Blending high spirits and mistaken identities with the suffering of loss and unrequited love, "Twelfth Night" is the most poignant of Shakespeare`s comedies. Disguised as a young man, Viola becomes the page to Orsino,...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Sea
A mysterious creature, larger and more rapid than a whale, has been haunting the deep: Professor Aronnax has been invited to join a task force to rid the seas of the monster. With him on the Abraham Lincoln are his...
Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to Chinese rule. It’s a febrile place. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear the spooks are hard at...
U.S.A. The 42nd Parallel. 1919. The Big Money
In this experimental trilogy, Dos Passos uses "camera eye" and "newsreel" sections to create a fragmented atmosphere. Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, he buids up a...
`When people ask me what I do for a crust and I tell them that I`m a novelist, they immediately assume that my life is a non-stop carousel of limos, television appearances, hair-dos, devoted fans, stalkers and all the...
Mrs. Tittlemouse doesn`t like a mess, especially in her house, where unwelcome visitors keep leaving dirty feet marks. Mrs. Tittlemouse shoos her untidy guests out, and after putting her house back in order, she...
Sabotage, conspiracy and piracy above and below the waves finds Dirk Pitt plunged into his most dangerous adventure yet. When the luxury cruise liner Emerald Dolphin - powered by a revolutionary new propulsion system...
A richly comic dissection of English society during the Napoleonic Wars. Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley together leave the shelter of Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. They now inhabit the infinitely more...
Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley together leave the shelter of Miss Pinkerton`s Academy for Young Ladies. They now inhabit the infinitely more fascinating and dangerous Vanity Fair where the only standard is worldly...
Whoever or whatever the cause of Bertie Wooster`s consternation - Bobbie Wickham giving away his fierce Aunt Agatha`s dog; getting into the bad books of Sir Roderick Glossop; attempting to scupper the unfortunate...
Very Naughty Rabbit: Tales of Mayhem & Mischief (HB) ***
A Very Naughty Rabbit: Tales of Mayhem and Mischief is a unique collection of specially selected classic tales following some of Beatrix Potter`s naughtiest characters. The tales get naughtier and naughtier,...
Victorias Wars: Rise of Empire B
In the early part of Queen Victoria`s reign, the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This is the story of how it happened and the people who made it happen. In a...
In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of twenties` Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and...
Villa, Lake, Meeting: Wannsee & Final Solution
On 20 January 1942, the most murderous meeting in history took place. Chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most feared men in Germany, it summoned top Nazi officials to a grand villa on the shore of Berlin’s Lake...
