' The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it' When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted he is captivated by his own beauty Tempted by his world-weary decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton he wishes to stay forever young & pledges his very soul to keep his good looks Set in fin-de-siecle London the novel traces a path from the studio of painter Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End As Dorian's slide into crime & cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful while his beautiful portrait changes revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay Ever since its first publication in 1890 Wilde's only novel has remained the subject of critical controversy Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale it has been denounced by others for its implicit immorality Combining elements of the supernatural aestheticism & the Gothic The Picture of Dorian Gray is an unclassifiable & uniquely unsettling work of fiction 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 ...

Artists The Picturebooks Label Century Media Format Vinyl 12 Album Running Time Vinyl 12 Album Number of Disks Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 Seen Those Days 2 Wardance 3 Home Is a Heartache 4 Fire Keeps Burning 5 On These Roads I'll Die 6 I Need That Oooh 7 The Murderer 8 Zero Fucks Given 9 Cactus 10 I Came a Long Way for You 11 Get Gone 12 Bad Habits Die Hard 13 Heathen Love 14 Inner Demons ...

Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2017 World-weary Jonathan Craine is a detective at the LAPD who has spent his entire career as a studio fixer' covering up crimes of the studio players to protect the billion-dollar industry that built Los Angeles When one of the producers of The Wizard of Oz is found dead under suspicious circumstances Craine must make sure the incident passes without scandal & that the deceased's widow the beautiful starlet Gale Goodwin comes through the ordeal with her reputation unscathed But against his better instincts Craine finds himself increasingly drawn to Gale & when a series of unsavoury truths begin to surface Craine finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy involving a Chicago crime syndicate a prostitution racket & a set of stolen pictures that could hold the key to unravelling the mystery ...

Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2017 World-weary Jonathan Craine is a detective at the LAPD who has spent his entire career as a studio fixer' covering up crimes of the studio players to protect the billion-dollar industry that built Los Angeles When one of the producers of The Wizard of Oz is found dead under suspicious circumstances Craine must make sure the incident passes without scandal & that the deceased's widow the beautiful starlet Gale Goodwin comes through the ordeal with her reputation unscathed But against his better instincts Craine finds himself increasingly drawn to Gale & when a series of unsavoury truths begin to surface Craine finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy involving a Chicago crime syndicate a prostitution racket & a set of stolen pictures that could hold the key to unravelling the mystery ...

Factory mine & mill Industry toil & grime Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place But more than possibly anywhere else the North has always known how to get dressed up take itself out on the town & have a good time After all working & playing hard is its specialty & Stuart Maconie is in search of what exactly this entails what it tells us about the North today Following tip offs & rumour Stuart takes trip to forgotten corners & locals' haunts From the tapas bars of Halifax to the caravan parks of Berwick Upon Tweed from a Westhoughton bowling green to Manchester's curry mile via dog tracks & art galleries dance floors & high fells Stuart compares the new & old North with some surprising results The Pie at Night could be seen as a companion to the bestselling Pies & Prejudice but it is not a sequel After all this is a new decade & the North is changing faster than ever This is a revealing & digressive journey & a State of the North address delivered from barstool terrace dress circle & hillside ...

From the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' Superbly gripping' Sunday Times' Terrifically compelling' Guardian'A brilliant collection' Daily Mail An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong A seaside pier collapses A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean Another woman is saved from drowning Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve ' The real redemption in these superbly gripping stories comes from their canny human detail & the vivid unsettling clarity they bring to our lives' Sunday Times ...

' He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or even Truman Capote' The Times A Spectator Book of the Year An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong A seaside pier collapses A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean Another woman is saved from drowning Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon demonstrates two things first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes) second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought ...

Pigs don't swim or so it's said A classic much-loved picture book following the exploits of a hot & bothered pig In this Kate Greenaway Commended picture book favourite Owl Babies author Martin Waddell tells the story of Neligan's pig
- who's feeling very hot & bothered! It's one of the most sizzling days of the summer & the pig sits by the pond watching the ducks & geese playing on the cool water The pig gets warmer & warmer the ducks & the geese get louder & louder Neligan's pig knows that pigs don't swim
- but she just has to take a dive! & she's not the only one on the farm who's sweltering A riotous read-aloud to be shared over & over again

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Originally written & illustrated by Enid Marx in 1943 The Pigeon Ace tells the tale of Coo-coo a brave pigeon called to serve during the war as a homing pigeon with his new wife Flutter-flutter 24 pages Marx Enid ...

1 Romantic Type 2 I Found Out 3 Don&t Know How To Say Goodbye 4 Caught In Your Trap 5 I Can&t Control Myself 6 I&m Not Sorry 7 You Know I Love You 8 Stop Or Go 9 You Better Not Look My Way 10 Take Her Back 11 Wait for Me 12 I&m Always Right ...