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Dad's army. The very best episodes, Volume 1

The Man and the Hour is the first ever episode of the series; My British Buddy finds Mollie Sugden as a Walmington inhabitant besotted with the new GIs; Time On My Hands finds a German airman snagged by his parachute on the town hall clock; and in A Soldier's Farewell Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at Waterloo…

Thinking : the new science of decision-making, problem-solving, and prediction edited by John Brockman

Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought.

I will always write back : how one letter changed two lives Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda ; with Liz Welch.

It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.

47 Ronin. John Allyn

In 1701, young Lord Asano is goaded into attacking a corrupt official at the Japanese Court — the Emperor's punishment is harsh: Lord Asano is ordered to commit seppuku, or ritual suicide. His samurai retainers now become ronin, or masterless, and are dispersed. They appear to adapt by becoming tradesmen and teachers. But they are in fact making careful plans for revenge, biding their time until the moment to strike is right!

The Boleyn deceit. Laura Andersen

Henry IX, known as William, is the son of Anne Boleyn and now the leader of England, his regency period finally at an end. His newfound power, however, comes with the looming spectre of war with the other major powers of Europe, with strategic alliances that must be forged on both the battlefield and in the bedroom, and with a court severed by religion, rife with plots to take over the throne.

Nomad. R. J. Anderson

Exiled from her underground home by Betony, the jealous queen of the piskeys, Ivy sets out to make a new life for herself in the world above - a quest that leads her to mystery, adventure, and a hoard of spriggan treasure. But a deadly poison still lingers in the Delve, and Ivy cannot bear to see her people dying under Betony's rule.

Mogie : the heart of the house. Kathi Appelt

A rambunctious puppy finds a home at the Ronald McDonald House, a place that houses sick children and their families while they undergo treatment.

The future of us Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler.

It's 1996, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM. Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future.

Absolute midnight. Clive Barker

Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, is the only person who can stop the evil Mater Motley who, now that the hour of midnight has come, is prepared to unleash the end of the world.

Classroom chaos ; &, A summer spell. Sue Bentley

Abi's time at boarding school becomes much more fun when a fluffy black and white kitten Flame appears to cause Classroom Chaos. And that's how Lisa's boring summer is transformed when tiny marmalade kitten Flame comes into her in A Summer Spell. Two delightful Magic Kitten tales.

Star dreams ; &, Double trouble Sue Bentley

Jemma's biggest dreams become possible when she discovers a silky cream and brown kitten called Flame. And it's also how Kim manages to put up with her mean cousin when a silver tabby kitten, also called Flame, comes to stay.

Call the vet : farmers, dramas and disasters : my first year as a country vet. Anna Birch

When fresh-faced, newly qualified vet Anna arrives in the seemingly sleepy Dorset village of Ebbourne, little does she know that this tiny rural community is about to change her life. Straight in at the deep end, Anna faces two tricky calvings, an emergency call-out to a frightened mare, lots of mad cats and one enormous dog with an injured leg.

Tom Clancy under fire. Grant Blackwood

On a routine intelligence gathering mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan, Jr., has lunch with his oldest friend, Seth Gregory. As they part, Seth slips Jack a key, along with a perplexing message. The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared - gone to ground with funds for a vital intelligence operation. Jack's pursuit of the truth will lead him across Iran, through the war-torn Caucasus, and finally deep into territory coveted by the increasingly aggressive Russian Federation.

Shadow on the crown. Patricia Bracewell

Marrying the much-older king of England in the year 1002, sixteen-year-old Emma of Normandy is surrounded by a treacherous court and regarded as a threat by her husband before drawing on her wits to gain a few friends and protect her station.

Voyage of the Basilisk : a memoir by Lady Trent. Marie Brennan

Iconoclastic scientist Isabella, Lady Trent of Scirland, embarks on a two-year global voyage, hoping to determine the relationships among the endless varieties of dragon.

The cemetery boys. Heather Brewer

When Stephen's dad says they're moving, Stephen knows it's pointless to argue. They're broke and the only option left is to live with Stephen's grandmother in Spencer, a backward small town. Stephen's summer starts looking up when he meets punk girl Cara and her charismatic twin brother, Devon. Only, as the summer presses on, and harmless nights hanging out in the cemetery take a darker turn, Stephen starts to suspect that Devon might be leading them to a very sinister end….

The residence : inside the private world of the White House. Kate Andersen. Brower

Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humourous, and heart-warming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the president and the first family.

The pieces of summer. Wanda E. Brunstetter

Join Meredith and Luke Stoltzfus, an Amish couple who are faced with the greatest challenge of their young lives.

A revelation in autumn. Wanda E. Brunstetter

Despite the disapproval of her late husband's parents, Meredith Stolzfus has become closer to Jonah Miller. Just as Meredith and Jonah begin to talk of marriage, the husband Meredith believes to be dead is about to remember something from his past. But can the young man called "Eddie" put the pieces of his life back together — before he loses Meredith again?

A vow for always. Wanda E. Brunstetter

After months of facing nothing but blank memories, 'Eddie' remembers his name - Luke - and his past seems within his reach. And caught between her undying love for Luke and the need to provide for her son's future, Meredith has grown closer to Jonah and closer to marriage.

Falling to pieces. Vannetta Chapman

Coming together to organise an on-line quilt auction, two women — one Amish, one English — find their alliance moving beyond the short-term business venture after the town's newspaper editor is murdered and an unexpected prime suspect is identified.

Material witness. Vannetta Chapman

Tragedy strikes on the opening night of the Fall Crafters Fair when a woman is killed in the parking lot of Daisy's Quilt Shop, and the only material witness is one of Melinda Byer's boys.

A perfect square. Vannetta Chapman

When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond Reuben Fisher is in jail as the suspect! Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn't commit. So, with her English friend, Callie — fellow sleuth and owner of Daisy's Quilt Shop — Deborah sets out to uncover the truth.

The forgotten room. Lincoln Child

New York Times bestseller Lincoln Child returns with a riveting new thriller featuring the charismatic and quirky Professor Jeremy Logan, renowned investigator of the strange and the inexplicable, as he uncovers a long-lost secret experiment only rumoured to have existed.

The history of the Second World War. Volume 6. Triumph and tragedy. Winston Churchill

With the beach landings of June 6th in the greatest amphibious assault ever seen the final phase of the war had begun. Churchill could survey his task with an easier mind.

Secret Agent Mummy. Stephen Cole

What could be crazier than a 2000-year-old Egyptian mummy detective moving in next door? How about: An army of brainwashed baboons? A flying bandaged dog's-bottom? A talking cat goddess? Somehow, Niall Rivers has got to deal with all of them.

Blood brothers. Josephine Cox

The Arnold family have worked the farmland for as far back as they can remember, it seems nothing could upset their quiet everyday routine. Then Ellie enters their lives! But tensions begin to rise between Frank and his brother, and whilst Nancy puts it down to sibling rivalry, her husband senses a more dangerous undercurrent. Someone is playing a tragic game that will tear apart not only Nancy Arnold's family but the lives of others too!

Midnight. Josephine Cox

Molly and Jack are deeply in love but their relationship is being torn apart by Jack's nightmares. Trapped in a place where he is taunted by eyes in the gloom, it is becoming harder for Molly to pull him free, and when daylight comes the haunting visions remain. Jack decides to hunt for answers. His search takes him back to the place where he grew up, and it soon becomes clear that he must trace people from his past, particularly the one person he could turn to through his troubled childhood.

Three letters. Josephine Cox

Eight-year-old Casey's mother Ruth is a cruel woman, with an appetite for other women's husbands. His father Tom has chosen to turn a blind eye to keep the peace, but then, quite unexpectedly, Tom's world is cruelly shattered and he decides to fight for his son, determined to keep him safe and to raise him to be the best he can be.

The vicar of Dibley Richard Curtis

Welcome to Dibley, a perfect village full of some perfectly peculiar people. Council ruler David Horton has everything running exactly as he wishes — until 102-year-old Reverend Pottle dies — for the new vicar of Dibley is Geraldine, a babe with a bob and a magnificent bosom.

Days of gold. Jude Deveraux

In 1766 Scotland, the laird of the clan, Angus McTern, takes his duties seriously and is respected by all the men and adored by the women. That is, until Edilean Talbot shows up. Breathtakingly beautiful and born of privilege, Edilean represents everything Angus despises, yet he is as dazzled by her as everyone else is. When she rejects him he is deeply wounded, but then the day comes when Edilean needs Angus's help.

Lavender morning. Jude Deveraux

When Miss Edi passes away, she leaves Jocelyn Minton all her worldly possessions, including an eighteenth-century house and a letter with clues to a mystery that began in 1941. Jocelyn soon discovers some shocking surprises about her family's history and a man with his own mysterious past.

Scarlet nights. Jude Deveraux

In Edilean, Virginia, undercover detective Mike Newland uses Sara Shaw to track down a woman who is one of the most notorious criminals in the United States — and also happens to be the mother of Greg Anders, the man who Sara planned to marry and who left her without explanation three weeks before the wedding.

The scent of jasmine. Jude Deveraux

Charleston, 1799: A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfil her dream of marriage and family. But Cay's adventurous spirit, fostered by growing up with her three brothers, is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina. Bedridden, he asks Cay to deliver a packed horse to an old friend's son — who also happens to be an escaped convict charged with murdering his wife! But it doesn't go at all as planned…

The huntress of Thornbeck Forest. Melanie Dickerson

Swan Lake meets Robin Hood when the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant by day becomes the region's most notorious poacher by night, and falls in love with the forester.

Out of Africa : and, Shadows on the grass. Isak Dinesen

A true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbours, and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful.

Eastern standard tribe. Cory Doctorow

Art is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He may live in London and work for an EU telecommunications megacorp, but Art's real home is the Eastern Standard Tribe. In a world without boundaries, nothing can be taken for granted - not happiness, not money, and, most certainly, not love. Which might explain why Art finds himself stranded on the roof of an insane asylum outside Boston, debating whether to push a pencil into his brain. Happiness or smarts? What's it going to be, Art?

Homeland. Cory Doctorow

When Marcus, once called M1k3y, receives a thumbdrive containing evidence of corporate and governmental treachery, his job, fame, family, and well-being, as well as his reform-minded employer's election campaign, are all endangered.

Someone comes to town, someone leaves town. Cory Doctorow

Alan is a middle-aged entrepreneur in contemporary Toronto who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in the bohemian neighbourhood of Kensington. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings that grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two…

Galileo's middle finger. Alice Domurat. Dreger

Alice Dreger's experiences on the front lines of scientific controversy, where for two decades she has worked as an advocate for victims of unethical research while also defending the right of scientists to pursue challenging research into human identities. By bringing evidence to physicians and the public, she helped change the medical system. But even as she worked to correct injustices, Dreger witnessed how some fellow activists, motivated by identity politics, were employing lies and personal attacks to silence scientists whose data revealed inconvenient truths. Troubled, she travelled around the country digging up sources and interviewing the targets of these politically motivated campaigns. Galileo's Middle Finger describes Dreger's long and harrowing journey back and forth between two camps for which she felt equal empathy.

The end of vandalism. Tom Drury

An unforgettable love triangle is set off by a crime: Sheriff Dan Norman arrests Tiny Darling for vandalizing an anti-vandalism dance and then marries the culprit's ex-wife Louise. So Tiny loses Louise, Louise loses her sense of self, and the three find themselves on an epic journey.

