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Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series. In book five, the Famous Five go on a caravan holiday. When they stumble across a circus troupe, the gang are thrilled. But some of the circus people have more sinister plans than just clowning around....

Awarded the Newbery HonorWhen a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the...

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series. In book four, the Famous Five stay at the large old house at Smuggler's Top. They discover secret hiding places and underground tunnels, and one night they catch people signalling out to sea! Are there still smugglers at Smuggler's Top?

The English language has grown into the world’s pre-dominant spoken language, containing over one million words. Its sources are rich and diverse, having absorbed words from other cultures and times without hesitation. With such talents as Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Kipling, Blake, and many other classic poets using this most flexible language to render their thoughts and visions, it is no wonder that the beauty and reach of English entrances us.

My naughty little sister is the naughtiest little girl in the world, and there's double trouble with her best friend, Bad Harry! There's a peculiar pile of green mouldy crusts on the floor - where has it come from? Bad Harry gets covered in polish and sawdust, but he doesn't think that's naughty at all. And why on earth are those children taking pieces of cheese and bacon rind to the library?

Dwarves, elves, goblins, trolls, dragons and wizards - these are the ingredients of J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderful fantasy, the prelude to The Lord of The Rings, now the subject of a major feature film series. The hero of the tale is Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving unambitious hobbit who is suddenly...

La aparente tranquilidad que se respira en el edificio de un elegante barrio de Valencia se verá perturbada por el inesperado fallecimiento de Enrique Giner, uno de sus vecinos. La desaparición de un talonario de recetas médicas que Ignacio, psiquiatra y vecino del ático, echa de menos la noche de la muerte de Enrique alertará a Violeta, quien comenzará a fisgar en la vida de cada uno de los residentes: una viuda empeñada en conseguir todo lo que se propone y su hijo soltero de cuarenta y cuatro años; un atractivo y solitario vecino; una mujer dominada y anulada por su retorcido marido, convencida de que va a ser asesinada; un matrimonio idílico, padres de cuatro perfectos retoños; y una estirada vecina, esposa del fallecido.

Mientras la ciudad Estado de Aldacia se enfrenta a una insólita ola de calor y a los disturbios derivados de su primera huelga feminista, la vida de Dante Riesco, divulgador experto en psicología positiva, confluye por accidente con la de Nora Sarafyan, una joven aquejada por un trastorno de empatía con quien pronto emprende algo similar a una relación amorosa.

Tijdens de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog vluchten vijf krijgsgevangenen van de belegering van Richmond, Virginia, door een ballon te kapen. Een zware storm blaast hen ver weg. Na een aantal dagen naar weer en wind gevaren te hebben, landen ze op een onbekend vulkanisch eiland ergens in de Stille Zuidzee. Met behulp van Smith's vindingrijkheid kunnen ze zich aanpassen zodat ze kunnen overleven op het eiland, dat ze Lincoln Island noemen, naar hun president. Naast het bouwen van een zeewaardig vaartuig, kunnen ze ook hun geografische positie bepalen - ongeveer 2.

Dos mujeres, una ciudad, un misterio: una historia entre la realidad y la ficción, entre el thriller psicológico y la novela de formación. Una escritora consagrada que trabaja en sus memorias redescubre los viejos diarios de su primer año en Nueva York, a finales de la década de 1970. Recién salida de un pueblo de Minnesota, sin apenas dinero y con hambre de nuevas experiencias, se deslumbra por todo lo que le ofrece la ciudad.

Martina está pasando por un momento difícil en su matrimonio que coincide con la restauración de la fachada de la casa, unas obras que sumergen su piso en la oscuridad. Para evadirse de este ambiente claustrofóbico, Martina se mete de lleno en la preparación de su siguiente novela, recopilando recuerdos de antiguos inquilinos de la finca. Un sinfín de anécdotas y confidencias, con nombres y apellidos, que acercarán al lector al mundo que se oculta tras esas imponentes piedras.

Una maldición recorre las vidas de Elvira, Ángela y Caterina: elegir a hombres que no las supieron amar. Elvira se casó con Evaristo, un demonio que sembró el miedo y la locura. Su hija Ángela renunció a sí misma por un marido ausente, siempre en los brazos de otras, incapaz de ocuparse ni de ella ni de sus hijas. Y la indómita Caterina, tercera de la saga, acabó enamorada de otro ser diabólico, sin tener conciencia del peligro que corría. Sólo Ayanta, última descendiente, se enfrentará a su herencia transitando el camino de los recuerdos y de la verdad.

Olena, qui vient d'Ukraine, a 27 ans et le rêve d'une vie meilleure. En 1992, sans papiers, elle travaille à La Moisson, une maison de retraite où règne une douce fantaisie. Parmi les pensionnaires de la maison, nous rencontrons des personnages hauts en couleur : la tendre Lydie, l'altière Flora, autrefois danseuse, et l'intransigeante Henriette, sans oublier Charles le sage et Théo le séducteur.

La petite sirène est la plus belle princesse des fonds marins, et chaque mot qui sort de sa bouche sonne comme une chanson mélodieuse...

Daniel Defoe's classic satire, read by Jan Francis. Defoe's rumbustious story tells the tale of Moll Flanders - her seductions, marriages and liaisons, and her journey to her mother in Virginia, where it becomes clear that Moll has, without realising, married her own brother. Our resourceful heroine goes to and from America meeting (and sometimes marrying) highwaymen, pickpockets, and dastardly rogues in a wonderful picaresque romp that is one of the most enjoyable and enduring classic novels.

The Fens is Britain's most distinctive, complex, man-made and least understood landscape. Francis Pryor has lived in, excavated, farmed, walked and loved the Fen Country for more than 40 years: its levels and drains, its soaring churches and magnificent medieval buildings. In The Fens, he counterpoints the history of the Fenland landscape and its transformation with the story of his own discovery of it as an archaeologist.

In Robbie Fowler: My Life in Football, Robbie takes us on a journey through the games that have shaped his career and thinking about football, from Hillsborough to Istanbul, via the cup treble, that celebration, all those goals, Houllier, Benitiez, Klopp and the rest. Personal and revealing, Robbie's stories come from a life spent inside the game. He invites us inside the dressing room, sharing stories of legendary teammates like Rush, Owen and Gerrard, his love of the Kop, his greatest achievements and his regrets - as well as the money, fame and hoopla that surround the game.

In 1960s Liverpool, life is hard for Reggie Kellison. His marriage is stalling, baby number six is on its way, a fall out at work has put his nose out of joint and the football team he supports offers little relief. But Reggie has a plan. If it works it could give him the life, lover and the money he dreams of. If it doesn’t, a jail sentence could be on the cards. Either way, he can only find out by risking everything and playing the pools....

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's The Lady Is Willing starring Kay Francis and George Brent.

Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history: the coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime Ministers. However, it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the nation wished to remember them with plaques upon its walls so that all who travelled here could remember, too. Their works are worth remembering, and here, in these volumes, their wise words speak, too, and for us all. In volume 2 we collect together John Clare to DH Lawrence.