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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz & Glinda of Oz
The Wonderful World of the Wizard of Oz, which the the Library of Congress named as 'America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale', is one of the great works of children's literature.

The story concerns Dorothy, a youn
€ 3,³⁵
Sense and Sensibility
Introduction and Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin, San Francisco University.
'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour
€ 3,³⁵
Persuasion
Introduction and Notes by Elaine Jordan, Reader in Literature, University of Essex.

What does persuasion mean - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest
€ 3,³⁵
Northanger Abbey
Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent.

Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790
€ 3,³⁵
Mansfield Park
Introduction and Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood, University of Sussex.

Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results.
€ 3,³⁵
Lady Susan and Other Works
With an Introduction, explanatory notes, and annotated bibliography by Nicholas Seager.
This collection brings together Jane Austen’s earliest experiments in the art of fiction and novels that she left incomplete at the time of h
€ 3,³⁵
Emma
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading.
Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible. 'Handsome, clever, and rich', E
€ 3,³⁵
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great cour
€ 9,³⁰
You've Got A Friend (Judi Curtin)
The fantastic follow-up to Time After Time and Stand By Me Families are so complicated! Molly’s dad seems so lonely. He lives on his own, he won’t get a pet, he doesn’t get on with his brother … Best friends Molly and Beth…
€ 9,⁸⁰
Scavenger Hunt (Erika McGann, Vince Reid)
Book 4 in the Cass and the Bubble Street Gang series! Cass, Lex and Nicholas investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They’ve even got their own secret clubhouse. Cass is ecstatic. Mr McCall’s partner…
€ 10,⁸⁰
Sam Hannigan and the Last Dodo (Alan Nolan)
Sam Hannigan runs an animal shelter in Clobberstown, Co. Dublin with her creepy-crawlie-crazy best friend Ajay Patel and her just-plain-crazy granny Nanny Gigg. Oh yes, and her big bully brother Bruno. When a mysterious package…
€ 9,⁸⁰
Rugby Redzone (Gerard Siggins)
Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world! Follow Kim as she trains to be the best at her favourite sport: rugby! Kim has been at the best – and most mysterious! – sports academy in the world…
€ 9,⁸⁰
Resistance (Brian Gallagher)
Dublin, 1943, and Roisin Tierney has changed her identity to evade the police in Nazi-occupied Ireland. With spies and informers a constant threat, Roisin must choose her friends carefully, and keep her Jewish heritage hidden at…
€ 9,⁸⁰
Lily at Lissadell (Judi Curtin)
When Lily is a young teenager, the time comes for her and her friends to leave school and find work; some are emigrating to America, some going to work in shops. Lily is going into service in the Big House – Lissadell. Lily’s…
€ 14,¹⁵
Jacob's Ladder (Charlie Pike)
We have heard your call You no longer need to fear. You will receive five messages, of which this is the first. The last message will inform you of the time and place of your salvation. Two hundred years from now, the earth is…
€ 16,³⁵