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  Salters' Advanced Chemistry

  by George Burton, etc.

  "Salters' Advanced Chemistry" is a course for 16- to 19-year-olds using a fully-approved A level syllabus administered by the Oxford and Cambridge Board. It aims to show students that the subject is worth studying in its own right, has vocational relevance, and can be enjoyable without compromising academic standards. The course attempts to convey the excitement of contemporary chemistry, exploring the frontiers... (more)
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  Great Expectations

  by Charles Dickens

  Great Expectations, described by G. K. Chesterton as a “study in human weakness and the slow human surrender,” may be called Charles Dickens' finest moment in a remarkably illustrious literary career. Written in the last decade of his life, Great Expectations reveals Dickens’ dark attitudes toward Victorian society, its inherent class structure and its materialism. Yet this novel persists as one of Dickens’ most... (more)
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  Hamlet

  by William Shakespeare

  The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in the Kingdom of Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering the old King Hamlet (Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father) and then succeeding to the throne and marrying Gertrude (the King... (more)