The Quiet American

Graham Greene

Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he i...

10 Ten-Minute Fairy Stories

Various

Stories prompted by research that shows that reading or being read to for just ten minutes every day will significantly improve children's reading skills. This short story collection supports this - each story is selected from Usborne's Reading Programme and will take about ten minutes to read. Ideal fo...

Beloved

Toni Morrison

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. With a new afterword by the author.   This "brutally powerful, mesmerizing story" (People) is an unflinchingly look into the abyss of slaver...