Captain Tom Lingard is called to rescue an English yacht stranded on a sandbank and on board is a woman from a wholly different world, but with a spirited independence that matches his own

To keep his job, a salesman-turned spy files bogus reports of military installations, then his stories start becoming disturbingly true

In wartime London, a patient is released from a mental hospital, only to become the victim of strange and terrifying events as German spies try to uncover British invasion plans

In the underworld of Brighton, England, between the world wars, a teenage gangster is stalked by a good time girl turned avenger

Ten Days That Shook the World is an undisputed classic of political reportage. A stunning first-hand account overflowing with urgency and immediacy, Reed's masterpiece lives and breathes the streets, meeting halls, posters and pamphlets of the revolution he witnessed. Like no other work, it places the reader shoulder to shoulder with the people's militias, factory committees, propagandists and crowds which thronged St Petersburg's squares to protest,...

Four stories of loyalty and betrayal

A man and his lover share an idyllic existence on the island of Samburan until three intruders from the lover's past threaten to destroy their happiness

A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being

A fisherman finds a valuable pearl, hoping to use it to buy peace and happiness for his family, only to learn that they cannot be purchased