Forced to move from the rural tranquillity of southern England to the turbulent northern mill town of Milton, Margaret Hale takes an instant dislike to the dirt and noise that seems to characterize her new home and its inhabitants - even the handsome and charismatic cotton mill owner, John Thornton. ...
''''the first and greatest of English detective novels'''' T.S.Eliot A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder. Outside her Yorkshire country house watch the Hindu priests who have waited for many years to reclaim their ancient talisman, looted from the holy city ...
This sumptuous gift set includes a replica of the very rare first edition of The Hobbit, the only edition where one can now read the original version of the story before Tolkien re-edited it to become the one enjoyed by readers since 1951. The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937, with a print run ...
Ellery''s never been to Echo Ridge, but she''s heard all about it. It''s where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen''s murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, after her failed-actress mother ...
The new Lean In, from the multi-award-winning Founder and CEO of national non-profit Girls Who Code and New York Times bestselling author Reshma Saujani. ''We are raising our boys to be brave, but our girls to be perfect. And this is holding us back.'' Imagine if you lived without the fear of failure, ...
Since childhood, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But they''re suddenly separated when Alex and his family move from Dublin to America. Rosie is lost without him. Then, just as she is about to join Alex in Boston, she gets life-changing news - news that will keep her at ...
Another title in the new and stylish Agatha Christie Signature Editions series. The suave and debonair Colonel Race must solve a question, not of 'accidental death or suicide', but 'murder or double murder'. Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes ...
Rejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the hideously deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. But after Quasimodo saves the beautiful Romani girl Esmeralda from the gallows and brings her to sanctuary in the cathedral, ...
When the entire Soviet Union wheat crop is destroyed by a devastating string of failures, the population faces starvation. The USA is quick to offer assistance. They devise a plan to trade vital food resources with the Russians in exchange for sensitive political information. But the Politburo has other ...
A fabulously engaging and exciting novel about a man who has to learn about life and love the hard way. Harry Silver has it all. A successful job in TV, a gorgeous wife, a lovely child. And in one moment of madness, he chucks it all away. Man and Boy is the story of how he comes to terms with his life ...
Three men go deep into unknown parts of Africa in order to look for a lost friend. After many dangerous adventures they find him, but they also find some amazing treasures in a secret cave in a mountain. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce ...
At a remote US ice station in Antarctica, a team of scientists has made an amazing discovery. They found something unbelievable buried deep below the surface - trapped inside a layer of ice 400 million years old. Something made of metal.something which shouldn\''t be there.it\''s the discovery of a lifetime, ...
Reissue of a modern classic -- the book that catapulted Norman Mailer to fame on its first publication in 1948. Based on Mailer´s own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, ´The Naked and the Dead´ is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men ...
"On 5th November 1699 the Merchant Ship Antelope foundered on a rock in the Latitude of 30 Degrees 2 minutes South. The only survivor of the crew was the ship\''s physician, Lemuel Gulliver, who some hours later awoke, bound, on a beach in the Empire of Lilliput. On 31st August 1997, Gulliver\''s direct ...
Great fun flap book packed with interesting information about space, and the amazing things that float through it - stars, moons, comets, and the planets of our solar system.
High school nemeses fall in love in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy, a queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston.What happens when two high school nemeses fall in love?Seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac can’t catch a break.First there’s the embarrassing loss to her ...
'I know you, don't I?' Five words - that's all it takes to plunge Mike Wingate and his family into mortal danger. Mike doesn't recognise the crippled stranger who approaches him at a party.but the stranger seems to know all about him. What has Mike done? Do they have the wrong man? ...
