Literary

Rich with surprise and hilarious adventure, "The Prince And The Pauper is a delight satire of England's romantic past and a joyful boyhood romp filled with the same tongue-in-cheek irony that sparked the best of Mark Twain's tall tales. Two boys, one an urchin from London's filthy lanes, the other a... More

This is a story of how a prince and a pauper boy exchange places by mistake. When Prince Edward and Tom Canty - who spent his days begging in the streets meet, they exchange clothes and set on to an interesting path. In the end, each boy finds the king inside himself.American humorist, novelist, c... More

'Classy and brimming with panache' Andrew Taylor, Independent Murderous goings-on in a tiny baroque church draw the Vatican into the dark heart of Seville. A hacker gets into the Pope's personal computer to leave a warning about mysterious deaths in a small church in Seville that is threatened with ... More

John Buchan, Scottish novelist, biographer and statesman was born in Perth in 1875. He worked as a journalist and a lawyer and in 1935 was appointed the Governor General of Canada. His first novel was published in 1910 and he became famous as a writer of adventure stories. The Thirty-Nine Steps was ... More

The twelve stories in this new collection by the Nobel prize winner chronicle the surreal, haunting ‘journeys’ of Latin Americans in Europe. Linked by themes of displacement and exile, these vivid, magical stories of love, loneliness, death and the memories of past life conjure images of beauty ... More

The Fourth Hand" asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love." While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewer... More

Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize Azaro is a spirit child who is born only to live for a short while before returning to the idyllic world of his spirit companions. Now he has chosen to stay in the world of the living. This is his story.... More

Madam Bovary, dealing with the themes of love, marital discord, medical mistakes, narrative as method, sexuality, even suicide, was once condemned for its pointed telling of the protagonist’s immoral behavior. Emma Bovary is deluded by literature. Her drama is the gap between illusion and reality,... More

Set in London with revolution and counter-revolution as backdrop, The Secret Agent introduces the reader to a ruthless world of espionage and counter-espionage. Laymen, pawns in the big game, are the true victims. Conrad's own personal experiences enrich the story with an intense emotional appeal.Jo... More

Haunting and harrowing, as beautiful as it is disturbing, The English Patient tells the story of the entanglement of four damaged lives in an Italian monastery as the second world war ends. The exhausted nurse, Hana; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle o... More

From the author of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, a novel about an acclaimed writer which examines three critical moments of her life. The first part deals with an incident in the Hamptons when she is a toddler, the second is concerned with a crisis in her romantic life, and the third with her adjustm... More

Raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation, fourteen-year-old Isabel was born with the gift and curse of 'seeing farther'. When drought and war grip the backlands, her brother Isaias joins a great exodus to a teeming city in the south. Soon Isabel must follow, forsaking the onl... More

Mosey past moose on the Cabot Trail or spot caribou and arctic wolves while hiking through the land that never melts. Contributions from 14 authors highlight places to stay and eat for all budgets and cover outdoor activities, Canadian English and Canadian French, history, culture, and politics.Disc... More

A masterful new novel from one of the greatest writers alive. Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg. Humiliated, his body truncated, his life circumscribed, he turns away from his friends. He hires a nurse name... More