MiddlesexIntroducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience classics which will endure for generations to come.

He pays tribute to the influences that have shaped his progress - from The Good Life to Henry David Thoreau

The woman's body has been discovered in the park across the street

This book takes children on a fascinating journey of exploration

Sylvia Blackwell

and now as a US Senator

clear-sighted and thoughtful account of how two unthinkable events - full Irish independence and the creation of the state of Northern Ireland - came to pass

sculptor Stephen Tomlin

And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers

social and religious differences

whatever their politics

the courage of ordinary Spanish men and more

Was Willie John McBride better than Martin Johnson