Praise for Azincourt \''If Bernard Cornwell was born to write one book, this is it. No other historical novelist has acquired such a mastery of the minutiae of warfare in centuries past. No one else could hope to take Shakespeare\''s Henry V, strip it of its rhetoric and tell the unvarnished truth about ...
Few novels have been as inspirational as "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Now one of the most famous literary works of the 20th century has been re-imagined in this new edition by White Star. Follow the tale of the Little Prince as he discovers the universe and learns lessons about life ...
The first part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The Return of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of the creation ...
For the first time in one volume, each with a fascinating introduction, come the stories of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Hearts in Atlantis (Low Men in Yellow Coats), 1408, The Mangler and Children of the Corn. These five classic tales were turned into successful international films starring ...
THREE COMRADESThe year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ''Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and.he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire, and to plunge into the forest.'' Half St. Bernard, half sheepdog, Buck is stolen away from his comfortable life as a pet in ...
People like firefighters, the police, and the coast guard can help us when we have a problem, or there is a crime or an accident. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or ...
Peppa and her family go on their first holiday abroad. They pack their suitcases and fly all the way to Italy, where they eat pizza and go sightseeing. But there\''s so much to see and do that Peppa keeps leaving poor Teddy behind! Will he make it home in the end? A first experience story that\''s perfect ...
The Kidd family discovers an ancient map to the lost Incan City of Paititi. But when the map is stolen, the Kidds have to rely on Storm\''s picture-perfect memory to navigate the dangerous Amazon jungle – until she\''s kidnapped! To save Storm, the Kidds must locate the fabled city. before the bad guys ...
When George finds a way to escape the spacecraft Artemis, where he has been trapped, he is overjoyed. Surely now he can return to Earth. But when George touches down, he knows immediately that something is wrong. There''s a barren wasteland where his home town used to be, intelligent robots roam the ...
An elderly spinster has been poisoned in her country home… Everyone blamed Emily’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her. On April 17th she wrote her suspicions ...
Here''s a book about Sydney that''s seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids'' City Trails: Sydney features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won''t find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. ...
Marian Keyes, the No. 1 bestselling author of Rachel''''s Holiday, is back with her stunning new novel The Mystery of Mercy Close and the return of the legendary and beloved Walsh sisters. Helen Walsh doesn''''t believe in fear - it''''s just a thing invented by men to get all the money and good jobs ...
''An intoxicating mix of weird magic and high adventure... gripping from the get-go, Spellslinger is a must-read.'' Jonathan Stroud, bestselling author of Lockwood & Co. MAGIC IS A CON GAME... Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage''s duel and the start of four trials that will make him a ...
When the decomposed body of a young woman is found by near railway tracks just outside Bristol one hot May morning, all indications are that she’s committed suicide. That’s how the police want it too; all neatly squared and tidied away. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He is on the trail of someone ...
After writing sixteen Inspector Lynley novels, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George has millions of fans waiting for the next one. As USA Today put it, It\''s tough to resist George\''s storytelling, once hooked. With Believing the Lie, she\''s poised to hook countless more. Inspector Thomas ...
Peep under chunky flaps and through holes in the pages to discover hungry sharks, giant whales, deep-sea jellyfish and even a shy sea dragon. Simple text gives information for young readers, and flaps and peep holes encourage their exploration of the marvellous underwater world.
A dark and gorgeously drawn standalone YA fantasy about a band of mercenary girls in search of female glory.
