Collection: Reader Development

Rashid lives with his son, Haroun. One day, when Rashid opens his mouth to tell a story no sound comes out and from there on things go terribly wrong.

In the 1970s Miss Shepherd lived in a Reliant Robin van opposite the author's house in Camden. After many attacks by vandals the author invited her to use his drive and thus began an extraordinary friendship that lasted for fifteen years.

With a meticulous sense of line and phrasing, Penelope Shuttle explores the processes of love in all its manifestations. She dares to be in love and record the changes it effects in the self and the things loved.

A bestseller in the USA, Siblings Without Rivalry offers serious advice for parents coming to terms with the unpleasant conflicts that arise when siblings forget they are human beings. The book is written with humour, compassion and understanding.

Obsessions and compulsive behaviour are gradually being recognized as a problem for many thousands of people. Many sufferers feel reluctant to seek help from their doctor, but this book offers them a self-help guide.

Marlow presents a varied collection of women's writing on the Great War drawn from sources such as letters and diaries. This is an indispensable guide to the female experience of a war after which women's lives would never be the same.