What happens after I accept an offer? When can I announce my book? What if I need more time on my edits? How do I run a preorder campaign?Getting a book deal is the achievement of a lifelong dream. But after the champagne pops, the questions pour in. Even after all your research, navigating the publishing landscape can quickly feel overwhelming. Most existing resources focus on writing your manuscript and getting an agent, not on the nuts and bolts of what happens between ...

A mysterious seaman hides at a country inn; cut-throats raid a sleepy English village; suddenly, young Jim Hawkins becomes the owner of a map leading to a lost tropical island and a fortune in stolen gold. Three adventures — Jim, Squire Trelawney, and Dr. Livesey — set out to find the treasure. — But they trust the one they should most fear, Long John Silver. Charming, brave ruthless, murderous, Silver fills the squire's ship with pirates. And on the desolate, fever-infested island, the qu...

When young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map in a dead sailor's chest, he sets sail aboard the Hispaniola with a crew that includes the one-legged, silver-tongued Long John Silver — a ship's cook who may be the finest friend Jim has ever had, or the most dangerous man alive. Published in 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of mutiny, buried gold, and a boy's first taste of moral complexity single-handedly defined the pirate adventure genre, giving the world its enduring image of parrots, pe...

"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest---yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!"Ahoy, ahoy, mates, shall we play a game today?It's simple and fun and it involves a…quest.Ready?Great!So, take the words: island, pirate. treasure, villain, shipwreck, captain, danger, hero,mix them up thoroughly in a blender called ADVENTURE, add a drop of rum and you'll get one of the most entertaining stories for children of all ages!A beloved classic which kept...

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS A KILLER. EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS A SUSPECT.BUT WHICH OF THEM IS A MURDERER?'The best thing I've read in ages' STUART MACBRIDE'Fun, witty and exciting. This is not one to miss!' 5***** READER REVIEW'A must-read for every fan of the mystery genre' JANE HARPER_________I knew our family reunion wouldn't end well. But I didn't expect murder....

What happens when one man's desire to separate good from evil unleashes something far more dangerous? In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson presents one of the most enduring classics of Gothic literature. The story follows the respected Dr. Henry Jekyll, a London physician whose experiments lead to the emergence of the disturbing and mysterious Mr. Edward Hyde. As strange events unfold, Jekyll's friend Gabriel John Utterson begins investigating the connecti...

A Hebridean uncle who has gone strange watching the breakers he calls the Merry Men take ships; Markheim, a murderer met by something in an empty shop; Olalla; Will o' the Mill; the Sire de Malétroit's door. Stevenson gave up engineering and the law, spent his life outrunning tuberculosis, and drew the map of Treasure Island for his stepson before writing a word. This 1887 collection holds his darkest short work.

A French prisoner of war in Edinburgh Castle carves toys for pennies, escapes over the wall, and travels the length of Britain — with a bounty on him, a rich uncle dying in Amersham and a cousin who wants him hanged. Stevenson left this unfinished at his death in Samoa and Quiller-Couch completed it from his notes; the Castle chapters and the flight through the snow are as good as anything he wrote.

The second edition of Freedom recovers the concept as a fundamental aspect of modern Western ideas and explores its history and how controversial its meaning can be. To what extent does freedom have a ‘social’ component, and how is it being reshaped by our dominant consumer society?Today, the West sees itself as having a crucial role to play in exporting freedom into the far regions of the world – but our own freedom seems more under threat than ever. Linking ideas of publ...

A deluxe, full-color illustrated edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless swashbuckling tale—an adventurous new installment in the MinaLima Classics, the bestselling series from the renowned design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise—featuring richly illustrated original artwork and interactive elements.First published in 1883 and considered one of the best adventure books of all time, Treasure Island follows young Jim Hawkin...

Open the door to haunted houses, cursed portraits and creatures that changed horror forever. Gothic Shadows gathers fifteen complete classics including Dracula, Frankenstein, Carmilla, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Turn of the Screw and The Phantom of the Opera. Moving from elegant ghost stories to dark psychological terror, this carefully ordered collection reveals the many faces of the Gothic tradition. Clear book dividers and a detailed contents structure create a seamless reading exp...

Descend into the dark heart of the Gothic tradition with fifteen complete works of terror, mystery and the supernatural. Gothic Shadows moves from haunted landscapes and psychological unease to vampires, doubles and the enduring monsters that transformed world literature. The collection includes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Turn of the Screw, Carmilla, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, Dracula and seven furt...