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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
Jane Austen; Introduction by Henry Hitchings; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
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R280
R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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A special edition from Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book
lover. Featuring beautiful heritage wallpaper patterns from Jane
Austen's own home in Hampshire, these collectable paperback
editions are a must for all Jane Austen fans. Two sisters of
opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide
the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Elinor,
practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who
is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental,
the epitome of sensibility, loses her heart to a scoundrel who
jilts her. A powerful drama of family life and growing up, Sense
and Sensibility is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a
striking critique of early nineteenth-century society. With
original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this
Macmillan Collector's Library edition also features bonus material
by Jane Austen expert Sophie Reynolds.
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Emma (Paperback)
Jane Austen; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Introduction by David Pinching
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R280
R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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A special edition from Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book
lover. Featuring beautiful heritage wallpaper patterns from Jane
Austen's own home in Hampshire, these collectable paperback
editions are a must for all Jane Austen fans. Oft-copied but never
bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners.
Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she
sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town
of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her
subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to
find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the
lives of others she must try to transform. With original
illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan
Collector's Library edition also features bonus material by Jane
Austen expert Sophie Reynolds.
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Hugh Thomson
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R918
Discovery Miles 9 180
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Pride and Prejudice (Paperback)
Jane Austen; Introduction by Henry Hitchings; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
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R280
R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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A special edition from Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book
lover. Featuring beautiful heritage wallpaper patterns from Jane
Austen's own home in Hampshire, these collectable paperback
editions are a must for all Jane Austen fans. Jane Austen's
best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of
first impressions, the power of reason and, above all, the strange
dynamics of human relationships and emotions. A tour de force of
wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the
headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr Darcy must have
their pride humbled and their prejudices dissolved before they can
acknowledge their love for each other. With original illustrations
by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library
edition also features bonus material by Jane Austen expert Sophie
Reynolds.
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Emma (Hardcover, New Edition)
Jane Austen; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Introduction by David Pinching
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R280
R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable
comedy of manners. Now a major motion picture starring Anya
Taylor-Joy, Miranda Hart and Bill Nighy. Part of the Macmillan
Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized
classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful
hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful
additions to your own collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the
celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition
also includes an afterword by David Pinching. Set in the fictional
village of Highbury, Austen follows the charming but insensitive
Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career in
match-making. Adopting the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her
subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she attempts
to find Harriet a suitor - until she begins to realize it isn't the
lives of others she must try to transform, but her own.
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the
discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. In 1911 Hiram
Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set
out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital
city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of
doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved
ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet
above the torrent of the Urubamba River. The buildings were of
white granite, exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man.
Bingham had not, as it turned out, found Vilcabamba, but he had
nevertheless made an astonishing and memorable discovery, which he
describes in his bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.
Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of
tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and
Sensibility. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges
and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts
for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection.
Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition
also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings.
Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a
man who is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and
sentimental, the epitome of sensibility, loses her heart to a
scoundrel who jilts her. A powerful drama of family life and
growing up, Sense and Sensibility is at once a subtle comedy of
manners and a striking critique of early nineteenth-century
society.
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Persuasion (Hardcover, New Edition)
Jane Austen; Introduction by Henry Hitchings; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
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R280
R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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Jane Austen's wickedly satirical final novel, and the inspiration
for a major motion picture starring Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding
and Richard E. Grant. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a
series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold
foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make
perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own
collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson,
this edition also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry
Hitchings. Persuasion follows the story of Anne Elliott who, as a
teenager, was engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick
Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell
that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their
engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their
circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly
from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's fortunes are floundering.
Will their past regrets prevent them from finding future happiness?
With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an
irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split
loyalties in Mansfield Park. Part of the Macmillan Collector's
Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics
with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful
hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful
additions to your own collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the
celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition also includes an afterword by
historian and author Nigel Cliff. Aged ten, Fanny Price is sent to
live with her wealthier relations, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park.
However, life there is not as she imagined. Treated with disdain by
three of her cousins, she finds her only comfort in the kindness of
the fourth, Edmund. As they grow, their friendship develops into
romantic love - until the arrival of Henry Crawford and his
charming sister Mary causes an emotional upheaval that no one in
the family expects.
Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a comedic and brilliantly
postmodern lampoon of gothic romance novels. Part of the Macmillan
Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized
classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful
hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful
additions to your own collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the
celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition also includes an afterword by
David Pinching. Catherine Morland is a naive young woman whose
perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the
romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted. When she moves to
Bath she sees mystery and intrigue all around her - not least of
all in Northanger Abbey itself, the home of General Tilney and his
handsome son Henry, where Catherine suspects a sinister crime has
occurred . . .
WINNER OF THE 2014 THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE In the past, Hugh
Thomson has written acclaimed books about Peru, Mexico and the
Indian Himalaya. Now he returns to the most exotic and foreign
country of them all - his own. Walking right across England, along
ancient trackways and green grass roads, Hugh explores the way the
country was and the way it is today: the legends, literature and
natural world that define us, and the undercurrent of regret
running throughout our history; what he calls 'the unicorn
disappearing into the trees'. From coast-to-coast and through the
heart of the countryside, he shows how older,forgotten cultures
like the Celts, Saxons and Vikings lie much closer to the surface
than we may think. It is a journey enriched and partly told by the
characters he meets along the way. By taking it, Hugh casts
unexpected light - and humour - on the way we live now.
Biographies of A. Alexander, C. Hodge, S. Schmucker, J. W. Nevin,
S. Jackson, A. G. Simonton, S. Colwell, H. Van Dyke, F. J. Grimke,
W. Lowrie, T. Kagawa, and J. Hromadka. Originally published in
1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
Biographies of A. Alexander, C. Hodge, S. Schmucker, J. W. Nevin,
S. Jackson, A. G. Simonton, S. Colwell, H. Van Dyke, F. J. Grimke,
W. Lowrie, T. Kagawa, and J. Hromadka. Originally published in
1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
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Cranford
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Hugh Thomson
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R712
Discovery Miles 7 120
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An account of Hugh Thomson's first wild adventure in Mexico at the
age of 18 illustrates why it ignited his love for Latin America,
and is then followed by his subsequent exploration 30 years later
of the country, its people, and its history. Revealing a much more
dangerous side of Mexico than that seen by package vacationers,
this book takes the reader from the badlands of Chihuahua to the
forests of the Yucatan. It ends deep in the Mexican jungle, face to
face with one the most enigmatic and least understood cultures on
the planet--the Maya--with a sense of humility at how little we
still know about the pre-Columbian past. Similar to "The Motorcycle
Diaries," by throwing himself on the kindness, hospitality, and
mercy of the Mexicans he met (or crashed into), Hugh was given an
unusual and peculiarly vulnerable insight into Mexico. He returns
many years later with a deeper understanding and the ability to
explore the deep roots of pre-Columbian culture within Mexican life
and to appreciate how much archaeologists have revealed about the
Maya and the Aztecs in just the last few years.
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Emma (Paperback)
Ossama Hammami; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, C.E. Brock
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R860
Discovery Miles 8 600
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