The tree of death. Brian Eastman

Rosemary and Laura's task is to refurbish the neglected churchyard, but on their first morning they discover a body, pierced through the heart with an arrow. Unfortunately, most of the villagers have just received tuition in archery, and several proved excellent shots! Almost everyone has motives, means and opportunity, so the pair must weed through a village full of suspects to uncover the true murderer…

The secrets we left behind. Susan Elliot-Wright

She has built a good life: a husband who adores her, a daughter she is fiercely proud of, a home with warmth and love at its heart. Then one evening a phone call comes out of the blue. Scott knows who she really is and what she has done. Now he is dying and he gives her an ultimatum: either she tells the truth, or he will. And so we are taken back to that long hot summer of 1976 to a house by the sea, where her story begins and where the truth will be revealed.

As you wish : inconceivable tales from the making of The princess bride Cary Elwes with Joe Layden.

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews.

Encore to an empty room. Kevin Emerson

In the second book of the Exile series, Kevin Emerson continues the electrifying journey of Summer and Caleb with more romance, mystery, and music.

Exile. Kevin Emerson

As band manager for the up-and-coming DangerHeart, seventeen-year-old Summer Carlson navigates a relationship with the lead singer and decides whether to act on information that could rocket the band to stardom.

The green road. Anne Enright

The children of Rosaleen Madigan leave the west of Ireland for lives they never could have imagined in Dublin, New York and various third-world towns. In her early old age their difficult, wonderful mother announces that she's decided to sell the house and divide the proceeds. Her adult children come back for a last Christmas, with the feeling that their childhoods are being erased, their personal history bought and sold.

Elements of wit : mastering the art of being interesting. Benjamin Errett

Elements of Wit is an engaging audiobook that brings together the greatest wits of our time, and previous ones from Oscar Wilde to Nora Ephron, Winston Churchill to Christopher Hitchens, Mae West to Louis CK, and many in between. With chapters covering the essential ingredients of wit, this primer sheds light on how anyone — introverts, extroverts, wallflowers, and bon vivants — can find the right zinger, quip, parry, or retort.

Aren't we sisters? Patricia Ferguson

Norah Thornby can no longer afford to live in her grand family home in the centre of Silkhampton. Unless, perhaps, she can find a respectable lodger. But Nurse Lettie Quick is not nearly as respectable as she seems. Meanwhile the beautiful Rae Grainger has found the perfect place to stay out of sight, until others - paid, professional others - are ready to take her little problem away. No one guesses, of course, that there's a killer quietly at work in Silkhampton; that in one way or another all three women are in danger…

Wishful drinking. Carrie Fisher

In this "really, really detailed personals ad" (the author's own description), actress and novelist Carrie Fisher describes the ups and downs of her eventful life — growing up with celebrity parents, her early success in the hugely popular Star Wars movies, her battle with addiction and mental illness, her turbulent romances, and her role as a single mother — with great wit.

Under the egg. Laura Marx. Fitzgerald

Her grandfather's dying words lead thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighbourhood that brings a real treasure.

Bully bait. Michael Fry

When his school counsellor insists that he needs better socialization skills after being stuffed into a locker by a bully, middle-schooler Nick finds himself, along with two other misfits, joining the school's lamest club: Safety Patrol.

Who is Martha? Marjana Gaponenko

96-year-old ornithologist Luka Levadski foregoes treatment for lung cancer and moves from Ukraine to Vienna to make a grand exit in a luxury suite at the Hotel Imperial. He may have devoted much of his existence to studying birds, but now he befriends a hotel butler and another elderly guest, who also doesn't have much time left, to share in the lively escapades of his final days.

The palace of curiosities. Rosie Garland

Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus to watch the heart-stopping main attraction: a lion. Mama swears she hears the lion sigh just before it leaps - and when Eve is born, the story goes, she didn't cry, she meowed and licked her paws. When Abel is pulled from the stinking Thames, the mudlarks are sure he is long dead. As they search his pockets his eyes crack open and he coughs up a stream of black water. But how has he survived a week in that thick stew of human waste? Eve and Abel become The Lion Faced Girl and The Flayed Man, star performers in Professor Josiah Arroner's Palace of Curiosities. And there begins a journey that will entwine their fates forever.

When the balls drop : how I learned to get real and embrace life's second half. Brad Garrett

A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life's second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and comic Brad Garrett. In this no-holds-barred book of comedic and personal essays, Brad Garrett waxes hilarious — and irreverently honest — about the gaffes, challenges, and ultimately the joys of middle age as he advises us on how to best approach the dreaded "second half" of life.

Inside the O'Briens. Lisa Genova

Joe O'Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighbourhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and respected officer, Joe begins experiencing bouts of disorganised thinking, uncharacteristic temper outbursts, and strange, involuntary movements. He agrees to see a neurologist and is handed a diagnosis that will change his and his family's lives forever: Huntington's Disease. Each of Joe's four children has a 50 percent chance of inheriting their father's disease, and a simple blood test can reveal their genetic fate. As Joe's symptoms worsen he struggles to maintain hope and a sense of purpose, while his children must find the courage to either live a life "at risk" or learn their fate.

The lost girls : the true story of the Cleveland abductions and the incredible rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus. John Glatt

The Lost Girls tells the truly amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly raped and beaten in a Cleveland house for over a decade by Ariel Castro, and their amazing escape in May 2013, which made headlines all over the world.

The kingmaker's daughter. Philippa Gregory

'I have lost my father in battle, my sister to Elizabeth Woodville's spy, my brother-in-law to Elizabeth Woodville's executioner, my nephew to her poisoner, and now my son to her curse.' The gripping and ultimately tragic story of Anne Neville and her sister Isabel, the daughters of the Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in England through the Cousins' Wars. In the absence of a son and heir, he ruthlessly uses the two girls as pawns but they, in their own right, are thoughtful and powerful actors.

The king's curse. Philippa Gregory

The story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors.

The detective's assistant. Kate Hannigan

Eleven-year-old Nell Warne arrives on her aunt's doorstep lugging a heavy sack of sorrows. If her Aunt Kate rejects her, it's the miserable Home for the Friendless. Luckily, canny Nell makes herself indispensable to Aunt Kate … and not just by helping out with household chores. For Aunt Kate is the first-ever female detective employed by the legendary Pinkerton Detective Agency, and Nell has a knack for the kind of close listening and bold action that made Pinkerton detectives famous in Civil War era America.

Beneath the surface : killer whales, SeaWorld, and the truth beyond Blackfish John Hargrove ; with Howard Chua-Eoan.

Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. In Beneath the Surface, Hargrove paints a compelling portrait of these highly intelligent and social creatures. Hargrove's journey is one that humanity has just begun to take - towards the realisation that the relationship between the human and animal worlds must be radically rethought.

Infinity + one. Amy Harmon

When two unlikely allies become two unwitting outlaws, will two unforgettable lovers defy unbeatable odds? Bonnie Rae Shelby is a superstar. She's rich, beautiful and famous but she wants to die. Finn Clyde is a nobody. He's broken, brilliant, cynical, and all he wants is a chance at life. With the world against them, two very different people take a journey that will not only change their lives, but may cost them their lives as well.

Skinny habits : the 6 secrets of thin people. Bob Harper

Bob Harper lets us in on the secret behaviours of people who not only lose weight but keep the pounds off for good — and make it look easy.

Gentlemen & players. Joanne Harris

A new year has just begun, and for the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world and Roy Straitley, Latin master, eccentric, and veteran of St Oswald's, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement. But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs.

The lollipop shoes. Joanne Harris

'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes, and everything begins to change…

Sleep, pale sister. Joanne Harris

Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken. Drawn into a dangerous underworld of intrigue and blackmail, she meets Fanny Miller, the brothel-keeper, and her shadowy daughter, Marta - murdered ten years ago on the day of Henry's weekly visit. And as friendship becomes possession and Henry's secret past is revealed, Effie and Marta plan their revenge together.

Beyond measure : the big impact of small changes. Margaret Heffernan

Margaret Heffernan looks back over her decades spent overseeing different organizations and comes to a counterintuitive conclusion: it's the small shifts that have the greatest impact. Heffernan argues that building the strongest organization can be accelerated by implementing seemingly small changes, such as embracing conflict as a creative catalyst; using every mind on the team; celebrating mistakes; speaking up and listening more; and encouraging time off from work.

Wonder at the edge of the world. Nicole Lea Helget

Lu Wonder, a bright, curious girl who hopes to be a scientist, sets out from her Kansas home in 1855 with her best friend Eustace, a slave, on a journey to Antarctica to protect a mysterious artefact and hide it from the man responsible for her father's death.

The hunchback of Notre Dame. Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, first published by Victor Hugo in 1831, is set in fifteenth century Paris. The archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo, falls in lust with Esmerelda — a gypsy dancer who is much admired in Paris. At his instruction, Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer of Notre Dame who he has befriended, kidnaps her. Esmerelda is rescued by Phoebus de Chateaupers (Captain of the Royal Archers) and she falls mistakenly in love with his bravery when he is in reality, something of a rogue and a braggart.

Fish in a tree. Lynda Mullaly. Hunt

Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn't know how to read.

The truth will out. Jane Isaac

Eva is horrified when she witnesses an attack on her best friend. She calls an ambulance and flees, fearing for her safety. DCI Helen Lavery leads the investigation into the murder. Slowly, the pieces of the puzzle start to come together. But as Helen inches towards solving the case, her past becomes caught up in her present. Someone is after them both. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Can Helen escape her own demons as well as helping Eva to escape hers?

Cold betrayal. Judith A. Jance

Revenge isn't the only dish served cold… Ali Reynolds's long-time friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm, rushes to the bedside of a young pregnant woman hospitalised with severe injuries after she was hit by a car on a deserted Arizona highway. The girl had been running away from The Family, a polygamous cult with no patience for those who try to leave its ranks. Something about her strikes a chord in Sister Anselm, reminding her of a case she worked years before when another young girl wasn't so lucky.

Cruel intent. Judith A. Jance

A cold-blooded murderer lures former newscaster Ali Reynolds into a chilling web of online romance and doom. On a dating site, SingleatHeart.com, bored housewives can find romance with married men looking for sex without strings. At the heart of this seemingly innocent service, a vengeful computer hacker is playing games with people's lives… and deaths.

Deadly stakes. Judith A. Jance

Former reporter Ali Reynolds finds herself working against the police to add up the clues that connect one frightened teenager, two dead bodies, and $300,000… with the body count rising.

Fatal error. Judith A. Jance

When Brenda Riley, a colleague from Ali's old news broadcasting days in California, shows up in town with an alcohol problem and an unlikely story about a missing fiancé, Ali reluctantly agrees to help. The man posing as Brenda's fiancé is revealed to be Richard Lowensdale, a cyber-sociopath who has left a trail of broken hearts in his virtual wake. When he is viciously murdered, the police soon focus their investigation on Brenda.

Left for dead. Judith A. Jance

Ali Reynolds's friend and fellow police officer Jose Reyes is shot down and left for dead. At first, officers suspect that he was caught in the crossfire in the local drug wars, but evidence starts to suggest that he may have been working with the criminals. As Ali investigates the case, she finds an unlikely ally in Sister Anselm, a patient advocate who works with border crosses. Together, the two work to fight the local drug cartels and discover the truth behind Reyes's shooting.

