Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleThe Penguin English Library Edition of Moby Dick by Herman Melville 'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in twain' Moby Dick is one of the most expansive feats of imagination in the whole of literature: the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg, and upon which he has sworn

but the mermaid's voice returns in this one

vanilla bonbons and poison

and provides a vivid insight into the kind of life that would have awaited the slaves amid the souks and seraglios of old Algiers

An intimate associate or friend

'Cuts right through all the myths and embarrassment with searing facts

maximum flavour'

Excalibur and Deliverance - a swansong like no other

powerful story about the strength and resilience of women and the bond between mother and daughter

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How do we weather the end of things

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