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Shakespeare - The World As a Stage by Bill Bryson
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.Ever since he took the theatre of Elizabethan London by storm over 400 years ago, Shakespeare has remained centre stage. His fame stems not o ...Show more
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Henry Skrimshander, newly arrived at college, shy and out of his depth, has a talent for ba ...Show more
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written. The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France. In December 1995, Jean-Domini ...Show more
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
The Asian literary phenomenon of the 90s.More magical than Mistry, more of a rollicking good read than Rushdie, more nerve-tinglingly imagined than Naipaul, here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy has written an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, ...Show more
The Golden Notebook (Collins Modern Classics) by Doris Lessing
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writer's block. Divorced with a young ch ...Show more
The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
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Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive ...Show more
The Kingdom by the Sea (Essential Modern Classics) by Robert Westall
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Category: Childrens | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Guaradian award winning novel about courage, friendship and war. Reissued into the Essential Modern Classic list. When a bomb during an air raid destroys Harry's home and kills his family, he knows that he is all alone in the world and has only himself to rely on. Anxious that he will be sent to live w ...Show more
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
The incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize- winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri.'The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say "Read this!"' Amy Tan'When her grandmother learned of Ashima's pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family's ...Show more
The Tree That Sat Down by Beverley Nichols
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Modern Classics | Reading Level: 9-11
Collins Modern Classics are relaunched with gorgeous new covers, bringing these timeless story to a new generation. Deep in the enchanted forest Judy helps her granny run The Shop Under the Willow Tree. They sell all sorts of wonderful things, such as boxes of beautiful dreams carefully tied up with gre ...Show more
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. That girl didn't want to die. She just wanted out of that house. She wanted out of that dec ...Show more
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty John Gregory Dunne and Joan ...Show more
Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more t ...Show more