BOOKS

On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a...

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King's epic work of fanta...

In Persuasion , her last novel, Jane Austen reveals her most mature dissection of people, place and social setting. Like the earlier works Persuasi...

Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides o...

Youre beautiful, Johnny told her and so, full of hope, 17-year-old Felicia crosses the Irish Sea to England to find her lover and tell him she is p...

Note: Alternate cover edition. ISBNs: 1-85326-061-4 9781853260612 In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll discovers a...

Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, a piece of string or a single match in a wor...

Frederick Forsyth, best known for his spy novels The Day of The Jackal and The Odessa File, sets this post-communist thriller during 1999 in Russia...

beautifully illustrated book organized into four walking tours around the city of Bath–where she set both Northanger Abbey and Persuasion–two novel...

Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including “The...

What Might Be Done To Human Beings By The Otherwhether The Other Be Vampires, Demons Or Creatures From Outer Spaceis Always In Competition For Abso...

A retelling of the story of King Arthur with black and white illustrations.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and, instantly successful in the United States, it is ...

Elaine Risley, a painter, returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood - unbearable betrayals and cruelties - ...

Meet Mr Bones, the canine hero of Paul Auster's remarkable new novel, Timbuktu. Mr Bones is the sidekick and confidant of Willy G. Christmas, the b...

Hardy's first published work, Desperate Remedies moves the sensation novel into new territory. The anti-hero, Aeneas Manston, as physically allurin...

Christine Rose is crossing the Ha'Penny Bridge in Dubline late one night wen she sees a stranger, Adam, poised to jump. Desperate to help, she talk...

Magic takes many forms. Supernatural magic is what our ancestors used in order to explain the world before they developed the scientific method. Th...

Whisked from his comfortable hobbit/hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the t...

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by hi...

In the world of Divergent, society is divided into five factions – Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity and Erudite. Every year, all sixteen-year-o...

Millions of readers around the world have relished Jeffrey Archers short stories. Taking inspiration from his favourite short story writers - F. Sc...

“You’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. Live boldly. Push yourself. Don’t settl...

Sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is an ordinary teenager, who likes hanging out with her friends. But everything changes the night she witnesses a murde...

Jace es ahora un sirviente del mal, vinculado a Sebastian por toda la eternidad. Sólo un pequeño grupo de Cazadores de Sombras cree posible su salv...

An aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her country home the night before 9/11. A young woman in the North Tower has the courage and deter...

Joanna Trollope has been writing fiction for more than 30 years. Some of her best known works include The Rector's Wife (her first #1 bestseller), ...

In this memoir, Joseph Heller takes the reader on a journey back to his upbringing in a poor, predominantly Jewish neighbourhood in Coney Island, t...

AY 5 MONDAY 23 JULY 2001 5.53AM The sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a glorious summer day. Ive been incarcerated in a ...

In Wessex Tales, his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs and lore of a Wessex that ...

Splashing down off the coast of Australia, Alex is soon working undercover – this time for ASIS, the Australian Secret Service – on a mission to in...

TRANSLATED BY MAX HAYWARD AND MANYA HARARIBanned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-p...

A robust and bawdy battle of the sexes, this ever popular comedy captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a c...

Born in India and educated in Britain, Mark Tully is a citizen of two countries and two cultures, both of which have shaped his thinking and given ...

TRANSLATED BY MAX HAYWARD AND MANYA HARARIBanned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-p...

Sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is an ordinary teenager, who likes hanging out with her friends. But everything changes the night she witnesses a murde...

Eleanor Oliphant Leads A Simple Life. She Wears The Same Clothes To Work Every Day, Eats The Same Meal Deal For Lunch Every Day And Buys The Same T...

Huck, the disreputable boy in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", was beaten whenever his drunken father was sober enough to hold the strap. He was 14 ...

One of Sidney Sheldon’s most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans.Kate Blackwell is one of the rich...

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo ...

Set in the mid-1970s in India, A Fine Balance tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil ...

Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger, sets out in pursuit of the Man in Black into a desolate world which frighteningly echos our own.         In ...

Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold...

Thomas Hardy was born in a cottage in Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester, on 2 June 1840. He was educated locally and at sixteen was articled to a...

Omertà, The Sicilian Code Of Silence, Has Been The Cornerstone Of The Mafia's Sense Of Honour For Centuries. Born In The Sicilian Hills, Omertà Car...

When Querry, a world-famous architect, finds he no longer enjoys life or takes pleasure in art he sets off on a voyage. Arriving anonymously at a l...