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| "The Thames Path" |
| "A guidebook to walking the Thames Path a 180-mile National Trail from the Thames Barrier to the river's source in near Cirencester passing from central London through Windsor Henley and Oxford and rural countryside Described in 20 sections of between 4 and 16 miles (65-32km) it is an mainly flat route with good access by public transport and typically takes two weeks to walk On its way it passes historic sites such as Greenwich Kew Gardens Hampton Court Runnymede Windsor Castle and Oxford This guidebook features complete OS 150000 scale mapping of the route and comprehensive information about accommodation facilities refreshments and transport links for each stage of the route It is crammed with fascinating details about the places and features passed along the way A separate pocket-sized map booklet is also included showing the full route on 125000 scale OS maps providing all the mapping needed to complete the trail The Thames Path is an easy riverside walk that discovers the constantly changing character of the River Thames"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Torres del Paine : Chile's Premier National Park and Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park" |
| "Guidebook to walking and trekking in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park and Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park areas of Patagonia Eight different walks and treks are described including the 10-11 day Torres del Paine Circuit one of the world's great treks as well as the shorter Half Circuit (4-5 days) The guide also includes other multi day treks and several day walks as well as excursions from both Puerto Natales and El Calafate The 140km Torres del Paine 'O' Circuit in the far southern Andes is a long-distance trek of staggering beauty as it circuits the Paine massif This route typically takes 10-11 days to complete and is suitable for competent trekkers While Torres del Paine National Park offers a remote wilderness walking is easily accessible with clear trails good public transport and regular mountain huts and campsites The guidebook helps walkers and trekkers venture into Patagonia with confidence and includes advice on getting to and around the regions languages visa currency accommodation facilities in the National Parks as well as useful guidance on what to take and expect on the treks Full background information on the geology history wildlife flora and cultures of the regions are also explored resulting in an excellent companion guide to walking and trekking in Torres del Paine and Los Glaciares"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood University of Sussex Pride and Prejudice which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature is an ironic novel of manners In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband With its wit its social precision and above all its irresistible heroine Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language"
Price: 2.99 |
| "The Complete Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies Father Brown one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911 That first collection of stories established GK Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Considered by many to be Dickens&39; finest novel Great Expectations traces the growth of the book&39;s narrator Philip Pirrip (Pip) from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes the story abounds with some of Dickens&39; most memorable characters Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella Pip&39;s good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook As Pip unravels the truth behind his own &39;great expectations&39; in his quest to become a gentleman the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him towards maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "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 infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891 and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic It tells of Tess Durbeyfield the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age In addressing the double standards of the time Hardy's masterly evocation of a world which we have lost provides one of the most compelling stories in the canon of English literature whose appeal today defies the judgement of Hardy's contemporary critics"
Price: 2.99 |
| "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Jacqueline Belanger University of Cardiff A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce&39;s Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses and is essential to the understanding of the later work This novel is a highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus who reappears in Ulysses and who comes to realize that before he can become a true artist he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion politics and essential bigotry of his background in late 19th century Ireland Written with a light touch this is perhaps the most accessible of Joyce&39;s works"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury and co-editor of Poetry Review' Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that reaped' his leg The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic But it is also a hymn to democracy Bent as the crew is on Ahab's appalling crusade it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work all hands dependent on all hands each individual responsible for the security of each Among the crew is Ishmael the novel's narrator ordinary sailor and extraordinary reader Digressive allusive vulgar transcendent the story Ishmael tells is above all an educationin the practice of whaling in the art of writing Expanding to equal his mighty theme' - not only the whale but all things sublime - Melville breathes in the world's great literature Moby Dick is the greatest novel ever written by an American"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson University of Kent at Canterbury Tom Sawyer a shrewd and adventurous boy is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn The two enjoy a series of adventures accidentally witnessing a murder establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused as well as being hunted by Injun Joe the true murderer eventually escaping and finding the treasure that Joe had buried Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck who runs away from a drunken and brutal father and meets up with the escaped slave Jim They float down the Mississippi on a raft participating in the lives of the characters they meet witnessing corruption moral decay and intellectual impoverishment Sharing so much in background and character these two stories the best of Twain indisputably belong together in one volume Though originally written as adventure stories for young people the vivid writing provides a profound commentary on provincial American life in the mid-nineteenth century and the institution of slavery"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland University of Exeter Illustrations by George Cruickshank Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty desperation fear temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity Oliver Twist features some of the author's most enduring characters such as Oliver himself (who dares to ask for more) the tyrannical Bumble the diabolical Fagin the menacing Bill Sikes Nancy and 'the Artful Dodger' For any reader wishing to delve into the works of the great Victorian literary colossus Oliver Twist is without doubt an essential title"
