Collection: Reader Development

Meet Captain James Benjamin Hook, a witty, Restoration-era privateer cursed to play villain to a pack of malicious little boys. Until Stella Parrish dreams her way into Neverland. She could be Hook's last chance to break his curse.

Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, both of them irrevocably damaged by the Great War. Her father wanted the life of an English farmer, but shrapnel almost killed him in the trenches, & thereafter had to wear a wooden leg. Her mother's great love was a doctor, who drowned in the Chan...

When someone very close to you dies your whole life changes. Everything is different. Alice is the central figure in these five inter-connected narratives, which tell of her life at times of loss.

A major terrorist cell sets a devastating plan in motion. Their target? One of the world's busiest airports - London Churchill International Airport. Retired SAS Captain Matt Bates and ex-Delta Force officer Chaz Shoeman find themselves caught up in the attack. And they are London's only hope at ...

Agatha Clay seems to have nothing but bad luck. She seems set for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant, but when her university is overthrown by Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, Agatha finds herself a prisoner aboard his massive airship Castle Wulfenbach - and it begins to look like she might carr...

After the breakdown of a turbulent relationship, Frank moves from Canberra to a shack on the east coast once owned by his grandparents. He wants to put his violent past and bad memories of his father behind him. But he soon finds it's not easy for him to let go of the past.

This is the first complete edition of Carver's poems, bringing together Where Water Comes Together With Other Water and No Heroics, Please, among others. Also included is an introductory essay by Carver's widow, Tess Gallagher.

Mortimer Keene is full to bursting with madcap plans, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further! With laugh out loud illustrations, rollicking rhymes, and short chapters perfect for new readers, this third book in the series sees Mortimer Keene up to no good again with an alien ray gun ma...