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  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted...
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  • THE RED PONY
    JOHN STEINBECK
    Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. In THE RED PONY, Jody begins to learn about adulthood - its pain, its responsibilities and its problems - through his acceptance of his father's gifts. First he is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught n...
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  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman. 'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.'Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the ...
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  • THE RED PONY
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    'A little masterpiece' New York TimesJody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's, if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him.But Jody learns, through the colt, and through his other adventures on the ranch, that with responsibility can come sacrifice and pain. Joy may swiftly turn t...
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  • OF MICE AND MEN
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a ...
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  • THE PEARL
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    The Pearl is a haunting and timeless tale of the dangers of unexpected wealth by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first.Kino is a desperately poor Mexican pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. Obsessed by his dre...
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  • THE PEARL
    STEINBECK, JOHN
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  • OF MICE AND MEN
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy -...
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  • EL PONY COLORADO
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Jody, el hijo de diez años de unos pequeños rancheros del valle de Salinas, en California, recibe un inesperado regalo de su padre: un pony colorado al que debe cuidar y que despierta la admiración de todos sus amigos. Hasta entonces, Jody ha vivido la existencia de un niño, pero ahora tendrá que adquirir responsabilidades de adulto y, con ellas, aprender una dura lección sobre...
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  • THE PEARL
    JOHN STEINBECK
    From the author of Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's The Pearl is a flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring, published with an introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin and drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco in Penguin Modern Classics. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry J...
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  • OF MICE & MEN
    JOHN STEINBECK , JIM TAYLOR
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  • EAST OF EDEN: JOHN STEINBECK CENTENNIAL EDITION
    JOHN STEINBECK
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  • TORTILLA FLAT
    STEINBECK, JOHN
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  • TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY: IN SEARCH OF AMERICA
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    When he was almost sixty years old, worried that he might have lost touch with the sights, the sounds and the essence of America's people, Steinbeck took note of his itchy feet and prepared to travel. He was accompanied by his French poodle, Charley, diplomat and watchdog, across the states of America from Maine to California. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks a...
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  • EAST OF EDEN
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    California's fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of the First World War, the Trasks and the Hamiltons will helplessly replay the fall of Adam and Eve and the murderous rivalry of Cain and Abel.East of Eden was considered by Steinb...
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  • OF MICE AND MEN
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.'George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, following wherever work leads them.Arriving in California's Salinas Valley, they get work on a ranch. If they can just stay out of trouble, George promises Lennie, then one day they might be abl...
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  • THE PEARL
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    'Steinbeck at the top of his form' New York Times'In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost again. They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And because the story has been told so often, it has taken root in every man's mind.'The Pearl is Steinbeck's heartbreaking short parable about weal...
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  • THE MOON IS DOWN
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power, The Moon Is Down explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit community. As he delves into the motivations and emotions of the enemy, Steinbeck un...
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  • JOURNAL RUSSE
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    En 1947, Steinbeck et Capa voyagent quarante jours de Moscou à Stalingrad en passant par l'Ukraine et le Géorgie, pour ce qui sera considéré comme le premier photoreportage «libre» en URSS, destiné au New York Herald Tribune. Ils observent la vie quotidienne, visitent des fermes, des usines, s'entretiennent avec des fonctionnaires et des hommes du peuple.Une nouvelle édition il...
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  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Shocking and controversial when it was first published, The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's Pultizer Prize-winning epic of the Joad family, forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and powerlessness, yet out of their struggle Steinbeck created a drama that is both intensely...
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  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.It is March 1913, and the grand old city of Moscow is stirring herself to meet the beginning of spring. Change is in the air, and nowhere more so than at 22 Lipka Street, the home of English printer Frank Reid.One day Frank's wife Nellie takes the train back to England, with no explanation, leaving him with their three young children. Into his l...
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  • A RUSSIAN JOURNAL
    JOHN STEINBECK
    Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travellers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. A RUSSIAN JOURNAL is the distillat...
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  • EAST OF EDEN
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    'There is only one book to a man,' Steinbeck wrote of East of Eden, his most ambitious novel. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. H...
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  • OF MICE AND MEN
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackli...
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