Moving target. Judith A. Jance

Ali spans continents to solve a cold case murder and to figure out who wants a young juvenile offender dead. Lance, an incarcerated juvenile and talented hacker in his own right, is set on fire one night and severely burned while hanging Christmas decorations. B. Simpson, Ali's fiancé and the man who helped put Lance in jail, feels obliged to get to the bottom of what happened. Ali's off in England so B. turns to someone else to help out, Ali's good friend and taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm.

Trial by fire. Judith A. Jance

Taking a media relations position with the Yavapai County Police Department, former television journalist Ali Reynolds investigates a subdivision fire and the identity of an injured amnesiac woman, a case that unleashes a remorseless killer.

The vampire bewitched. Pete Johnson

Marcus isn't an ordinary 13-year-old, he's half vampire, and together with his friends Tallulah and Gracie, he hunts and fights a totally evil enemy: the deadly vampires, who are out to destroy all humans and half-vampires. But he's lost his memory and can't remember anything about his previous life as a vampire hunter. Tallulah and Gracie are seriously worried. Could it and might it have something to do with the weird new horror shop that's just opened up in town?

Where all light tends to go. David Joy

The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueller than most. His father runs a methodically organised meth ring, with local authorities on the dime to turn a blind eye to his dealings. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for this father for years, all on the promise that his payday will come eventually. The only joy he finds comes from reuniting with Maggie, his first love, and a girl clearly bound for bigger and better things than their hardscrabble town. Jacob has always been resigned to play the cards that were dealt him, but when a fatal mistake changes everything, he's faced with a choice: stay and appease his father, or leave the mountains with the girl he loves.

The thing about luck. Cynthia Kadohata

Just when twelve-year-old Summer thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong in a year of bad luck, an emergency takes her parents to Japan, leaving Summer to care for her little brother while helping her grandmother cook and do laundry for harvest workers.

Rogue. Julie Kagawa

Ember Hill left the dragon organisation Talon to take her chances with rebel dragon Cobalt and his crew of rogues. But Ember can't forget the sacrifice made for her by the human boy who could have killed her — Garret Xavier Sebastian, a soldier of the dragon-slaying Order of St. George, the boy who saved her from a Talon assassin, knowing that by doing so, he'd signed his own death warrant. Determined to save Garret from execution, Ember must convince Cobalt to help her break into the Order's headquarters.

Talon Julie Kagawa

In Julie Kagawa's groundbreaking modern fantasy series, dragons walk among us in human form. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught.

Aqualicious Victoria Kann

Pinkalicious loves the beach, especially when she finds a miniature mermaid named Aqua tucked inside a shell! Pinkalicious and her brother, Peter, promise to help Aqua the merminnie find her way home - after they show her all of the pinkamazing things to do at the seashore. From building sand castles to surfing in the ocean, the trio has a ton of fun, but at the end of the day they realize home is not always what you think it is.

Istanbul passage. Joseph Kanon

In 1945 Istanbul, American undercover agent Leon Bauer's attempt to save a life leads to a desperate manhunt, a game of shifting loyalties, and an unexpected love affair.

Endeavour. Ralph Kern

In 2118 the first daring mission to another star, Tau Ceti, twelve light-years away is launched. Tom Hites and Harry Cosgrove command the starship Endeavour on an epic journey to solve the Fermi Paradox. From the first, nearly disastrous steps on a distant world, their quest takes them further than they ever imagined. Out amidst the mysterious long-abandoned worlds and ancient relics they discover, some strange, some wonderful and some deadly, the question they seek to answer becomes: "Where are they now?"

The water-babies Charles Kingsley

A young chimney sweep is lured into the river and lives with the water fairies.

Beggars in Spain. Nancy Kress

In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent, and one of a growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep. Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts, but Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and fears her "gift", a world marked for destruction in a deadly conspiracy of freedom and revenge.

The tempting of Thomas Carrick. Stephanie Laurens

Thomas Carrick, wealthy owner of Carrick Enterprises located in bustling Glasgow, is one of that city's most eligible bachelors. For over two years, Thomas has avoided his clan's estate because it borders Lucilla's home, but disturbing reports from his clansmen force him to return to the countryside, only to discover that his uncle is ailing, a clan family is desperately ill, and the clan healer is dying. Duty to the clan leaves Thomas no choice but to seek help from the last woman he wants to face — strong-willed and passionate Lucilla.

Black out. John Lawton

The Blitz, London 1944. In the East End children lead police to a charred, dismembered corpse buried in a bombsite. The victim is German and it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary murder. For Russian émigré Detective-Sergeant Troy it is the start of a manhunt which will lead him into a world of military intelligence and corruption in high places; a manhunt in which Troy is both the hunter and the hunted.

Changing planes. Ursula K. (Ursula Kroeber) Le Guin

Missing a flight, waiting in an airport, listening to garbled announcements - who doesn't hate that misery? But Sita Dulip from Cincinnati finds a method of bypassing the crowds — a mere kind of twist and a slipping bend, easier to do than to describe, takes her not to Denver but to Strupsirts, a picturesque region of waterspouts and volcanoes, or to Djeyo where she can stay for two nights in a small hotel with a balcony overlooking the amber Sea of Somue. This new discovery - changing planes - enables Sita to visit bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own and sometimes open doors into the alien.

Once upon a time. Debbie Macomber

Argues that each individual's life is a never-ending story, and uses the elements of a story to show readers how to understand their lives better, showcasing the "big picture" God writes in each person's story.

The short stories of Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield

These three stories are amongst the finest by Katherine Mansfield, a woman highly regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. In these bittersweet tales she gently reveals the emotions and feelings within the lives of apparently unexceptional people. Her stories offer a sensitive insight into human behaviour, achieved not by creating scenes of high drama, but by revealing the motives and thoughts of believable characters.

Classic women's short stories Katherine Mansfield, Kate Chopin, Virginia Woolf.

Five stories from influential women writers of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century.

Mr. Reginald's peacock day. Katherine Mansfield

First published in the British literary magazine 'The New Age' in 1917 and later reprinted in 'Bliss and Other Stories' in 1920.

Short stories. Katherine Mansfield

A collection of Katherine Mansfield finest short stories including Miss Brill, The Garden Party, The Singing Lesson and Bank Holiday.

Freak show without a tent Nevin Martell

Fishing for piranhas in the Amazon, getting stoned at Fijian kava ceremonies, and witnessing the ancient ritual of land diving on Pentecost Island is the stuff of National Geographic cover stories - and Nevin Martell's childhood vacations. Woven seamlessly into the stories of exploring the far side of the far side, near death experiences and gastronomical catastrophes is the story of a young boy coming of age, the evolving relationship between a father and son, and a family discovering its own boundaries.

Chasing fireflies. Charles Martin

"Never settle for less than the truth", she told him. But when you don't even know your real name, the truth gets a little complicated. It can nestle so close to home it's hard to see. It can even flourish inside a lie. A haunting story about fishing, baseball, home cooking, and other matters of life and death.

The last four days of Paddy Buckley. Jeremy Massey

A dark and unexpected novel about a Dublin undertaker who finds himself on the wrong side of the Irish mob. Paddy Buckley is a grieving widower who has worked for years for Gallagher's funeral home in Dublin. One night driving home Paddy hits and kills a pedestrian crossing the street. As he bends over to try to help the man, he recognises him as Donal Cullen, brother of one of the most notorious mobsters in Dublin. Paddy is plunged into an unexpected eddy of intrigue, deceit, and treachery.

We are called to rise. Laura McBride

In the predawn hours, a woman's marriage crumbles with a single confession. Across town, an immigrant family struggles to fit in and get by in the land of opportunity. Three thousand miles away, a soldier wakes up in Walter Reed hospital with the vague feeling that he's done something awful. In a single moment, these disparate lives intersect.

Boy's life. Robert R. McCammon

Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson - a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake — bringing his father face-to-face with a terrible vision of death that will haunt him forever. As Cory struggles to understand his father's pain, his eyes are slowly opened to the forces of good and evil that are manifested in Zephyr.

The courier. Ava McCarthy

Approached to crack a safe by the owner's suspicious wife, reformed hacker Henrietta 'Harry' Martinez can't resist the challenge. Now her client's absconded with a fortune in diamonds, leaving Harry sole witness to a brutal murder.

The handfasted wife. Carol McGrath

Harold loves Elditha, his beautiful hand-fasted wife for many years, and she loves him back. But when Harold becomes King Elditha is set aside for a political marriage. William the Conqueror swoops over the channel, burns their lands and destroys King Harold. Can Elditha protect her family from the Conqueror's wrath?

Gun street girl. Adrian McKinty

Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is a Catholic policeman in the hostile Royal Ulster Constabulary. Duffy is initially left cold by the murder of a wealthy couple, shot dead while watching TV. And when their troubled son commits suicide, leaving a note that appears to take responsibility for the deaths, it seems the case is closed. But something doesn't add up, and people keep dying.

The sun is God. Adrian McKinty

It is 1906 and Will Prior is in self-imposed exile on a remote South Pacific island, working a small, and failing, plantation. He should never have told anyone about his previous existence as a military foot policeman in the Boer War, but a man needs friends. So it is that Hauptmann Kessler, the local government representative, approaches Will with a request for his help with a problem on a neighbouring island, inhabited by a reclusive, cultish group of European 'cocovores', who believe that sun worship and eating only coconuts will bring them eternal life.

Gameboard of the gods. Richelle Mead

In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen brings him back to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board.

Darksong rising. L. E. Modesitt

Anna must battle with those who would take Defalk for themselves.

The soprano sorceress. L. E. Modesitt

Anna Marshall wishes she could be anywhere but Ames, Iowa, and anything but a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University. She makes her wish at exactly the wrong time, though, because on Erde a travel sorceress has called for a powerful sorceress — and gets Anna, angry, confused, and thinking that this is not what she had in mind.

The spellsong war. L. E. Modesitt

Anna is the regent of Defalk and must defend her new kingdom against outside threats.

Born with teeth : a memoir. Kate Mulgrew

Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones; in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, she saw the consequences of a dream deferred. She discusses the daughter she gave up for adoption; the challenging roles she has taken on both on and off screen; and the decisions she has made to live life to the fullest, on her own terms.

Suite francaise. Irene Nemirovsky

Elegantly written, with insight into the moral complexities of the human condition, this book comprises two parts. The first part, "Storm in June", tells of the exodus from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion. In part two, "Dolce", we meet several bourgeois and working-class characters in a small French village where Nazi soldiers are billeted.

Beyond good and evil. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, first published in 1886, presents a scathing critique of traditional morality and attacks previous philosophers for their blind acceptance of Christian ideals of virtue. As an alternative to what he viewed as the illogical and irrelevant philosophy of the nineteenth century, Nietzsche argues for the importance of imagination, self-assertion, danger, and originality for genuine philosophy.

Amulet keepers. Michael Northrop

When Alex's mother uses the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead to bring him back from the brink of death, she inadvertently summons a slew of other spirits from the underworld. Alex and his best friend, Ren, head to London, where people are going missing, treasures are disappearing, and a blood rain is pouring from the skies. Can they stop a powerful Death Walker from destroying the city?

