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Italy's greatest novel and a masterpiece of world literature, The Betrothed chronicles the unforgettable romance of Renzo…

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Joseph Conrad's long experience as a working seaman enriched and deepened his literary gifts, making him the most brilliant…

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No one likes to make mistakes, but all chess players, even those belonging to the world's elite, are prone to blundering.…

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Published in 1776, in the same year as the Declaration of Independence, "The Wealth of…

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This is an updated and largely expanded edition of "Starting Out: The Sicilian", the highly acclaimed guide to the most…

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Grandmaster Ruslan Scherbakov presents an opening system for Black based on the Semi-Slav Triangle - an ambitious way to…

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A rich and varied selection -- the only hardcover edition available -- of the literary and political essays of one of the…

The Stonewall is an ideal choice for those players who are keen to avoid the reams of theory that surround more popular…

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The most controversial classic novel of the 20th century, Lolita tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who…

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Chess Developments is a brand new series providing state-of-the-art coverage of chess openings. Chess Developments focuses…

William Shakespeare arrived at his splendid maturity as an artist in his second cycle of history plays. With their superb…

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Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies were written in a remarkably short period of time, between 1598 and 1606. Hamlet,…

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James was writing as a late nineteenth-century novelist. Not so very many years before this, in the 1870s, another…

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Comedies Volume 2 by William Shakespeare. Contains comedies such as The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much…

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