Literature & Fiction

In Persuasion, Jane Austen's last completed novel, the conventional roles of hero and heroine are reversed and men and women are presented as moral equals.Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born at Stevenson, Hampshire. Author of classics like Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, she is one of... More

In the rainforests of Peru, an ancient manuscript has been discovered. Within its pages are 9 key insights into life itself - insights each human being is predicted to grasp sequentially, one insight then another, as we move toward a completely spiritual You have never read a book like this before..... More

Irresistible, one-woman shopping phenomenon Becky Bloomwood is back in this hilarious, heartwarming, "New York Times" bestselling tale of married life, best friends, and long-lost sisters (and the perils of simply having to own an Angel handbag!).Sophie Kinsella has conquered the hearts of millions ... More

Becky Bloomwood is back! Becky Bloomwood thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she’d hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. No... More

Shortlisted for THE Man BOOKER PRIZE 2007 'An extraordinary writer; we're lucky to be alive at the same time as her.'Ali Smith Darkmans is a very modern book, set in Ashford [a ridiculously modern town], about two very old-fashioned subjects: love and jealousy. It's also a book about invasion, obs... More

Published a year before her death, Emily Bronte's (1818-1848), Wuthering Heights, set in the Yorkshire moors, is a story of exceptional emotional and imaginative force. The passionate love of Heathcliff for his childhood sweetheart Catherine whom he could not marry and his efforts to unite his son L... More

A bilingual volume of some of Kaifi Azmi’s finest poetry One of the finest Urdu poets of the subcontinent, Kaifi Azmi has borne witness to an entire era of social change. Born in 1918 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, in a zamindar family, Azmi wrote his first poem at the age of eleven. He joined t... More

The Philosopher's Stone attempts to reveal the hidden secrets that have bedevilled the philosophers for aeons. From Plato to Aristotle, to Descartes, Locke, Hume, Hegel and Kant; from Vivekananda, to Lao Tzu to the Buddha, The Philosopher's Stone attempts, in one mighty sweep, to reveal the great th... More

Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by a beetle-eyed giant of a man, enrols at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel.... More

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPThe story of the Trojan War, an epic tale of men and gods, of the heroes and horrors of war.THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A timeline of significant events tha... More

Titles include "Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1" and "Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2".... More

'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed . If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor th... More