It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. There's no conversation, no jolity, no fun - until a shipwreck off the coast brings …
It is Christmas Eve, and John Rivers is thinking about the past; about his sheltered upbringing; about an extraordinary time spent as a lab assistant to the great physicist Henry …
Sebastian Barnack, a handsome English schoolboy, is on bad terms with his socialist father who disapproves of his hedonistic lifestyle. His education there, thanks to the …
Jo Stoyte is afraid of death. Written while he was living in California, this is Huxleyââ?¬â?¢s response to Hollywoodââ?¬â?¢s superficiality and obsession with youth, a powerful …
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRENDA BOWENMrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan: they will have a holiday.
Called 'the book lost and found in time' by its author, Skylight is one of Saramago's earliest novels. The manuscript was lost in the publishers' offices in Lisbon for decades, and …
Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Aliceâ??s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the …
What would happen if society was run by women? Charlotte Perkins Gilman imagines the result... When three American men discover a community of women, living in perfect isolation …
Beecher Stowe's vivid descriptions uncover the harrowing situations faced by slaves in Civil War America. When a Kentucky farmer faces financial ruin, he reluctantly sells his …
