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Just published: As I Please by #GeorgeOrwell. Collected here in one volume, and fully annotated, these opinion pieces showcase Orwell’s polemical brilliance. almabooks.com/product/as-i-p… #bookworm #booklover #nonfiction #book
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#charlesdickens died #OnThisDay in 1870. Our collection includes twelve of his works. Find out more: almabooks.com/product/the-ch… #books #Dickens #Literature
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Just launched a selection of Underrated Novels. Follow us on Instagram! #books #bookworm #booklover #bookrecommendations #literature
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#bookrecommendations: The Duel by Giacomo Casanova (he died #OnThisDay in 1798) A rollicking autobiographical account by one of the most iconic figures of eighteenth-century Europe. almabooks.com/product/the-du… #books #booksbooksbooks
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Alain Resnais was born #OnThisDay in 1922. His film Last Year at Marienbad is one of the greatest cult classics of modern cinema. almabooks.com/product/last-y… #CultMovies #alainresnais
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#bookrecommendations: The #jamesjoyce Collection. All five volumes include annotations by #Joyce scholars almabooks.com/product/the-ja… #booksbooksbooks #books
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“It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity” ― Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, born #OTD in 1840 almabooks.com/product/tess-o… #OnThisDay #literature #booksbooksbooks #englishliterature
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Already read this? Read this next... Follow us on Instagram for more #bookrecommendations almabooks.com/product/we/ #Literature #bookworms #booklovers #books #orwell
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On second thoughts, this photo is closer to the spirit of the thing...
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With the armistice and eventual withdrawal of the Bourbons from Palermo, the Across Sicily posts are over, but the book is there full of the voices the protagonists of this extraordinary adventure...
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The Flowers of Evil by Charles #Baudelaire was published #OnThisDay in 1857. 'There all is beauty, all is measure, Richness, serenity and pleasure.' Translated by Anthony Mortimer (dual-language edition) almabooks.com/product/the-fl… #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
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#bookrecommendations: The Complete F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection (A special collection of all 15 fiction works by the author of #thegreatgatsby) almabooks.com/product/comple… #fscottfitzgerald #books #bookstagram #booklovers #Bookworm #booksbooksbooks #literature
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Louis-Ferdinand Céline, born #OTD in 1894 ‘I feel called by his voice… my Proust is Celine’ – Philip Roth almabooks.com/product/the-ce… #Books #literature #BookLovers #bookworm
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Night of 26/27 May. The descent to Palermo. “It was barely a path at all dropping down from crag to crag." Cesare Abba
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Choose Your Own Five Calder #Books! A historical list championing some of the great #avantgarde writers of the 20th century. Now added more #books to the collection almabooks.com/product/choose… #Literature #bookreaders #booklovers #bookworms
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Just Published: As I Please by #GeorgeOrwell. The last volume in our #Orwell Collection almabooks.com/product/george… #books #literature #booklovers #animalfarm #1984 #bookworm #booksbooksbooks #book
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Gibilrossa. 12 km south east of Palermo. "IN THIS PLACE ON 26 MAY 1860 THE LEADER OF THE THOUSAND CAMPED HIS BRAVE MEN AND WAS WELCOMED WITH EXULTATION BY LA MASA AND THE PICCIOTTI."
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