Jane Eyre is a poor girl and has no mother or father. She's living with her uncaring aunt and bullying cousins, but her life changes when her aunt sends her away to Lowood School. Later, she becomes a teacher and works for the rich Mr. Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He also loves her, but he has a dark secret...

Doctor Faustus is a clever man, who is greedy for knowledge and power. He signs an agreement with the devil, but there are two sides to an agreement. And a price to pay.

Contemporary / British English The second exciting story from The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Precious Ramotswe is now known as Botswana's first and only lady detective and has many cases. She's looking for a young American who disappeared ten years ago. Will she finally marry Mr JLB Matekoni?

Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonya?s father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and friend, Jake Brigance, stands between him and the electric chair. Is there a legal defense for Carl Lee?s actions?

Carlos the Jackal is back! He is getting older and he wants the blood of his enemy, Jason Bourne, while he still has his assassin?s skills. Bourne has no choice. To protect his family and himself, he must leave his quiet academic life and hunt the hunter. Will this be a battle to the death?

Born in the Kenyan Highlands, Wangari Maathai never lost her connection with the land. She started the Green Belt Movement, which planted trees where forests were destroyed. Environmental campaigns led to wider political protests and the fight for democracy - and when democracy was finally won, Maathai became an elected politician. This is her story.

In the early 1970s, a young Scottish doctor goes to work in Uganda. Then he meets President Idi Amin, a dangerous, crazy man. His new boss is a killer - frightening but, to the young doctor, also in a strange way wonderful. Nicholas should leave, but he can't. So how will his story end?

Born in 356 BC, Alexander the Great became the king of Macedonia at age twenty. When he dies at age thirty-two, he ruled the biggest empire that the world had ever known. Many people died during his rule, but he became a hero to many.

After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous time begins. But who is the stranger on the ship? Can he help David?

Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand, and was a prolific writer of short stories. This collection features four of her stories written between 1917 and 1922 and includes Bliss, Mr Reginald Peacock's Day, The Doll's House and The Garden Party.