Better together. Sheila O'Flanagan

Sheridan Gray has the perfect life: dream job as a hot-shot journalist, ideal boyfriend and demanding parents' approval. That is, until her world crashes around her. Left with few options, she takes a job in what just so happens to be the hometown of the man she blames for everything — is this ever going to be the new start Sheridan needs?

A wicked snow. Gregg Olsen

Hannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck on her family's farm. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug up—one of them her mother's. It was the nation's worst murder scene in decades and the killer was never found. Two decades later Hannah is a CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back.

14th deadly sin James Patterson & Maxine Paetro.

With a beautiful baby daughter and a devoted husband, Detective Lindsay Boxer can safely say that her life has never been better. Then Lindsay is called to a gruesome crime scene, where a woman has been murdered in broad daylight. As Lindsay investigates, shocking video footage of another crime surfaces. A video so horrific that it shakes the city to its core. As a rash of violence sweeps through San Francisco, and public fear and anger grows, Lindsay and her friends must risk their lives in the name of justice — before it's too late.

Don't blink James Patterson & Howard Roughan.

New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons - the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Seated at a nearby table, reporter Nick Daniels accidentally captures a key piece of evidence that lands him in the middle of an all-out war between Italian and Russian mafia forces. Back off - or die - is the clear message Nick receives as he investigates for a story of his own.

Kill me if you can James Patterson and Marshall Karp.

Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his gorgeous girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts — until he realises that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him won't stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge.

The heart of betrayal. Mary Pearson

Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape… and even less of being together. Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw. Meanwhile, the foundations of Lia's deeply-held beliefs are crumbling beneath her. Wrestling with her upbringing, her gift, and her very sense of self, Lia will have to make powerful choices that affect her country, her people… and her own destiny.

House Frank Peretti & Ted Dekker.

Two couples vacationing in Alabama are pursued by a maniac killer who lures them to a vacant house which won't let them leave. The "house" mirrors their own heart and souls and they must defeat the evil within.

Die for me. Amy Plum

After their parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year-old Kate Mercier and her older sister Georgia, each grieving in her own way, move to Paris to live with their grandparents and Kate finds herself powerfully drawn to the handsome but elusive Vincent who seems to harbour a mysterious and dangerous secret.

Fifty mice. Daniel Pyne

Jay Johnson is an Average Joe, a thirty-something guy with a job in telephone sales, a regular pick-up basketball game, and a devoted girlfriend he seems ready to marry. But one weekday afternoon, he's abducted on a Los Angeles Metro train, tranquilised, interrogated, and his paper trail obliterated. What did he see, what terrible crime — or criminal — is he keeping secret? It must be something awfully big. The trouble is, Jay has no clue.

End in tears. Ruth Rendell

A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The driver behind is spared. But only for a while… One particular member of the local press is gunning for the Chief Inspector, distinctly unimpressed with what he regards as old-fashioned police methods. But Wexford, with his old friend and partner, Mike Burden, along with two new recruits to the Kingsmarkham team, pursue their inquiries with diligence and humanity.

Dogtripping : 25 rescues, 11 volunteers, and 3 RVs on our canine cross-country adventure David Rosenfelt

All aboard! When David Rosenfelt and his family embarked on a roadtrip across the USA to their new home in Maine, he thought he had prepared for every eventuality. There was just one tiny complication — they were travelling with twenty-five rescue dogs: a sure-fire recipe for chaos. This is a hilarious and uplifting tale of a canine cross-country adventure like no other; if David and his dogs make it to Maine in one piece, it will be a miracle!

Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell.

Ask women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes, but ask same women whether they'd feel confident asking for a raise, and some reticence creeps in. This title looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale.

The like switch : an ex-FBI agent's guide to influencing, attracting, and winning people over Jack Schafer, PH.D., with Marvin Karlins, Ph.D.

As a Special Agent for the FBI's National Security Division's Behavioral Analysis Program, Schafer developed dynamic and breakthrough strategies for profiling terrorists and detecting deception. Now, he has evolved his proven-on-the-battlefield tactics for the day-to-day, but no less critical battle of getting people to like you.

Ivanhoe. Walter Scott

Scott's classic historical romance, set in the twelfth-century England of Richard I, depicts the adventures of the heroic Wilfred of Ivanhoe in winning the hand of beautiful Lady Rowena.

Rob Roy. Walter Scott

In rich, vivid prose, Rob Roy follows the adventures of Frank Osbaldistone, who falls out of favour with his father after failing to measure up to his expectations in the world of business. Sent to stay in Scotland, Frank, an innocent, Protestant Englishman, is intrigued by the wild and noble land. He finds himself drawn to the powerful, enigmatic figure of Rob Roy who, with his passionate and fierce wife Helen, fights for justice and dignity for the Scottish people.

The David Sedaris box set David Sedaris

An updated box set collection of David Sedaris' audio programs, including his most recent releases Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Live at Carnegie Hall. Also includes: Naked, Barrel Fever, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Holidays on Ice.

The pecan man. Cassie Dandridge. Selleck

In the summer of 1976, recently widowed and childless, Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighbourhood children call him the Pee-can Man; their mothers call them inside whenever he appears. When the police chief's son is found stabbed to death near his camp, the man Ora knows as Eddie is arrested and charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, Ora sets out to tell the truth about the Pecan Man.

Between shades of gray. Ruta Sepetys

In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honour her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

The amazing mind of Alice Makin. Alana Shea

Alice is growing up in post-war London: a grey world of old bomb sites. Her escape is her imagination, which always brightens her day. But when a new boy starts school, her mind begins playing tricks on her. She?s oddly drawn to him, and whenever they are together the world becomes a more exciting place. A place where the things she imagines appear to become real.

Thicker than blood Madeline Sheehan and Claire C. Riley.

A story about two women and true friendship, a friendship that withstands the loss of their husbands and survives even the deadliest of foes: a zombie apocalypse.

The future for curious people. Gregory Sherl

Meet Evelyn and Godfrey. Evelyn is breaking up with her boyfriend as she's seen their dismal future together at Dr Chin's office: the life they may have when they are both many years older, singing 'Happy Birthday' to a Chihuahua and arguing about cheese. She hopes for more. Meanwhile, Godfrey is proposing to his girlfriend, Madge — who's not quite willing to take that leap. She wants to see their future together first … just to be sure they're meant for one another. Then, one day, Evelyn and Godfrey meet.

Halo. Broken circle. John Shirley

Witness an untold chapter in Halo lore as John Shirley's Halo: Broken Circle takes us to the dawn of the Covenant and the fateful first bargain between the Prophets and the Elites. Broken Circle will explore an Elite splinter group rebelling against the Covenant in its earliest days, a brave Prophet caught in the machinations of the new Covenant leadership, and the root of the betrayal that would ultimately shatter the Covenant.

The history of Titus Groan : a cycle of plays based on the writings of Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore Brian Sibley

The life and times of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast — a vast stronghold of crumbling masonry steeped in immemorial ritual and inhabited by an extraordinary cavalcade of characters including the kitchen boy, Steerpike, who ruthlessly rises to the upper echelons of dynastic power through mischief and murder.

Fallen. Karin Slaughter

Georgia Bureau of Investigations Detective Faith Mitchell, her partner Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton join forces to find Faith's mother, missing after a deadly hostage situation that leaves Faith a murder suspect — and the scapegoat for police corruption, bribery, and murder.

The unremarkable heart. Karin Slaughter

Five and half months ago June Connor - high-school principal with almost a thousand children in her charge - was given a death sentence. She had just over five months to put her house in order and to square her conscience. She had work, she had responsibilities, and she had a man - her husband Richard - who had robbed her of her good reputation, her lifelong friendships and her comfort in her old age. A man who would watch her die. There's one truth that June doesn't want to take to her grave with her. But Richard has other ideas…

The Victorian Internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers. Tom Standage

Offers a historical review of the telegraph network, from its invention by Samuel Morse in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the social and political effects it has had on the world throughout its existence.

Under Milk Wood. Dylan Thomas

When Richard Burton breathed the opening words of 'Under Milk Wood' into a microphone, broadcasting history was made. Through the magic of language, 'Under Milk Wood' creates a rich modern pastoral which, once heard, touches the listener with its poetry and haunts the imagination for ever. This radio drama is the completed version broadcast in 1963 which includes several passages that were omitted from the first recording in 1954.

After we fell. Anna Todd

Tessa didn't plan on meeting H. during her freshman year of college. But now that she has, her life will never be the same.

War and peace. Volume 1. Leo Tolstoy

Considered by many to the greatest novel ever written, Tolstoy's masterpiece is a story of family life set against the backdrop of war. The novel begins in 1805, in the crowded and gossip-filled rooms of a St Petersburg party, and follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Bolkonsky and Rostov families as Napoleon's armies sweep through Europe, culminating in the French invasion of Russia in 1812 and Napoleon's defeat.

War and Peace. Volume 2. Leo Tolstoy

Considered by many to the greatest novel ever written, Tolstoy's masterpiece is a story of family life set against the backdrop of war. Tolstoy's vast novel takes in both the epic sweep of national events and the private experience of individuals, from the keen young soldier to Napoleon himself, and at the heart of it all, the complicated triangle of affection that binds his central characters.

Spy dance. Allan Topol

Ex-CIA agent Greg Nielsen thought he had escaped his shadowy past. He was wrong. Someone has found him-and is blackmailing him to enter the dangerous game of international espionage once again. But there's one very deadly difference: this time, the target is his own country.

Positive. David Wellington

The tattooed plus sign on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive: at any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. Until then, Finn must go to a special facility for positives. But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed.

White City. Donald James Wheal

On the morning of 24 February 1944 following a devastating Luftwaffe raid, Donald James Wheal and his family were homeless refugees with bulging suitcases and faces blackened by soot dust. In World's End, the first part of his bestselling childhood autobiography, he told of his upbringing during the Blitz in the rough working class community which was Chelsea's World's End.

World's End. Donald James Wheal

Best-selling author Donald James grew up in World's End, Chelsea during the Blitz years. World's End was a melting pot of the working class labourers who flooded to London in the previous century to make their fortunes, and Donald's family was no exception. The story tells of the feud between Donald's two grandmothers that meant that though they only lived a few yards apart, for over a dozen years they never acknowledged one another — even at Donald's parent's wedding, Christmases or birthday celebrations. Then came the night that Donald's world, did literally end and with it his childhood.

California Fire and Life. Don Winslow

Jack Wade, a claims adjuster for California Fire and Life Mutual Insurance Company, is one of the best arson investigators around. When he's called in to examine an unusual claim, the tracks of the fire tell him that something's wrong. So wrong that he violates his own cardinal rule and plunges into the case. Soon arson is the least of Jack's worries, as the case grows to involve the Russian mob, Vietnamese gangs, real estate scams, counterfeiting and corporate corruption.

My man Jeeves. P. G. Wodehouse

This collection, the first book of Jeeves and Wooster stories, contains eight stories.

The mysterious howling. Maryrose Wood

Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilised manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.

Downloadable eBooks

365 Country Women's Association favourites.

Here are 365 recipes, one recipe for each day of the year, originally published in calendar format in the 1930s by the Country Women's Association of New South Wales, now updated and republished for today's home cook.

