Astrid LindgrenThere's no one Karl Lion loves more than his older brother, Jonathan, who is brave, strong, and handsome - everything Karl believes he is not. Karl never wants to...

Wilbur Smith `Centaine screamed and drove the point of her stave down into the jaws with all her strength. She felt the sharpened end bite into the soft pink mucous...

HP Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft marries creeping horror and colossal fantasy in his gothic tales. These brilliant narratives show humanity confronted with ineffable creatures and grim geographies, as individuals lift the...

Jack London First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas...

Geoffrey ChaucerLively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The...

Author: Matt Christopher Dewey loves to draw and wants to enter the soccer team logo contest, but he does not want to win the grand prize--being team captain, in the...

Author: Edmund Crispin Theater companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company currently in residence at Oxford University. Center-stage is the beautiful, malicious Yseut,...

  Erle Stanley Gardner Perry Mason has no hesitation about defending penniless ex-salesman Albert Brogan against a charge of armed robbery. That's because nightclub hostess Inez Kaylor's testimony will guarantee...

Franz Kafka The Castle by Franz Kafka is a monumental classic, with its intricate plot and detailed characters featuring Kafka's unique style. Through its complex structure, the book presents a...

JD Salinger

Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy....

Charles Dickens This is an ideal present, to give or receive. It includes Dickens's three most popular Christmas tales: 'A Christmas Carol' (1843), 'The Chimes' (1844) and 'The Cricket on...