Collection: Reader Development

Long after earth was forgotten, a galaxy took shape, an Empire governed from the city-planet of Trantor. The system worked, and grew, for generations. Everyone believed it would work forever, except Hari Seldon.

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

Thousands suffer from dementia. There is a clear need for better understanding of the condition, both for those who suffer from it and for those around them - to be aware of what it may mean and to know what can be done to improve the mental health of sufferers. This book provides an easy and acc...

When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a 30-year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in leathers, & Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant 18-year-old mechanic, living at home, borrowing tools from her brother. Little did they know, theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary ...

On February 6th 1918, after campaigning for over 50 years, British women were finally granted the vote. In November 1919, the first woman MP, Lady Nancy Astor, was elected to the House of Commons. History was made. 100 years on, it is time to reflect on the daring and painful struggle women under...

'Persuasion' is the story of Anne Elliot, intelligent daughter of a spendthrift baronet, and her love for Frederick Wentworth. She is persuaded to refuse his proposition of marriage and spends seven unhappy years until he reenters her life.

'Pride and Prejudice' is one of the best loved and most intimately known of Jane Austen's novels. Her sense of comedy and satire makes this an enduring classic of English literature.

Jane Austen sets social snobbery against summer picnics; social rejection against the passion of real love. Her warm portrait of the relationship between two very different sisters contrasts her precise observation of vanity, selfishness and snobbery.