Down There on a Visit

Christopher Isherwood

This title deals with a new introduction by Philip Hensher. "Radiant with observation, never wasting a word, funny and sympathetic". (Stephen Spender). Berlin, the Greek Islands, London and California. 1928, 1932, 1988 and 1940. Four portraits, four settings, four narrators, all known as "Christopher Is...

Meg in the Jungle

David Walser

In this new adventure, Meg, Mog and Owl explore the jungle, meet a friendly elephant, a sinister snake - and a tiger without any stripes! But can Meg's spell help or might things get a little more tricky for our hapless heroes? The Meg and Mog books have been entertaining children for over 40 years; wit...

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley, Mary Shelley

For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read 2018 marks the bicentennial of Mary Shelley's seminal novel. For th...