Amongst the classics of children's literature, Treasure Island and Kidnapped remain as popular today as ever. And in recent years, there has been a wave of fresh enthusiasm for the author of these novels, with the publication of several new biographies and collections of his letters.  Meer

The 9/11 attacks revealed that the transnational terrorist threat facing the US and its partners was far more dangerous than most had previously discerned.  Meer

The 9/11 attacks revealed that the transnational terrorist threat facing the US and its partners was far more dangerous than most had previously discerned.  Meer

A story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil.  Meer