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Published in 1886, the protagonist, Michael Henchard, is a haytrusser who one day gets so drunk that he auctions off his wife and child for five guineas to a sailor. When sober, he realizes his mistake and vows not to touch liquor. Over the years, his hard work pays off, he becomes rich and eventual... More

The Return Of The Native has been considered as one of Thomas Hardy's greatest novels and one of the great works of late Victorian fiction. Egdon Heath, sunk in history, representing both the indifferent world of nature and the stage on which human dramas have been enacted since time immemorial, se... More

Hardy's fourth novel, published in 1874 Madding Crowd became so successful that Hardy was able to give up architecture and devote himself to writing.Thomas Hardy was born on Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester on June 2, 1840. Hardy succeeded on the death of his friend George Meredith to the pre... More

Hardy calls Tess `a pure woman', which she remains even after he seduction by a rich relative, her work as a diary maid, her romance and marriage with Angel Clare, her abandonment by her husband on the wedding night, her misfortunes and hardships which send her back to the arms of her seducer, the r... More

The Pillowcase is a novel which deals with complex issues associated with loss, personal unhappiness and the pursuit of seeking an answer to a defining issue. The central character is haunted by an incident whilst working within Military intelligence in Northern Ireland and how his past collided wit... More

Celebrating 100 years in print with Cambridge, this newly updated edition includes a foreword by T. W. Korner, describing the huge influence the book has had on the teaching and development of mathematics worldwide. There are few textbooks in mathematics as well-known as Hardy's Pure Mathematics. Si... More

Watching Michael Moore in action--passing off manipulating facts in Bowling for Columbine, spinning statistics in Stupid White Men and Dude, Where's My Country?, shamelessly grandstanding at the Academy Awards, and epitomizing the hypocrisy he's made a king's fortune railing against--has spurred aut... More

This book addresses civilization's most important environmental challenge: climate change. Burning of fossil fuels has greatly increased the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, trapping more of the sun's energy near the Earth's surface. In response, our planet is warming at an unprecedent... More