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Your guidelines stipulate that you need the first three chapters of the book. Erstmals im fruhjahr 1936 erschien ein 32seitiges verlagsmagazin unter dem titel list of books to be published at bodley head in. Penguin publishes the first paperback books of substance, bringing the likes of ernest hemingway, andre maurois and agatha christie to. From aristotle to austen, george orwell to james baldwin the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history and philosophy from the last 5,000 years.
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