Catherine Sloper is forbidden by her wealthy father to marry the fortune-hunting Morris Townsend. She secretly promises to marry Townsend when he is ready, but then realizes that Townsend is only waiting for her father to change his mind about her inheritance.
Kieran McGovern Book order (chronological)






The Wave
- 147 pages
- 6 hours of reading
The Wave is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. And before long The Wave , with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action", sweeps from the classroom through the entire school. And as most of the students join the movement, Laurie Saunders and David Collins recognize the frightening momentum of The Wave and realize they must stop it before it's too late.
Love by design - A2
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Love by Design was written by Kieran McGovern for Elementary-Level readers. The story explains how Tom has failed his exams and now cannot study photography at Art College. Bored with his job at the library he does not know what to do. One day a beautiful girl called Rita walks into the library and the couple's futures become linked.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
- 194 pages
- 7 hours of reading
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSHDorian is a good-natured young man until he falls in with the immoral Lord Henry and discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, h
The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again -- or for the first time!
Kolymsky Heights
- 496 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The book that came in from the cold; this much celebrated spy thriller on the Faber backlist is repackaged and reissued.
Penguin Readers: The Wave
- 48 pages
- 2 hours of reading
The Wave is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. And before long The Wave , with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action", sweeps from the classroom through the entire school. And as most of the students join the movement, Laurie Saunders and David Collins recognize the frightening momentum of The Wave and realize they must stop it before it's too late.
Race Against Time
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Oxford Progressive English Readers - 2: Stories from Greek Tragedies
- 74 pages
- 3 hours of reading
This popular series of readers has now been completely revised and updated, using a new syllabus and new word structure lists. Readability has been ensured by means of specially designed computer software. Words that are above level but essential to the story are explained within the text,illustrated, and then reused for maximum reinforcement.
When Charlie Babbitt's father dies, he thinks he will inherit a lot of money. However, the money goes to someone Charlie doesn't know, someone who lives in a hospital and turns out to be the brother that Charlie never knew he had.



