ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World&39;s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford&39;s commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "This classic story of high adventure manic obsession and metaphysical speculation was Melville's masterpiece The tale of Captain Ahab's frantic pursuit of the cunning and notorious white whale Moby Dick is packed with drama and draws heavily on the author's own experiences on the high seas This edition includes passages from Melville's correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne in which the two discussed the philosophical depths of the novel's plot and imagery ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it' When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted he is captivated by his own beauty Tempted by his world-weary decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton he wishes to stay forever young and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks Set in fin-de-siecle London the novel traces a path from the studio of painter Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End As Dorian's slide into crime and cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful while his beautiful portrait changes revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay Ever since its first publication in 1890 Wilde's only novel has remained the subject of critical controversy Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale it has been denounced by others for its implicit immorality Combining elements of the supernatural aestheticism and the Gothic The Picture of Dorian Gray is an unclassifiable and uniquely unsettling work of fiction ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "Heart of Darkness and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "HEART OF DARKNESS AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS KARAIN YOUTH The finest of all Conrad's tales 'Heart of Darkness' is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent the renowned and formidable Mr Kurtz What he sees on his journey and his eventual encounter with Kurtz horrify and perplex him and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted for film radio and television the story shows Conrad at his most intense and sophisticated The other three tales in this volume depict corruption and obsession and question racial assumptions Set in the exotic surroundings of Africa Malaysia and the east they variously appraise the glamour folly and rapacity of imperial adventure This revised edition uses the English first edition texts and has a new chronology and bibliography ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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