Narnia ... where horses talk ... where treachery is brewing ... where destiny awaits. On a desperate journey, two runaways meet and join forces. Though they are only looking to escape their harsh and narrow lives, they soon find themselves at the center of a terrible battle. It is a battle that will decide their fate and the fate of Narnia itself. Performed by Alex Jennings

The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia Facsimile)

Literature & Fiction

Lewis. C.S.

Classics

The Folio Society

The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Modern Classics Fiction)

Arnold, Bennett

Adopted as babies by great uncle Matthew, Pauline, Petrova and Posy lead a sheltered life until the money runs out, and then everyone has to do something to make some more. But what can three small schoolgirls do to help?

Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage. Noel Streatfeild

Streatfield, Noel

Eagle of Ninth Nol (New Oxford Library)

SUTCLIFF, Rosemary

Business & Money

The word 'Assassin' was brought back from Syria by the Crusaders, and in time acquired the meaning of murderer. Originally it was applied to the members of a Muslim religious sect - a branch of the Ismailis, and the followers of a leader known as the Old Man of the Mountain. Their beliefs and their methods made them a by-word for both fanaticism and terrorism in Syria and Persia in the 11th and 12th centuries, and the subject of a luxuriant growth of myth and legend. In this book, Bernard Lewis begins by tracing the development of these legends in medieval and modern Europe and the gradual percolation of accurate knowledge concerning the Ismailis. He then examines the origins and activities of the sect, on the basis of contemporary Persian and Arabic sources, and against the background of Middle Eastern and Islamic history. In a final chapter he discusses some of the political, social and economic implications of the Ismailis, and examines the significance of the Assassins in the history of revolutionary and terrorist movements. (Publisher)

The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam

History

Lewis,Bernard

Middle East

Talleyrand

Introduced by: John Julius Norwich

Biographies & Memoirs

Cooper, Duff

Leaders & Notable People

The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

DASHIELL HAMMETT

Mystery

Father Brown Stories

G.K., Chesterton

Edward Ardizzone (Illust.)

This edition of Bronte's classic, based on the 1848 third edition, presents the novel along with five critical essays that read Jane Eyre from five contemporary critical perspectives. Each critical essay is accompanied by a succinct introduction to the history, principles, and practice of the critical perspective and by a bibliography that promotes further exploration of that approach. In addition, the text and essays are complemented by an introduction providing biographical and historical contexts for Bronte and Jane Eyre, a survey of critical responses to the novel since its initial publication, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.

Jane Eyre: Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)

BRONTЁ, CHARLOTTE

Literary

"Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder" is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder, including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. Ryder has relationships with two of the Flytes: Sebastian and Julia. The novel explores themes including nostalgia for the age of English aristocracy, Catholicism, and the nearly overt homosexuality of Sebastian Flyte's coterie at Oxford University. This beautiful Folio Society copy would be a wonderful addition to anyone's library.

Brideshead Revisited

WAUGH,EVELYN

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