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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Written by a team of more than 140 contributors working under the direction of Margaret Drabble, and ranging in influence from Homer, to the Mahabharata, this guide provides the reader with a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of English literature.
3) Moby Dick
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Publisher
Real Reads
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Retelling the classic story of a whaling captain's obsession with catching the giant white whale that cost him the loss of his leg.
5) Jo's boys
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Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Follows the lives of Jo's sons, set ten years after the story of Little Men.
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Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
2002
Description
For intensity of geographical exploration and wealth of first-rate adventure writing, the 19th century stands alone. This collection contains 35 stories from the most compelling odysseys of the century, some humorous and light-hearted, others desperate and thrilling.
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BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Description
An anthology of BBC Radio documentaries featuring the bestselling author Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation. His hugely popular books, spanning topics from linguistics to Shakespeare to the human body, have sold over 16 million copies and been translated into 30 languages, and his 2003 science book A Short History of Nearly Everything won the prestigious Aventis and Descartes prizes. This sparkling...
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Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Human consciousness, long the province of literature, has lately come in for a remapping - even rediscovery - by the natural sciences, driven by developments in Artificial Intelligence, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. But as the richest record we have of human consciousness, literature, David Lodge suggests, may offer a kind of knowledge about this phenomenon that is complementary, not opposed, to scientific knowledge. Writing with characteristic...
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Canongate
Pub. Date
2007
Description
'The Paris Review' has elicited many of the most arresting, illuminating, and revealing discussions of life and craft from the greatest writers of our age. This volume collects some of these interviews from the notorious and respected literary magazine.