The Owl and the Pussycat: And Other Nonsense
By: Edward Lear
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A sumptuous treasury of nonsense verses, limericks and fanciful parodies of classic nursery rhymes …
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1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more
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"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
2. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #11)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Howard Haycraft
3.78
Format: 48 pages, Print on Demand (Paperback)
Seis aventuras com Sherlock Holmes, o mais famoso detetive inglê “O Carbúnculo Azul”, “A Faixa Manc… read more
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- fiction
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"...there are women in whom the love of a lover extinguishes all other loves..."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #11)
3. The Crossover
By: Kwame Alexander
4.24
Format: 245 pages, ebook
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Silence doesn’t mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
4. The Very Busy Spider
By: Eric Carle
4.22
Format: 32 pages, Board book
From bestselling author and illustrator Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar , co… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
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5. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (World of Beatrix Potter, #12)
By: Beatrix Potter
4.05
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Poor Jemima. All she wa… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
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6. The Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery
4.02
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more
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- childrens
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- audiobook
"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
7. Pinocchio
By: John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi
3.85
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
A timeless classic to be read over and over. This is the story of Pinocchio, filled with harrowi… read more
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"Hunger is the best cook."-John Boyne, Pinocchio
"A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to."-John Boyne, Pinocchio
"Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!"-John Boyne, Pinocchio
"Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood. If not, it will kill you in the end."-John Boyne, Pinocchio
8. When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
By: Ernest H. Shepard , A.A. Milne
4.24
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
“They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace – Christopher Robin went down with Alice.” Curl up wit… read more
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"She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead."-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
"If you were a cloud, and sailed up there, You'd sail on the water as blue as air. And you'd see me here in the fields and say: "Doesn't the sky look green today?"-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
"If you were a bird, and lived on high, You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by, You'd say to the wind when it took you away: "That's where I wanted to go today!"-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
"Daffodowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered t…"-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
9. The Incredible Journey
By: Sheila Burnford
4.16
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, … read more
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- classics
- childrens
- fiction
- cats
"He broke into a run, faster and faster, until the years fell away, and he hurled himself towards Peter. And as he had never run before, as though he would outdistance time, Peter was running towards …"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Lying awake in the dark that night,unable to sleep, he thought he would have given anything to feel the heavy thud on the bed that used to announce the old dog's arrival. How extremely unloving and i…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Anyone unaccustomed to the rather peculiar points of bull terrier beauty would have thought him a strange if not downright ugly dog, with the maked, down-faced arc of his profile, his deep-chested, s…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
10. The Velveteen Rabbit
By: Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson
4.30
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and ex… read more
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- classics
- picture books
- childrens
- fiction
"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"...because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
11. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage gho… read more
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- audiobook
"The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?"-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"Watson: "You may be right." Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
12. Now We Are Six (Winnie-the-Pooh, #4)
By: Ernest H. Shepard , A.A. Milne
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When We Were Very Youngand Now We Are Sixcomplete the four-volume set of deluxe editions of the Mil… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- fiction
13. A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)
By: Michael Bond , Peggy Fortnum
4.23
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found here. Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddingt… read more
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- childrens
- picture books
- fiction
- audiobook
"I'm not a criminal,"-Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)
"[Paddington] looked up to see that Mrs Brown had been joined by a little girl, with laughing blue eyes and long, fair hair."-Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)
14. The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.20
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into th… read more
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"Warm-hearted! I should think he has to wear asbestos vests!"-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
"The kid is a pest, a wart, and a pot of poison, and should be strangled!"-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
"My God, man!" I gargled. "The cravat! The gent's neckwear! Why? For what reason?"-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
"I thought Eustace *was* a horrible accident, and Claude about the same, but I didn't say so."-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
15. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
By: Beatrix Potter
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
"Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
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"I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success."-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
"Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime."-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
16. Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
3.33
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
17. A Modest Proposal
By: Jonathan Swift
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Thei… read more
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18. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
Known and loved by generation after generation, this shrewd amateur detective, with faithful Dr Wat… read more
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19. Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves, #6)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
3.72
Format: 272 pages,
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more
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20. Songs of Innocence and of Experience
By: William Blake
4.09
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an collection of poems by William Blake. Note: For a com… read more
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"Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face;"-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
"Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door."-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
"And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires."-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
"Can I see anothers woe, And not be in sorrow too. Can I see anothers grief, And not seek for kind relief. - On Anothers Sorrow "-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
21. The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.27
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more
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22. The Valley of Fear
By: Arthur Conan Doyle , David Timson
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Audio CD
The Sherlock Holmes series read in unabridged form by David Timson is widely regarded as one of the… read more
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23. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more
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- fiction
"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
24. The Lorax
By: Dr. Seuss
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not." Lo… read more
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25. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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26. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more
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27. Middlemarch
By: Michel Faber , George Eliot
4.02
Format: 912 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"People are almost always better than their neighbours think they are" George Eliot’s most ambit… read more
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- fiction
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"After all, the true seeing is within."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I shall do everything it becomes me to do."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I protest against any absolute conclusion."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?"-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
28. The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
By: John Buchan
3.60
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life—un… read more
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"By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle."-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"If you’re going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing"-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place."-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like thi…"-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
29. Adventure of the Abbey Grange (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, #12)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Walter Covell
4.29
Format: 120 pages, Audible Audio
"The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir A… read more
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30. And Away...
By: Bob Mortimer
4.33
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more
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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."-Bob Mortimer, And Away...
31. The Owl and the Pussycat: And Other Nonsense
By: Edward Lear
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A sumptuous treasury of nonsense verses, limericks and fanciful parodies of classic nursery rhymes … read more
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