Fiction

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity   A masterly book" —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of  The Black Swan "A classic" —Simon Kuper,  Financial Times An economist explains five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world Throughout history, a powerful...

Just Before I Died   I survived the accident. Now the real nightmare begins... The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS. How long can they keep you in the dark? It was just a patch of ice. But it was...

Bath Classics: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales   The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen have been part of our cultural heritage for over one hundred and fifty years. From the poignant beauty of 'The Little Mermaid' to the wry humour of 'The Emperor's New Clothes', Andersen's...

Bath Classics: The Jungle Book   Mowgli, the wolf-child, is famous around the world, read Kipling's original story and meet beloved characters such as Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Shere Khan the tiger. Follow Mowgli as he tries to discover where he belongs. Plus, become...

Bath Classics: Arabian Nights   Treacherous enchanters, exquisite maidens, intrepid adventurers and exotic lands-the tales of the Arabian Nights have them all. A collection of Middle Eastern folk tales which probably date back to between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, the stories...

Bath Classics: Black Beauty   Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes...

Bath Classics: Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped is at once a rollicking adventure story and an earnest political allegory.  Orphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer....

Bath Classics: The Swiss Family Robinson   The Swiss Family Robinson  is a story of the happy discovery of the wonders of natural history by a family shipwrecked on a desert island, who remain united through all the adversities they encounter.   Inspired by  Robinson Crusoe,...

The Beautiful And Damned And Other Stories   Feel the swing and sway of the Jazz Age in this collection of stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald.   F. Scott Fitzgerald’s  The Beautiful and Damned e xplores the world of America’s upper class during World War I and the beginning of the Jazz...

Kiss The Girls And Make Them Cry: A Novel   An electrifying thriller from #1  New York Times  bestselling author and “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark! When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from a “CRyan” describing her “terrible experience” while working at...

Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption   #1  New York Times  bestselling author Stephen King’s beloved novella,  Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption —the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award–nominee  The Shawshank Redemption —about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a...

Beowulf   Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature forever. From the musings of literary...

Saint Joan   Rediscover the story of the inspirational Saint Joan of Arc with the classic play by George Bernard Shaw. The historical saint begins her story as a simple country girl in fifteenth century France who is inspired by visions from God to help liberate her country from the...

Twelve Years A Slave   The basis of the 2013 Academy Award–winning film 12  Years a Slave , this is the autobiography of Solomon Northup—an African American man born free in New York state who is tricked, kidnapped, taken to Washington, DC, and sold into slavery. Solomon experiences...

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn   Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. The series features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature...

The Scarlet Letter   Handsome, readable, affordable, a new edition of one of the great works of American literature. The magnum opus of revered writer Nathaniel Hawthorne,  The Scarlet Letter  is arguably one of the greatest novels written during the nineteenth century. It is the...