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Donna Tartt's The Secret History is the original American campus novel.When Richard Papen joins an elite group of clever misfits at his New England college, it seems he can finally become the person he wants to be.But the moral boundaries he will cross with his new friends - and the deaths they are ...

Offering ancient wisdom on how to use skill, cunning, tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent, this bestselling 2000-year-old military manual is still worshipped by soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom as the ultimate guide to winning.

April Fool's Day Bryce CourtenayDamon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life.Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the...

Bryce Courtenay's classic bestseller is a story of the triumph of the human spirit – a spellbinding tale for all ages.First with your head and then with your heart.To Peekay, a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world, this is a piece of advice that he will car...

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is the original romantic comedy, brimful of wit and wisdom.When the haughty and aristocratic Darcy refuses to dance with Elizabeth Bennett, she instantly dislikes him, despite his reputation as a wealthy and eligible bachelor.Are her first impressions correct, or is...

Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera is a brilliantly crafted, beautifully written story of love and the love-sick.Spurned as a young man, Florentino Ariza has a half century of waiting to fill before a chance to redeclare his love for Fermina Daze comes, when her husband is killed...

Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language.In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe.Bryson explores English from America to Australia and looks at, among other things, swearing, spelling, spoonerisms and Scrabble.No self-respecting English speaker should open his mouth without reading it.

Leonard Cohen made his name as a poet before he came to worldwide attention as a singer and songwriter.Book of Longing was twenty years in the making and written in Montreal, Mumbai and during his retreat in Mt Baldy.These poems show the full range of one of the most influential and enigmatic writers of his generation.

Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats is the groundbreaking psychology manual that has inspired organisations and individuals all over the world.De Bono's innovative guide divides the process of thinking into six parts, symbolized by the six hats, and shows how the hats can dramatically transform the e...

In her opulent novel, Eva Luna, Isabel Allende uses exquisite prose to describe the survival of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love, during a time of political unrest in South America.Born in the back room of the mansion where her mother is a servant, the enchanting Eva Luna defies oppression by telling stories to a series of vibrant characters.

In a world struggling back from the brink of apocalypse, life is harsh.But for Elspeth Gordie, born with enhanced mental abilities that would see her sterilised or burned if discovered, it is also dangerous.There is only survival by secrecy, and so she determines never to use her forbidden powers. B...

Roald Dahl's Going Solo is the marvellous account of his life as a young man.He describes getting his first job in Africa and his wartime exploits as an RAF fighter pilot, where he was shot down in the Libyan desert.Continuing the story he began in Boy, the first part of his memoir, the master storyteller conjures up a real-life world as magical and unnerving as any he writes about in his fiction.

Boy is the story of Roald Dahl's very own boyhood, including tales of sweet-shops and chocolate, mean old ladies and a Great Mouse Plot – the inspiration for some of his most marvellous storybooks in years to come.These tales are full of exciting and strange things – some funny, some frightening; all true.

Tales of the Unexpected Roald DahlRoald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected is a delightfully dark collection of sixteen stories, each with a startling end.Among the unforgettable characters lurk the homicidal wife and her deadly leg of lamb, a conniving and lecherous wine connoisseur and the one-eyed br...