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"We will die in the fire instead of living in chains."For years, 20 million shape-changing Zygons have lived among us in secret. They wear human form, hiding in plain sight. Now a fanatical Zygon splinter group seek to expose their own kind and provoke a conflict that will force both sides to the brink of Armageddon to ensure their own survival.It took three Doctors to broker a fragile peace between Zygons and Humans. Now the 12th must face the fallout alone. With his allie...

Dan Starkey reads this new novelisation of the TV adventure featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara.For years, 20 million shape-changing Zygons have lived among us in secret. They wear human form, hiding in plain sight. Now a fanatical Zygon splinter group seek to expose their own kind and provoke a conflict that will force both sides to the brink of Armageddon to ensure their own survival.It took three Doctors to broker a fragile peace between Zygons and Hum...

Now a major film directed by Martin Bourboulon.It is 1625 and France is under threat. D’Artagnan, a young nobleman, sets off to Paris to seek his fortune as a member of the King's Guard and befriends three musketeers - the mysterious Athos, ambitious and romantic Aramis, and bumbling Porthos. Together the friends must use all their guile and ingenuity to outwit the dastardly schemes of Cardinal Richelieu and the glamorous spy, Milady.As fresh and entertaini...

A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde's only novel cuts beneath the polished surface to the murky depths of Victorian high society.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Featuring an afterword by the playwright and actor Peter Harness.Dorian Gray is young,...

Accompanied here by three other memorable stories of horror, murder and the supernatural, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic literature.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterwor...

A marriage unravels in the quiet French countryside . . .Young Emma Bovary dreams of love and riches but her relationship with Charles, a placid country doctor, is far from satisfying. In an attempt to escape the suffocating confines of her daily life, she embarks on a series of passionate love affairs, hoping to find the romantic ideal she always imagined in the arms of new men. It soon becomes clear, however, that Emma is hurtling towards tragedy . . .A m...

James Joyce's first novel follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, an artistic and fiercely individual young man. Along the way, Stephen learns to negotiate the 'snares of the world', to avoid the pitfalls of his dysfunctional family, his terrifying and repressive boarding school, and the various beautiful young ladies who capture his heart. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an unforgettable depiction of childhood and adolescence, as well as a lyrical evocation of life in Ire...

The inspiration behind James by Percival Everett, shortlisted for the Booker PrizeNostalgic and melancholy in equal measure, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a razor-sharp satire of the antebellum South that, despite beginning life as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is now seen in its own right as one of the most important of all American novels.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Librar...

One of the most irrepressible and exuberant characters in the history of literature, Tom Sawyer explodes onto the page in a whirl of bad behaviour and incredible adventures. Whether he is heaving clods of earth at his brother, faking a gangrenous toe, or trying to convince the world that he is dead, Tom's infectious energy and good humour shine through.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbo...

This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and its object is rather to help the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science. Still, there is information in the volume; information concerning an interesting episode in the history of the Far West, about which no books have been written by persons who were on the grou...

An American family moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers. This brilliant and often overlooked story is a wonderful commentary on how Wilde saw 'free' America challenging 'traditional' England - all under the guise of a charming, heartwarming and comical book.Unabridged edition with an interactive table of contents.

Secrets and political intrigue threaten to destroy the marriage of Sir Robert and Lady Chiltern.Believing her husband to be “ideal,” Lady Chiltern is unwilling to accept that their life has been built on a shady financial deal in Sir Robert’s past, and that Sir Robert’s mistakes are about to be made public by Mrs. Cheveley. Only the intercession of Lord Goring can bring a halt to Mrs. Cheveley’s schemes and reconcile Lady Chiltern with her ideal husband.Be it mystery, romance...