A novel set in colonial South Africa, where a lonely sheepfarmer makes a bid for private salvation in the arms of a black concubine, while his daughter dreams of and executes a bloody revenge. From the author of DUSKLANDS and WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS.

In the Heart of the Country tells the story of Magda, an old spinster who lives а huis clos with her father, her step-mother and the servants Henrik and Klein Anna, on a far-flung farm in the middle of the veld. The novel is set at an unspecified time, the present tense heightens this sense of timelessness. Madga's dis-aster starts at her birth since she is not the male heir that the baas has long wished for and who will keep the lineage alive. Therefore, Magda's only way of making a show of resistance to this despotic patriarch is to write her story and make her voice heard so as not to be "one of the forgotten ones of history".

This companion is the first book of its kind to focus on the whole of European Romanticism.

• Describes the way in which the Romantic Movement swept across Europe in the early nineteenth century.
• Covers the national literatures of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain.
• Addresses common themes that cross national borders, such as orientalism, Napoleon, night, nature, and the prestige of the fragment.

Festivals is a new style of non-fiction book: a lively mixture of information, games and things to make and do. Festivals looks at what, how and when British children celebrate, encouraging comparison with the home culture and providing opportunities to participate through games and activities. The stunning photography throughout helps bring the subject to life.

A perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Editions series, Pride and Prejudice is based on the 1813 first edition text, which has been thoroughly annotated for undergraduate readers.

Tim's grandmother comest to stay and he is very embarrassed by her. She wears jeans and listens to rock music. But when bullies stop Tim winning a competition, he realises that only his grandmother can help him...

Mira Patel loves bird watching. But when she follows a rare bird down a cliff she finds a mysterious man and an ancient wood circle. What is he trying to hide in the circle?
Level 3 (1000 words)