These Comedies are among the best loved of Shakespeare`s plays. In each a problem emerges, is then intensified to a point of maximum confusion and potential upset, before the chaos is resolved, however improbably,...
Great Expectations. Complete and Unabridged
This book contains introduction and Notes by Dr John Bowen, Keele University and Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Considered by many to be Dicken`s finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book`s...
Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald`s account of the American dream gone awry, has established itself as one of the most popular and widely read novels in the English language. Until...
The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of Fairy Tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. This selection...
Gripping Yarns (Adventure and Ghost Stories) TPB
Presents tales of high adventure and low intrigue from masters of the genre like John Buchan and Robert Louis Stevenson, classics of crime and detection from veteran thriller writers like Edgar Wallace and Arthur...
Jonathan Swift`s classic satirical fable was first published following the `South Sea Bubble` and other financial and commercial scandals which sadly strike a chord in our own times. It introduced many fictional lands...
`Hamlet` is not only one of Shakespeare`s greatest plays but also the most fascinatingly problematic tragedy in world literature. First performed around 1600, this is a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich...
Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the...
Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the...
From the unsurpassed imagination of the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard, here are twenty-one tales of suspense, high adventure and Lovecraftian horror. Foul sacrifices are made to a reptilian God in Hungary, a...
Haunter of the Dark: Lovecraft Vol.3
This title is selected and introduced by Elliott. `They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And then, as the breach became large enough, they came out into the laboratory in single...
Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad`s shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the...
Heart of Darkness & Other Stories
Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, the story deals...
Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl`s power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff...
`Heidi` is the heart-warming tale of a small girl`s power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was first published over 100 years ago. It has been filmed and televised several times. It tells of...
Henry V is the most famous and influential of Shakespeare`s history plays. Its powerful patriotic rhetoric has resounded down the ages, gaining eloquent expression in Laurence Olivier`s renowned film. Henry himself,...
Herodotus (c480-c425) is `The Father of History` and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195...
Herodotus (c480-c425) is `The Father of History` and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or...
The Holy Qur`an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. It is the word of God whose truth was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years. As it was revealed, so...
The Holy Qur`an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. It is the word of God whose truth was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years. As it was revealed, so...
Horror in Museum: Collected Short Stories Vol.2
Offers a collection of stories in which: a wax museum in London boasts an exhibit, which no man has seen and remained sane; a businessman is trapped in a train carriage with a madman who claims to have created a new...
Hound of the Baskervilles the&The Valley of FearHB
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world`s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with...
