HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The place, with its grey sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theatre after the performance-all strewn with crumpled playbills.' Revered as one of the greatest ghost stories ever told, James's The Turn of the Screw is an eerie Victorian masterpiece. When an...

The fourth book in Rick Riordan's The Trial of Apollo series. The bestselling top 10 hardback, now available in paperback! Things are getting very bad, very fast, for Apollo . . . The former God Apollo is having a pretty rough time of it. Well, for one thing, he's been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. And he's called Lester. But being an awkward mortal teenager is the least of...

A new edition of one of the greatest allegorical stories ever written. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read A masterpiece of the English Puritan tradition, The Pilgrim's Progress is rich in its imaginative power and its vivid and heartfelt language. It recounts the story of Christian, who appears to the author in a dream, and his journey...

The comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This fifth volume of a new Loeb edition of all twenty-one of Plautus's extant comedies includes lively modern translations, introductions, and ample explanatory notes.

No home library is complete without the classics! The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Other Stories brings together the essential works from Arthur Conan Doyle in an elegant, leather-bound, omnibus edition—a keepsake to be read and treasured. There is one literary detective who stands above all others, whose powers of deduction are known the world over, whose influence can...

Paperback edition of Hart's single volume history of WWI, covering all areas and explaining the technology and tactics that determined its course. Ties in with the centenary of the conflict. 'Immensely readable...' "Irish Times"

When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a...

AD265 - In the shadow of Mount Etna, slaves are rising up. As the rebel leader declares Sicily the new land of the free, men and women are slaughtered, and cities across the island are sacked and burned. When a ship is wrecked off the island`s west coast, all but two survivors are cut down in the surf by the rebel slaves. Ballista, an experienced Roman soldier, has always found a way to...

AdalynI’ve been planning my trip across the world for years. So, imagine my surprise and utter disappointment when unforeseen circumstances leave me with no travel companion and a wallet too empty to reschedule. Far too stubborn to cancel, and left with little options, I turn to the only person who just so happens to have the entire summer free. Cooper White is my older brother’s best...

A special 10th anniversary edition of this novel, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of literature of the last decade.

Die Landstreicher Estragon und Wladimir sowie ein etwas später mit seinem Diener Lucky hinzu kommender Pozzo, die an einem undefinierbaren Ort ihre Zeit damit verbringen, auf eine Person namens Godot zu warten, die sie nicht kennen, von der sie nichts Genaues wissen, nicht einmal, ob es sie überhaupt gibt. Am Ende eines jeden Aktes erscheint ein wohl von ihm kommender Junge, der verkündet,...

A beautiful hardback edition of the modern fantasy classic, from the bestselling author of The Starless Sea. 'The only response to this novel is simply: wow. It is a breathtaking feat of imagination, a flight of fancy that pulls you in and wraps you up in its spell' The Times The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering...

Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Here in one volume are her seven great novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, Austen vividly portrays English middle-class life...

Eine alte Dame wird überfallen und ausgeraubt. Nicht nur der wertvolle Familienschmuck ist verschwunden, sondern auch ihre Nichte. Die Polizei steht vor einem Rätsel. Hat die Nichte ihre Tante bestohlen? Kann Detektiv Müller den Fall lösen und das Gold der alten Dame finden?

The complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime, including all four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic hero Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first...

Der unvergessliche Roman eines einzigartigen Erzählers - Carlos Ruiz Zafóns Welterfolg An einem dunstigen Sommermorgen des Jahres 1945 wird der junge Daniel Sempere von seinem Vater an einen geheimnisvollen Ort in Barcelona geführt - den Friedhof der Vergessenen Bücher. Dort entdeckt Daniel den Roman eines verschollenen Autors für sich, er heißt >Der Schatten des...

Cawthorn, the creator of the acclaimed horror video games, and co-author Breed-Wrisley present the next thrilling chapter in the "New York Times"-bestselling Five Nights at Freddy's series.

The global bestseller featuring symbologist Robert Langdon, from the author of THE DA VINCI CODE and \'master of the intellectual cliffhanger\' (Wall Street Journal) Dan Brown. Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of an astonishing scientific breakthrough. The evening’s host is...

The title says it all: one man, one bike, one long ride, the adventure, the pleasure, and the pain. It is simultaneously a travelogue and visual journey. Martijn Doolaard traded the convenience of a car and the distractions of daily life for a cross-continental cycling journey: a biped adventure that would take him from Amsterdam to Singapore. Leaving behind repetitive routines, One Year on...

Hans Hellmut Kirst, seit 1933 Berufssoldat und während des Zweiten Weltkrieges Offizier, hat mit seiner Roman-Trilogie den Begriff "08/15", der ursprünglich eine Variante des Maschinengewehrs bezeichnete und im übertragenen Sinn für etwas "Gewöhnliches, nichts Besonderes" stand, ein Synonym für das Leben und Leiden der Wehrmachtssoldaten geprägt.Wie keinem anderen vor und nach ihm gelang es...