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A number one bestseller in Britain that topped the lists there for months, Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, funny, wise memoir is the book that his fans everywhere have been waiting for. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder series, the American profile of this multitalented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde, which earned him a... (more)

The French Lieutenant's Woman

by John Fowles

Well-known as an international bestseller and award-winning film, The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles is magnificent entertainment. This virtuoso reading by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons is storytelling at its best. Fowles' intricate portrait of Victorian relationships and love, brought to life by Irons' artistry, will haunt you long after the story ends. 2 cassettes.

The Zoo Story and The Sandbox.

by Edward Albee

To the Hermitage

by Malcolm Bradbury

In October 1993, a novelist is invited to go to Stockholm and Russia to take part in what is enigmatically referred to as the Diderot Project. In Stockholm he is joined by various other members of the project-including an academic, a lustful opera singer, and a Swedish diplomat. On the journey to Russia more is revealed about the great Enlightenment writer Denis Diderot-the son of a knife maker in Langres, who... (more)

Paperweight

by Stephen Fry

Rates of Exchange

by Malcolm Bradbury

Welcome to Slaka! A land of lake and forest, of beetroot and tractor, of cultural riches and bloody battlefields. Malcolm Bradbury's hilariously entertaining and witty novel, RATES OF EXCHANGE, introduces the small, eastern European country of Slaka. In less than two short weeks there, first-time visitor Dr Petworth manages to give a rather controversial lecture, get embroiled in the thorny thickets of sexual and... (more)

St. Clare's series: Book 2

The O'Sullivan Twins (St Clare's)

by Enid Blyton

It's the start of the Easter Term and Pat and Isabel are looking forward to meeting all their friends at St Clare's once more. The new girls prove to be a source of much amusement, and there is all the fun of boarding-school life as well.

Epipleptic Bicycle

by Edward Gorey

A charming burlesque concerning an intrepid voyage of epic proportions by the Â“incredibly sophisticated...stylish and inventiveÂ” Edward Gorey (New York Observer). Now available in a special gift edition.

Four Weddings and a Funeral: The Screenplay for the Smash Hit Comedy

Four Weddings and a Funeral: The Screenplay for the Smash Hit Comedy

by Richard Curtis

Curtis's poignant, irreverent, and laugh-out-loud screenplay grossed more than $200 million wordwide and garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. This book includes the complete script, plus scenes that were cut from the film, anecdotes, and observations from the author. Photographs.

The Malory Towers

by Enid Blyton

Includes the first three books in the "Malory Towers" series.

Blackladder 2 Six Episodes

by Richard Curtis

Are you looking for a book that is as cunning as a fox that has just been made Professor Cunning at Oxford University? Then look no further. Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty is the book for you. Here, at last, for the first time, are the full scripts of one of British television's funniest comedies. Follow the hilarious misadventures of the despicable Edmund Blackadder and his dimwitted sidekick Baldrick... (more)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's popular comedy of love and mistaken identity is accompanied by a section on reading Shakespeare's language, information on Shakespeare's life and theater, explanatory notes, annotated reading lists, and an essay.

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an... (more)

Pride and Prejudice (Audio Education Study Guides)

Pride and Prejudice (Audio Education Study Guides)

by Jane Austen

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the... (more)

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as... (more)

Naked

by David Sedaris

The author recounts hitchhiking across the country with an odd cast of quadriplegics and deadbeats, working as a migrant worker in North Carolina, and other adventures.

Lolita

by Vladimir Nabokov

The hilarious and tragic story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who feels passion only for the young "nymphet" Dolores Haze, whom he renames Lolita.

A Suitable Boy

by Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: Lata and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra, are both trying to find -- through love or through exacting maternal appraisal -- a suitable boy for Lata to marry. Set in the early 1950s, in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, A Suitable Boy takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively... (more)

Another Roadside Attraction

by Tom Robbins

What if the Second Coming didn't quite come off as advertised? What if "the Corpse" on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is--what does that portent for the future of western civilization? And what if a young clairvoyant named Amanda reestablishes the flea circus as popular entertainment and fertility worship as the principal religious form of our high-tech age? Another Roadside... (more)

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by Stephen Fry

by John Fowles

by Edward Albee

by Malcolm Bradbury

by Stephen Fry

by Malcolm Bradbury

by Enid Blyton

by Edward Gorey

by Richard Curtis

by Enid Blyton

by Richard Curtis

by William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare

by Jane Austen

by Charles Dickens

by David Sedaris

by David Sedaris

by Vladimir Nabokov

by Vikram Seth

by Tom Robbins