Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession & the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab's appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, & extraordinary reader. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ` Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell`s heart I stab at thee; for hate`s sake I spit my last breath at thee...` Few literary masterpieces cast quite as awesome a shadow as Herman Melville`s Moby Dick. Captain Ahab`s quest for the white whale is a timeless epic
- a thrilling tale of vengeance & obsession, & a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity. Inspired by true events, Moby Dick is a work of astonishing psychological depth. It is perhaps the greatest sea story ever told & one of the great classics of literature.
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Join Captain Ahab, an eerily compelling madman, as he pursues an unholy war against a creation as vast, dangerous & unknowable as the sea itself. In his monumanical quest, Ahab focuses his distilled hatred & suffering
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- against one single creation, & pursues it relentlessly.

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When Donovan Hohn first heard the remarkable story of how 28, 904 bath toys spilled into the Pacific en route to the US from China & have been washing up along beaches throughout the world ever since, he decided to find out more & assumed he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to some beachcombers & read up on Arctic science & geography. ` But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, & they carry you away.` Setting out on a series of journeys to track the renegade rubber ducks, Moby-Duck is an adventure into the heart of the sea through science, myth, the global economy & some of the worst weather imaginable, & the riveting story of an accidental odyssey which pulled Hohn into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring terrain of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, & the shadowy domain of Chinese toy factories. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, & with each successive chase he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from (and where it is heading...). In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz & David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy & curiosity for anyone who is interested in obsession, travel, plastic, & that great American novel, Moby-Dick. ...

The third book in The Hunger Games series, ‘ Mockingjay’ continues the story of Katniss Everdeen who has twice survived the deadly Huger Games. In this exciting finale although she has made it out of the arena she is not safe, the Capitol is seeking revenge. ...

Mockingjay, the final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games series, is now available with all-new cover art from the feature film! Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she`s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she`s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge... The final book in the international bestselling Hunger Games series is soon to be a feature film. Here is the original novel with exciting new movie artwork on the cover! ...

The final book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy, this new foiled edition of MOCKINGJAY is available for a limited period of time. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she`s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she`s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. & what`s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss`s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. ...

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Moctezuma
- Aztec Ruler has been published to complement the major new exhibition at The British Museum which has been put together
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Produced to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum, on view 24 September 2009
- 24 January 2010, this catalogue will
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