Collection: Reader Development

An intense and powerful tale set in Cairo about how one boy's bitter disillusionment with society led to great tragedy.

Three young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the chaotic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a...

Harry Morris reveals the lighter side of our industrious police force. Full of hilarious anecdotes, oddball characters, quick comebacks and unlikely excuses, this title shows true Scottish humour at its finest.

Danny Wallace had been staying in far too much. Having been dumped by his girlfriend he was avoiding people. That is until that one fateful day when a mystery man on a late-night bus told him to 'say yes more'. These words changed Danny's life forever. This is the story of what happened when Dann...

With over fifty new poems from Britain's favourite poet, 'You Made Me Late Again!' is an essential addition to Pam Ayres' incomparable collection of works. Pam's poems are observant, witty and poignant in equal measure. In 'The Swifts' and 'The Pyracantha Anthem' she marvels at nature, while 'A P...

A convert to Buddhism, Ian Robinson made a vow to deliver the ashes of his lama to Gang Rinpoche, Tibet's most sacred mountain. Fighting bitter cold, hunger, exhaustion and runaway horses, this is his account of a remarkable journey.

When Ernst Stavro Blofeld brutally murdered the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the zest for life went out of Bond. He went to pieces, was even on the verge of becoming a security risk. But M is persuaded to give him one last chance.

James Patterson's Zoo was just the beginning. The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals. Humans are their desperate prey. Except some humans are evolving, mutating into a savage species that could save civilisation - or end it.