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80 years ago, the first edition of the The Oxford English Dictionary was completed.

To celebrate this milestone, we are giving away a complete second edition 20-volume set in our online competition and for a limited time only, offering the full set at just £450, a full £300 off the RRP!

On 16th July Blackwell Bookshop in Oxford hosted an event in conjunction with the East-West Institute. The East-West Institute had brought together the leaders of fifteen think-tanks from around the world, all specialising in different concerns, but all united by the overriding interest in tackling the challenges that will define the twenty-first century. View their selection of essential reading here.

In celebration of Haruki Murakami's What I talk about when I talk about Running as the Blackwell Choice for August, we have compiled a complete collection of this prolific Japanese writer and are delighted to offer you the chance to win a rare first edition of his book, "Aeroplane".