Assisted dying : who makes the final decision : the case for greater choice at the end of life edited by Lesley Close and Jo Cartwright.

The latest developments in the arguments for and against assisted dying, with a foreword by Terry Pratchett. Assisted dying is perhaps one of the most divisive issues of the modern age, generating endless headlines and moral debates. Published in conjunction with the organisation Dignity in Dying, this important book provides a forum for expert commentators in a variety of fields, including religion and medicine, to explore whether the most humane response to the torment and helplessness of certain severely incapacitated individuals is to assist them in their wish to die.

Bad boys to go.

Bring up baby: Gil Watson has always been the soul of responsibility… apart from that wild night that resulted in a daughter he didn't know he had. Now that the little girl's mother is gone, Gil wants to do the right thing, even if it means a marriage of convenience with the woman who's been raising her.

Battlestations edited by David Drake & Bill Fawcett.

The Fleet thought the wars were over, but as a deadly race of insectoid invaders, the Ichton, sweep through the galaxy, races new to the Alliance are in dire need of aid. For the first time in one volume: the complete stories of the Stephen Hawking, its multi-race military and civilian crew, and its desperate fight against the Ichton.

Confessions of a secret admirer : a Valentine's Day anthology.

Waiting for you: Rancher Grant Devane has waited for Taylor Larson's return to Fallbrook for more than ten years. Now that the fearless beauty has come home on her terms, he'll do anything and everything necessary to win back her heart.

Denmark.

Lonely Planet Denmark is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands travel guide.

The ultimate, most comprehensive guide to travelling in Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets — all the essentials to get to the heart of Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands.

Explore Nice and the French Riviera

Despite the crowds, Nice and the French Riviera have maintained their allure as a playground for the rich, suntanned and beautiful. Explore Nice and the French Riviera is a full-colour guide containing 14 easy-to-follow routes which lead you from the labyrinthine streets of Old Nice and the elegant Promenade des Anglais to the majestic views along the Corniche.

Handmade urbanism : from community initiatives to participatory models : Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Istanbul, Mexico City, Cape Town organised/edited by Marcos L. Rosa, Ute E. Weiland ; with Ana Alvarez, Lindsay Bush, Demet Mutman, Priya Shankar.

Handmade Urbanism showcases 15 projects realised mostly in less favoured areas of five major cities in emerging countries, examining the potential of urban transformation embedded in community initiatives. What is the basis for such initiatives? Which are the instruments and tools they use? Illustrations depict their operational modes, reveal the actors involved and trace the steps they made in the organisation of the initiatives.

Hong Kong city guide.

With its fabled urban landscape and vibrant Chinese culture, Hong Kong is one of the world's most exciting cities. Whether you want to take a bay cruise on the Star Ferry, eat and shop your way around Kowloon or find peace at an atmospheric temple, Insight City Guide Hong Kong will make sure you have the quintessential Hong Kong experience.

The ideal redemption.

Will Ransleigh, illegitimate nephew of the Earl of Swynford, is on a mission to clear his cousin's name. It will take him across the continent into a world of international intrigue - and into the arms of Elodie Lefevre, the society hostess who brought shame to his family.

Mayo Clinic guide to fertility and conception medical editors, Jani R. Jensen, M.D., and Elizabeth A. Stewart, M.D..

Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception is a comprehensive medical reference that provides answers and explanations to questions and concerns related to fertility, and potential solutions for those having difficulty conceiving or maintaining pregnancy.

The Mystery Writers of America cookbook edited by Kate White.

Hard-boiled breakfasts, thrilling entrees, cozy desserts, and more — this illustrated cookbook features more than 100 recipes from legendary mystery authors.

New Cthulhu : the recent weird edited by Paula Guran.

For more than eighty years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction— bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters — eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly appealing.

Norway.

Lonely Planet Norway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit Norway's cultural capital, Oslo; hike to breathtaking Pulpit Rock; or savour the high Arctic in Svalbard - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Norway and begin your journey now!

Old Venus edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

This original anthology of all-new stories harkens back to the Golden Age of SF, when science fiction was filled with tales from our own solar system, at a time when no one knew what lay on the surface of our nearest galactic neighbours and speculation ran rampant.

On the naughty list.

Lori Foster has two co-workers plan a Christmas party side-by-side-and discover a love worth celebrating in Christmas Bonus. Carly Phillips explores a "mistletoe moment" when a no-nonsense lawyer intent on seducing her boss meets his twin instead — and gives him a scintillating kiss that leaves him begging for more in Naughty Under the Mistletoe.

Other worlds : 10 amazing fantasy stories edited and with an introduction by Jon Scieszka.

Outsmart diabetes 1-2-3 by the editors of Prevention.

Unlike the vast majority of books on diabetes that zero in on a single component, Outsmart Diabetes 1-2-3 recognizes that diabetes is a multidimensional disease and therefore any effective management plan must take all contributing factors into account. The latest research shows that with a combination of targeted treatment strategies and sensible lifestyle changes, it is possible to slow - if not stop - diabetes-related decline.

Paper politics : socially engaged printmaking today edited by Josh MacPhee.

With a widely eclectic variety of protest art in mediums such as relief, lithography, collagraph, and photography, this major collection of contemporary politically engaged printmaking showcases art that uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in conversation.

Pocketful of posies : a treasury of nursery rhymes illustrated by Salley Mavor.

An illustrated collection of sixty-four traditional nursery rhymes.

Roadmap : the get-it-together guide for figuring out what to do with your life Roadtrip Nation

Roadmap helps emerging careerists think deeply about how they can enter the workforce and thrive, using Roadtrip Nation's interest-based approach.

Switzerland.

Lonely Planet Switzerland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

Three weddings and a kiss.

The most exciting new names in romantic fiction and the bestselling author who started it all — escort you down the aisle to a place of honour at four glorious celebrations of everlasting love.

Half a war. Joe Abercrombie

Princess Skara has seen all she loved made blood and ashes. She is left with only words. But the right words can be as deadly as any blade. She must conquer her fears and sharpen her wits to a lethal edge if she is to reclaim her birthright.

Getting over OCD : a 10-step workbook for taking back your life. Jonathan S. Abramowitz

Just imagine: No more obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviours. No more planning your day around avoiding certain situations. You can get over OCD and join the thousands of people who are living freer, happier lives thanks to the clinically proven strategies in this book.

Brother. Ania Ahlborn

Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it's served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side of the highway, the cops don't knock on their door. Which is a good thing, seeing as to what's buried in the Morrows' backyard. But nineteen-year-old Michael Morrow isn't like the rest of his family.

Within these walls. Ania Ahlborn

With his marriage on the rocks and his life in shambles, washed-up true-crime writer Lucas Graham is desperate for a comeback, one more shot at the bestselling success he once enjoyed. His chance comes when he's promised exclusive access to death row inmate Jeffrey Halcomb, the notorious cult leader and mass murderer who's ready to break his silence after thirty years, and who contacted Lucas personally from his maximum-security cell.

Crewel trilogy bindup. Gennifer Albin

Gifted with the ability to weave time and matter, sixteen-year-old Adelice is exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. But when Adelice reaches the Guild, she uncovers a world of deadly intrigue.

Daredevil duck. Charlie Alder

He is afraid of everything. But that doesn't stop him from dreaming of being brave. Then one day he is given the biggest challenge of all. Can Daredevil Duck prove that he is the bravest duck in the whole wide world?

My best games of chess. Alexander Alekhine

This new 21st-century edition, presented with modern algebraic notation, has combined both books into a single volume, added more than three dozen archival photographs, crosstables, Alekhine's complete match and tournament records, a foreword by Russian grandmaster Igor Zaitsev, as well as many more diagrams.

Colour : a journey. Victoria Alexander

Colour: a journey explores the implications, history and cultural meanings of colour. With chapters on individual colours, their history and their influence, Colour will inspire you to make creative choices in your wardrobe, your home and your life.

Real : living a balanced life. Victoria Alexander

Real salutes what the world has to offer. This visually stunning, thought-provoking book is about looking around with awareness, noticing life's quiet details and knowing that the honesty of time changes everything — from a human face, a family home, or a fragile sampler book of antique lace.

The maker's manual : The maker's manual : a practical guide to the new industrial revolution Paolo Aliverti, Andrea Maietta

The Maker's Manual features hundreds of colour images, techniques to transform your ideas into physical projects, and must-have skills like electronics prototyping, 3d printing, and programming.

Orphan number eight. Kim van. Alkemade

A stunning debut novel in the vein of Sarah Waters' historical fiction and inspired by true events, it tells the fascinating story of a woman who must choose between revenge and mercy when she encounters the doctor who subjected her to dangerous medical experiments in a New York City Jewish orphanage.

The revenge playbook. Rachael Allen

In the small town of Ranburne, high school football rules and the players are treated like kings. How they treat the girls they go to school with? That's a completely different story.

47 Ronin. John Allyn

In 1701, young Lord Asano is goaded into attacking a corrupt official at the Japanese Court and the Emperor's punishment is harsh: Lord Asano is ordered to commit seppuku, or ritual suicide. His samurai retainers now become ronin, or masterless, and are dispersed. The ronin appear to adapt to their new circumstances by becoming tradesmen and teachers. But they are in fact making careful plans for revenge, biding their time until the moment to strike is right!

Dante of the Maury River. Gigi Amateau

When Dante's Inferno is born early on a February night, there are already great expectations for him. But when he fails as a racehorse, he ends up at a rescue facility run by rehabilitating prisoners before being adopted as a project horse at the Maury River Stables. Can Dante put his fears aside and succeed on the cross-country course?

Macadoo of the Maury River. Gigi Amateau

When Macadoo is a colt, he challenges his father, a huge Belgian stallion, in order to protect his mother and the rest of the herd. From that moment on, Mac knows that his purpose in life is to help and serve others however he can. Told from Macadoo's point of view and featuring beloved characters from Chancey of the Maury River.

One perfect night. Bella Andre

The first time Noah Bryant meets Colbie Michaels, they collide at the top of a snowy mountain in California and sparks fly. Swamped by sudden emotion — and a desire she can't control — Colbie panics. Before he can get her phone number or last name, she's gone. When they end up serendipitously meeting in Seattle one week later, Noah is certain Colbie is his destiny, and he can't make the mistake of losing her again.

Tropical island cooking : traditional recipes, contemporary flavors. Jennifer M. Aranas

Even if you're an experienced Filipino cook, you will discover new favourites among this collection of over 100 recipes, which includes everything from appetizers to desserts.

Dawn of dragons. Daniel Arenson

1: Requiem's Song: Weredragons, men call them. Monsters. Cursed ones. People who can turn into dragons. Can these lost souls bind together and forge a kingdom of their own?
2: Requiem's Hope: Requiem is birthed in blood and fire, but enemies rise to destroy it. Can this fledgling kingdom of dragons survive?
3: Requiem's Prayer: Requiem burns. To survive, Requiem's dragons must fly to their darkest battlefield-the unholy Abyss itself.

Dragonlore. Daniel Arenson

1: A Dawn of Dragonfire. Queen Solina leads an army of phoenixes and invades Requiem, vowing to destroy it.
2: A Day of Dragon Blood. Solina raises new champions: the wyverns. From their maws spews acid to eat through stone, steel, and dragon flesh.
3: A Night of Dragon Wings. Vowing to kill every dragon, Solina summons her greatest warriors: the nephilim, the spawn of demons and their mortal brides.

