Tilo owns a shop in Oakland, California, where she sells her herbs and spices. But Tilo isn't just a shopkeeper; she is also the Mistress of Spices. With her knowledge of their secret powers this high priestess of wisdom and magic helps customers find answers to the questions of love, loss and loneliness. When Tilo herself falls in love with a visitor to her shop, she has to choose between personal happiness and keeping her mystical gift. 96 pages

A thrilling story by the internationally acclaimed African writer. Young Njoroge believes that education is the key to success in his life. Yet, as he grows up, political events and personal tragedy shatter his hopes and beliefs. 96 pages

Agnes Grey is a classic story written by Anne Brontë. The story is about Agnes, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a poor clergyman. When her family loses a lot of money, Agnes decides to help by finding a job as a governess. But it proves to be a lot more difficult than Agnes imagined…

Agnes Grey is a classic story written by Anne Brontë. The story is about Agnes, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a poor clergyman. When her family loses a lot of money, Agnes decides to help by finding a job as a governess. But it proves to be a lot more difficult than Agnes imagined…

A simplified version of a great British classic. It is 1852 and three young people meet for the first time in the High Court of Chancery. They are the latest victims to be caught in the long-running court case of Jarndyce vs Jarndyce. A case which has caused the financial and moral breakdown of many previous claimants. 128 pages

Maugham, the quintessential observer of human behaviour, tells the stories of: The Creative Impulse, The Round Dozenand Jane. Recommended for older readers. 80 pages

Five short stories set in America in the 1920s and 1940s. The Cut-Glass Bowl, Bernice Bobs Her Hair,Gretchen's Forty Winks, Magnetism and Three Hours Between Planes. Recommended for older readers. 80 pages

When British Prime Minister Adam Lang's ghost writer, Michael McAra, dies in mysterious circumstances, a new writer is brought in to write Lang's autobiography. But it soon becomes clear that Lang and his wife Ruth are a much more complicated couple than they first appear. The Ghost is a powerful commentary on the policies employed by the British government in the 'War on Terror'. 96 pages

One bleak and windy evening, 8-year-old Pip meets an escaped convict on the marshes. Shortly afterwards, he is summoned to Satis House, the derelict, gloomy home of the strange, reclusive Miss Havisham. Here, Pip meets and falls in love with the beautiful, cold-hearted Estella but can they ever be together? 96 pages

Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece of love and mistaken identity was a great hit when it first appeared on the stage in 1895 and has remained hugely popular with theatre audiences ever since. 104 pages

Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece of love and mistaken identity was a great hit when it first appeared on the stage in 1895 and has remained hugely popular with theatre audiences ever since. 104 pages

In this Lenny Samuel mystery, the private detective is hired by a movie studio to find out who is behind threats against a beautiful young actress. Lenny joins the film crew on location in Hollywood, Buenos Aires, and Istanbul as he tries to stay out of trouble and find the culprit before it's too late. 128 pages

In this Lenny Samuel mystery, the private detective is hired by a movie studio to find out who is behind threats against a beautiful young actress. Lenny joins the film crew on location in Hollywood, Buenos Aires, and Istanbul as he tries to stay out of trouble and find the culprit before it's too late. 128 pages

This retold version of William Shakespeare's Scottish story of witchcraft and murder is written as a play script and includes original extracts. Macbeth's bloody rise to power is encouraged by his wife, Lady Macbeth. Like her husband, Lady Macbeth's ambition leads her into a dark world of guilt and madness which slowly destroys their marriage, and ends in tragedy. 120 pages

This retold version of William Shakespeare's Scottish story of witchcraft and murder is written as a play script and includes original extracts. Macbeth's bloody rise to power is encouraged by his wife, Lady Macbeth. Like her husband, Lady Macbeth's ambition leads her into a dark world of guilt and madness which slowly destroys their marriage, and ends in tragedy. 120 pages

The timeless story of Anna's forbidden love for the dashing Count Vronsky. Recommended for older readers. 120 pages

