A Long Night at Abu Simbel
By: Penelope Lively
3.65
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
Three short stories, the first of which focuses on a group of people trapped in an Egyptian airport…
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1. Baa Baa, Black Sheep and The Gardener
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.50
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
These stories reflect Kipling's own experiences in life. Kipling was born in India in 1865 but in 1… read more
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"And burdened Gentile o’er the main, Must bear the weight of Israel’s hate Because he is not brought again In triumph to Jerusalem."-Rudyard Kipling, Baa Baa, Black Sheep and The Gardener
2. Four Essays
By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech
3.89
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
Four essays from Michel de Montaigne's "The Complete Essays." read more
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3. Why I Live at the P.O. and Other Stories
By: Eudora Welty
3.73
Format: 238 pages,
Eudora Welty is one of America's most distinguished writers. Her reputation rests largely on her sk… read more
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- short stories
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4. The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)
By: Agatha Christie
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Paperback
A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when… read more
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- fiction
5. God's Dice
By: Martin Amis
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Two sombre stories from "Einstein's Monsters". One is about a middle-aged Pole living in Ladbroke G… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
6. Bartleby the Scrivener
By: Herman Melville
3.93
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more
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"I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
7. Hotel du Lac
By: Anita Brookner
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
"Impeccably written and suffused with pleasing wit."--Newsweek In the novel that won her the Booker… read more
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- fiction
8. Matilda's England
By: William Trevor
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
These three short stories add up to a whole. Set before, during and after World War II, they form a… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
9. A Model and Other Stories
By: Anaïs Nin
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
Seven erotic tales of sensuous sexual fantasy. read more
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- fiction
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11. The Angel and Other Stories
By: Patrick McGrath
4.10
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Contains The Angel, The Black Hand of the Raj, The Arnold Crombeck Story and The E(rot)ic Potato, a… read more
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- fiction
12. The Custom of the Country
By: Edith Wharton , Linda Wagner-Martin
3.61
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet… read more
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13. Antarctica
By: Claire Keegan
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire… read more
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- fiction
"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"I run the house now. The last man who said I was old enough got scalded. My mother always said there was nothing as bad as a burn. And she was right. It's turning out that I'm taking no nonsense from…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make ne…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
14. Bon voyage Mr. President and other stories
By: Gabriel García Márquez
4.32
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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15. The Portobello Road and Other Stories
By: Muriel Spark
3.58
Format: 376 pages,
Four stories that illustrate Muriel Spark's unique wit and wisdom: 'The Portobello Road', 'Bang-ban… read more
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16. Towards the End of the Morning
By: Michael Frayn
4.21
Format: 391 pages, Paperback
This tale is set in the crossword and nature-notes department of an obscure national newspaper duri… read more
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17. Why I Write
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages,
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unp… read more
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18. The Escape and Other Stories
By: Katherine Mansfield
2.83
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Collection of five exquisite, evocative stories of human behaviour which capture brief but signific… read more
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19. Death of a Nobody
By: Georges Simenon
3.82
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Two baffling investigations for Maigret on the boulevards of Paris. Georges Simenon's greatest crea… read more
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20. Act of Oblivion
By: Robert Harris
4.07
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more
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"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion
21. Let Me Tell You What I Mean
By: Joan Didion
3.84
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most iconic and influential writers: a timeless collection of mostly early pieces t… read more
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"Superstition prevails, fear that the fragile unfinished something will shatter, vanish, revert to the nothing from which it was made."-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
"In short I had no past, and, every Monday-Wednesday-Friday at noon in Dwinelle Hall, it seemed increasingly clear to me that I had no future."-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
"I began to make notes. I began to write down everything I saw and heard and remembered and imagined. I began to write, or so I thought, another story."-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
"Well, there it was. I got out fast then, before anyone could say "serenity" again, for it is a word I associate with death, and for several days after that meeting I wanted only to be in places where…"-Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean
22. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
23. These Precious Days: Essays
By: Ann Patchett
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in … read more
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"It is possible to love someone with all your heart and still know your union would never have survived having children together."-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"The future is not one thing. So many possibilities can arise as a result of intelligence, education, curiosity, and hard work. No one ever told me that, and I'm sorry it took this long for me to figu…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come acros…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bot…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
24. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)
By: Mick Herron
4.37
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more
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"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)
25. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
By: Claire Keegan
3.99
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more
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"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
26. A Long Night at Abu Simbel
By: Penelope Lively
3.65
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
Three short stories, the first of which focuses on a group of people trapped in an Egyptian airport… read more
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- short stories
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27. Rumpole and the younger generation
By: John Mortimer
4.06
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
The first-ever Rumpole story, introducing many of the characters and setting the scene for the whol… read more
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28. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
By: Amy Jeffs
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more
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29. I'll Be with You in the Squeezing of a Lemon
By: Elizabeth David
3.75
Format: 89 pages, Paperback
Including extracts and recipes from Elizabeth David's writings, this book covers life in France, pi… read more
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30. Friends from Philadelphia and Other Stories
By: John Updike
3.31
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
These John Updike short stories include "Friends from Philadelphia", "Sunday Teasing", "The Persist… read more
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31. Der Prophet / Der Narr / Der Wanderer
By: Kahlil Gibran
3.88
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
This is an abridged version of Gibran's most famous work, "The Prophet", plus selections from "The … read more
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