Where the Sidewalk Ends (HB)

Shel Silverstein

If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer ...Come in ...for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and s...

The Island of Doctor Moreau

H. G. Wells

'That black figure, with its eyes of fire, struck down through all my adult thoughts and feelings, and for a moment the forgotten horrors of childhood came back to my mind'. Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundl...

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer. Two devastating Russian stories of solitude, unrequited love and depravity from beyond the grave. Film adaptations have been made by Italian ...

I'm Rich, You're Poor - How to Give Social Media a Reality Check

Shabaz Ali

The world is full of books about how to be rich. This is not one of them.Today, many of us are feeling the pinch - and being bombarded with portrayals of social media 'perfection' is making that pinch feel more like a punch.We may know that social media - with all its billionaires and beauty queens - is...