Collection: Reader Development

This book is a collection of some of Claire Macdonalds favourite traditional recipes, as they used to be cooked and still are to this day.

This is a critical edition of a classic beloved of children and adults since 1868. The introduction provides a history of the Alcotts, and of Louisa Alcott's own struggles as a writer.

Returning home to her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties.

All Passion Spent is a portrait of a fiercely independent woman trying, late in life, to escape the clutches of an over solicitous family.

Bère Miesen strives to give a much deeper understanding of the world of the dementia sufferer by describing and explaining the complex and varied relationships between the sufferer, their family and carers.

Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambition and content with his lot. So why is he always in trouble with tradesmen, colleagues and friends? However hard he tries life always seems to pile mishaps onto him - but he's not about to give up.