The Forsyte Saga is the first part of John Galsworthy's magnificent well-loved Forsyte Chronicles which trace the changing fortunes of the wealthy Forsyte dynasty through fifty years of material triumph & emotional disaster The Forsyte Saga begins as the nineteenth century is drawing to a close & the upper middle classes with their property & propriety are becoming a dying section of society The Forsytes are blind to this fact clinging to their conventions & brilliant respectability' As dignified Soames Forsyte struggles to uphold the old moral code in the face of the social revolution resulting from the Great War his wife Irene's extraordinary beauty causes even more disruption The bitter feud between them comes to split the Forsyte family for two generations ...

When a man is found stabbed & floating beneath the cliffs of the Newfoundland coast the small outpost of Hampden is swept up in a storm of suspicion & paranoia Grief-stricken & still struggling to cope with the death of one of their own a year earlier the troubled Now family are among the first to be suspected of the killing As the mystery around the murdered man unfolds the lies spiral the stakes rise & the once close-knit town becomes a prison that no one can escape ...

' He thought he could see in a flash the future of the Rougon-Macquart family a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold & blood' Set in the fictitious Provencal town of Plassans The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvere & Miette two idealistic young supporters of the republican resistance to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'etat in December 1851 They join the woodcutters & peasants of the Var to seize control of Plassans opposed by the Bonapartist loyalists led by Silvere's uncle Pierre Rougon Meanwhile the foundations of the Rougon family & its illegitimate Macquart branch are being laid in the brutal beginnings of the Imperial regime The Fortune of the Rougons is the first in Zola's famous Rougon-Macquart series of novels In it we learn how the two branches of the family came about & the origins of the hereditary weaknesses passed down the generations Murder treachery & greed are the keynotes & just as the Empire was established through violence the 'fortune' of the Rougons is paid for in blood ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Daniel Defoe's bawdy tale of a woman's struggle for independence & redemption Moll Flanders is edited with an introduction & notes by David Blewett in Penguin Classics Born in Newgate prison & abandoned six months later Moll Flanders' drive to find & hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest adultery bigamy prostitution & a resourceful career as a thief ('the greatest Artist of my time') before her crimes catche up with her & she is transported to the colony of Virginia in the New World If Moll Flanders is on one level a Puritan's tale of sin & repentance through self-made self-reliant Moll Daniel Defoe's rich subtext conveys all the paradoxes & amoralities of the struggle for property & power in the newly individualistic society of Eighteenth-century England Based on the first edition of 1722 this volume

Includes:: a chronology suggestions for further reading notes on currency & maps of London & Virginia in the late seventeenth century Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant soldier spy & political pamphleteer Over the course of his life Daniel Defoe wrote over two hundred & fifty books on economics history biography & crime but is best remembered for the fiction he produced in late life which

Includes:: Robinson Crusoe (1719) Moll Flanders (1722) & Roxana (1724) Defoe had a great influence on the development of the English novel & many consider him to be the first true novelist If you enjoyed Moll Flanders you might like Samuel Richardson's Pamela also available in Penguin Classics



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' Musa Dagh stood beyond the world No storm would reach it even if one should break' It is 1915 & Gabriel has returned to his childhood home an Armenian village on the slopes of Musa Dagh But things are becoming increasingly dangerous for his people in Turkey & as the government orders round-ups & deportations the villagers of Musa Dagh decide to fight back The seminal novel of the Armenian genocide Franz Werfel's bestselling 1933 epic brought the catastrophe to the world's attention for the first time & has become a talismanic story of resistance in the face of hatred' Forty Days will invade your senses & keep the blood pounding Once read it will never be forgotten' The New York Times Translated by Geoffrey Dunlop & James Reidel ...

The Forward Book of Poetry 2018 showcases a selection of the best contemporary poetry published in the British Isles over the last year including the winners of 2017's prestigious Forward Prizes for Poetry It is introduced by Andrew Marr chairman of the Forward Prizes judges Their final recommendations give a strong sense of the variety vitality & wit of poetry today making this anthology
- the 26th in an annual series
- valuable to both first-time poetry readers & those keen to find more new poetry to enjoy

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The brilliant new novel from Jenny Blackhurst the 1 e Book bestselling author of HOW I LOST YOU which Clare Mackintosh called 'utterly gripping' & BEFORE I LET YOU IN If you love Louise Jensen's THE GIFT or SK Tremayne's THE ICE TWINS you will love this When child psychologist Imogen Reid takes on the case of 11-year-old Ellie Atkinson she refuses to listen to warnings that the girl is dangerous Ellie was the only survivor of a fire that killed her family Imogen is convinced she's just a sad & angry child struggling to cope with her loss But Ellie's foster parents & teachers are starting to fear her When she gets upset bad things seem to happen & as Imogen gets closer to Ellie she may be putting herself in danger ...

TRANSLATED BY ROBERT & ELIZABETH CHANDLER & OLGA MEERSONPlatonov&s dystopian novel describes the lives of a group of Soviet workers who believe they are laying the foundations for a radiant future As they work harder & dig deeper their optimism turns to violence & it becomes clear that what is being dug is not a foundation pit but an immense grave This new translation by Robert & Elizabeth Chandler & Olga Meerson is based on the definitive edition recently published by Pushkin House in Leningrad All previous translations were done from a seriously bowdlerized text Robert Chandler is also the translator of Vasily Grossman&s Life & Fate The American scholar Olga Meerson has written extensively on Pushkin Dostoevsky Platonov & many other Russian authors ...

This is the first definitive introduction to behavioral economics aimed at advanced undergraduate & postgraduate students Authoritative cutting edge yet accessible it guides the reader through theory & evidence providing engaging & relevant applications throughout It is divided into nine parts & 24 chapters Part I is on behavioral economics of risk uncertainty & ambiguity The evidence against expected utility theory is examined & the behavioral response is outlined; the best empirically supported theory is prospect theory Part II considers other-regarding preferences The evidence from experimental games on human sociality is given followed by models & applications of inequity aversion intentions based reciprocity conditional cooperation human virtues & social identity Part III is on time discounting It considers the evidence against the exponential discounted utility model & describes several behavioral models such as hyperbolic discounting attribute based models & the reference time theory Part IV describes the evidence on classical game theory & considers several models of behavioral game theory including level-k & cognitive hierarchy models quantal response equilibrium & psychological game theory Part V considers behavioral models of learning that include evolutionary game theory classical models of learning experience weighted attraction model learning direction theory & stochastic social dynamics Part VI studies the role of emotions; among other topics it considers projection bias temptation preferences happiness economics & interaction between emotions & cognition Part VII considers bounded rationality The three main topics considered are judgment heuristics & biases mental accounting & behavioral finance Part VIII considers behavioral welfare economics; the main topics are soft paternalism & choice-based measures of welfare Finally Part IX gives an abbreviated taster course in neuroeconomics ...

Buddhism is a vast & complex religious & philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2500 years & which is now followed by around 115 million people In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas & practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Thervada Tibetan & Eastern) which exist in the world today From the narrative of the story of the Buddha through discussions of aspects such as textual traditions the framework of the Four Noble Truths the interaction between the monastic & lay ways of life the cosmology of karma & rebirth & the path of the bodhisattva this books provides a stimulating introduction to Buddhism as a religion & way of life which will also be of interest to those who are more familiar with the subject ...