Price: 2.99 |
| "The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by John ML Drew University of Buckingham Wilde's only novel first published in 1890 is a brilliantly designed puzzle intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art life and consequence From its provocative Preface challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake' to its sensational conclusion the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895 and he later recalled the 'note of doom' which runs like 'a purple thread' through its carefully crafted prose"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin San Francisco University 'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security' Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities Elinor's character is one of Augustan detachment while Marianne a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival This book the first of Austen's novels to be published remains as fresh a cautionary tale today as it ever was"
Price: 2.99 |
| "The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Far from fading with time Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation Rat Mole Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his Poop-poop-poop' road-hogging new motor-car) have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall Grahame's book was later dramatised by A A Milne and became a perennial Christmas favourite as Toad of Toad Hall It continues to enchant and above all perhaps inspire great affection"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue Canterbury Christ Church University College Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance she possesses an indomitable spirit a sharp wit and great courage She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian a harsh employer and a rigid social order All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester However there is great kindness and warmth in this epic love story which is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire moors Ultimately the grand passion of Jane and Rochester is called upon to survive cruel revelation loss and reunion only to be confronted with tragedy"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts Rutherford College University of Kent at Canterbury Tom Jones is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels It is certainly the funniest Tom Jones the hero of the book is introduced to the reader as the ward of a liberal Somerset squire Tom is a generous but slightly wild and feckless country boy with a weakness for young women Misfortune followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his fortune teach him a sort of wisdom to go with his essential good-heartedness This comic epic poem in prose' will make the modern reader laugh as much as it did his forbears Its biting satire finds an echo in today's society for as Doris Lessing recently remarked This country becomes every day more like the eighteenth century full of thieves and adventurers rogues and a robust unhypocritical savagery side-by-side with people lecturing others on morality'"
Price: 3.99 |
| "The Odyssey by Homer (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway University of London Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus Greek warrior as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War His colourful adventures his endurance his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece 2800 years ago This poem has been translated many times over the years but Chapman's sinewy gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer' 'Much have I travelled in the realms of gold'This new Wordsworth edition of Chapman's Homer contains accessible annotation and a detailed introduction that places his masterpiece in the context of his own day and discusses its influences on later poets"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Call of the Wild & White Fang by Jack London (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly University of Reading The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s The Call of the Wild is about Buck the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack The story records the 'decivilisation' of Buck as he answers 'the call of the wild' an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds In contrast White Fang relates the tale of a wolf born and bred in the wild which is civilised by the master he comes to trust and love The brutal world of the Klondike miners and their dogs is brilliantly evoked and Jack London's rendering of the sentient life of Buck and White Fang as they confront their destiny is enthralling and convincing The deeper resonance of these stories derives from the author's use of the myth of the hero who survives by strength and courage a powerful myth that still appeals to our collective unconscious"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts Rutherford College University of Kent at Canterbury Jonathan Swift&39;s classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726 seven years after Defoe&39;s Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal) As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies whose names have entered the English language notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput the giants of Brobdingnag and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland where talking horses are the dominant species It spares no vested interest from its irreverent wit and its attack on political and financial corruption as well as abuses in science continue to resonate in our own times"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Emma by Jane Austen (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury University of Reading Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like' but Emma is irresistible 'Handsome clever and rich' Emma is also an 'imaginist' 'on fire with speculation and foresight' She sees the signs of romance all around her but thinks she will never be married Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective Judgement and imagination are matched in games the reader too can enjoy and the end is a triumph of understanding"
Price: 2.99 |
| "The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Henry Claridge Senior Lecturer School of English University of Kent at Canterbury This is a troubling story of crime sin guilt punishment and expiation set in the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England The young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges However it is not so much her harsh sentence but the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed that hold the reader enthralled all the way to the book's poignant climax"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an exclusive introduction and notes by David Stuart Davies Translation by Louis Mercier Professor Aronnax his faithful servant Conseil and the Canadian harpooner Ned Land begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster However the monster turns out to be a giant submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo by whom they are soon held captive So begins not only one of the great adventure classics by Jules Verne the 'Father of Science Fiction' but also a truly fantastic voyage from the lost city of Atlantis to the South Pole"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood University of Sussex Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park it has quite unexpected results The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results re-examining her own feelings while enduring the cheerful amorality old-fashioned indifference and priggish disapproval of those around her"
