First published in 1984, under a pseudonym, as `The Diary of a Good Neighbour' and `If the Old Could ...', now published as `The Diaries of Jane Somers', this is in many ways classic Lessing.[...]

The acclaimed biography of one of England's great eccentrics and leading fashion designers, reissued in an updated edition to coincide with a major exhibition of Westwood's work at the VictoriaAlbert Museum.[...]

The often covert and unique nature of special forces' duties require specially manufactured weaponry, transport and reconnaissance hardware, and this book provides a compact and authoritative guide which is also used by the elite forces of the world. Up-t[...]

Chewy Hughie chews anything and everything he can get his paws on, driving his owners to distraction! But what happens when Chewy Hughie discovers a packet of bubblegum? This is a story, illustrated with artwork. Pages 14-15 of this book provide a story map of the house. It serves as a reading guide[...]

Jane Yolen and Mark Teague's phenomenally best-selling dinosaurs are back, and this time they're going to school! What would you do if a very large ceratosaurus stomped into your classroom? And what if the student sitting next to you was a gigantic silvisaurus - who decided to jump on top of his des[...]

Celebrated novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, eclipsed by her fame, are revealed in all their surprising complexity in this riveting new biography.[...]

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.' Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in match-making those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic li[...]

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.' Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by he[...]

Who was the real Jane Austen? Radio 4's Book of the Week overturns the traditional portrait of the author, as this landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books. In this new biography, bestselling author Paula Byrne (author of Perdita, Mad World) explores the forces that shaped the inte[...]

Fancy Nancy is back in this sparkly festive new story from Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser.

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.' Written at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Persuasion is a tale of love, heartache and[...]

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.' Humble and lowly, a young Fa[...]