Any way you slice it. Kristine Carlson. Asselin

A lucky shot on the ice, the hot hockey player who melts it, and her dad's ban on all things rink related could mean the chance of a lifetime for Penelope… or land her in the penalty box.

A nest is noisy by Dianna Aston ; illustrated by Sylvia Long.

From tiny bee hummingbird nests to orangutan nests high in the rainforest canopy, an incredible variety of nests are showcased here in all their splendour. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this carefully researched book introduces children to a captivating array of nest facts and will spark the imaginations of children whether in a classroom reading circle or on a parent's lap.

Skinny chicks eat real food : kick your fake food habit, kickstart your weight loss Christine Avanti with Bonnie Bauman.

A guide to eating real food in a factory-food world, a weight loss plan, and a real-food cookbook in one, The Real Food Diet will instruct and inspire readers to steer clear of fake food and eat the balanced, all-natural way we were designed to eat.

The dragon's voice : how modern media found Bhutan Bunty Avieson

Tucked between Tibet and India in the Himalayas, the kingdom of Bhutan is one of the most isolated and beautiful countries in the world. In The Dragon's Voice Australian journalist Bunty Avieson provides a glimpse of life beyond the country's exotic exterior.

Understanding high blood pressure Shahid Aziz and Zara Aziz.

Cutting edge research from a leading consultant cardiologist.

Fog Island mountains. Michelle Bailat-Jones

Huddled beneath the volcanoes of the Kirishima mountain range in southern Japan the inhabitants of small town Komachi are waiting for the biggest of the summer's typhoons. South African expatriate Alec Chester has lived in Komachi for nearly forty years. Alec considers himself an ordinary man, with common troubles and mundane achievements until his doctor gives him a terminal cancer diagnosis and his wife, Kanae, disappears into the gathering storm.

Seven simple steps to stop emotional eating : targeting your body by changing your mind Sally Baker, Liz Hogon, Matthew Capehorn.

Therapists Sally Baker and Liz Hogon offer this practical guide to understanding the emotional reasons for overeating and how to overcome these, based on their training and experience in emotional freedom technique (EFT), hypnotherapy, PSTEC and other related therapies.

I will fight monsters for you Santi Balmes ; pictures by Lyona.

Two little girls one human and the other a monster are afraid to go to sleep for fear of what's living under their beds.

Billionaire's contract engagement. Maya Banks

Billionaire businessman Evan Reese knew she was desperate to get him to sign with Maddox Communications. Perhaps he would. But first Celia needed to accompany him to beautiful Catalina for a family wedding. There he would wine, dine and seduce the stunning ad executive… Yet would she still want him when Evan told her she'd be playing the role of his fake fiancée?

Safe at last. Maya Banks

The third book in the beloved #1 bestselling author's sexy, romantic suspense Slow Burn series…

The tycoon's pregnant mistress. Maya Banks

Mistress. It sounded so sordid, so impersonal, so far removed from the kind of relationship Marley Jameson had with Greek hotel magnate Chrysander Anetakis. Until he abruptly broke things off between them and told her to leave his luxurious apartment. Three months later, Marley awakens in the hospital. She can't remember her past, Chrysander, or the baby she carries. All she knows is that when Chrysander sweeps her away to his private Greek island, being with him feels like home. Until she remembers the truth.

The tycoon's rebel bride. Maya Banks

Tycoon Theron Anetakis had only one problem and she just walked through his door. With his business takeover complete, he'd intended to arrange a marriage for himself to further secure his future. However, Isabella Caplan had blossomed into a voluptuous vixen with plans of her own, and they didn't include letting the executor of her father's estate also arrange a marriage for her.

The tycoon's secret affair. Maya Banks

She hadn't known she'd slept with the boss but the next morning Jewel Henley learned the exotic stranger who'd swept her off her feet was her new employer, Piers Anetakis. And before she could explain, Jewel found herself without a job… and pregnant.

Wanted by her lost love. Maya Banks

Despite his fiancée's chilling betrayal, developer Ryan Beardsley provided for Kelly Christian when he sent her packing. So he's livid to find her working in a dingy Houston diner, desperate and pregnant. Whether the baby is his or his brother's Ryan demands that Kelly return to New York with him.

Traveling light : a year of wandering, from California to England and Tuscany and back again. Bill Barich

Join Bill Barich as he travels the globe, from the trout streams of Northern California to the auction ring at Saratoga, where millions of dollars may be gavelled away for a yearling thoroughbred; from seedy London pubs to a run-down Florentine palazzo during a glorious Italian spring.

Abarat. Clive Barker

This fantasy adventure takes us to Abarat - a land made up of 25 islands, each one representing one hour of the day (and one mysterious place out of time), all ruled over by the evil Christopher Carrion, Lord of Midnight, and his monstrous grandmother, Mater Motley.

Absolute midnight. Clive Barker

Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, is the only person who can stop the evil Mater Motley who, now that the hour of midnight has come, is prepared to unleash the end of the world.

Days of magic, nights of war. Clive Barker

Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the Abarat continue as she makes a startling realization as to who she is, and the forces of Night begin plans for war.

The Sabotage Diaries Katherine Barnes

Based on the wartime diaries of Allied soldier and saboteur Tom Barnes, this account of thrilling WWII wartime deeds deep behind enemy lines in Greece is based on fact but reads like fiction.

Lady Sarah's Sinful Desires Sophie Barnes

Eat the week : every meal, every day. Anna Barnett

Eat the Week is stylish, practical and personal. Anna Barnett has devised creative recipes inspired by our different moods as we navigate the week. There's everything from weekend brunches and comforting dishes packed full of carbs to nutritious salads and zesty Asian noodles for when you want something lighter.

Unbreakable. W. C. Bauers

The colonists of the planet Montana are accustomed to being ignored. Situated in the buffer zone between two rival human empires, their world is a backwater: remote, provincial, independently-minded. Even as a provisional member of the Republic of Aligned Worlds, Montana merits little consideration until it becomes the flashpoint in an impending interstellar war.

Five nights in Paris : after dark in the City of Light. John Baxter

A feast for the mind and the senses, Five Nights in Paris takes you through the haunts of Paris's most storied artists and writers to the scenes of its most infamous crimes in a lively off-the-beaten-path tour not found in any guidebook.

Mrs Mo's Monster Paul Beavis

August Bernard Beckett

Blue-eyed stranger. Alex Beecroft

Billy Wright has a problem: he's only visible when he's wearing a mask. That's fine when he's performing at country fairs with the rest of his Morris dancing troupe. But when he takes the paint off, his life is lonely and empty. Martin Deng stands out from the crowd. After all, there aren't that many black Vikings on the living history circuit. But as the founder of a fledgling historical re-enactment society, he's lonely and harried. When Billy's and Martin's societies are double-booked at a packed county show, they know at once they are kindred spirits, united by a deep feeling of connectedness to their history and culture.

Trowchester blues. Alex Beecroft

Michael May is losing it. Long ago, he joined the Metropolitan Police to escape his father's tyranny and protect people like himself. Now his father is dead, and he's been fired for punching a suspect. Afraid of his own rage, he returns to Trowchester — and to his childhood home, with all its old fears and memories. When he meets a charming, bohemian bookshop owner who seems to like him, he clings tight.

The job. Jove Belle

FBI agent Sera Warren has been working undercover to track a domestic terrorist group. When her cover is blown, she ends up in the middle of a bank heist, pointing a gun at her ex-girlfriend, Torrence "Tor" Jewel. Before Tor can fully register that "the one who got away" is standing in front of her, she's pushed facedown on to the floor. First, they have to survive their reunion, then they can worry about happily ever after.

The cowboy kid A. H. Benjamin and Garyfallia Leftheri.

Max really wants to be a cowboy, but he's not very good at using his lasso. When a bull escapes from the country show, will Max be able to save the day?

Front of the house : restaurant manners, misbehaviors and secrets. Jeff Benjamin

Great restaurant service is a gracious art that's been studied, practiced and polished by Jeff Benjamin, two-time James Beard Award nominee and managing partner of Philadelphia's acclaimed Vetri family of restaurants. Getan insider's look at reserving a table, what your server thinks of you, what it takes to get ejected from a fine restaurant and a host of other revelations.

Danny Boy Anne Bennett

Not Norman : a goldfish story Kelly Bennett ; illustrated by Noah Z. Jones.

Norman the goldfish isn't what this little boy had in mind. He wanted a different kind of pet — one that could run and catch, or chase string and climb trees, a soft furry pet to sleep on his bed at night. But when he tries to trade Norman for a "good pet" things don't go as he planned.

Gerald's Busy Day Lynne Benton

Glittering promises. Lisa Tawn. Bergren

For Cora Kensington, the Grand Tour was to be the trip of a lifetime. She discovered the family she never knew she had and may have even found the love she longs for in Will. As she glimpses the end of the tour, Cora knows it's time to decide who and what defines her.

Grave consequences. Lisa Tawn. Bergren

As Cora's European tour with her newfound family takes her through Austria, France, and Italy, an unseen enemy trails close behind, but the most danger Cora faces may be a forbidden love.

All of me. Jennifer Bernard

Playing for the Kilby Catfish is hotshot pitcher Caleb Hart's last chance to salvage his career after a major league meltdown. But the day of his opener with the minor league team, Caleb strikes out with the gorgeous woman who is delivering a petition to run the unruly Catfish out of town.

It's a wonderful fireman : a bachelor firemen novella. Jennifer Bernard

Hard-edged fireman Dean Mulligan has never been a big fan of Christmas after too many years spent in ramshackle foster homes. Lizzie Breen is used to fighting — from her alpha male brothers, who try to smother her in the name of safety, to the life-threatening childhood illness she overcame. She knows what she and Mulligan feel for each other is a lot more than a fling, but she can't get him to see that.

The Maharaja's household : a daughters' memories of her father. Binodini

Part memoir, part oral testimony, part eyewitness account, Binodini's The Maharaja's Household provides a unique and engrossingly intimate view of life in the erstwhile royal household of Manipur in northeast India.

Design mom : how to live with kids : a room-by-room guide. Gabrielle Stanley. Blair

Blair offers a room-by-room guide to keeping things sane, organised, creative, and stylish. She provides advice on getting the most out of even the smallest spaces; simple fixes that make it easy for little ones to help out around the house; ingenious storage solutions for the never-ending stream of kid stuff; rainy-day DIY projects; and much, much more.

Baby and toddler knits : 20 gorgeous jackets, sweaters, hats, bootees and more. Debbie Bliss

A stunning collection for newborns and children from hats, bootees, throws and sweaters to little jackets and dresses, all knitted in cotton.

The beautiful unseen : variations on fog and forgetting : a memoir. Kyle Boelte

Follow the money : a month in the life of a ten-dollar bill. Steve Boggan

What do you do if you want to get underneath the skin of a country? You can follow the rest of the tourists, or you can 'follow the money.' Starting out in the geographical centre of America journalist Steve Boggan did just that by setting free a ten-dollar-bill and accompanying it on an epic journey for thirty days and thirty nights through six states, across 3,000 miles, armed only with a sense of humour and a small, and increasingly grubby, set of clothes.

