Mitch AlbomMaybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound...

Twentieth Century Interpretations of the Great Gatsby: A Collection of Critical EssaysConrad Aiken, Marius Bewley, David L Minter, Robert Ornstein, Maxwell Perkins, Lionel Trilling and 9 othersContains critical essays by...

Alexandre Dumas 'At this game, whoever does not kill is killed.'Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.Two decades have passed...

James JoyceFollowing the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th June 1904, and what happens to the characters Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly, Ulysses is...

JP MartinIf you think Babar is the only storybook elephant with a cult following, then you haven’t met Uncle, the presiding pachyderm of a wild fictional universe that has been...

Don DeLilloA finalist for the National Book Award, Underworld is Don DeLillo’s most powerful and riveting novel—“a great American novel, a masterpiece, a thrilling page-turner” (San Francisco Chronicle).Underworld is a...

William Makepeace ThackerayA novel that chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native...

Jeffrey EugenidesThe five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strict household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie and...

Clive Cussler1954. Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the Pacific carrying thirty-six Doomsday bombs — canisters armed with quick-death germs of unbelievable potency — vanishes. Vixen has in...

Harry BowlingWaggoner's Way is a small back street in Bermondsey, home to a close-knit community of predominantly railway folk and their families. The Brennans and Kellys are among those who...

Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan...

Henry David Thoreau reflects on life, politics, and society in these two inspiring masterworks: Walden and Civil Disobedience.In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own...