To Kill a Mockingbird (Vintage Classics)

Harper Lee

'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' Meet Scout, the narrator of this book. Her story is one of Deep South summers, fights at school and playing in the street. The spooky house of her mysterious neighbour, Boo Radley, sags dark and forbidd...

Ageing Disgracefully

Joan Sauers

Tackling middle age with customary wit and practical advice, Joan Sauers now lights the way forward with this book. Embrace the freedom of being able to do what you want, when you want to, just because you can. The thinking woman's Agony Aunt painlessly takes you through the best years of your life....

Nonviolence - The History of a Dangerous Idea

Mark Kurlansky

The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare. According to this view, all the important ideas and significant changes of humankind occurred as part of an effort to win one violent, bloody conflict or another. This approach to history is only one of many examples of how s...

Clash of the Sky Galleons (#3 Edge Chronicles Quint Saga)

Paul Stewart

A quest for vengeance. A deadly pursuit. Welcome to the Edge. Young sky-pirate Quint's family was devastated when most of them were killed in a vicious arson attack. Now the treacherous quartermaster responsible has returned, and Quint and his father are determined to take revenge. From the deserted qua...