
Ending Up
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At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in...

Giovanni's Room
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When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair....

Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
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We all love stories. But why do we tell them? And why do all stories function in an eerily similar...

London Belongs to Me
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It is 1938 and the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesn't stop....

Spunyarn: Sea Poetry and Prose
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John Masefield was sent to join a training ship at a young age, his aunt hoping the experience would...

The Natural History of Selborne
Richard Mabey and Gilbert White
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More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and...

A Family Romance
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'Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared.' Paul and...

A Science Fiction Omnibus
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This new edition of Brian Aldiss's classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science...

Anna of the Five Towns
Arnold Bennett and Frank Swinnerton
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'Deeply moving, original, and dealing with material that I had never encountered in fiction, but...

Providence
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Kitty Maule wants to be 'totally unreasonable, totally unfair, very demanding, and very beautiful.'...