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When four orphaned children run away from their tyrannical grandmother, they begin a journey of great adventure! A magical, historical tale from the author who inspired J.K. Rowling.

A neglected American classic, beautifully and simply written, depicting harsh rural Kentucky life through the eyes of a young pioneering woman as she struggles to survive against adversity.

A new translation of a little known, classic French novel first published in 1946 and based on a true life account of a Jewish couple fleeing Nazi occupation and seeking refuge in the small French village of St. Boniface. With an introduction by the Gara's daughter, Claire Meljac.

Dorothy and her trusty hen, Billina, are washed ashore in the Land of Ev after a shipwreck. At first Dorothy is delighted to find lunch grows on trees in lunchboxes. But soon she realises there is a darker side to the Land of Ev. On the seashore, Dorothy encounters the Wheelers, terrifying creatures with wheels instead of hands and feet, but luckily manages to escape to a nearby cave. Here she befriends Tik-Tok, a loyal, robot-like creature wh...

A long-neglected Edwardian classic set in the shabby genteel world of England's theatricals - populated by hack writers, drunken actors, pushy stage mothers, unscrupulous managers and penny-pinching landladies.

It is 1433, and the ten-year-old Barbara von Brandenburg leaves her native Germany to marry the Prince of Mantua, Ludovico Gonzaga. When her husband leaves for war immediately after, she finds herself at the center of one of the most refined courts in Europe, and when, seven years later, Ludovico returns victorious from his campaigns, she has to live with him through the most difficult trials--"illnesses, mourning, and the curse of heredity: a...

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She-who-must-be-obeyed and adventurer Allan Quartermain come face to face in this epic fantasy adventure that will capture the imagination.

A new short biography of the author of "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov, " by a preeminent Russian scholar In this compelling new biography Anthony Briggs explores the effect of Dostoevsky's turbulent life on his literary genius. Described by one contemporary as "the Shakespeare of the lunatic asylum, " Dostoevsky famously divided critics during his lifetime. His childhood and family life have been the subject of scrutiny, mo...

The first novel by one of the greatest writers of Latin American literature, The Mad Toy is a semi-autobiographical story reflecting the energy and chaos of the early twentieth century in Buenos Aires.

Collects Hazlitt's writings on the Elgin marbles with related essays on painting and artistic endeavour.

Taking Alexander the Great for its subject, this work looks at his life and career, and examines his obsession with conquest and supremacy, regardless of its effects on his friends and lovers.

A prequel to "The School of Whoredom, The Secret Life of Nuns" is a witty and salacious dialogue between Nana, and her confidante Antonia. Nanna is in a quandary as to what to advise her daughter, Pippa, as she chooses her path in life. Should she become a nun, a whore, or a wife? In pondering this, Nanna begins to tell of her own experiences as a nun, relating the adventures that ensued as she was accepted and initiated into convent life. In ...

In May 1913, Rupert Brooke embarked on a year-long expedition of North America, visiting the United States, Canada, and finally the South Seas. He sent his impressions home in a series of letters, written for publication in the "Westminster Gazette, " describing all his various experiences and reflections: the beauty of arriving by boat at night in New York, the novelties of a baseball game, the awesome grandeur of Niagara Falls and the Canadi...

Now a major motion picture The German Doctor is a story of obsession, loyalty and control as one man with dark intentions charms his way into the lives of an innocent, unsuspecting family.

Nobel laureate, Oscar winner and author of over fifty plays, Bernard Shaw is perhaps as renowned for his political views as for his awe-inspiring artistic output. This title is a selection of his writings on war, bringing once more to the forefront the polemical writings of one of the most outspoken commentators of the early 20th century.

The course of true love never runs smoothly, especially when the Apocalypse gets in the way... a wonderfully witty romp from bestselling author David Safier. When thirtysomething Marie jilts her boring boyfriend at the Altar she wonders if life can get any worse. So when a handsome carpenter comes round to work on the roof, she realises she has nothing to lose by asking him out. Even his bizarre assertions that he is Jesus aren't enough to put...

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A unique civilian eye-view of WW1, depicting, through the letters of a strong-willed American woman living near the Marne battlefield, a fascinating before and after picture of a French community disarray.

The course of true love never runs smoothly, especially when the Apocalypse gets in the way... a wonderfully witty romp from bestselling author David Safier.