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Wives And Daughters
₱200.00A story of romance, scandal and intrigue within the confines of a watchful, gossiping english village during the early nineteenth century when seventeen-year-old molly gibson’s widowed father remarries, her life is turned upside down by the arrival of her vain, manipulative stepfather. she also acquires an intriguing new stepsister, cynthia, glamorous, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. the two girls begin to confide in one another and molly soon finds herself a go-between in cynthia’s love affairs – but in doing so risks losing both her own reputation and the man she secretly loves. set in english society before the 1832 reform bill, elizabeth gaskell’s last novel – considered to be her finest – demonstrates an intelligent and compassionate understanding of human relationships, and offers a witty, ironic critique of mid-victorian society. this text is based on the 1866 cornhill magazine version of the novel. it also includes notes on textual variants between this edition and the original manuscript, a note on the story’s ending and an introduction discussing the novel’s challenging investigation of themes of englishness, darwinism and masculine authority. for more than seventy years, penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the english-speaking world. with more than 1,700 titles, penguin classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
₱200.00Lucy, edmund and eustace join prince caspian on his voyage to search for seven friends of his father long since lost on a voyage to the eastern islands.
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Encyclopedia Of Religion
₱300.00A stunning visual encyclopedia that takes you on a global journey to offer a compelling insight into the religions of the world each of the world’s religions comes brilliantly to life through superb photography and informative graphics all the history, culture and practices of each religion in a uniquely accessible format researched and written by a team of experts
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The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia
₱200.00The core of this encyclopedia is an illustrated catalogue containing colour photographs of over 500 teddy bears. a 24-page directory charts the manufacturing history of teddy bears and comprehensive address lists supply information on museums, clubs and specialist shops. the book also covers such bear-related topics as manufacturing, collecting, care and repair, valuation, joining clubs and attending auctions.
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The Science Book
₱250.00This highly visual series puts an exhilarating spin on core reference topics. from legendary lost treasures to the deadliest animal predators, and extreme forces to savage storms, these titles present a new way of looking at our world. packed with hundreds of amazing photos and fantastic facts content-inspired design keeps readers engrossed from the first page to the last perfect for school homework or projects
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The Dorling Kindersley History Of The World
₱300.00This ambitious and colorful volume covers the history of the world from the beginnings of life on earth to the 1990’s in 384 pages of mostly pictures. the 20 chapters are arranged chronologically with catchy titles such as “conquest and plague” to go along with the dates included in the chapter heading. at the beginning of each chapter is a double-page world map with pictures illustrating some of the major developments during that particular era. a brief narrative introduces the chapter and a timeline, divided into regions-oceania, america, europe, asia and africa-covers the next two pages. the timeline is illustrated with pictures of models or artifacts. then a series of pages is devoted to narrative and illustration of some of the events of that chapter’s era in each of the regions. insert maps, photographs, biographical sketches, and drawings are prominent. there are supplementary reference pages which have more timelines featuring architecture, population, inventions, and the modern world, and some united states fact tables. there is a two-page glossary. the index is neither complete nor well-organized; the listing for czechoslovakia, for example, has a hard-to-find reference on a timeline, but does not mention more information on another page, no doubt because the heading there is a reference to the “prague spring” and is listed in the index only under prague. the issues discussed on these pages are never resolved by any reference in the index, or the text, for that matter, to the velvet revolution or the division of the country. students will be left thinking the intellectuals of “czechoslovakia” are still debating communism. the difficulties of sustaining continuity in this sort of work are obvious. the reference use of this history will be limited to browsing for a topic to research elsewhere. nonetheless, the volume will be visually appealing to many students in elementary and middle school.
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