When British Prime Minister Adam Lang's ghost writer, Michael McAra, dies in mysterious circumstances, a new writer is brought in to write Lang's autobiography. But it soon becomes clear that Lang and his wife Ruth are a much more complicated couple than they first appear. The Ghost is a powerful commentary on the policies employed by the British government in the 'War on Terror'. 96 pages

Steinbeck's most powerful novel describes the lives of a homeless farming family as they travel across America in the Great Depression of the 1930s. The family face hardship and hostility at every step of the way as they struggle to survive in a country where kindness seems no longer to exist. 144 pages

Retold by John Escott for upper-intermediate students of English. Ishmael and his friend join the crew of the Pequod, a whaling ship, unaware that its captain, the mysterious Ahab, is out for revenge. His plan is to pursue and kill the vicious white whale Moby Dick, and no one can stop him. 112 pages

The tragic story of George and Lennie, who move from one farm to another, looking for work. George is clever but Lennie's size and slowness are always getting him into trouble. One day the two men get a job on a farm. Things are going well until they meet the unhappy wife of the farm foreman, Curley. Then Curley's wife tries to become friendly with Lennie... 112 pages

Scaramanga is a cold-blooded killer with connections to the KGB and the Cuban Secret Police. There is only one man skilled enough and brave enough to go after him - 007, James Bond. To carry out the mission, Bond ends up in Jamaica, where he meets two old friends. 144 pages

Scaramanga is a cold-blooded killer with connections to the KGB and the Cuban Secret Police. There is only one man skilled enough and brave enough to go after him - 007, James Bond. To carry out the mission, Bond ends up in Jamaica, where he meets two old friends. 144 pages

Middlemarch is George Eliot's classic story of the lives and loves of people living in a small English town. The idealistic Dorothea, unhappy and bored with her marriage, begins a sensitive friendship with her husband's young cousin, Will Ladislaw. Meanwhile, the beautiful but spoilt Rosamond Vincey wants to marry the idealist but poor Doctor Lydgate. Lydgate does not want to get married, but Rosamond is determined to change his mind... 144 pages

Vivid story of the hardships endured by a young Zulu migrant worker. Xuma sees the brutality of the bosses of the mine and the squalor of the township where he lives. In the city, white people lead privileged lives and Xuma begins to question the racial injustices which surround him. 96 pages

Colin Fenton and his wife run a computer software company, but only
Colin knows that the business is £10,000 in debt. When a chance meeting
in a pub leads him to an offer that will, he thinks, quickly and easily
solve all his problems, he accepts. But he loses the gamble and subsequently his identity, leaving his wife to try to prove whether or not he is officially dead. 112 pages

Colin Fenton and his wife run a computer software company, but only Colin knows that the business is £10,000 in debt. When a chance meeting in a pub leads him to an offer that will, he thinks, quickly and easily solve all his problems, he accepts. But he loses the gamble and subsequently his identity, leaving his wife to try to prove whether or not he is officially dead. 112 pages

'As the boat moved silently over the water, the thing at the end of the rope always followed. Sometimes it pulled away like something alive. For the thing that followed at the end of the rope was the body of a drowned man.' Dickens' sinister story of murder and mystery set in London in the 1860s. 128 pages

An outstanding love story that has been sensitively retold. The heroine, while employed as a personal companion, meets and falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a rich Englishman whose beautiful wife has recently died under tragic circumstances. To her surprise and joy, Maxim proposes to her. But the shadow of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife still dominates him. 144 pages

An outstanding love story that has been sensitively retold. The heroine, while employed as a personal companion, meets and falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a rich Englishman whose beautiful wife has recently died under tragic circumstances. To her surprise and joy, Maxim proposes to her. But the shadow of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife still dominates him. 144 pages

Tells the story of Becky Sharp's rise from rags to riches in Vanity Fair. This is a work about the situation of two women during nineteenth century British society and the French Napoleonic wars. 144 pages