An heroic epic poem where Beowulf, a hero of a Germanic tribe from southern Sweden, travels to Denmark to help defeat a monster named Grendel. It is sometimes called "England's national epic". J. R. R. Tolkien of Lord of the Rings fame was a Beowulf scholar and many parallels can also be drawn between Beowulf and The Hobbit. The work has served as the inspiration for many books and films including Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead.

1894 Best Seller.

A fictionalised 'autobiography' of the true story of a dog named 'Beautiful Joe'. Joe's abusive original owner savagely mistreated him. The book became very popular and greatly contributed to the worldwide awareness of animal cruelty.

1863 Best Seller.

Whitney was an opponent of women's suffrage, although in keeping with her philosophy she took no part in public life. Her message of then merely conservative values meant that her books sold very well to the parents of girls.

In The ethics Aristotle examines the nature of virtue and the purpose of life. He believed virtue could be understood only through action - one had to be virtuous to know virtue. The work surveys all the areas of human concern; courage, generosity, honour, justice, friendship, wit, etc. Aristotle's ideas dominated western thinking until the renaissance. The Ethics is considered to be one of Aristotle's most accessible works.

On a visit to Bath, seventeen year old Catherine Morland meets Henry and Eleanor Tilney who invite her to their father's estate, Northanger Abbey. Inspired by the Gothic novels that she enjoys, Catherine begins to imagine all sorts of dark and mysterious happenings at the abbey......

The arrival of eligible bachelor Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy to the neighbourhood is exciting news for Mrs. Bennet who is determined to secure good matches for her five daughters. But her daughter Elizabeth, a woman of quick mind and even quicker tongue, is not impressed. Love and marriage in 19th century England can be tricky subjects and a comedy of manners ensues. Will Elizabeth ever succumb to the charms of Mr. Darcy? Jane Austen delights us in Pride and Prejudice, her most famous novel.

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