'It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge'Offred is a Handmaid. She has only one f...
The exploits of Tom Sawyer, a consummate prankster with a quick wit, captivate children of all ages. Yet through the novel's humorous escapades, from the episodes of the whitewashed fence and the o...
Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of po...
Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains ...
Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom she finds he...
Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a Lond...
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new frie...
Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Wat...
SONny is a model prisoner. Inspector Kirk Thomas is a dedicated police officer. They are connected by SONny's father, who was Kirk's best friend. Both were left devastated by the news of his corrup...
The first two short novels - never before widely available in the U.S. - by the internationally acclaimed writer, newly translated, in one volume, with a new introduction by the author.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest peak in Africa, rising 19,340 feet above the surrounding plains. For hundreds of years it has been called the "shining mountain" by local people. They gav...
Il y a le Paris de l'opulence et des raffinements délicats. Il ya celui des petits matins blemes et des couples éreintés. Prosper Donge, employé d'un palace situé...
Si j'étais tout a fait sincere, je dirais que je n'ai pas de sympathie pour M. Renard : il m'humilie ; je sens en lui des perfections qui m'offensent.» (Léon Blum) &...
Les comédiens resterent silencieux et dans l’attente… "Je plie mon titre de baron et le mets au fond de mon portemanteau, comme un vetement qui n’est plus de mi...
Fintan, Maou, Geoffroy : trois reves, trois révoltes. Et une meme soif.Fintan Allen a douze ans lorsque, le 14 mars 1948, il embarque pour l'Afrique avec sa mere, Maou. Geoffroy Allen,...
Jean... Qu est-ce que tu dirais si j avais fait quelque chose de grave ? » J avoue que cette question ne m avait pas alarmé. Peut-etre a cause du ton détaché qu elle avai...
Parry n'a pas tué. Mais les apparences sont contre lui, et le juge le condamne a la détention perpétuelle. Mal nourri, sans femme, sans gin, sans foyer, loin des lumieres &eacu...
Je me suis redressée brusquement et une goutte de sueur s'est échappée derriere mon oreille. Elle a suivi un moment la ligne de ma mâchoire, a glissé le long de mo...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He ...