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These novelists burst with a literary energy that is hard to contain. They cover a myriad of styles and themes, narratives packed full of fully-formed characters in powerful tales that have become an essential and integral part of our literary heritage.

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5th, 1850 near Dieppe in France. Maupassant’s early life was badly torn when at age 11 (his younger brother Hervé was then five) his mother, Laure, a headstrong and independent-minded woman, risked social disgrace in order to obtain a legal separation from her husband. After the separation, Laure kept custody of her two boys. With the father now forcibly absent, Laure became the most influential and important figure in the young boy's life.

Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do not deter her from searching for love and independence.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ranks alongside Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dracula as one of the top horror stories to emerge from the late 19th Century. Film and stage adaptations have never been able to fully relate the agony and conflict that permeates the mind of Dr Jekyll, but the audio version read by Ian Holm adds an extra spine-chilling dimension to the original text by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Late one moonlit night, Walter Hartright encounters a solitary and terrified woman dressed all in white. He saves her from capture by her pursuers and determines to solve the mystery of her distress and terror. Inspired by an actual criminal case, this gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness and mistaken identity has never been out of print since its publication and brought Collins great fame and success.

Have you experienced trouble falling asleep? Are you too stressed and find it difficult to relax? A good night's sleep is essential for our well-being and our health, but in our busy lives sleep is often poor and overlooked. Now is the time to stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds where all is well and sleep just a minute or two away. So switch off, snuggle down and allow yourself to escape into new worlds and old; magical, mysterious and tender realms that will accompany you to your own sweet dreams.

All his life, for almost as far back as he could remember, Victor had had a phobia. In prison, inevitably, he reflected on the grotesque way it had begun, about the panics and violent anger. He asked himself, too, why the child of happily married, middle-class parents should have needed to make motiveless and unreasoning attacks on women. Holed up in that house with the girl, he had not meant to pull the trigger. It was panic.

Roald Dahl had an abiding love for and interest in nature. He kept notes about the habits of moles and foxes, the colour and song of birds and the different flowers, plants and berries that blossomed in the countryside around his home, Gipsy House, throughout the year. In the last year of his life he worked on a diary. But what was originally intended to be a few lines turned into a memorable account of the passing year.

Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels. This collection includes the epic masterpiece...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY A wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace—a...

‘It’s got a thunderstorm in it. And revenge. Definitely revenge.’ Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he’s staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will...

How much do you know about that three-pound hunk of tissue in your head - your brain? Its structure and function drive your behavior in profound ways. Scientists are studying the brain and its chemicals to find behavioral patterns, to figure out the sources of good moods and random outbursts, for example. This compilation from Science News for Students turns to brain science to answer all sorts of questions: Can you actually be addicted to your phone? Why is it so hard to sleep away from home?

Ein flammendes Inferno erschüttert eine Nervenheilanstalt im Bayerischen Wald und der Tod eines Patienten bringt einen jungen Psychologen gefährlich nah an den Abgrund des Wahnsinns. Was trieb den Brandstifter zu seiner selbstzerstörerischen Tat? Ist ein mysteriöses Buch der Schlüssel zu dem dramatischen Ereignis? Tobias Prediger gelingt es in seiner Erzählung »Die Dunkelheit aus den Büchern« auf wenigen Seiten, die Leser mit in den Strudel mentaler Abgründe zu ziehen.

Seit Jahrzehnten ist die Vampirin Honora auf der Suche nach dem Mörder ihres Geliebten. In Kalifornien scheint ihre Rache endlich in greifbare Nähe gerückt. Währenddessen versucht der gutherzige Werwolf Gabhán, eine junge Wölfin davon abzuhalten, dem brutalen Rudel der Westküste beizutreten. Und Dan, der als Mensch mit magischen Kräften zum Wachenden über die übernatürlichen Wesen bestimmt ist, will nur eines: verhindern, dass ein weiterer Mord wie der an seinem Mentor geschieht, verübt von Vampiren.

Edward lebt in einer Welt, die er sich nicht leisten kann und zu der er nicht gehört. Um sich beliebt zu machen, kümmert er sich um die Bedürfnisse seiner beiden reichen Freunde aus der Upper Class: Er holt ihre Wäsche aus der Reinigung, putzt und kocht für sie. Er tut alles, um seine absolut schrecklichen »besten Freunde«, Robert und Stanza, bei Laune zu halten, aber auch um seine »niedere Herkunft« und seine Gewaltgeschichte vergessen zu machen. Edward will einfach dazugehören.

The page-turning and revelatory true story of America’s disastrous 1835 attack on the Seminoles in pre-statehood Florida, and the two men—a Black American and a renowned Indigenous warrior—who fought back for their homes and freedom, from the author of the “eye-opening marvel of a...

Eamonn Holmes is one of the most popular TV presenters in the UK. For twelve years he was the main anchor at GMTV drawing daily audiences of six million viewers. His humour, easy presenting style, and ability to think on his feet have earned him not only millions of fans but several industry awards. But success has come at a cost.

It feels like the safest place on earth. A family-friendly, floating palace. But, as Anya Crichton soon discovers, cruise ships aren't all that they seem...Statistics tell us that a woman is twice as likely to be sexually assaulted on a cruise ship than on dry land. Customers aren't screened, so the ships are a haven for sex offenders and paedophiles. With no policing, and floating in international waters, sexual assaults and passengers 'disappearing' are uncommonly frequent.

Battlefields is what every Richard Holmes fan has been waiting for. Richard Holmes skilfully clarifies the complexities of four major World War 2 military campaigns: El Alamein, Italy, Arnhem and the Battle of Britain (the Main Offensive). In this fascinating and brilliantly articulated study of war, he recreates what it was really like to be in the midst of bloody conflict from letters, diaries and interviews with soldiers awarded campaign medals for their heroism during World War 2.

Amelia hat ein Händchen dafür, das perfekte Bier zu kreieren. Doch in der Liebe läuft bei ihr so gar nichts perfekt. Beckett Stone kann sein Glück kaum fassen: Die Hochzeit seiner Highschool-Liebe Amelia ist geplatzt. Als Amelia in großer Not gerät, ist Beckett sofort an ihrer Seite.