Gold fever : one man's adventures on the trail of the gold rush. Steve Boggan

One Thursday in 2008 the price of gold went above a thousand dollars an ounce for the first time in history. All over the world people began shopping for shovels and pickaxes, gold pans, tents, generators and all manner of equipment they had no idea how to use. And off they went mining. Steve Boggan followed them. He also takes us back in time to the original San Fransiscan gold rush, two centuries ago, and gets a crash course in the science and economics of gold.

What color is your parachute? 2015. Richard Nelson Bolles

The world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2015 to tailor its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

Mapmaker Mark Bomback

When Tanya Barrett takes an internship at MapOut, she expects emotional landmines. Her father cofounded the digital mapping company, and he died for it — on a cartographic expedition he didn't even need to take. Her father's business partner and his son, Connor, welcome her to the job with open arms. Soon she's spending every moment she can with Connor. But when they sneak into her father's old office late one night, they stumble across a deadly secret.

Shivers! : the pirate who's afraid of everything Annabeth Bondor-Stone & Connor White.

Meet Shivers, the scaredy-est pirate to ever sail the Seven Seas. Along with his best friend, Margo, and his loyal fishmate, Albee, Shivers battles a giant squid, discovers hidden treasures, and gets pooped on by a pigeon to save his parents from the clutches of evil.

Courtyard kitchen : recipes and growing tips for herbs and potted fruits. Natalie Boog

Courtyard Kitchen is prefaced with simple tips and hints on selecting the best herbs for your space and setting up and maintaining them; it includes essential information on seasons, cropping times and basic plant care.

A Book Is a Book Jenny Bornholdt

From India with love : growing up Australian and the journey of self-discovery that led me back to my Indian roots. Latika Bourke

Latika Bourke was adopted from India, aged eight months. Growing up in Bathurst, New South Wales she felt a deep connection to her Australian home and family. It wasn't until she heard her name uttered in the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire that Latika recognised she knew nothing of her roots. And so began a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey back to her birthplace to unravel the mysteries of her heritage.

Mars. Ben Bova

Jamie Waterman is a young Navaho geologist who is picked for the ground team of the first manned expedition to Mars. He will be joining an international team of astronauts and scientists. But once the crew land on Mars, they soon discover they must battle not only the alien land on which they have invaded but earthbound bureaucrats as well.

Orion. Ben Bova

John O'Ryan is not a god… not exactly. He is an eternal warrior, Orion the Hunter, destined to combat Ahriman the Dark Lord through all time for dominion of the Earth. Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time.

Return to Mars. Ben Bova

Jamie Waterman is returning to the Red Planet in charge of an expedition in which he hopes to demonstrate that the study of Martian life can be profitable. But this second voyage to Mars brings trouble right away as Waterman clashes with Dex Trumball, the son of a billionaire who is backing the expedition. To further complicate matters, both men are attracted to the expedition's beautiful psychologist, Vijay Shektar, who can't seem to decide which of the two men she prefers. On top of all of this confusion, it seems that another member of the team may be trying to sabotage the mission.

Julius Caesar Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman creates a thrilling narrative retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy, Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus is a close friend of Julius Caesar, emperor of Rome. So how does he find himself involved in a tangled plot for his assassination?

Richard III Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman brings the tension and danger of a thriller to Shakespeare's history play, Richard III. The deformed Richard weaves a web of intrigue, removing all obstacles that stand between him and the throne of England.

Viking boy. Tony Bradman

Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on his family steading - until they are raided by Skuli and his Wolf Men, who raze his home to the ground. Gunnar swears an oath to avenge his father's death and save his mother from Skuli - but first he must run to save himself.

William Shakespeare's Macbeth Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman's retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth is a historical narrative with plenty of pace and drama. It's a very dark story, with almost a horror movie feel, as Macbeth is corrupted by ambition and power.

Business stripped bare. Richard Branson

From its creation as a mail-order record company to the launch of Virgin Galactic, Virgin Group has become one of the successful and recognised brands in the world. In this book, the author offers advice along with the stories of his achievements.

Daughter of necessity Marie Brennan

By day she crafts; by night she unmakes. Surely somewhere, in all the myriad crossings of the threads, there is a future in which all will be well. Marie Brennan offers an intriguing new spin on a classic tale.

The tropic of serpents : a memoir by Lady Trent. Marie Brennan

Now, in this remarkably candid second volume, Lady Trent looks back at the next stage of her illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) career. Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana, in which she lost her husband, the widowed Mrs. Camherst defies family and convention to embark on an expedition to the savage, war-torn continent of Eriga, home of such exotic draconian species as the grass-dwelling snakes of the savannah, arboreal tree snakes, and, most elusive of all, the legendary swamp-wyrms of the tropics.

Voyage of the Basilisk : a memoir by Lady Trent. Marie Brennan

Iconoclastic scientist Isabella, Lady Trent of Scirland, embarks on a two-year global voyage, hoping to determine the relationships among the endless varieties of dragon.

Magical travels : a travel guru's guide to the most mystical and amazing places on earth. Sharon Breslin

International author, tour guide and Feng Shui Master Teacher, Sharon Breslin takes you on a truly magical journey as she shares her tale of adventures through mystical ancient lands. From the moment she stepped foot on Egyptian soil the mysteries began to unfold.

A good catch. Fern Britton

Even happy families have their little secrets. Greer Clovelly seems to have it all, beautiful, chic and slender, she's used to getting her own way. Greer has been in love with Jesse Behenna since her first day at school and she's determined that one day, they'll be married. For her friend, Loveday Chandler, plump, freckled and down-to-earth living in the shadow of her more glamorous and talented friend has become a way of life. She loves Jesse too, but knows that what Greer wants, she usually gets.

Mosaic garden projects : add color to your garden with tables, fountains, birdbaths, and more Mark Brody with Sheila Ashdown.

This hands-on guide includes a primer on the fundamentals of mosaic, with information on materials and three mosaic methods.

Baking with Kids Leah Brooks

The residence : inside the private world of the White House. Kate Andersen. Brower

Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the president and the first family.

The rise & fall of Communism. Archie Brown

The relentless rise of Communism was the most momentous political development of the first half of the twentieth century. No political change has been more fundamental than its demise in Europe and its decline elsewhere. In this hugely acclaimed book Archie Brown provides an indispensable history that examines the origins of the ideology, its development in different countries, its collapse in many states following the Soviet perestroika, and its current incarnations around the globe.

The digestive health solution : your personalized five-step plan for inside-out digestive wellness. Benjamin L. Brown

Comprehensive and accessible! Covering just about all conditions and circumstances this interactive book enables you to have better digestive health for life!

Darth Vader and Friends Jeffrey Brown

Jealousy, birthday parties, lightsaber battles, sharing, intergalactic rebellion and more all come into play as Brown's charming illustrations and humour irresistibly combine the adventures of our friends in a galaxy far, far away with everyday events closer to home.

The healing power of the breath : simple techniques to reduce stress and anxiety, enhance concentration, and balance your emotions Richard Brown, Patricia Gerbarg

This book offers a drug-free, side-effect free solution to common stress and mood problems including anxiety, depression, insomnia, and trauma-induced emotions and behaviours.

How Did I Get Here Jesse Browner

The fantasy football wall Ann Bryant ; illustrated by Kelly Kennedy.

Harry really wants to win his team's football match, and earn the respect of his teammate Brad. However, things do not go to plan. Then, one day, Harry discovers the wall at the end of the playground and its strange magical powers. Soon every wish Harry makes comes true.

Undertow Michael Buckley

1864 : the forgotten war that shaped modern Europe Tom Buk-Swienty

The Battle of Dybbol, 1864. Prussian troops lay siege to an outpost in the far south of Denmark. The conflict is over control of the Duchy of Schleswig, recently annexed by Denmark to the alarm of its largely German-speaking inhabitants. Told in rich detail through first-hand accounts, Tom Buk-Swienty's magisterial account of the Schleswig conflict tells the story of this pivotal war. 1864 shows how a minor regional conflict foreshadowed the course of diplomacy that led to the First World War and brutally presaged the industrialised future of warfare.

Only in my dreams. Darcy Burke

A sexy and emotional family saga about seven siblings who reunite in a small Oregon town to fulfil their brother's dying wish … and find love in unexpected places. Fed up with her self-imposed single life, successful event planner Sara Archer heads to a bar for a night of dancing and bumps into Dylan Wescott, a high school crush she hasn't seen in years.

Yours to hold. Darcy Burke

Years ago, golden boy Kyle Archer left Ribbon Ridge without a word. Now, with heartbreak on the verge of tearing his family apart, the black sheep is back, and he's determined to regain their trust by uncovering the truth behind Alex's death.

Where the Heart Is Darcy Burke

Lady Eve's indiscretion. Grace Burrowes

Pretty, petite Evie Windham has been more indiscreet than her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Moreland, suspect. Fearing that a wedding night would reveal her past, she's running out of excuses to dodge adoring swains. Lucas Denning, the newly titled Marquis of Deene, has reason of his own for avoiding marriage. So Evie and Deene strike a deal.

Lady Maggie's secret scandal. Grace Burrowes

Maggie Windham is the Duke of Moreland's eldest, but illegitimate, daughter. She leads a retiring, dignified life … until stolen letters bring Maggie to investigator Benjamin Hazlit's door. When it becomes clear Maggie is being blackmailed, Benjamin becomes determined to find not just the letters, but the way to Maggie's heart.

Pretty ugly. Kirker Butler

After eight-and-a-half years and three hundred twenty-three pageants, Miranda Miller has become the ultimate stage mother. Her mission in life is to see that her nine-year-old daughter, Bailey, continues to be one of the most successful child pageant contestants in the southern United States. But Bailey wants to retire and has been secretly binge eating to make herself "unpageantable" and the reality show Miranda has spent years trying to set up just went to their biggest rival. But Miranda has a plan.

The anchoress. Robyn Cadwallader

Quirkyalone Sasha Cagen

The fifth gospel. Ian Caldwell

A lost gospel, a contentious relic, and a dying pope's final wish converge to send two brothers, both Vatican priests, on an intellectual quest to untangle Christianity's greatest historical mystery.

Champagne supernovas : Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s renegades who remade fashion. Maureen Callahan

The 1950s had rock 'n' roll and the 60s had the Beats. In the 70s and 80s, it was punk rock and modern art. But for the 1990s, it was all about fashion and Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, and Alexander McQueen were the trio of rebel geniuses who made it great. Each had an amazing talent and each had demons that would jeopardise that same talent.

Day zero. Marc Cameron

Special agent Jericho Quinn is a wanted man. Suspected of murder and marked for death by a network of conspirators, Quinn knows he has to get out of the country before a team of contract killers find him and his daughter. But soon after takeoff, it becomes apparent that Quinn and his daughter picked the wrong plane. As panic spreads through the plane and pressure builds to the screaming point, the unthinkable happens: someone triggers a bomb.

Relentless. Jack Campbell

After rescuing POWs from a labour camp in the Heradao Star System, Captain John "Black Jack" Geary discovers that the Syndics plan to ambush his fleet, forcing him to jump from one star system to the next in an effort to avoid the enemy.

