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Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann SOLD

Featuring his world-famous masterpiece, "Death in Venice," this new collection of Nobel laureate Thomas Mann's stories and novellas reveals his artistic evolution. In this new, widely acclaimed translation that restores the controversial passages that were cut out of the original English version, "Death in Venice" tells about a ruinous quest for love and beauty amid degenerating splendor. Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but lonely author, travels to the Queen of the Adriatic in search of an elusive spiritual fulfillment that turns into his erotic doom.

William Blake Selected Poetry and Prose edited by David Punter SOLD

This comprehensive selection includes a broad range of selections, extracts, manuscript poems, poem and prose works,from early to late works. Loaded with Christian mythology and imagery and perfectly eloquent in verse, this selection of Blake's does a great job of collecting his best hits. This is an excellent introduction to Blake since Punter has modernized the punctuation making the texts more accessible.

The Puzzle of Ethics by Peter Vardy and Paul Grosh SOLD

This book poses key ethical questions and explores their consequences for society. Are all human beings of equal value? Do animals have the same rights as people? Is abortion justifiable? What is the difference between aided suicide and legalized murder? Is there any morality in war? How do we find an ethical approach to the environment? The author introduces the major philosophers of influence today. 

Edith Stein: A Biography 

The Untold Story of the Philosopher and Mystic who lost her life in the death camps of Auschwitz

by Waltraud Herbstrith 300php

This is the powerful and moving story of the remarkable Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism, gained fame as a great philosopher in Germany, became a Carmelite nun, and was put to death in a Nazi concentration camp. Recently beatified by Pope John Paul II, Edith Stein was a courageous, intelligent and holy woman who speaks powerfully to us even today.

Critics on Marlowe edited by Judith O'Neill 250php 

(A Collection of Literary Critism Essays)

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death.

This collection includes essays by Robert Greene, Richard Baines, George Peele, Thomas Beard, Francis Meres, William Vaughan, Edmund Rudierde, Michael Drayton, William Prynne, Edward Phillips, Anthony a Wood, Thomas Warton, Joseph Ritson, Charles Lamb, Nathan Drake, William Hazlitt, James Broughton, Henry Hallam, J.H. Leigh Hunt, Alexander Dyce, Hippolyte Taine, Algernon Seinburne, H. Havelock Ellis, T.S. Eliot, J. Leslie Hotson, U.M. Ellis-Fermor, and C.F. Tucker Brooke

Human Service Strikes: A Contemporary Ethical Dilemma by Rev. Eugene Lauer, STD  250php

In his book Human Service Strikes: A Contemporary Ethical Dilemma, Rev. Eugene Lauer, STD profoundly explores the ethics behind Industrial Relations through the lens of Catholic Theology.

The Penguin Companion to the Arts in the Twentieth Century by Kenneth McLeish 250php

McLeish's enjoyment and energy are evident, but his companion is really not a reference book. It is little more than opinion, interesting but "from the point of view of someone experiencing the works for the first time." He covers some 550 figures, mainly European and American, some living, with a 250-500-word commentary and brief bibliography for each, arranged in sections on architects, writers, film directors, composers, stage directors and choreographers, and painters. There are cross references, an index of names and titles, brief introductions to each section, and a short glossary.

Persuassion by Jane Austen 180php

Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 180php

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters — the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, in Oliver Twist Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

Little Princess by Frances Burnett 180php

Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl's fortunes change again is at the center of A Little Princess, one of the best-loved stories in all of children's literature.

Northhanger Abbey by Jane Austen 150php

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, in 1803. However, it was not until after her death in 1817 that it was published, along with her other novel, Persuasion. The novel is a satire of Gothic novels, which were quite popular at the time in 1798–99. This "coming of age," story revolves around the main character, Catherine, a young and naïve "heroine," who entertains her reader on her journey of self-knowledge, as she gains a better understanding of the world and those around her. Because of her experiences, reality sets in and she discovers that she is not like other women who crave for wealth or social acceptance, but instead she is a true heroine in that she is an ordinary young woman who wishes to have nothing but happiness and a genuine sense of morality.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley SOLD

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 180php

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people “dreaded scandal more than disease.”

The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald SOLD

Gulliver's Travel by Jonathan Swift 180php

Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and the brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire view mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 180php

Mark Twain's novel is one of the first American literary masterpieces, embracing local vernacular to personify the unique small-town culture of this fledgling nation. Twain drew the adventures of the mischievous yet heroic Tom Sawyer from his own youth in a riverside Missouri town in the 1840s, and created perhaps the finest book about boyhood ever writtten. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is at once a comic and poignant story about the fears and fantasies of a boy's world, and a brilliant satire of the culture and institutions of the times. One of this beloved author's most widely read works, it is hailed as an American classic.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 180php

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in The Final Problem. Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901-1902 (although setting it before Holmes' death) Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character. The first story is set in 1894 and has Holmes returning in London and explaining the period from 1891-94, a period called "The Great Hiatus" by Sherlockian enthusiasts. Also of note is Watson's statement in the last story of the cycle that Holmes has retired, and forbids him to publish any more stories.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 180php

Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard. But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Is Rochester hiding from Jane? Will Jane be left heartbroken and exiled once again?

