The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet - the Little Pri...
A body is found on a chicken farm back in 1924 in East Sussex. Norman Thorne is a young chicken farmer who is accused of killing his girlfriend. The story is based on a true incident.
Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides...
'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in...
Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more ...
That is not dead that can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor ...
In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with help of a selfless Swallow, helps p...
La famosa detective Lola Lago queda para comer con una vecina suya, Carmela, por la que siente gran afecto. Durante la comida, Carmele le confiesa que tiene una cita con un ex novio, ahora viudo y ...
From the bestselling author of "Push," a story of survival and awakening--and one young man's remarkable strength"The Kid" brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, ...
First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of marit...
A classic story carefully adapted to suit the needs of learners of English at Upper-Intermediate level.This book contains full-colour illustrations facilitate understanding.
Translated, with an Introduction and Notes by John R. Williams. Goethe's Faust is a classic of European literature. Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowl...
With an Introduction and Notes by Professor Len Platt, Professor of Modern Literatures, Head of Goldsmiths Learning Enhancement Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London,New Cross, London SE14 6NW.
With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of t...
The novel tells the story about a crime investigation. Four youngsters have been close friends since they met in an orphanage. Three of them get the chance to go to university, but the fourth one, ...
In 1869 a young Russian was strangled, shot through the head and thrown into a pond. His crime? A wish to leave small group of violent revolutionaries, from which he had become alienated. Dostoevsk...
Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until daring to commit a deed of great courage and heartbreak...American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewa...
Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author branding and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them.In this classic collecti...
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that its very existence has to remain a...
‘My name is Sherlock Holmes. it is my business to know what other people don't know.’The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes first introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detect...