Annemarie Selinko First published in 1953, this riveting true-life tale comes to life in diary form, giving readers an inside glimpse at the young Napoleon and his family. Désirée is...

Wolfgang EckePublisher:Magnet, London, 1980

Agatha ChristieIncludes all the Tommy & Tuppence, Harley Quinn and Parker Pyne stories!While Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are Agatha Christie's best known creations, it was her other detectives which...

Ladybird TalesPublished 2013 (first published August 25th 1966)

Kingsley Amis Patrick Standish finds himself at the center of a whirlwind of woman trouble involving his neighbors, his coworkers, and his lovely wife, Jenny. January 1, 1989 by Penguin...

Thomas Mann Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend,...

Charles Dickens   Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens’s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author’s gift for...

Miguel DeCervantesDon Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits...

Ronda and David ArmitageAlthough she and her father carefully plan a trip to the grocery store, Granny's house, and the beach for a picnic, Matilda Bear always seems to forget...

Diana Athill In England half a century ago, well-brought-up young women are meant to aspire to the respectable life. Some things are not to be spoken of; some are most...

Judy Blume Any fan of Fudge knows that he never does anything halfway. And so it should come as no surprise that when he discovers the value of money, he...

Agatha Christie In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, and sinister, traits. . . . A country gentleman is questioned...