Andrew Eames
The 8.55 To Baghdad

The author travels from London to Baghdad by train, following the route of an identical journey made by Agatha Christie in 1928. Many of the countries Eames passes through have been deeply troubled in recent years. Merging literary biography with travel adventure, The 8.55 to Baghdad is the journey of a lifetime.

Audrey Howard
Painted Highway

When Dr Tom Hartley enters the Pearce sisters' lives, both are attracted to him. Tom seems blind to Betsy's ruthlessness, and Ally is devastated when her sister announces that they are to be married. Then Betsy disappears, and Tom and Ally have the chance to make a fresh start. But will it be with each other?

Jane Austen
Persuasion

Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage, told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and separated years before. Their reunion, after the passage of irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

William Golding
Lord Of The Flies

Includes a special introduction by William Golding. A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. As the boys' sense of order fades, so their childish fears are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour takes on a savage significance.