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William Blake is one of Britain's most fascinating writers, who, as well as being a groundbreaking poet, is also well known as a painter, engraver, radical and mystic. This collection brings together a selection of Blake's poems, including the poems: "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience", to give a singular picture of this unique genius.

Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliantly bound up with this psychological drama is Dostoevsky's intense and disturbing exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, freedom of will, the collective nature of guilt, and the disastrous consequences of rationalism. Filled with eloquent voices, this new translation fully realizes the power and dramatic virtuosity of Dostoevsky's most brilliant work.

In this extraordinary novel, Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, the concentration camp and - the essence of her terrible secret - her choice.

The sprawling tale of an immigrant family in early 20th-century Brooklyn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of the great distinctively American novels. The Nolan family are first-generation immigrants to the United States.

The definitive collection of America's bestselling poet. Rumi's finest poems of love and lovers will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out.

Features such characters as: High-class call girls billed to Mastercard; a psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads; a hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers; and, a one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem.

Bruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries.

Parisian photographer O returns to the place of her sexual initiation - the elegant chateau Roissy. Here, she submits completely to the sexual whims of one man...her lover. This is the sequel to the classic French erotic bestseller, and a darkly seductive story of dominance and submission. Read it if you dare...

In a novella which remains highly controversial to this day, Conrad explores the relations between Africa and Europe. But there he encounters Kurtz, an idealist apparently crazed and depraved by his power over the natives, and the meeting prompts Marlowe to reflect on the darkness at the heart of all men.

Probably the popular favourite among Jane Austen's novels, Pride and Prejudice was the first to be written (1796-7), when the author was just twenty-one.

Cult bestseller The Invitation is more than just a poem. It is a profound invitation to a life that is more fulfilling and passionate, with greater integrity. This book is a word-of-mouth sensation, whose truths have resonated with people all over the world, and is now reissued with a beautiful new cover design.

The epic Hyperion duo - credited with reinventing SF in the 1990s - together in one volume for the first time.

Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli.

The hilarious romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella .

Offers a fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American woman in Australia. Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals to accompany them on a walkabout through the outback, she learns how they live and thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged geography of the desert region.

Medieval manuscript of ceremonial magic. Basic document in Aleister Crowley, Golden Dawn groups.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is celebrated as a novelist and man of action. The present collection includes all Hemingway's shorter fiction arranged chronologically from 'Up in Michigan' (1923) to 'Old Man at the Bridge (1938) and contains stories not currently available in any other UK edition of Hemingway's work's

It decides to wind the clock back a decade to 1991, making everyone in the world endure ten years of deja-vu and a total loss of free will - not to mention the torture of reliving every nanosecond of one of the tawdiest and most hollow decades.

Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXThree men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt 'Papa Doc' and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. And, to begin with, they are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself...

Discover Graham Greene's blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana. 'British Intelligence being sent up something rotten' Daily Telegraph Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts.

Realising that his New Year is probably going to be a disaster, as usual, our narrator, on impulse, walks into a travel agency to book a week in the sun. On Lanzarote, one can meet some fascinating human specimens, notably Pam and Barbara - 'non-exclusive' German lesbians - who can give rise to some interesting combinations.

A translation of Homer's great epic poem. Fitzgerald has also translated Homer's "The Odyssey" and Virgil's "Aeneid".

Presents erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov and his three sons. This book portrays the social and spiritual strivings in Russian culture.

A slow-burn epic romantasy series from Booktok sensation Penn Cole, this is the first fiery instalment in the Kindred's Curse Saga, set in a world colonized by the gods and ruled over by the cruel Descended.

DESPERATE MEASURESAfter a close call with a deadly epidemic and an attempt on the emperor’s life, the imperial court of Qudu is in turmoil. The emperor is determined to hold someone among the noble clans accountable, a desire Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye are prepared to use to their political advantage. The chaos gives them another opportunity as well—a chance to investigate the suspected mastermind behind the fall of Zhongbo five years ago.Yet as they delve deeper into the past, new dangers emerge in the present. For every move they make, their unseen adversary seems always a step ahead, driving them into a trap from which there is no way out. As Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye’s lives grow more and more entwined, both find they are increasingly reliant on each other. But when Xiao Chiye extends a hand in their most desperate hour, will Shen Zechuan take it?

Dive into the world of Ana Huang's Kings of Sin series, where passion, power, and the pursuit of happiness collide in a dramatic saga of love against all odds with this 4 book boxset. King of Wrath Meet Dante Russo, a billionaire CEO who is the epitome of ruthlessness and arrogance. Unexpected blackmail forces him into an unwanted engagement with Vivian Lau, jewellery heiress and daughter of Dante's adversary. Despite the conveniences of their union, Dante plans to end it until he discovers that letting Vivian go is the last thing he wants. Vivian, primed to blend her family with high society through marriage, finds herself drawn to Dante against her better judgement. Falling for her fiancé wasn't in her plans, especially when it's the most dangerous thing she could do.King of Pride Kai Young is the embodiment of order and propriety, a stark contrast to the whirlwind of vibrancy that is Isabella Valencia. As he faces a crucial vote that could ascend him to CEO of his family's empire, Kai knows that Isabella's unruly charm is a distraction he can't afford. Yet, beneath his composed exterior, Isabella sparks a desire he finds impossible to ignore. Isabella, with her bold heart and love for life, can't seem to crack Kai's calm demeanour. Even as boundaries blur, their connection deepens, tempting them to surrender to their forbidden desires, even at the risk of losing everything.King of Greed Dominic Davenport reigns as the King of Wall Street, his life a testament to discipline and ambition, sharply contrasting with Alessandra, his estranged wife, whose spirit and warmth illuminate the stark world of finance. With his empire thriving, Dominic realises the cost of his relentless pursuit for more: the loss of Alessandra's irreplaceable love. Her departure awakens a hunger in him that wealth cannot satiate, igniting a fierce determination to win back the heart he unknowingly forfeited. And now he'll fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes. King of Sloth Charming and rich, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips. But nothing brings him more joy than riling up Sloane, his cool, high-powered publicist. She may be forced to work with him, but she'll never fall for him . . . even he is so much more than the party boy he presents to the world. As a tragedy forces them closer than ever, will Sloane be able to keep her client at arm's reach? Or will they finally cross that line into something more?