Charles Robinson
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. 2018 marks the bicentennial of Mary Shelley's seminal novel. For the first time, Penguin Classics will publish the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically-charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition...
11) The sonnets
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English
Description
Shakespeare's complete sonnets in one beautiful edition. Love sonnets are for romantics, starry-eyed lovers and ardent hearts. And Shakespeare's sonnets are the best ever written. But this is why they are also for cynics, for star-crossed lovers and for those who know the anguish of unrequited love. Some appear to be written to a young man, some to a woman. And although the poems are full of mystery - why did Shakespeare write them, and to whom? -...
15) Ancient Greece
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Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of ancient Greece, describing the people, their myths, art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and daily life.
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English
Description
Classic fiction. On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald's estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. With the help of Dickon Sowerby, a young local boy who can charm animals, Mary cultivates the garden, an experiences that both improves her health and raises her spirits. Ultimately, the secret garden proves beneficial not only to to Mary, but to her sickly...
19) Ancient Rome
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Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
An account of life in ancient Rome, from its founding through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Roman Empire, including its history, art, and important people.