Collection: Reader Development

Robert Aickman was the grandson of Richard Marsh, a leading Victorian novelist of the occult. Though his chief occupation in life was first as a conservationist of England's canals he eventually turned his talents to writing what he called strange stories. 'Dark Entries' was his first full collec...

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.

By the age of 32, Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man. But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she ha...

Most books about bullying tell children how to act without addressing how they feel. But the usual advice to 'ignore it' or 'say something smart' is doomed to fail, as you can't act brave if you feel stressed. Jenny Alexander's approach is to develop readers' psychological defences.

'Running Free' is a life-affirming and upbeat true story. It proves miracles can happened if you have the determination, and love and support of your family and best friends.

A man retires to a sun-baked Turkish town for a quiet life. But he finds a world of suspicion, paranoia and violence. The town has made a murderer of him. The question is, who did he kill?

This volume tells the story of the men of the remarkable Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army. It tells how they fought, went hungry, froze, and died, took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office.

The coming of war to Britain for the second time in a century meant different things to different women and called for difficult decisions to be made about their lives. This book explores women's lives during the war years and covers the arrival of the American GIs with gifts of nylon stockings, ...