It's 1960s America, and Herbie Gneiss is forced to leave college to get a job. Mr. Gibbon, a patriotic veteran of three wars, works with Herbie at Kant-Brake toy factory. When Herbie is drafted, Mr. Gibbon feels that he, too, should do something for his country; and so he decides to rob the Mount Holly Trust Company...

My name is Rex. I am a good dog.Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear.With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. But all he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master ...

A loving and hilarious—if occasionally spiky—valentine to Bill Bryson’s adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter.Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and re...

As a hardware store manager with seven daughters and a wife, Morgan Gower craves escape and daydreams of who he could be in another life—a banjoist, a science-fiction author, a preacher, a riverboat gambler. With his family demanding he wake up from hismidlife crisis and face reality, Morgan isn’t sure he’ll ever see any of those dreams come true.Then he meets newlyweds Emily and Leon, who are putting on a puppet show at a local fair, and is instantly enamored by their charm...

In a sequel to the much-praised Dogs of War, Honey the genetically engineered bear takes a ride in Jimmy the Martian's head and starts a revolution on the Red Planet.Mars. The red planet. A new frontier for humanity: a civilization where humans can live in peace, lord and master of all they survey.But this isn't Space City from those old science-fiction books. It's more like Hell City, built into and from a huge crater. There's a big silk canopy over it, feeding out atmosph...

Arriving in America with nothing but hunger and determination, The Rise of David Levinsky follows David Levinsky's relentless climb from impoverished immigrant to wealthy New York businessman. But as success transforms his life, it also distances him from the traditions, faith, and sense of belonging that once defined him. Set against the restless energy of turn-of-the-century America, this landmark novel explores the cost of assimilation, the loneliness hidden inside achievement,...

'The wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.'An epic adventure story set at the end of the nineteenth century, White Fang is one of Jack London's most famous novels, renowned for its commercial success and numerous film adaptations.Born in the unforgiving wilderness of the Yukon Territory of Canada, White Fang, a fierce wolfdog shunned by his adoptive family, fights tooth and nail to survive amongst brutal beasts, wolves and hunter men. ...

How far would you go to change your life?In the small American town of Hope, teenager Lucas Caldwell dreams of escaping his life. His mother, Liss, is struggling with addiction, and his sickly little brother, Reuben, would never survive her without him.His grandfather, Lucky, is dying in a care facility, his mind fading. But in a final moment of clarity, he lets slip to Lucas that he is in possession of a painting worth millions, stolen from a transport convoy in a daring he...

A fresh adaptation of the American classic When Ichabod Crane sets his sights on the beautiful Katrina van Tassel (and her father's large estate), he's determined that nothing will stand in his way - not even brawny Brom Bones, his love rival. Ichabod is many things: a stern school teacher, a confident singer, an eligible bachelor. One thing he is NOT is brave, and there is far more to fear in Sleepy Hollow than Brom Bones. Especially at night... Washington Irving's atmospheric masterpiece...

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."From the sun‑drenched banks of the Mississippi and the timeless adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, the far‑flung kingdoms and the whimsical time‑bending of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, to the biting social satire of The Gilded Age, this comprehensive collection of unabridged recordings of Mark Twain's twelve novels is a celebration of storytelling at...

Welcome to Hell City, MarsJimmy Martin has a sore head.He’s used to smuggling illegal data in his headspace. But this is the first time it has started talking to him.The data claims to be a distinguished academic, author and civil rights activist.It also claims to be a bear.A bear named Honey.Jimmy has nothing against bioforms—he’s one himself, albeit one engineered out of human stock—and works with them everyday in Hell City, building the fu...

Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2025The knock on the door changed everything. Until then, we were happy; we knew who we were. ‘You’ve got the wrong person,’ I told him. ‘My wife is gentle and kind. She wouldn’t hurt a fly.’In 1939, when she was just nineteen years old, Hermine Braunsteiner applied for a job in a new prison opening near her home. She had heard the pay was better than working on the factory line. The prison was called Ravensbr...