2011 December

Mary Shelley’s classic work of horror and science fiction tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant scientist who discovers how to create life. But when he rejects the horrific monster he creates, his spurned creation seeks its revenge.

Gold! Pirates! Treachery! Robert Louis Stevenson’s thrilling tale of adventure on the high seas has it all. Join the young Jim Hawkins and his crew as they set sail in search of the hidden treasure of the infamous pirate Captain Flint. http://www.vigobooks.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

Although born in the frozen wilds of the Yukon, the part-dog, part-wolf White Fang soon ends up in the world of men. But can the once wild beast put his past behind him and make the journey from wolf pack to human companion?

After a tornado strikes her Kansas farmhouse home Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz. To get back home she will need the help of the Wizard of Oz and so she sets off down the Yellow Brick Road to find him…

The arrival of the wealthy Charles Bingley in the village of Longbourn could not be better timed for the Bennett household and their five unmarried daughters. But can the headstrong Elizabeth maintain her desire to marry only for love despite the pressure to find a rich suitor?

Bram Stoker’s vampire classic opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker’s terrifying stay at Count Dracula’s crumbling Transylvanian castle. But by the time Harker returns to England, a series of unusual events suggest that the mysterious count has already found a new home…

When Buck is stolen from his master to pull the sleds of gold prospects in northern Canada, the dog enters a world of cruelty and hardship that brings out his animal instincts. But will Buck ever be able to return to the comfortable and civilized life he was torn away from or will he embrace the call of the wild?

Niccolò Machiavelli’s 16th century guide to statecraft is a uncompromising examination of the ethics and methods that lie behind political power.

The last time Captain Ahab encountered the fearsome whale Moby Dick, his ship was destroyed and he lost a leg. Now the crazed captain is out for revenge at any cost, as he and his crew traverse the seas in search of the dangerous white whale.

Eight years in the making, James Joyce’s Ulysses is a literary landmark that charts the experiences of its characters on one day in Dublin in 1904 and helped to define modern literature.