Posted in 07/29/2010 ¬ h.Penguin |Fiction | Weekly selection of 10 books | full details
When Charles Dickens set out for America in 1842 he was the most famous man of his day to travel there - curious about the revolutionary new civilization that had captured the English imagination.
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Posted in 07/28/2010 ¬ h.Rough Guides | Weekly selection of 10 books | full details
The Pocket Rough Guide Paris is your essential guide to Europe's most elegant city; covering all the key sights, hotels, restaurants, shops and bars you need to know about.
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Posted in 07/27/2010 ¬ h.Penguin | Biography | Weekly selection of 10 books | full details
Love not landscape was the making of Constable... John Constable and Maria Bicknell might have been in love but their marriage was a most unlikely prospect. Constable was a penniless painter who would not sacrifice his art for anything, while Maria's family frowned on such a penurious union.
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Posted in 07/26/2010 ¬ h.Penguin |Fiction | Weekly selection of 10 books | full details
This novel is one of the most astonishing, least expected fiction masterpieces of its time and one which has had an enduring influence. Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely Bible-dominated farm in the thirsty mountain veld.
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