A tale in which a giraffe with a magic neck, a pelican with a retractable beak and a very agile monkey form the world’s finest Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company, along with their friend Billy, the Duke and Duchess of Hampshire and the Cobra, the cleverest and most dangerous cat-burglar in the world.
The Heir tells a tale of royalty, romance and drama. In a post-caste society, corrupt with discriminatory acts of hate, past foes and feuds, Princess Eadlyn tries to manage her coming of age, her coronation and choosing from 35 suitors to find an eligible prince consort to rule by her side.
Clare discovers in a junk room the vividly painted shield which her great-grandfather, an eminent anthropologist, had brought back from New Guinea. She becomes obsessed with its past and determined to find out more about its strange tribal origins.
The story of Mowgli, the abandoned “man-cub” who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created.
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
A celebrated and sought-after musician, Rose once owned Lilly’s violin and regularly played concerts for Sumatra’s colonial elite―until, one day, she simply disappeared. As Lilly unravels the mystery behind Rose’s story―and uncovers other unexpected secrets―she’ll come to see her own life in an entirely new light.
The Night Circus tells the story of the rivalry between two different forms of magic—the old and the new—and the competition and love affair between two young magicians who are destined to face each other in a magical duel to the death.
A favorite children’s book for over a century, The Prince and the Pauper is the fanciful story of two sixteenth-century boys who exchange identities. One is Edward, the young son of Henry VIII, and the other is Tom Canty, a poor London beggar. When the two boys, who happen to have been born on the same day and look remarkably alike, meet one day by chance, they decide to trade clothesand lives.
Concluding the story of The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.
The Siren follows the story of Kahlen, a siren who serves a 100-year sentence for the Ocean after she submits herself to the Ocean to escape death in the high seas. Kahlen and the other sirens’ job is simple: they sing and their beautiful, haunting melody would lure humans to plunge into the Ocean and never resurface.