The Barber of Seville / The Marriage of Figaro

Pierre de Beaumarchais

The sparkling plays about the scoundrelly valet Figaro, used as the basis of operas by Mozart and Roissini   A highly engaging comedy of intrigue, The Barber of Seville portrays the resourceful Figaro foiling a jealous old man's attempts to keep his beautiful ward from her lover. And The Marriage of Fig...

A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudice

Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. And Mrs Bennet has five unmarried daughters in want of husbands. Life is fairly uneventful until a promising young man, Mr Bingley, takes the nearby estate of Netherfield Park. And with h...

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

Hector Garcia; Francesc Mirales

Ikigai translates as 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. It's the place where your needs, desires, ambitions, and satisfaction meet- a point of perfect balance, and perfect fulfilment. On the Japanese island of Okinawa, people live longer than anywhere else in the world. ...

The Best of Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson; Victor Lavalle (Editor, Introduction by)

Among the greats of twentieth century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zoneepisodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Got...

The Beacon

P.A. Thomas

A page-turning debut murder mystery, set in Byron Bay. Jack Harris, the disgraced son of Australia's most powerful business tycoon, has just been exiled to Byron Bay as a junior journalist at his father's smallest regional newspaper, The Beacon. His arrival coincides with the disappearance of the newspa...