'Ahoy there! This is the Pequod, bound round the world.'

In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. More than just a novel of adventure, this is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

Why Novel North Recommends

'Reading Moby Dick, you feel as though you've accomplished something more than reading a classic, you feel as though you yourself have been transported, that you've embarked on an epic voyage and returned changed because of it.  An experience which stays with you.

It’s an incredible feat. Profound and humorous. Epic in scale and uncompromising in detail. An adventure classic.’

Author : Herman Melville 

Edition : Penguin Clothbound Classic, Hardback, 720 pages

ISBN : 9780141199603

Weight: 845g
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 46mm

Tales, history, nature, conservation and culture from walks along England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s 742 miles of coastline. Barkham highlights smuggler’s routes and ancient conquests and marvels at the migratory birds who return to our shores.

Author : Patrick Barkham

Edition : Granta Books, Paperback, 368 pages

ISBN : 9781847088994

"'It's over there,' John said as he pointed across the sea. I looked but all I could see was fog. 'There,' he persisted, 'you can just make out the outline of the castle.'"

From the tiny island that shaped the entire English language, to the island that terrified Dylan Thomas, there's more to Britain's tiny islands than you might think! Have your own tiny adventure by visiting any of the 60 remarkable little islands around Britain featured here. Although Britain boasts hundreds of tiny islands, Dixe Wills has selected just the very best of them for this book. Found around the coast, in lakes, in lochs and on rivers, these little worlds are waiting for you to discover them - whether you swim to them, walk to them at low tide, row to them, or catch a dinky little ferry.

Author : Dixe Wills

Edition : AA Publishing, Paperback, 320 pages

ISBN : 9780749573874

Published : 1st May 2013

Weight: 640g
Dimensions: 210 x 150 x 25mm