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Animal Farm
A new edition of the classic text, a must-read for any serious student of politics and literature. This new edition offers the perspective of Professor John Sutherland on this great work, revealing Orwell to be a master storyteller, an acute political observer and an impassioned defender of humanity.
Animal Farm
A new edition of the classic text, a must-read for any serious student of politics and literature. This new edition offers the perspective of Professor John Sutherland on this great work, revealing Orwell to be a master storyteller, an acute political observer and an impassioned defender of humanity.
£8.99
Blake; or The Huts of America
Delany's tale of Blake, an escaped slave in the era before the US Civil War brings the harrowing detail of life under slavery and offers a call to action for resistance. New edition with a new introduction in the Foundations of Black Science Fiction series.
£7.99
Blake; or The Huts of America
Delany's tale of Blake, an escaped slave in the era before the US Civil War brings the harrowing detail of life under slavery and offers a call to action for resistance. New edition with a new introduction in the Foundations of Black Science Fiction series.
£3.99
Herland
A lost-world fantasy in the tradition of Arthur Conan Doyle and the Utopianism of William Morris, Herland inverted expectations with its exclusively female society visited by three men from the Edwardian era. An early example of feminist science fiction, this utopian fantasy explores miracle births, role reversals and concepts of peace and freedom.
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
£6.99
Herland
A lost-world fantasy in the tradition of Arthur Conan Doyle and the Utopianism of William Morris, Herland inverted expectations with its exclusively female society visited by three men from the Edwardian era. An early example of feminist science fiction, this utopian fantasy explores miracle births, role reversals and concepts of peace and freedom.
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
£3.99
Homage to Catalonia
With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's communism.
£7.99
Homage to Catalonia
With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's communism.
£3.99
Imperium in Imperio
Written in 1899, Grigg's moving, terrifying book describes the Jim Crow era life of a Black man inhabiting a living dystopia. Grigg's unflinching narrative explores nationalism, civil disobedience, voter suppression, poverty and education, all still familiar themes today.
£3.99
Nineteen Eighty-Four
With a new introduction by Professor Richard Bradford, this is a timely, essential edition. Orwell's prescient text is a warning of a world walking into a dystopian future. 'Big Brother', 'newspeak' and 'thoughtcrimes' are central to the author’s demonstration of autocratic control, and offer a startling relevance for today.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
With a new introduction by Professor Richard Bradford, this is a timely, essential edition. Orwell's prescient text is a warning of a world walking into a dystopian future. 'Big Brother', 'newspeak' and 'thoughtcrimes' are central to the author’s demonstration of autocratic control, and offer a startling relevance for today.
£7.99
Of One Blood: Or, The Hidden Self
A lost worlds thriller written in 1902 by a pioneering black writer of black fiction. The story of Reuel is fuelled by love, betrayal and a heavy undertow of the supernatural; an impulsive medical student he travels from Boston to Ethiopia, discovers a hidden city, ancient treasure and his own heritage. New edition with a new introduction.
£3.99
Of One Blood: Or, The Hidden Self
A lost worlds thriller written in 1902 by a pioneering black writer of black fiction. The story of Reuel is fuelled by love, betrayal and a heavy undertow of the supernatural; an impulsive medical student he travels from Boston to Ethiopia, discovers a hidden city, ancient treasure and his own heritage. New edition with a new introduction.
£6.99
On the Origin of Species (Concise Edition)
A new, popular edition with a clear introduction. Initially received with muted applause, Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was soon recognized as the breakthrough scientific advance that explained the evidence of the world around us, the place and history of humans, the connections between environment and evolution.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
On the Origin of Species (Concise Edition)
A new, popular edition with a clear introduction. Initially received with muted applause, Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was soon recognized as the breakthrough scientific advance that explained the evidence of the world around us, the place and history of humans, the connections between environment and evolution.
Series: Foundations
£3.99
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Concise Edition)
With a new introduction, this is an accessible, abridged edition of Renaissance Natural Philosopher Copernicus's great work. The consequence of long observation, it resulted in the first stage of the Scientific Revolution by correctly identifying that the earth and other planets of the solar system revolved around the sun.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Concise Edition)
With a new introduction, this is an accessible, abridged edition of Renaissance Natural Philosopher Copernicus's great work. The consequence of long observation, it resulted in the first stage of the Scientific Revolution by correctly identifying that the earth and other planets of the solar system revolved around the sun.
Series: Foundations
£3.99
Quantum Theory (Concise Edition)
A new, popular edition with a clear introduction. Featuring two works of quantum theory from the early years of the 20th Century, representing breakthroughs in science that radically altered the landscape of modern knowledge: Quantum Theory of Line-Spectra by Niels Bohr and The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by Max Planck.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
Quantum Theory (Concise Edition)
A new, popular edition with a clear introduction. Featuring two works of quantum theory from the early years of the 20th Century, representing breakthroughs in science that radically altered the landscape of modern knowledge: Quantum Theory of Line-Spectra by Niels Bohr and The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by Max Planck.
Series: Foundations
£3.99
Special & General Relativity (Concise Edition)
A new, popular edition with a clear introduction, featuring Einstein's core paper 'Relativity, The Special & The General Theory', which established his reputation as one of the greatest thinkers of our age. Also includes two of his Princeton University lectures as well as the paper which led to his famous equation E = mc2.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
Special & General Relativity (Concise Edition)
A new, popular edition with a clear introduction, featuring Einstein's core paper 'Relativity, The Special & The General Theory', which established his reputation as one of the greatest thinkers of our age. Also includes two of his Princeton University lectures as well as the paper which led to his famous equation E = mc2.
