Alexander Pushkin 
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories 

Her Billion-Dollar Bump by Dani Collins Cinderella’s confession: ‘I’m pregnant!’When innocent housemaid Fliss fakes her way onto the year’s most exclusive red carpet, she never imagines she’ll catch …

The Complete Poetry of Du Fu presents a complete scholarly translation of Chinese literature alongside the original text in a critical edition. The English translation is more scholarly than vernacul …

Revenge in Paradise by Heidi Rice Passion…or payback?Roman Garner has risen from poverty-stricken boy to billionaire. But he’s never forgiven the family who refused to acknowledge him. When a member …

The word “swashbuckler” conjures up an indelible image: a hero who’s a bit of a rogue but has his own code of honor, an adventurer with laughter on his lips and a flashing sword in …

Originally published in 1913, this volume contains the full text of editions one, two and three of The Blue Review – the magazine of literature, drama, art and music – from May 1913 to July 1913. …

The winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award leads is on a dazzling culinary tour around the world and through history – from the fifth century BC to the present day. Presented by subject – inc …

In the early and mid-nineteenth century, Marguerite Blessington, who had been born in Ireland but spent most of her life in London, became a famous salonnière; she was generally regarded as an import …

From Doctor to Princess? by Annie Claydon He’s her reluctant patient…But might she soon be his royal fiancée?Dr Nell Maitland escaped her unpleasant former boss to become private physician to Dr Hugo …

What would you like your last words to be? For some people, the last thing they ever say turns out to be their most memorable line, while for others, their last utterance is disappointingly (often …