Richard Brown
3) 1984
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A chilling portrait of a totalitarian society under the ever-watchful gaze of Big Brother, where love, privacy, and individuality are banned. The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's nightmare vision from 1949 of the world we are becoming is timelier that ever. 1984 is the great modern classic of a 'negative utopia' - a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing
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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 16
Aubrey/Maturin volume 16
Aubrey and Maturin
Aubrey/Maturin volume no. 16
Aubrey/Maturin volume 16
Aubrey and Maturin
Aubrey/Maturin volume no. 16
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English
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Captain Aubrey and the crew of the Surprise are pursuing an American privateer through the Great South Sea.
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Join Leo and his sisters as they discover that every bus has surprises on board!--Back cover.
"Patience pays off for Leo and his sisters as they wait for the right bus to take them to the park! Leo and his family are waiting for the bus, but each one that passes just isn't the right bus for them. First a red bus filled with a hen, a cow a duck, a goat and a horse, and driven by a sheep goes by, bound for the farm. Next a yellow bus jam-packed with...
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A novel by the author of 1984 about a man determined to reject middle-class values who finds living in noble poverty more difficult than expected. Gordon Comstock despises the materialism and shallowness of middle-class life-the worship of money, the striving for dull, stuffy respectability. To live up to his ideals, he quits his lucrative position as an advertising copywriter and devotes himself to poetry and other high-minded pursuits. But low-paid...
12) Jaws
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English
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A police officer, fisherman and marine scientist team up in order to stop a menacing great white shark.