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"You girls are my vocation... I am dedicated to you in my prime"She was a schoolmistress with a difference. Proud, cultured, romantic, her ideas were progressive, even shocking. And when she decided to transform a group of young girls under her tutelage into the cre`me de la cre`me of Marcia Bla..

Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian’s magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants, gradually becoming infatuated with them and the life of pri..

It's 1989, and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom is far from restful. Fifty-six and overweight, he has a struggling business on his hands and a heart that is starting to fail. His family, too, are giving him cause for concern. His son Nelson is a wreck of a man, a cocaine addict with shattered self-respect..

It's 1979 and Rabbit is no longer running. He's walking, and beginning to get out of breath. That's OK, though - it gives him the chance to enjoy the wealth that comes with middle age. It's all in place: he's Chief Sales Representative and co-owner of Springer motors; his wife, at home or in the..

Taking its title from the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic', In the Beauty of the Lilies traces one family's profound journey through four generations across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America. It is one of John Updike's fullest and finest works of fiction...

It's 1969, and the times are changing. America is about to land a man on the moon, the Vietnamese war is in full swing, and racial tension is on the rise. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be - at least, not for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife has left him with his teenage son, his job is un..

Henry Bech, the celebrated author of Travel Light, has been scrutinized, canonized and vilified by critics and readers across the world. Here, the experiences of this bemused literary icon, one of Updike's greatest creations, are described in hilarious detail, as he travels the world struggling to ..

There have been many books written on good business practice.All eminently sensible. All based on logic, common sense and good manners.Essential if you want to be a supermarket manager. But for those wishing to break new ground it is not enough.Logic and common sense have a habit of lead..

Our world is changing. Globalization is not working. It is hurting those it was meant to help. And now, the tide is turning …Explosive and shocking, Globalization and Its Discontents is the bestselling expose' of the all-powerful organizations that control our lives – from the man who has seen t..

‘The colonel took the top off the coffee can and saw that there was only one little spoonful left’Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food an..

Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this powerful, often shocking, story follows the intertwined destinies of two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons – whose generations helplessly re-play the fall of Adam and Eve and the murderous rivalry of Cain and Abel.His most ambit..

The Catcher in the Rye is J . D. Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth. It's Christmas and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters - shooting the bull with ..