Price: 2.99 |
| "The Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "'My name is Sherlock Holmes It is my business to know what other people don't know' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes first introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective to the readers of The Strand Magazine The runaway success of this series prompted a second set of stories The Memoirs In these twenty three tales collected here in one volume you have some of the best detective yarns ever penned In his consulting room at 221B Baker Street the master sleuth receives a stream of clients all presenting him with baffling and bizarre mysteries to unravel There is for example the man who is frightened for his life because of the arrival of an envelope containing five orange pips; there is the terrified woman who is aware that her life is in danger and cannot explain the strange whistling sounds she hears in the night; and there is the riddle of the missing butler and the theft of an ancient treasure In the last story there is the climatic battle between Holmes and his arch enemy 'the Napoleon of Crime' Professor Moriarty Holmes with trusty Watson by his side is equal to these and the other challenges in this splendid collection"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Translated by P A MotteuxWith an Introduction and Notes by Stephen Boyd University College CorkCervantes’ tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams Dulcinea del Toboso has fascinated generations of readers and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert Picasso and Richard Strauss The tall thin knight and his short fat squire Sancho Panza have found their way into films cartoons and even computer games Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day the ‘books of chivalry’ this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated comic account of the contradictions of human nature On his ‘heroic’ journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition from the prostitute Maritornes who is commended for her Christian charity to the Knight of the Green Coat who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue Cervantes’ greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels all suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out to encompass the reader and does not leave the author outside its circle Peter Motteux’s fine eighteenth-century translation acknowledged as one of the best brilliantly succeeds in communicating the spirit of the original Spanish"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Susan Jones St Hilda's College Oxford First published in 1900 Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century Set in the Malay Archipelago the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance but also an exotic tale of the East Its themes also challenge the conventions of nineteenth-century adventure fiction confirming Conrad's place in literature as one of the first 'modernists' of English letters Lord Jim explores the dilemmas of conscience of moral isolation of loyalty and betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit In this novel Conrad draws on his background as Polish emigre as well as his first-hand experience as a seaman to experiment radically with the presentation of human frailty and doubt in the modern world"
Price: 2.99 |
| "A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Dickens&39; greatest historical novel traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle&39;s great work - The French Revolution The best story I have written&39; was Dickens&39; own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities and the reader is unlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical fact with the author&39;s unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering self-sacrifice and redemption"
Price: 2.99 |
| "The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren University of Kent at Canterbury One of the most celebrated and popular historical romances ever written The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman D'Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King's Musketeers - Athos Porthos and Aramis Under the watchful eye of their patron M de Treville the four defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu and the honour of the queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself as the power struggles of seventeenth century France are vividly played out in the background But their most dangerous encounter is with the Cardinal's spy Milady one of literature's most memorable female villains and Alexandre Dumas employs all his fast-paced narrative skills to bring this enthralling novel to a breathtakingly gripping and dramatic conclusion Our edition uses the William Barrow translation first published by Bruce and Wylde (London1846)"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by David Blair University of Kent Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered rural home to enter the busy sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there and tracks her growing understanding of the world about her In this her first full-length novel Austen also fixes her sharp ironic gaze on other kinds of contemporary novel especially the Gothic school made famous by Ann Radcliffe Catherine's reading becomes intertwined with her social and romantic adventures adding to the uncertainties and embarrassments she must undergo before finding happiness"
Price: 2.99 |
| "The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by David Blair Rutherford College University of Kent The Moonstone a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday That very night the stone is stolen Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid on Rachel's cousin Franklin Blake on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers and on Rachel herself The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in and with the help of Betteredge the Robinson Crusoe-reading loquacious steward the mystery of the missing stone is ingeniously solved"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts Rutherford College University of Kent at Canterbury From its first publication in 1719 Robinson Crusoe has been printed in over 700 editions It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation and variation and been the subject of plays opera cartoons and computer games The character of Crusoe has entered the consciousness of each succeeding generation as readers add their own interpretation to the adventures so thrillingly 'recorded' by Defoe Praised by eminent figures such as Coleridge Rousseau and Wordsworth this perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory However it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given Robinson Crusoe its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure"
Price: 2.99 |
