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How to be Well Read: A guide to 500 great novels and a handful of literary curiosities

John Sutherland

An appreciation of Apuleius’s The Golden Ass - arguably the first-ever novel - is followed by a consideration of Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger. At the same time, John Sutherland shows how…

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The Fallen

John Sutherland

From Sunday Times bestselling author of Blue and Crossing the Line comes the second novel from ex-hostage negotiator John Sutherland.

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Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me: Her Life and Long Loves

John Sutherland

The story of Philip Larkin’s long-term partner Monica Jones based on her never-before-seen letters to the poet.

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A Little History of Literature

John Sutherland

A title that takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Canterbury Tales to Harry Potter. With masterful digressions…

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Armadale

Wilkie Collins

When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia…

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

D H Lawrence

Famously the subject of a court case, Lawrence's final novel is one of the most notorious and passionate love stories in literature.

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Surfing in the Sixties

Barrie Sutherland, Mal Sutherland, Bob Weeks, John Pennings

The 1960s was a decade like no other ... the culture, the music and the fashions. It also saw a surfing boom that bred innovation in surfboard design, changes in…

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Incomplete Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet

John Crace,John Sutherland

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this collection of the Bard’s greatest plays is digested to a few thousand words along with footnotes. It is suitable for those…

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Incomplete Shakespeare: Macbeth

John Crace,John Sutherland

/A little water clears us of this deed /Though a large scotch might also do the trick…‘ To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this is the first of…

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Incomplete Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

John Crace,John Sutherland

Beatrice: Get over yourself To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this is the third of a new collection of the Bard’s greatest plays, digested to a few thousand…

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

D. H. Lawrence

Famously banned for indecency, Lawrence's final novel is one of the most notorious and passionate love stories in literature.

Constance Reid, Lady Chatterley, is a young woman trapped in an…

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Colonies and Dependencies

James Sutherland Cotton, Edward John Payne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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Colonies and Dependencies

James Sutherland Cotton, Edward John Payne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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The Shooting Party

Anton Chekhov

Olga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken forester on a country estate, and her fateful relationships with the men in her life. Adored by Urbenin, the estate manager, whom…

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The Brontesaurus: An A-Z of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte (and Branwell)

Jon Sutherland

A Bronte miscellany that will delight any fan of classic literature: Was Rochester a murderer? Did the Reverend Bronte carry a loaded pistol? What, precisely, does ‘Wuthering’ mean?

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I, Maybot: The Rise and Fall

John Crace

NEW, FULLY UPDATED EDITION ‘Brexit means Brexit.’ ‘Strong and stable.’ ‘I don’t think I’m in the least robotic.’ Ever since Theresa May first whirred into inaction as prime minister, there…

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Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century

John Crace

Casts a critical eye on the classics of the last century, offering bite-sized pastiches from Mrs Dalloway to Trainspotting via Lolita and The Great Gatsby .

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The Digested Twenty-first Century

John Crace

Digested reads of the 21st Century… so far.

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Vertigo: Spurs, Bale and One Fan’s Fear of Success

John Crace

New edition with additional material. From the creator of the Digested Read, a hilarious take on the life of the obsessive football fan of a team that almost always disappoints.

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A Farewell to Calm: The New Normal Survival Guide

John Crace

Infectiously entertaining political satire, from the author of Decline and Fail and I, Maybot.

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Decline and Fail: Read in Case of Political Apocalypse

John Crace

This unremittingly entertaining collection of John Crace’s lifegiving political sketches will get you through the darkest of days - or failing that, will at least help you see the funny…

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Depraved New World

John Crace

From bestselling author John Crace comes a blisteringly hilarious tour through the whirlwind of post-Brexit Britain, from the ousting of Boris to the dawn of a new era…

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London Fields: Introduction by John Sutherland

Martin Amis

Everyone is always out there searching for someone and something, usually for a lover, usually for love. She knows the time, she knows the place, she knows the motive, she…

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A Catalogue of Maps, Plans, and Views of London, Westminster and Southwark. Collected and Arranged by Frederick Crace. Edited by His Son J. G. Crace.

John Gregory Crace,Frederick Crace

Title: A Catalogue of Maps, Plans, and Views of London, Westminster & Southwark. Collected and arranged by Frederick Crace. Edited by his son J. G. Crace.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print…

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How Literature Works: 50 Key Concepts

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With a series of succint, pithy essays, renowned literary critic John Sutherland strips away all pretension and provides concise definitions and clear examples of the 50 most important terms and…

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A Season in Sutherland

John E Edwards, Moss

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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The Siege of Krishnapur, Troubles: Introduction by John Sutherland

J.G. Farrell

Two stunning, Booker Prize-winning historical novels that vividly chronicle the crumbling edges of the British Empire in India and Ireland–in one Contemporary Classics hardcover.

Inspired by historical events, The Siege…

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John Barleycorn: “Alcoholic Memoirs

Jack London

Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical ‘A to Z’ of drinking shattered London’s reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The…

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Memoir Respecting The Kaffers, Hottentots, And Bosjemans V2: Of South Africa (1846)

John Sutherland

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Original Matter Contained in Lt. Col. Sutherland’s Memoir On the Kaffers, Hottentots, and Bosjemans, of South Africa, Heads 1St and 2Nd

John Sutherland

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Bestsellers (Routledge Revivals): Popular Fiction of the 1970s

John Sutherland

First published in 1981, this book offers a study of British and American popular fiction in the 1970s, a decade in which the quest for the superseller came to dominate…

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Jumbo: The Unauthorised Biography of a Victorian Sensation

John Sutherland

The first comprehensive ‘biography’ of one of the first celebrity animals who gave us one of our favourite words. Jumbo, Victorian England’s favourite elephant, was born in 1861 in French…

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The Secret Trollope: Anthony Trollope Uncovered

John Sutherland

The first book in the new series, “Writers and their Contexts’, to be published by EER. Who is more open with posterity than Anthony Trollope? What other Victorian novelist of…

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The Montfort Prescription

John Sutherland

Either Detective Franklin Washborne is losing his mind, or something very strange is going on. Assigned a murder case with no witnesses and few clues, Washborne finds himself drawn into…

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The Fields of Dreams

John Sutherland

This book reveals the highs and lows of working offshore. It’s witty,gritty, informative, and holds no punches regarding the true life of the offshore worker.

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John Sutherland

First published in 1981, this book offers a study of British and American popular fiction in the 1970s, a decade in which the quest for the superseller came to dominate…

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The Secret Trollope: Anthony Trollope Uncovered

John Sutherland

The first book in the new series, “Writers and their Contexts’, to be published by EER. Who is more open with posterity than Anthony Trollope? What other Victorian novelist of…

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Curiosities of Literature: A Book-lover’s Anthology of Literary Erudition

John Sutherland

How much heavier was Thackeray’s brain than Walt Whitman’s? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? And is there any link…

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The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction

John Sutherland

With over 900 biographical entries, more than 600 novels synopsized, and a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age the Longman Companion to Victorian…

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Triggered Literature

John Sutherland

In this characteristically nuanced and calmly objective study, the witty John Sutherland guides us through the increasingly rocky terrain of triggering. His advice rings clear: literature matters, to us and…

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The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction

John Sutherland

With over 900 biographical entries, more than 600 novels synopsized, and a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age the Longman Companion to Victorian…

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The Oxford Book of English Love Stories

An anthology of 28 love stories, from the 17th century to the present day, presenting a panorama of views about love in the context of the changing attitudes of English…

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