The Plays of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde SOLD

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 180php

‘Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”'

So begins the tale of Alice, who follows a curious White Rabbit down a hole and falls into Wonderland, a fantastical place where nothing is quite as it seems: animals talk, nonsensical characters confuse, Mad Hatters throw tea parties and the Queen plays croquet. Alice's attempts to find her way home become increasingly bizarre, infuriating and amazing in turn.

A beloved classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has continued to delight readers, young and old, for over 150 years.

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 180php

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny's uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the neighbourhood, bringing with them London glamour and a reckless taste for flirtation. As her female cousins vie for Henry's attention, and even Edmund falls for Mary's dazzling charms, only Fanny remains doubtful about the Crawfords' influence and finds herself more isolated than ever. A subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen's most profound works. This edition is based on the first edition of 1814. It includes a new chronology, additional suggestions for further reading and the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 180php

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a prequel to Mark Twain's "Greatest American Novel", The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Follow the 12-year-old Tom Sawyer as he faces murder, starvation, slavery, etc. the through the eyes of his childlike innocence. The novel has elements of humor, satire, and social criticism; features that later made Mark Twain one of the most important authors of American Literature.

20,00 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 180php

Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his colleagues set out on an expedition to find a strange sea monster and are captured by the infamous and charismatic Captain Nemo and taken abroad the Nautilus submarine as his prisoners. As they travel the world's oceans, they become embroiled in adventures and events beyond their wildest dreams. Visionary in its outlook, Vern's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a legendary science fiction masterpiece.

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 180php

The intrepid Professor Liedenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist--together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans--discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction adventure and a reflection on the perfectibility of human understanding and the psychology of the questor.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 180php

After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although seemingly harmless at first, things soon descend into chaos and Jekyll quickly realises there is only one way to stop Hyde. Stevenson's quintessential novella of the Victorian era epitomizes the conflict between psychology, science and religious morality, but is fundamentally a triumphant study of the duality of human nature.

Emma by Jane Austen 180php

Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.

Silas Marner by George Elliot 180php

Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of Eppie, the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 250php

"In 1868, in response to a publisher's request for a 'girl's book,' a struggling professional writes named Louisa May Alcott drew upon her memory of her own family and growing up to produce Little Women. The result was sudden fame and fortune for the author, and a classic novel for American literature." -Signet Classic

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux SOLD

"Gaston Leroux's classic thriller The Phantom of the Opera is a timeless tale loved by generations of readers."

"Obsession . . . jealousy . . . rage . . . they are the dark side of love." - Bantam Doubleday Dell

The Kill by Êmile Zola 250php

'It was the time when the rush for spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds, the cracking of whips, the flaring of torches. The appetites let loose was satisfied at last, shamelessly, amid the sound of crumbling neighborhoods and fortunes made in six months. The city had become an orgy of gold and women.'

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 250php

Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the Scarlet Pimpernel. But the ruthless French agent Chauvelin is sworn to discover his identity and to hunt him down.

His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes (1917)

by Arthur Conan Doyle 300php

THIS IS A RARE ONE! Printed in its manuscript format, His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection contains "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", which was also included in the first edition of in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) but was dropped from later editions of that book. Six of the stories were published in The Strand Magazine between September 1908 and December 1913. The Strand published "The Adventure of Wistaria Lodge" as "A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes" and divided it into two parts, called "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro". Later printings of His Last Bow correct Wistaria to Wisteria. The final story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917), an epilogue about Holmes' war service, was first published in Collier's on 22 September 1917—one month before the book's premiere on 22 October.

The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy 250php

Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village

of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterbourne. Her alternative

choice proves disastrous, and in a moving tale that has vibrant characters, many humourous

moments and genuine pathos coupled with tragic irony, Hardy eschews a happy ending.  

Three Tales about Marriage by Geoffrey Chaucer SOLD

The 'Tales About Marriage' presented in this edition comprise a selection from

Fragments III and IV of the Canterbury Tales.

Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare 250php

The Arden Shakespeare is the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's plays. Now in its third series, Arden offers the best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume guides you to a deeper understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's work.

Troilus and Cressida is an underrated Shakespeare play based on the Iliad. It's not really a tragedy and not quite a comedy, but it seems to me that Shakespeare strikes a good blend. Troilus and Cressida are minor characters in the saga but Shakespeare draws their characters well and the reader becomes more invested in their story more than the multitude of other characters drawn from the Iliad. Many of these characters are intentionally drawn superficially because there is little time in the span of a two hour play to do justice to some two dozen characters.