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Loving someone, in a time of war and divided loyalties, can be the greatest risk of all.

A story for adults about small boys, marooned on a coral island. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns in...

Fortune Of War

Britain and America are newly at war, and Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are caught in the very thick of the action.

HMS Surprise

How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival?

Vintage Classic Bloody Chamber

Angela Carter has taken old fairy stories, subtly altering and changing them to create strange glittering tales that will haunt the reader.

Trainspotting

‘Trainspotting’ is hilarious, and profane, riddled with drugs, drunks and bad behaviour and rich with flawed characters. The interwoven stories of a group of friends and junkies, it is ...

Hocus Pocus

This is a satirical, fiction autobiography of a West Point-trained Vietnam veteran. In the year 2001, the old soldier has been arrested for masterminding the largest prison break in history. Now hi...

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Sometimes Molina and Valentin talk all night long in the still darkness of their cell. Each has always been alone and in danger of betrayal, but in Cell 7 each surrenders to the other something of ...

Slaughterhouse 5

The destruction of Dresden by bombs and a fire storm was a catastrophe that Vonnegut himself witnessed as a prisoner of war and forms the basis of this modern classic.

The Snowman

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One winter’s night, a snowman comes to life and an unforgettable adventure begins. Raymond Briggs’ favourite classic is a true piece of Christmas magic – narrated entirely through...