Series: Foundations
£3.99
Tarzan of the Apes
He swings through the trees, kills beasts with his bare hands and dwells under the sky…just who is this wild man? Edgar Rice Burroughs’ impassioned tale of the noble savage begins with a boy, orphaned and alone in the wilds of Africa, who is taken into the care of the apes and raised as their own.
£1.99
The Awakening
A rare novel written in the late Victorian era featuring a young woman who flings aside the norms of society and rejects her role as wife and mother. With interracial marriage and passages of overt sexuality, it caused an outcry on publication in 1899. Today it is seen as a portent of the future and admired for its direct and naturalistic style.
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
£6.99
The Awakening
A rare novel written in the late Victorian era featuring a young woman who flings aside the norms of society and rejects her role as wife and mother. With interracial marriage and passages of overt sexuality, it caused an outcry on publication in 1899. Today it is seen as a portent of the future and admired for its direct and naturalistic style.
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
£3.99
The Book of Astronomy in Antiquity (Concise Edition)
Ptolemy’s The Almagest brought together the ideas of Greek Antiquity, that the sun and planets revolved around the earth, the geocentric view which was used by European, Byzantine and Islamic scholars for 1400 years until Copernicus placed the sun as the focus of the solar system. This new book offers an accessible version of Ptolemy’s great work.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
The Citadel of Fear
Two adventurers, prospecting for gold in the jungles of Mexico, stumble across a lost Aztec city and cause an ancient evil to be unleashed. An early science fiction masterpiece written by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, writing as Francis Stevens.
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
£3.99
The Conjure Woman (new edition)
With a new introduction, The Conjure Woman is a collection of stories first published in 1899, regarded as a seminal work of African-American literature. Its fantastical tales of plantation life subverted the then racial stereotypes of the gracious slaveowner and their ignorant slaves who enjoyed the patronage of a caring master.
£6.99
The Conjure Woman (new edition)
With a new introduction, The Conjure Woman is a collection of stories first published in 1899, regarded as a seminal work of African-American literature. Its fantastical tales of plantation life subverted the then racial stereotypes of the gracious slaveowner and their ignorant slaves who enjoyed the patronage of a caring master.
£3.99
The Empty House, and Other Ghost Stories
Blackwood's 'The Empty House' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor. This edition includes 'A Haunted Island', 'The Wood of the Dead', 'Skeleton Lake' and several other ghoulish tales.
The Empty House, and Other Ghost Stories
Blackwood's 'The Empty House' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor. This edition includes 'A Haunted Island', 'The Wood of the Dead', 'Skeleton Lake' and several other ghoulish tales.
£6.99
The House of the Seven Gables
A mysterious tale of crime, witchcraft and the supernatural. The House of the Seven Gables is a gloomy New England Mansion, reeking of past sins and malevolent threats. The Pyncheon family that lives there has inherited the curse of centuries-old accusations of witchcraft, and is haunted by the ghosts of the sinful dead.
£6.99
The Interpretation of Dreams (Concise Edition)
New, compact, abridged edition of The Interpretation of Dreams, one of Freud's most important contributions to modern thought and a seminal work of psychological theory. The introduction by Freud expert Dr Richard Stevens, discusses its initial impact and subsequent influence.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
The Job
Written in the early years of the 1900s Lewis' central character, highly unusual for the era, is a woman, Una Golden, who gains work in an exclusively male world of commercial real estate. Golden struggles for the recognition of her male peers while balancing romantic and work life.
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
£3.99
The Job
Written in the early years of the 1900s Lewis' central character, highly unusual for the era, is a woman, Una Golden, who gains work in an exclusively male world of commercial real estate. Golden struggles for the recognition of her male peers while balancing romantic and work life.
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
£8.99
The Meaning of Truth (Concise Edition)
New, concise edition of one the most important pillars of modern philosophy. James' foundational work defines the move from the heritage of European thinking, with its abstractions and theoretical absolutes, to an energetic mode of philosophy based on facts and power, one more suited to the rising dominance of America through the 20th Century.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
The Physics. Writings on Natural Philosophy (Concise Edition)
One of Aristotle's great works, The Physics is an investigation into the nature of being, of the world and its place in the universe. Although philosophically much broader, it provides the foundation for the later work of Galileo, Isaac Newton, and prefigures Albert Einstein's breakthrough theories on time, space and the motion of stars.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
The Physics. Writings on Natural Philosophy (Concise Edition)
One of Aristotle's great works, The Physics is an investigation into the nature of being, of the world and its place in the universe. Although philosophically much broader, it provides the foundation for the later work of Galileo, Isaac Newton, and prefigures Albert Einstein's breakthrough theories on time, space and the motion of stars.
Series: Foundations
£3.99
The Principia. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Concise Edition)
A new, popular abridged edition with a clear introduction. The Principia is one of the most important scientific works ever written and continues profoundly to impact on modern science. It states Newton’s Laws of Motion and Law of Universal Gravitation revealing Newton as a rare genius, revolutionizing our understanding of the world around us.
Series: Foundations
£9.99
The Principia. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Concise Edition)
A new, popular abridged edition with a clear introduction. The Principia is one of the most important scientific works ever written and continues profoundly to impact on modern science. It states Newton’s Laws of Motion and Law of Universal Gravitation revealing Newton as a rare genius, revolutionizing our understanding of the world around us.
Series: Foundations
£3.99
The Republic: The Essential Philosophical Dialogue (Concise Edition)
Much of traditional Western thought began in Antiquity, flowing from the Platonic dialogues, The Republic being the most significant. Plato expresses the political, ethical and societal framework for the nature of the ideal state and defines the notion of justice. This new, accessible edition is carefully edited for the modern audience.
Series: Foundations
£9.99