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10 by Geoff Andrew
Category: Film & Tv | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
The Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami burst onto the international film scene in the early 1990s and was widely regarded as one of the most distinctive and talented modern-day directors. His major features - including Through the Olive Trees (1994), Taste of Cherry (1997) and The Wind Will Carry Us (199 ...Show more
100 Artists' Manifestos - From the Futurists to the Stuckists by Danchev Alex
Category: Art and Design | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In this remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents the cacophony of voices of such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Feminism, Communism, Destructivism, Vorticism, Stridentism, Cannibalism and Stuckism, taking in along the way film, architect ...Show more
100 Selected Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D. This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging f ...Show more
101 BEST-LOVED POEMS by SMITH, PHILIP
Category: Gift | Series: Dover Large Print Classics
This large-print anthology contains some of the most popular poems in the English language dating from the 16th to the 20th century All have been carefully chosen not just for their popularity but for literary quality as well. Among the selections are Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." Sha ...Show more
117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law by Ruth First
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.' 117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no trial - only suspicion. This sparsely written and unique record tel ...Show more
12 Years a Slave (Word Cloud Classics) by Solomon Northup
Category: Biography | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser.
The basis for the Academy Award(R)-winning movie "A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation." -- Saturday ReviewBorn a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent th ...Show more
1788: Text Classics by Watkin Tench
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Text Classics
"I do not hesitate to declare that the natives of New South Wales possess a considerable portion of that acumen, or sharpness of intellect, which bespeaks genius." In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Sydney Cove with the First Fleet. This curious young captain of the marines was a natural storyteller ...Show more
1984 by George Orwell
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) "Nineteen Eighty-Four" revealed George Orwell as one of the twentieth century's greatest mythmakers. While the totalitarian system that provoked him into writing it has since passed into oblivion, his harrowing cautionary tale of a man trapped in a political nightmare has ...Show more
1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) by George Orwell
Category: Classic | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
Winston Smith rewrites history. It's his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania. Winston knows what a good citizen of Oceania must do: show his devotion for Big Brother and the Party ...Show more
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Big Brother is Watching You.’ Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people ...Show more
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Classics Illustrated) by Jules Verne
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Classics Illustrated
The adventures of Captain Nemo and his captives and crew on his submarine, the Nautilus. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Category: Classic | Series: Transatlantic Classics
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, ...Show more