Books

Climb the beanstalk with Jack, sneak into the bears' cottage with Goldilocks, share Tom Thumb's incredible adventures, and discover what makes the perfect pirate in this incredible collection of children's stories. Packed with best-loved classics, entertaining new tales, and delightful illustrations, this wonderful collection of children's stories is the perfect book to share at bedtime. Includes:  Puss in Boots  The Gingerbread Man  The Three Little Pigs  Beauty and the Beast  The…

Written in the early 1590s, Shakespeare's version of the story of Richard III, more properly known as The Tragedy of Richard the Third, depicts events that happened more than a century before. The story is based on the unfinished History of Richard III by Sir Thomas More, writing as the Tudor dynasty was seeking to consolidate its position. Shakespeare portrays his usurping, hunchbacked Richard as truly villainous, with few redeeming features. Yet as he strives to consolidate power, he is a…

After being shipwrecked on a desert island, marina Robinson Crusoe spends over 30 years surviving in complete solitude. Until he spies a footprint on the shore and realises, he is not as alone as he thought... Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719 and has been hailed as the classic adventure story. Although the inspiration came from a real-life castaway called Alexander Selkirk, the novel can be enjoyed as a tale of survival, of spiritual awakening, or as a mythic quest. This…

These classic folk tales from Asia, Arabia and Persia are taken from the reputed 1001 stories told by Scheherazade to entertain her husband, the Sultan, to prevent him from having her killed. Every tale will weave its own spell on readers as they dip into an enchanted land where Aladdin discovers a genie held captive in a magic lamp, Sinbad sets sail on a series of fantastic voyages and surprising heroes and magic creatures reveal hidden depths of bravery and ingenuity. Augmented with H J…

Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.

Solve the murder to save what's left of the world. Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.

Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his comeuppance at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress. The two plots combine to create a farce touched with melancholy, mixed throughout with seductively beautiful explorations on the themes of love and time,…

في «صِدام الملوك»، يواصل چورچ ر. ر. مارتن نسج خيوط ملحمته العظيمة «أغنيَّة الجليد والنَّار». بعد موت الملك روبرت باراثيون واللورد إدارد ستارك، تغرق الممالك السَّبع في فوضى عارمة، ويرفع خمسة ملوك راياتهم في صراع لا يرحم على العرش الحديدي، لتبدأ موجة جديدة من الحروب، والتحالفات الغادرة، والعهود التي تُكسر كما تُسفك الدماء. في أراضي النهر والغرب، يخوض روب ستارك معركة تلو معركة للانتقام لأبيه وتأمين مملكته الجديدة. وفي العاصمة، يجد تيريُن لانيستر نفسه وسط شبكة معقدة من المؤامرات فيما تستعد…

أبابيل لا تُحكم بالعدل، بل تُحكم بالحديد والدم.  تبدأ فصول هذا الجزء قبل الأخير من ملحمة الطين والنار بلحظة فارقة، حين يُزاح الغطاء عن وجه ملكة أبابيل القادمة، فتتلاقى الأعين عليها… أعيُن الجميع، بمن فيهم عاصف ورفاقه. لم تكن سوى لحظة واحدة، لكنها كانت كفيلة بإيقاظ أسرارٍ نائمة، وفتح أبوابٍ ما كان ينبغي لها أن تُفتح أبدًا. أسرار طال دفنها، لكنها الآن تعود لتطالب بثمنها، وتجرّ المملكة إلى دروبٍ من الصراع والقدر، حيث لا شيء يعود كما كان.

The Cruel Prince meets Powerless in this dark academia romantasy that will tattoo itself onto your heartViola Sinclair has hidden her shadow magic her whole life. Discovery means certain death, for in the Kingdom of Aragoa dark magic is forbidden. When the Queen finds out Viola's secret, she sends her royal assassin to kill her. He is given a cursed tattoo: seven thorns on his arm for the seven days he has to complete his deadly task. If he fails, he will be the one to die.The…