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Gladstone : Biography - Roy Jenkins - 9780812966411 - 0812966414
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Gladstone : Biography - Roy Jenkins - 9780812966411 - 0812966414

ISBN13: 9780812966411. ISBN10: 0812966414. by Roy Jenkins. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 97 More at Textbooks.com

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Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses

Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jumbo jet blows apart high above the English Channel. Two figures fall to the sea, later washing ...
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Latest review by wutheringcathy Jul 25, 2001
"This passage from Satanic Verses is as intense, profound, and overwhelming as the story itself. A..." Read full review

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Philip Pullman - Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book Iii

Philip Pullman - Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book Iii

Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
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Latest review by kairosdreaming Feb 10, 2011
"The Amber Spyglass is the third and final book of the Dark Materials Trilogy. As an ending, it..." Read full review

$8 - $49

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Roald Dahl - The Witches

Roald Dahl - The Witches

Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as ...
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Latest review by pestyside Oct 1, 2009
"When someone you trust claims that witches are real and then continues to describe "real" witches th..." Read full review

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Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Winner of the prestigious Whitbread Prize for best first novel and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for best writer under 35, this modern classic has ...
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Latest review by laurey236 Mar 20, 2001
"You need an open mind to appreciate this book, but it's wonderful. It addresses the upbringing of a..." Read full review

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Ian McEwan - Atonement

Ian McEwan - Atonement

In 1935 England, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses an event involving her sister Cecilia and her childhood friend Robbie Turner, and she ...
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Latest review by AmyLEnsor Jun 3, 2009
"A modern novelist could no more write characters and plots than a modern composer could write a Moza..." Read full review

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David Almond - Skellig

David Almond - Skellig

With all the tragedy and problems facing his family, Michael's excitement about moving into his new home is all but gone, yet his encounter with the ...
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Latest review by elsburyblue Jul 2, 2008
"Skellig is an amazing book written for children by David Almond. This was one of the most worthwhile..." Read full review

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Amanda Foreman - Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

Amanda Foreman - Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

Provides a dramatic portrait of the colorful life of eighteenth-century British aristocrat Lady Georgiana Spencer, her roles as a society and ...
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Latest review by bablondie25 Oct 28, 2009
"I don't normally do book reviews, but felt compelled since I just got done reading this bo..." Read full review

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Jim Crace - Quarantine

Jim Crace - Quarantine

This thoroughly researched historical novel is a fictional retelling of the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness. Portrayed as a somewhat confused ...
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Latest review by angel011 Nov 26, 2002
"I&#146ve seen on the covers of Quarantine that it was the book of the year in England (in 199..." Read full review

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Hanif Kureishi - The Buddha of Suburbia

Hanif Kureishi - The Buddha of Suburbia

A love story for at least two generstions, a high-spirited comedy of sexual manners and social turmoil, The Buddha of Suburbia is one of the most ...
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Latest review by nids Jan 8, 2006
"The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureshi came highly recommended to me by a dear friend. It had me la..." Read full review

$6 - $10

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Roy Jenkins - Gladstone: A Biography

Roy Jenkins - Gladstone: A Biography

A biography of the great 19th-century British statesman, who served four times as Prime Minister. Jenkins examines Gladstone's public side, including ...

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Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer

Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer

A send-up of Victorian notions in a novel that twists on the Frankenstein concept when a Scottish doctor brings the corpse of a young woman back to ...

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Kazuo Ishiguro - An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro - An Artist of the Floating World

Masuji Ono was once a painter of the Ukiyo, the traditional pleasure-seeking "floating world" of geishas, cherry blossoms, and teahouses. But he also ...

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William Trevor and Simon Prebble - Felicia's Journey

William Trevor and Simon Prebble - Felicia's Journey

An unmarried Irish girl, pregnant and penniless, drifting through the industrial English Midlands in search of the boyfriend who left her, instead ...

$3 - $11

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A. N. Wilson - Tolstoy

A. N. Wilson - Tolstoy

This biography of Tolstoy by the award-winning English biographer A. N. Wilson puts Tolstoy's life into the context of his times--the rich, chaotic ...

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Kate Atkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Readers Guide

Kate Atkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Readers Guide

This 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year paints a rich, vivid portrait of heartbreak and happiness, recounting the story of Ruby Lennox, a narrator who ...

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