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Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

'You talk very easily of hours, sir! How long do you suppose, sir, that an hour is to a man who is choking for want of air?'

When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in A... Buy or find out more 


Republic
Plato

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

Plato's Republic is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect comm... Buy or find out more 



The Social Contract
Jean Jacques Rousseau

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Roussea... Buy or find out more 


Eichmann In Jerusalem: A Report On The Banality Of Evil
Hannah Arendt

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Usa

Hannah Arendt's authoritative report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann includes further factual material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy tha... Buy or find out more 



The Old Wives' Tale
Arnold Bennett

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters – shy, retiring Constance and defiant, romantic Sophia – over the course of nearly half a c... Buy or find out more 


Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

'The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself'Passionate, poetic and revolutionary, Jane Eyre is a novel of naked emotional power. Its story of a defiant, fiercely int... Buy or find out more 




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