Set in Hardy\'s Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d\'Urbeville. In her search

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that will encourage students to read. Sherlock Holmes is the world\'s most famous detective and students will love this modern adaptation of Conan Doyle\'s much-loved stry. Based on the award-winning TV series Sherlock.

Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes

Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection.

The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself\'. Passionate, poetic and revolutionary, \"Jane Eyre\" is a novel of naked emotional power. Its story of a defiant, fiercely intelligent woman who refuses to accept her appointed place in society - and instead finds love on her own terms - has become famous as one of the greatest romances ever written,

This is a completely revised best-selling guide by expert Icelandic-speaking author. It has a special seasonal-themed colour section on outdoor and adventure activities, from snowmobiling and biking to whale watching and diving. It features fully overhauled grid-referenced maps to Iceland\'s nightlife capital Reykjavik. There are detailed maps of Reykjavik. It offers enhanced coverage of environmental

Brad Pitt\'s Plan B Entertainment and Warner Bros are set to bring YA sci-fi novel Illuminae to the big screen. The year is 2575 and two mega-corporations are at war over a planet that\'s little more than an ice covered speck. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them Ezra and Kady have to make their escape on the evacuating fleet. But their troubles

The Hand of the King serves as the head of the reigning monarch s small council in King s Landing. In the King s absence, the Hand becomes his proxy. Often the real power behind the throne during the reign of a weak monarch, the King s Hand wears a badge of office shaped like a hand, symbolizing the authority to make decisions in the King s name. As the popular saying goes, \"What the King dreams,

The prince is now a king. All Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder. And after many months of war, the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is coming. And the God of the Storm will be powerless before it. Before him lies the Black Winter; behind, a trail of death wrought by his own hand. The God of Thunder hurtles through

Sometimes you find what you yearn for... When her dad gets a job overseas, Konatsu Amano has to leave the Tokyo life she\'s always known and relocate to a small seaside town to stay with her aunt. The move also means starting a new school surrounded by complete strangers, and it\'s a lot to handle for a girl who has trouble with change. But on her first day in her new town, Konatsu is instantly drawn

So many new novels jostle for our attention that readers could be forgiven for lacking the patience to tackle most of them. But in the case of The Gift by Cecelia Ahern, they would be doing themselves a disservice by passing this one by. As in her highly

Who loves Mr Nishino? Minami is the daughter of Mr Nishino\'s true love. Bereaved Shiori is tempted by his unscrupulous advances. His colleague Manami should know better. His conquest Reiko treasures her independence above all else. Friends Tama and Subaru find themselves playing Nishino\'s game, but Eriko loves her cat more. Sayuri is older, Aichan is much younger, and Misono has her own conquests

Business Vocabulary in Use is a new addition to the best-selling English Vocabulary in Use range. Primarily designed as a self-study reference and practice book, it can also be used for classroom work. The book covers a huge range of business topics including: jobs; people and organisations; production; marketing; finance and the economy, and business culture. Learners will develop essential business

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Sixteen years after Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson have agreed that their swift, passionate and deep love affair must end, they are still thinking of each other. Robert has never married, but continued his nomadic life as a photographer. He feels it is time to re-visit Roseman Bridge just to lay to rest his lingering love - not to SEE her as he doesn\'t wish to disturb the life she chose when

One day, Geppetto made a puppet from a piece of wood. He called the puppet Pinocchio. Pinocchio\'s nose grew long when he told lies. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of

On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain has declared war, a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southampton to board the largest, most luxurious airliner ever built - the Pan American Clipper, bound for New York: an English aristocrat, fleeing with his family and a fortune in jewels; a German scientist, escaping from the Nazis; a murderer under FBI escort; a young

The war in Genosha has boiled over, and the X-Men, X-Factor and the New Mutants will never be the same! With the never-deadlier Cameron Hodge pulling the strings, the heroes are kidnapped, killed, stripped of their powers and forced into combat! And when the dust settles, the teams change lineups, sending the X-Men into a new era! COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 235-238, 270-272; NEW MUTANTS (1983)