Created and edited by Justin Kestler and Ben Florman, SparkNotes Literature Guides provide analysis of (currently) 175 classic works of English and foreign language literature - novels, biographies, plays and poetry - that most commonly appear on examination syllabuses. These books provide the insights that today's students need to know.

Now in paperback, Lisa St. Aubin de Teran's remarkable and haunting memoir of her years on a vast sugar plantation, deep in Venezuela. 'Astonishing' - Elle

It is London in the year 1844, and a shy young woman has arrived to take up a new position in the grandeur of No 50, Wimpole Street. Subtly, this book gives voice to Elizabeth Wilson's untold story, her complex relationship with her mistress, Elizabeth Barrett, and her dramatic role in the most famous elopement in history.

Brings together the many dramatic discoveries resulting from research that has covered the five continents. This work reveals the code systems between the War Office and Colditz, shows how the author obtained information on Germany's secret weapons, and investigates the existence of traitors and the situation of non-collaborators in the castle.

One of the starkest and most realistic descriptions of life in an internment camp, in this case a Japanese camp on Borneo during WWII. New edition.

Set in the year 1948, this novel is about the life of two families during the inter-war years. Instead of seeing William at odds with adults, we are shown the matriarchs around whom their families spin; but whether they direct their children gently or forcefully, in the end they have to accept them as they are.