THE GARDEN OF EDEN

ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES

Richard Cantrell, an American colonel, falls passionately in love with an Italian countess in Venice just after World War Two. The fighting may have ended but for some the longed-for peace has come too late.

THE DANGEROUS SUMMER

Hemingway’s account of his return to Spain and, through his depiction of the great rivalry between two bullfighters, his homage to the sport which was, for him,the noblest of all.

A FAREWELL TO ARMS

Combining a passionate love story with an unforgettable depiction of war, Hemingway recreates the fear , the comradeship and the courage with brutal honesty.

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

Robert Jordan, an American volunteer, is sent to handle the dynamiting of a vital bridge in the Spanish Sierra and there he meets Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco’s rebels.

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM

Thomas Hudson is an artist and adventurer, living in the Bimini Islands in the Gulf Stream in the 1930s. Separated from his sons for most of the year by their controlling mother, Hudson lives a life carved out by the rolling waves of the sea and the currents of the tide. When his sons come to visit the island, Hudson is forced to come to terms with his unfamiliar role as a father.

A MOVEABLE FEAST

"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." Hemingway's memories of life as an unknown writer in Paris in the 1920s are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. Looking back not only at his own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - literary 'stars' like James Joyce, F Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation.

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

The classic story of an old fisherman's struggle to single-handedly land his largest catch ever.

THE SUN ALSO RISES

Paris in the twenties: Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful. When the couple drift to Spain to the dazzle of the fiesta and the heady atmosphere of the Bullfight, their affair is strained by new passions, new jealousies, and Jake must finally learn that he will never possess the woman that he loves.

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT

Harry Morgan is an honest boat owner who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who swarm the region, and involve him in a strange and unlikely love affair.