Want to become a classic novel buff, or expand your reading of some of the finest novels ever published? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of writing that has made an everlasting impression on our literary heritage...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:174
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9781408113967
Historical fiction is a hugely popular genre, providing fictional accounts or dramatisations of historical figures or events. This latest guide in the highly successful Bloomsbury Must-Read series presents 100 of the finest novels published in this sector...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:176
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9780713688726
Novels which transform our ideas about human possibilities, biographies which celebrate the achievements of extraordinary individuals, polemical works of non-fiction which oblige us to alter our views of the world or of human society: all of us can remember reading at least one book which made us think about the world anew. Here...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:148
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9780747572343
Features more than 350 major authors both time-honoured and contemporary, from Margaret Atwood to Emile Zola, through Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley and Graham Swift...more details Format:Paperback Pages:352
When you're just finishing a novel that you've found hard to put down, deciding what to read next can be a daunting task. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide features hundreds of authors and thousands of titles...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:486
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9781408113950
Deciding what to read next when you've just finished an unputdownable novel can be difficult and daunting. But the 'Read On' sections in the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide will direct you to similar authors and works...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:525
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9780747559337
With 100,000 new books each year joining the enormous wealth of already published literature, finding more titles in the same fiction genre or non-fiction topic as that 'unputdownable' book can be difficult. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guidefeatures more than 350 major authors and 4...more details Format:Paperback Pages:384
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Why did London Underground once employ a one-legged man to ride up and down the escalators at Earl's Court tube station...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:320
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9780747560890
Covering every major crime fiction genre, from cosy crime to darkest noir, the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fictionwill help readers everywhere navigate their way through this plethora of great writing.220 of the best crime authors are included with a description of the themes...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
More than 350 major authors, from Margaret Atwood to Emile Zola, through Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley, and Graham Swift, are arranged in alphabetical order...more details Format:Paperback Pages:384
This guide features more than 350 major authors and 4000 books. For each author there is a short article on style, influences, settings, theme and salient works. This is then followed by a "Read On" section directing readers to similar books by other authors. For 12 of the most influential works of literature...more details Format:Hardback Pages:384
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9780750933889
London's distinctive blue plaques commemorate remarkable men and women who have lived in the capital. This guide describes the careers of nearly 800 individuals; well-known names such as Charles Dickens...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9781904048640
Every day thousands of people worldwide consult "Roget's Thesaurus". How many stop to consider why that endlessly useful reference book is so called? Of those who know that it owes its name to the man who first devised it...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:157
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9781842432488
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous fictional detective ever created. He and Dr Watson, will forever be associated with the gaslit and smog-filled streets of late 19th and early 20th century London...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:316
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9781842432471
Robin Hood is Englands greatest folk hero. Everyone knows the story of the outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Nick Rennisons highly entertaining book begins with the search for the historical Robin. Was there ever a real Robin Hood? Rennison looks at the candidates who have been proposed over the years...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:160
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9781843542742
From his mysterious connections to the British criminal underworld to his early acquaintance with Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes: the biography blends what we already know of Holmes's career with social history to answer the questions his admirers have long puzzled over...more details Format:Hardback Pages:298
In this new biography, Nick Rennison presents a new account of the life and times of the famous detective. "Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography" blends what we already know of the great sleuth's career with carefully documented social history to answer the questions admirers have long puzzled over...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:304
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Nick Rennison
ISBN:9780752450506
This is a guide to London's distinctive Blue Plaques that commemorate the remarkable men and women who have lived in the capital. Its biographical portraits...more details Format:Paperback Pages:290
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Nick Rennison and Richard Shephard
ISBN:9780713675849
Want to become a crime novel buff, or expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of the some of the finest crime novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:187
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Stephen E Andrews and Nick Rennison
ISBN:9780713675856
Want to become a science-fiction buff, or expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of some of the finest sci-fi novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:194
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Rennison Nick
ISBN:9781408129128
Which 100 novels represent the finest American literature ever produced? Let this book be your guide. The latest title in the popular Must-Read series...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:180
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Rennison Nick
ISBN:9781408114872
Fantasy is one of the most visible genres in popular culture: we see the creation of magical and imagined worlds and characters in every type of media...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:192
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Rennison Nick
ISBN:9781408129111
Literary awards like the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize are very influential on the popularity of new novels. This new title in the successful Must-Read series provides an overview of prize-winning fiction over the decades. With 100 titles fully featured and over 500 read-on recommendations...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:179