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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (Macmillan Collector's Library) by James Herriot
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Category: Memoir | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet sees recently qualified vet James Herriot firmly ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and acclimatized to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon. But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy, and the ...Show more
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Brontë
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the ...Show more
King Lear by William Shakespeare; John Gilbert (Illustrator); Robert Mighall (Introduction by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: very good
King LearBy William ShakespeareKing Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and traged ...Show more
King Richard III (Macmillan Collector's Library) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: near fine
Richard, Duke of Gloucester - the bitter, deformed brother of the King - is secretly plotting to seize the throne of England. Charming and duplicitous, powerfully eloquent and viciously cruel, he is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve his goal. In his skilful manipulation of events and people, Rich ...Show more
Leaves of Grass Selected Poems (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Walt Whitman; Bridget Bennett (Editor)
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Category: Poetry | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman's glorious poetry collection which he revised and expanded th ...Show more
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
This Scholastic Classic edition of Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring book is beautifully packaged for children today. "I want to do something splendid. something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what,but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish ...Show more
Macbeth (Macmillan Collector's Library) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: General Adult
One of the great Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth is a dark and bloody drama of ambition, murder, guilt, and revenge. Prompted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches and goaded by his ambitious wife, the Scottish thane Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland, in order to succeed him on the thron ...Show more
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Moby-Dick features an afterword by Nigel Clif ...Show more
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
My Family and Other Animalsis the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist G ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Macmillan Collector's Library) by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Winston Smith lives in a nightmare world where the Thought Police spy on everyone and children are taught to betray their parents. Even the smallest sign of disagreement with the Party results in torture, imprisonment, or death. Big Brother oversees everything - but who is he? Winston tries hard to keep ...Show more
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Broadly comedic and brilliantly postmodern in its lampooning of a genre, the Jane Austen classic Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Morland, a naive young woman whose perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted. When she mo ...Show more
Orwell and England: Selected Essays by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
A collection of Orwell's compellingly perceptive essays on subjects from food to weather to unemployment, edited and introduced by Professor Michael Gardiner.George Orwell wrote extensively about English life and politics. The selection of essays and journalism in Orwell and England brings together some ...Show more