Jack has a very useful fictional wicked brother called Ernest, as well as a very mischievous real friend called Algernon. When Algernon arrives at Jack's country house, claiming to be Ernest, only a black handbag and a ageing governess can provide the solution to the ensuing hullabaloo.

Offers a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island (Utopia) where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfillment is open to all.

Oliver Twist, a meek, mild young boy, is born in the workhouse and spends his early years there until, finding the audacity to ask for more food, he is made to leave. Apprenticed to an undertaker by Mr Bumble, Oliver runs away in desperation and falls in with Fagin an his gang of thieves where he begins his new life in the criminal underworld....

Wie erträgt man das Vergehen der Zeit, wenn man zur Untätigkeit gezwungen ist? Wie geht man um mit dem Verlust derer, die man geliebt hat? Wer trägt das Erbe weiter? Richard, emeritierter Professor, kommt durch die zufällige Begegnung mit den Asylsuchenden auf dem Oranienplatz auf die Idee, die Antworten auf seine Fragen dort zu suchen, wo sonst niemand sie sucht: bei jenen jungen Flüchtlingen aus Afrika, die in Berlin gestrandet und seit Jahren zum Warten verurteilt sind. Und plötzlich schaut diese Welt ihn an, den Bewohner des alten Europas, und weiß womöglich besser als er selbst, wer er eigentlich ist. @PenguinVerlag

The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence: You know what you did. They never hear from her again. Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the woman who's been such an enigma their entire lives. This entire family is built on secrets, right? It's the Story legacy. This summer, the teenagers are determined to discover the truth at the heart of their family. But some secrets are better left alone. THE BRILLIANT NEW THRILLER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE OF US IS LYING KAREN M MCMANUS

Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being.

Deliciously dark and fantastically funny, Rachel's Holiday is the story of a young woman living life rather too well until the day she takes it too far endangering everything she cares about . . . 'They said I was a drug addict. But my occasional drug use was strictly recreational. And, hey, surely drug addicts are skinny?' Rachel is living it up in New York City, spending her nights talking her way into glamorous parties before heading home in the early hours to her hot boyfriend Luke. Then her sensible older sister shows up and even though it seems like a bad joke, she finds herself in actual rehab. It's there that she's supposed to kick her non-existent drug habit - and to get over losing Luke. Luke's a fox; he's also strong and kind, but he has had more than he can take of Rachel. None of this was part of her plan and saying goodbye to fun will be hard. But not as hard as losing the man that, too late, she believes might be the love of her life . . . 'Gloriously funny' Sunday Times 'A born storyteller' Independent on Sunday 'The voice of a generation' Daily Mirror

The internationally bestselling YA thriller by acclaimed author, Karen M. McManus - now a major new TV series!br>br> Five students go to detention. Only four leave alive.br>br> Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule.br>br> Sports star Cooper only knows what he''s doing in the baseball diamond.br>br> Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime.br>br> Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life.br>br> And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won''t ever talk about any of them again.br>br> He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it''s no accident. All of them are suspects.br>br> Everyone has secrets, right?br> What really matters is how far you''ll go to protect them.br>br> ''Tightly plotted and brilliantly written, with sharp, believable characters, this whodunit is utterly irresistible'' - HEATbr>br> ''Twisty plotting, breakneck pacing and intriguing characterisation add up to an exciting single-sitting thrillerish treat'' -THE GUARDIANbr>br> ''A fantastic murder mystery, packed with cryptic clues and countless plot twists. I could not put this book down'' - THE SUNbr>br> ''Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club'' - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY>