Love in a Cold Climate: Popular Penguins

Nancy Mitford

A sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars.   Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, i...

The Chrysalids (Popular Penguins)

John Wyndham

The Chyrsalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God's creation. Abnormal plants are publicly burned, with much ...