Best British Literature For High School - April 2024

Harry Potter Complete Book Series Special Edition Boxed Set

The perfect gift for collectors and new readers alike, we now present a breathtaking special edition boxed set of J. K. Rowling's seven bestselling Harry Potter books! The box itself is beautifully designed with new artwork by Kazu Kibuishi, and the books create a gorgeous, magical vista when the spines are lined up together. The Harry Potter series has been hailed as "one for the ages" by Stephen King and "a spellbinding saga" by USA Today. Now is your chance to give this set to a reader who is ready to embark on the series that has changed so many young readers' lives.

• ASIN: 0545596270
• UPC: 718496506769
• ASIN: 0545596270
• ISBN: 0545596270
• Brand: Scholastic
• Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1)

The beloved first book of the Harry Potter series, now fully illustrated by award-winning artist Jim Kay. For the first time, J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full-color editions. Kate Greenaway-award-winning artist Jim Kay has created over 100 stunning illustrations, making this deluxe format a perfect gift as much for a child being introduced to the series, as for the dedicated fan.   Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to ha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545790352
• ASIN: 0545790352
• ISBN: 0545790352
• Brand: Arthur a Levine
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 2)

Award-winning artist Jim Kay illustrates year two of Harry Potter's adventures at Hogwarts, in a stunning, gift-ready format. The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilder... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545791324
• UPC: 642688059668
• ASIN: 0545791324
• ISBN: 0545791324
• Brand: Unbranded
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

Normal People: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from Sally Rooney, the author of Conversations with Friends and “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan).   COMING TO HULU IN 2020 • “Fresh and accessible . . . There is so much to say about Rooney’s fiction—in my experience, when people who’ve read her meet they tend to peel off into corners to talk.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times   At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1984822179
• ASIN: 1984822179
• ISBN: 1984822179
• Manufacturer: Hogarth

Lord of the Flies

Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399501487
• ASIN: 0399501487
• ISBN: 0399501487
• Brand: Golding, William/ Epstein, E. L. (CON)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

New York Times BestsellerFrom beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history. Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and b... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0802715524
• ASIN: 0802715524
• ISBN: 0802715524
• Brand: Tom Standage
• Manufacturer: Walker Publishing Company

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

• ASIN: 059035342X
• UPC: 000590353425
• ASIN: 059035342X
• ISBN: 0439708184
• Brand: Scholastic Press
• Manufacturer: Scholastic

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling's spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart--such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and dangerous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor and contempt, love and loss, and right and wrong. Fear not, you will find no spoilers in our review--to tell the plot would ruin the journey, and Harry Potter an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545139708
• UPC: 090733305015
• ASIN: 0545139708
• ISBN: 0545139708
• Brand: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

The Hobbit

• ASIN: 054792822X
• ASIN: 054792822X
• ISBN: 054792822X
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Things Fall Apart

• ASIN: 0385474547
• ASIN: 0385474547
• ISBN: 0385474547
• Brand: Anchor
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

1776

• ASIN: 0743226720
• ASIN: 0743226720
• ISBN: 0743226720
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Homegoing

Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway AwardWinner of the NBCC's John Leonard AwardShortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the YearA New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Time, Oprah.com, Harper’s Bazaar, San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, Esquire, Elle, Paste, Entertainment Weekly, the Skimm, PopSugar, Minneapolis Star Tribune, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, Financial Times  Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101971061
• ASIN: 1101971061
• ISBN: 1101971061
• Brand: VINTAGE
• Manufacturer: Vintage

And Then There Were None

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickOne of the most famous and beloved mysteries from The Queen of Suspense—Agatha Christie—now a Lifetime TV movie."Ten . . ."Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U. N. Owen.""Nine . . ."At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead."Eight . . ."Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . as one by one . . . they begin to die."Seven . . ."Which among them is the ki... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062073486
• ASIN: 0062073486
• ISBN: 0062073486
• Brand: Harper
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Watership Down: A Novel (Puffin Books Book 1)

• ASIN: B002NXOQF2
• ASIN: B002NXOQF2
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Girl with Seven Names

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0007554850
• ASIN: 0007554850
• ISBN: 0007554850
• Brand: William Collins
• Manufacturer: William Collins

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Volume a - Third Edition : The Medieval Period - The Renaissance and the Early Seventeenth Century - The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

This is a new edition of the second volume of an anthology that has been called "the new

• UPC: 56056260

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 - eBook

The must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan - the year's top new British short stories selected by leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski.This great annual covers the full range of mystery fiction, from noir

• UPC: 789038058
• Rating: 3.5

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: One-Volume Compact Edition : The Medieval Period Through the Twenty First Century

This is a new compact single-volume edition of an anthology that has been called "the new

• UPC: 56056597

The Best British Fantasy 2013 - eBook

From the post-apocalyptic American West to the rural terror in New Zealand, this major anthology has evil spirits, bin-Laden style assassinations, steampunk, sexual dysfunction, a twisted version of Peter Pan, the folklore of standing stones,

• UPC: 864580395
• Rating: 2.0

The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 10

"First published in the UK as The mammoth book of best British crime 10 by Robinson ... 2013"--T.p.

• UPC: 21663949

Best British Short Stories 2016 - eBook

The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new

• UPC: 491388602
• Rating: 4.0

The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries - eBook

Leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski presents this year's must-have collection of British crime fiction.This latest volume of the acclaimed annual collection presents over 20 short stories of murder mystery, selected from the very cream of

• UPC: 430617040
• Rating: 4.0

The Four Branches of the Mabinogi : A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

A lively new translation of one of the great classics of medieval literature; Boyd's edition is particularly suited to course use at the undergraduate

• UPC: 637592867

Best of British Science Fiction 2016

Editor Donna Scott has selected the very best short fiction by British authors published during 2016. Twenty-four stories, from established names and rising

• UPC: 671306151
• Rating: 4.75

Old English Poetry: An Anthology : A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

A fresh volume from the acclaimed translator of

• UPC: 56056620