War

H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influ... More

‘Indu Sundaresan expertly blends together history, memorable characters, and the sights, colors and smells of India to create a hugely compelling novel. It is, quite literally, a feast for the senses’ —David Davidar, author of The House of Blue MangoesMay 1942. Set over four s... More

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2003 A megalomaniac Boer frontiersman wreaks hideous vengeance on a Hottentot tribe for undermining the 'natural' order of his universe with their anarchic rival order, mocking him and subjecting him to the humiliations of his own all too palpable flesh. A sp... More

Now available for the first time in more than 20 years--the first novel by the beloved "New York Times" bestselling author of "Exodus." This powerful classic is the story of a group of U.S. Marines fighting in the Pacific during World War II."Battle Cry" is the riveting Marine epic by the bestsellin... More

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Now reissued in a new cover style.   The story of men who rose to heroism, and then to something greater, HMS... More

Against a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as they journey though years of loss and survival, linked by an indomitable devotion that ec The summer of 1915 was a time of prosperit... More

Against a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal...and of three generations of women as they journey though years of loss and survival, linked by an indomitable devotion that echoes across time. For the Wittgenstein fami... More

The thrilling sequel to Alistair MacLean’s masterpiece of World War II adventure, The Guns of Navarone. Now reissued in a new cover style. The guns of Navarone have been silenced, but the heroic survivors have no time to rest on their laurels. Almost before the last echoes of the famous guns have ... More

The Guns of Navarone have been silenced. But the heroic survivors are far from still. They are ready for action again -- and heading for even more excitement and danger. Their mission: to free an entire partisan army trapped in the rugged mountains of Yugoslavia... ... More

Boston medical student Janet Reardon takes a year's leave from school to work at the cancer hospital, the Forbes Clinic. Driven to know exactly how the clinic's Dr Randolph Mason obtains his success rate with certain forms of cancer, Janet begins a probe and comes up with some troubling questions.... More

Brain cancer patients are miraculously "cured"-when the rising cost of research sparks a medical conspiracy that lowers the price on human life.Brain cancer patients are miraculously "cured"-when the rising cost of research sparks a medical conspiracy that lowers the price on human life.... More

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style.   Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy, lives that could be saved i... More

Master storyteller Jack Higgins displays all his customary skills in a heart-pounding adventure with a less familiar setting – 19th-century rural ireland – and featuring a swashbuckling new hero. At the end of the American Civil War, Confederate Colonel Clay Fitzgerald escapes to Ireland, where ... More

APJ Abdul Kalam's autobiography depicts an extraordinary life: a child born into a little-educated family of boat-owners in Rameswaram---a small pilgrim town in Tamilnadu---who grew up to lead India's space research and missile development programmes, and emerged as one of the most important scienti... More

A factual account of the role of the famous 161 Indian Infantry Brigade in saving Kashmir from the ravages of the rapacious Pathan tribesmen. The unforgettable story is told here by the Commander of this brigade, with a wealth of detail matched by depth of perception. The story is worth reading agai... More

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of H. G. Wells's famous novel about a Martian invasion. To celebrate, we are reissuing our adaptation of this sci-fi classic with brand-new cover art.... More