Banned Books

Naive, reckless Kate Brady and Baba Brennan escape from their convent school and the Irish countryside to the bright lights of Dublin city, and a whirl of dances, flirtations and passionate misadventures.

'Wild Swans' tells the story of three women - Jung Chang, her mother and grandmother - whose fortunes mirror the tumultuous history of 20th-century China.

The World Controllers have created the ideal society. Genetic science has brought the human race to perfection. From the Alpha-Plus mandarin class to the Epsilon Semi-Morons, man is bred and educated to be content with his pre-destined role.

A must-read for any serious student of politics and literature. This new edition offers the perspective of Professor John Sutherland on this great work, revealing Orwell to be a master storyteller, an acute political observer and an impassioned defender of humanity.

Harvard Professor Robert Langton, visiting Paris, is called in when the curator of the Louvre is murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling codes. Langton and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are amazed to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and beyond.

Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende’s magnificent family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature, and of history, converge in an unforgettable, wholly absorbing and brilliantly realised novel that is as ri...

Jane Eyre, the beloved heroine, is for many their first introduction to a truly independent female character in classic literature. Charlotte Brontë develops an assertive and passionate character in Jane, whose search for belonging and freedom, while radical at the time of publication, remains r...

One of the most important Russian masterpieces of the 20th century, 'And Quiet Flows the Don' is an epic novel depicting the lives and struggles of Don Cossacks during the First World War, the Russian Revolution and the Civil War. The story follows the Cossack Gregor Melekhov, a tragic hero who f...

Twelve years after the events of 'The Boys', Hughie finds himself back home in Scotland where he intends to finally marry Annie in the company of friends and family. But the sudden appearance of a peculiar document sends our hero into a tailspin and threatens to bring the events of his nightmaris...