Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID PEACE This volume collects together Sherlock Holmes's most memorable and intriguing cases, including adventures with mysterious masked strangers, ingenious heists, murder
Collected inside this book are diary entries, letters and newspaper clippings that piece together the depraved story of the ultimate predator. A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned
A vast library of animal drawings for people to use and copy.This hardback edition of our classic title is a collection of animals, hand-drawn by Joan Escandell in black and white in a vintage style, giving the book an air of a cabinet of curiosities or of nineteenth century natural history museums. It is the perfect companion for illustrators, graphic designers, artists and students looking for inspiration in the animal realm, and can also be enjoyed by children who will spend hours looking at the details of the drawings or coloring them in.
Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision notto marry the man she loved, C aptain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired tobring him back into her social
WITH AN INTRODUC TION BY RUTH RENDELLThe Baskerville family curse tells of how a terrifying, supernatural hound roams themoors around Baskerville Hall and preys on members of the family in revenge for
The Darling children are tucked up in bed when Peter Pan bursts in to their nursery. Peterand his mischievous fairy Tinker Bell entice Wendy and her brothers to fly away with themto a magical world ca
Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languishedin Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes becomeinextricably intertwi
When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold C hristmas Day, he has noidea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strangecaptain, Ahab, is in the gri
It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant,magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than theblooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt.
Huck Finn spits, swears, smokes a pipe and never goes to school. With his too-big clothesand battered straw hat, Huck is in need of 'civilising', and the Widow Douglas isdetermined to take him in hand
The midnight hour approaches. You lie in bed and try to sleep, but there is the howling ofthe wind outside, the creak of a floorboard, the scream of a cat, the ticking clock...Your heart beats, your s
C hristmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is awayfighting in the C ivil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But though they may bepoor, life for the f
There comes a time in every boy's life when when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure' Impish, daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends and a torment to his relat
CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF ALICE Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW MOTION When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate's chest in his parents' inn, he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure. He joins the crew sett
The perfect gift for Valentine’s Day Wuthering Heights is the tale of two families both joined and riven by love and hate. Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted hus
Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polit
Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her socia
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend
