Though poor and unpretentious, Jane had an unbeatable spirit and spirit, as well as great intelligence and courage. As an orphan, Jane spent her childhood with her abusive aunt's family. After completing his education at Lowood, he worked as a teacher for Mr. Rochester, a cynical and mysterious landlord. The Yorkshire wilderness is the backdrop for the slowly developing love story between Ja…
Greyfriars Bobby is a small shaggy dog which cannot be separated from Auld Jock, his owner, a kind and simple shepherd. When Auld Jock died after many winters together, Bobby was devastated. Dogs are not allowed on the church grounds as well as the cemetery. But the brave and clever Bobby is determined to win over Mr. Brown, the grim-faced grave keeper, to be allowed to sleep on the grave of…
Anne Elliot had to be willing to let go of her lover, Frederick Wentworth, because Anne's extended family considered her not an equal with the big name of the Elliot family. Anne was still single, heeding proposals from other men. Eight years have passed since that painful breakup and Frederick is back in Anne's life. The man acted as if they didn't know each other, while Anne herself tried to …
The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle.
Chantelle has everything going against her. She's a good student who only wants to pass her exams and find a way out of the sink estate in Manchester where she grew up. But now her feckless mother has taken off for Spain with her latest boyfriend and she's single-handedly raising her tearaway nine-year-old brother Leon. She thinks her worst problem is the debt collectors at the door. But Leon h…
Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room—sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook. So when her father’s best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife and baby, from the dog he left behind and fro…
Anya used to dream of moving to Britain to start a brand-new life. But as she sits in a school where nobody understands her, she dreams of Polish summer skies and the place where she once belonged. Then Anya meets bad boy Dan. He's no angel, but she's sure there's a sweeter side to him. And when things begin to fall apart, Anya realizes she's not alone - how can Dan be such bad news when being …
When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. As Princess Beatrice gets closer to becoming America's first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling.
At once horrifying, tense and lyrical, The Blue Hour is a beautifully written novel that probes the darkest recesses of the human psyche. He takes the women from shopping malls. They are beautiful, sophisticated, but he treats them like animals, and when he's done he leaves only his grisly signature to taunt the Orange County police - a purse full of entrails. Where are the bodies? How can thes…
I didn’t realise that there was a sequel to Chocolat until a friend recommended it a few years ago. Then I happened to see a copy in the library and thought it might be fun to read, as indeed it was. The narrative picks up about five years after the events of Chocolat. Vianne and Anouk have been joined by little Rosette and are living quietly in Paris. Their relatively peaceful existence i…