The Edwardian era was the Golden Age of childhood, of high adventure and fantasy, and home for tea in the nursery. Or not... The story of the boy who took the quest for untrammelled freedom to its ...więcej »
Set in British India in the 1920s, this book looks at racial conflict. The characters struggle to overcome their own differences and prejudices, but when the Indian Dr Aziz is tried for the alleged...więcej »
In the eighteenth century, Laurence Sterne explores the temptations of the French capital in a teasing study of foreign mores and Restif de la Bretonne provides an eye-witness account of the Revolu...więcej »
In a novella which remains highly controversial to this day, Conrad explores the relations between Africa and Europe. On the surface, this is a horrifying tale of colonial exploitation. The narrato...więcej »
An attack on war which broadens into a satire on the ANCIEN REGIME of the Austro-Hungarian empire, THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK recreates the age-old figure of the simple soldier whose sheer determinatio...więcej »
James Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on one day in June 1904. It is considered to be one of the most important wo...więcej »
Jane Austen seems to have been born with the comic precision and other-worldly insight she everywhere displays in Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel (1811), which, though revised late...więcej »
Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of ...więcej »
A glorious collection of some of the best sleuths in the business. Including creators such as Poe and Conan Doyle to Hammet, Christie, Chandler, Rendell and Rankin. Perfect gift editionwięcej »
As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas, to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of its expression is represented in this wonderful...więcej »
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past . . . A haunting tale of ...więcej »
While Batman recovers from a strain of Fear Toxin, the Justice League, with deformed faces in hideous grins and under the influence of a mind-altering gas, attack Gotham City. This can only mean th...więcej »
After WWII the great superheroes must adjust to life in peace time, with many new heroes appearing - as well as villains!This exciting DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection of hardback boo...więcej »
After five years absence Bruce Wayne is again fighting crime in Gotham City, but in secret. The Red Hood gang are in charge of the city and it’s not long before Bruce realises that he must on...więcej »
The future world faces a new peril when The Atom restores the miniature people of the bottle city of Kandor to their true size, unwittingly releasing an invading force of Kryptonians!Th...więcej »
The noose is tightening around Batman’s neck because twisted Dr Simon Hurt has emerged as the leader of The Black Glove, a secret society dedicated to destroying the Dark Knight - and they ha...więcej »
The mysterious Whisper A’Daire is spreading a new menace on the streets, a potion that promises immortality. Its addictive power could trigger a new wave of crime and the Dark Knight senses t...więcej »
The Dark Knight is bringing justice to the streets of Gotham City, but his continuing one-man war has its consequences. Psychologist Hugo Strange is on his case, believing he should be tracked down...więcej »
Batman travels to London on the trail of a serial killer who might possibly be a werewolf? Meanwhile in Gotham, there is an attack of grotesque mutants capable of turning their own bones into weapo...więcej »
Bruce Wayne is believed dead and Robin (Dick Grayson) has taken on the role of Batman with Bruce’s psychopathic son Damian as his partner. Pyg’s Dollotrons must be stopped but Red Hood ...więcej »