Steadfast. Jack Campbell

Now Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary embarks on a thrilling new adventure to defend the Alliance and safeguard the future. Geary and the crew of the Dauntless have managed to safely escort important alien representatives to Earth. But before they can make tracks for home, two of Geary's key lieutenants vanish. The search for his missing men leads Geary on a far-flung chase, ultimately ending at the one spot in space from which all humans have been banned: the moon Europa.

Valiant. Jack Campbell

'Black Jack' Geary has made many risky decisions as commander, but ordering the Alliance fleet back to the Lakota Star System where it had nearly been destroyed by the Syndics has his officers questioning his sanity. It's a desperate gamble that may buy Geary just enough time to prepare for the Syndics' inevitable return - and give the fleet a fighting chance of survival.

Victorious. Jack Campbell

As war continues to rage between the Alliance and Syndicate Worlds, Captain "Black Jack" Geary is promoted to admiral. His new rank gives him the authority to negotiate with the Syndics, who have suffered tremendous losses and may finally be willing to end the war. But an even greater alien threat lurks on the far side of the Syndic occupied space.

Empire rising. Rick Campbell

Xiang Li Cheng, the President of the People's Republic of China, has both a problem and a plan. After a decades-long largely secret military build up, Cheng sets his plan in motion by suddenly invading Taiwan and drawing the Pacific Fleet in to its defense. While the Atlantic Fleet surges westward to defend its allies and respond to the destruction of their counterparts, it falls to an unlikely alliance of three people to stop this incursion and prevent World War III.

Whisper Hollow. Chris Cander

One morning in Verra, a town nestled into the hillsides of West Virginia, the young Myrthen Bergmann is playing tug-of-war with her twin, when her sister is killed. Myrthen excludes herself from all forms of friendship and affection and begins a twisted, haunted life dedicated to God. Meanwhile, her neighbour Alta Krol longs to be an artist even as her days are taken up caring for her widowed father and siblings. Everything changes when Myrthen marries the man Alta loves.

Just a queen. Jane Caro

Just a girl to those around her, Elizabeth is now the Queen of England. She has outsmarted her enemies and risen above a lifetime of hurt and betrayal — a mother executed by her father, a beloved brother who died too young and an enemy sister whose death made her queen. Elizabeth must use her head and ignore her heart to be the queen her people need.

The diabolical Miss Hyde. Viola Carr

Magic, mystery, and romance mix in this edgy retelling of the classic 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' in which Dr. Eliza Jekyll is the daughter of the infamous Henry. In an electric-powered Victorian London, Dr. Eliza Jekyll is a crime scene investigator, hunting killers with inventive new technological gadgets.

The Complete Selection Stories Collection Kiera Cass

The Heir Kiera Cass

The Queen Kiera Cass

Always, Abigail Nancy J. Cavanaugh

The dressmaker of Dachau. Mary Chamberlain

London, spring 1939. Eighteen-year-old Ada Vaughan, a beautiful and ambitious seamstress, has just started work for a modiste in Dover Street. A chance meeting with the enigmatic Stanislaus von Lieben catapults Ada into a world of glamour and romance. After the Nazis invade, Stanislaus abandons her. Ada is taken prisoner and forced to survive the only way she knows how: by being a dressmaker.

The one that got away. Bethany Chase

Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down: a growing architecture practice in Austin, Texas, and an any-day-now proposal from her loving boyfriend, Noah. But with Noah on a temporary assignment abroad and former flame Eamon back in town asking her to renovate his new fixer-upper, Sarina's life takes an unexpected turn.

Royally ever after. Loretta Lynda Chase

Now published together for the first time: Loretta Chase's beloved novellas Lord Lovedon's Duel from the Royal Bridesmaids anthology and The Jilting of Lord Rothwick from the Royal Weddings anthology.

Wreck of the whale ship Essex : the extraordinary and distressing memoir that inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. Owen Chase

Somebody on This Bus Is Going to Be Famous J. B. Cheaney

Gatecrashing paradise : misadventures in the real Maldives. Tom Chesshyre

To many the Maldives is the dream destination: turquoise waters, white sands, palm trees, cocktails. Eyeing the drizzle through his office window one lunchtime, Tom Chesshyre impulsively bought a plane ticket. Tom travels in a giant circle 600 miles around the many islands and atolls of the remote nation — the flattest on Earth — taking him to communities that haven't seen an outsider for decades.

Making woodblock prints Merlyn Chesterman and Rodger Nelson.

Drawing on the vibrant living traditions from China and Japan, this book introduces the art, and shares technical information and ideas for those with more experience. It also includes a wide range of exciting examples of printed woodcuts are shown along with advice on materials and tools.

The last blue mountain : tales of a travelling Englishman. James Chilton

From Gabon to Guyana, Shangri La to Kamchatka, through rainbow markets and exuberant rainforests, across impressionist landscapes and a high altitude desert, author James Chilton's delightfully diverse collection of travel writing will whet the appetite and feed the imagination.

Stella mia. Rosanna Chiofalo

Rosanna Chiofalo's poignant, beautifully written new novel evokes the stunning scenery of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands and tells of mothers and daughters, love and sacrifice - and the choices that resound across continents and through generations.

Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie

They Do It with Mirrors Agatha Christie

King John and the road to Magna Carta. Stephen Church

King John has long been dubbed one of the "vilest" of English kings. He was brutish, untrustworthy, and ruled as a virtual tyrant — and yet his reign changed the course of English history. As renowned medieval historian Stephen Church argues, John's importance has for too long been overshadowed by more heroic family members. King John offers an authoritative portrait of King John and the moment that signalled the end of the age of absolute monarchy and the dawn of constitutional law.

The lost Herondale Cassandra Clare & Robin Wasserman.

In the early nineteenth century, Tobias Herondale abandoned his fellow Shadowhunters in the heat of battle and left them to die. His life was forfeit, but Tobias never returned, and the Clave claimed his wife's life in exchange for Tobias's. Simon and his fellow students are shocked to learn of this brutality, especially when it is revealed the woman was pregnant. But what if the child survived … could there be a lost Herondale line out in the world today?

Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy Cassandra Clare & Sarah Rees Brennan

After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy.

The Whitechapel fiend Cassandra Clare & Maureen Johnson.

Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders ? "Jack" was stopped by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters.

The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee.

In the year 2130 a mysterious spaceship, Rama, arrived in the solar system. It was huge, but empty — apparently abandoned. By the time Rama departed for its next unknown destination many wonders had been uncovered, but few mysteries solved. Only one thing was clear: everything the enigmatic builders of Rama did, they did in threes.

From Eden to exile : unraveling mysteries of the Bible. Eric H. Cline

Eric H. Cline uses the tools of his trade to examine some of the most puzzling mysteries from the Hebrew Bible and, in the process, to narrate the history of ancient Israel.

Fitness gourmet : soulmate food Christian Coates

Learn which carbs are good, why protein is key, how fats are vital, and why water isn't the best hydrator… Eating plans designed with specific goals: losing weight, building endurance, playing team sports, gaining muscle or simply keeping healthy.

Awfully glad. Charlie Cochrane

WWI hero Sam Hines is the most popular female impersonator on the front, but a mysterious note from an anonymous admirer leaves him worried. Has somebody also worked out that he also prefers his lovers to be male? When Sam meets - and falls for - fellow officer Johnny Browne after the war, he wonders whether he is the answer to Sam's dreams or just another predatory blackmailer, ready to profit from a love that dare not speak its name?

Dreams of a hero. Charlie Cochrane

Mild-mannered and unassuming, Miles is on a journey he never expected. After a visit to Greece with his partner, Roger, he begins to experience vivid dreams in which he travels back in history and takes on the role of avenging hero. When they discover a gay-friendly cafe is being plagued by violent thugs, Miles is uncharacteristically determined to take action, no matter the cost.

Lessons for suspicious minds. Charlie Cochrane

In the innocent pre-war days, an invitation to stay at the stately country home of a family friend means a new case for amateur sleuths Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith. In fact, with two apparently unrelated suicides to investigate there, a double chase is on.

Lessons in trust. Charlie Cochrane

When Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith witness the suspicious death of a young man at the White City exhibition in London, they're keen to investigate — especially after the cause of death proves to be murder. But Police Inspector Redknapp refuses to let them help, even after they stumble onto clues to the dead man's identity.

The painted cake. Natasha Collins

Provides detailed step-by-step instructions for more than 20 projects. These encompass cooking, constructing and painting baked goods ranging from single-level to multi-tiered cakes, as well as cupcakes and cookies.

Yes you can. Jack Collis

Based on the premise that success comes from changing a 'can't do' mental attitude to a 'Yes You Can' way of thinking, this book guides you through the process of identifying your goals and planning your time effectively to achieve them.

Some other town. Elizabeth Collison

Channeling the emotional intensity of Susan Minot and Amy Bloom and infused with a witty, dream-like surrealism that calls to mind the fiction of Margaret Atwood this mesmerizing debut takes us inside the enthrallingly unsettling world of Margaret Lydia Benning, which turns upside down when she falls in love and then unravels before our eyes.

Has anyone seen my pants? Sarah Colonna

Has Anyone Seen My Pants? is a laugh-out-loud trip around America (and Mexico!) with Sarah as she braves crying in nail salons, mother-daughter road trips, Iowan casinos, and single-shaming resorts.

The secrets of attraction. Robin Constantine

Madison, whose life is turned upside down by a family friend's visit, and heartbroken guitarist Jesse, who is trying to find the inspiration to write music again, form a friendship that soon grows into romance.

The voice on the radio Caroline B. Cooney

Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio programme.

Code name Pauline. Pearl Witherington Cornioley

Pearl Witherington Cornioley, one of the most celebrated female World War II resistance fighters, shares her remarkable story in this firsthand account of her experience as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Mr. King's castle. Genevieve Cote

Mr. King wants to build himself a BIG castle. So he uses the closest available material to make the blocks he needs — the land around his house that just happens to be home to his forest friends. When Mr. King's friends make him see what he's done, he realises he's made a BIG mistake. Can he be king of his castle and a good friend, too?

The memory of trees. Francis Cottam

Billionaire Saul Abercrombie owns a vast tract of land on the Pembrokeshire coast. By restoring the original forest that covered the area before medieval times, he believes he will rekindle the spirits of ancient folklore. But the re-planting of the forest will revive an altogether darker and more dangerous entity.

Cafe Paradiso seasons : vegetarian cooking season by season. Denis Cotter

Renowned chef Denis Cotter has written Cafe Paradiso Seasons, offering fine vegetarian fare for every season.

The iceberg. Marion Coutts

In 2008, Marion Coutts' husband, the art critic Tom Lubbock, was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and told that he had not more than two years to live. Tom was 53 when he died, leaving Marion and their son Eugene, just two years old, alone. In short bursts of beautiful, textured prose, Coutts describes the eighteen months leading up to her partner's death; an account of a family unit under assault, and how the three of them fought to keep it intact.

Friends : Snake and Lizard Joy Cowley ; illustrated by Gavin Bishop.

A new book of stories about the daily adventures of the popular Snake and Lizard. Snake is elegant and calm, and a little self-centred; Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. Even though they're opposites, they are good friends. With its wisdom, acceptance and good humour, Snake and Lizard captures the essence of friendship. The stories are beautifully illustrated by Gavin Bishop in the warm and clear colours of the desert.

Just one more Joy Cowley ; illustrated by Gavin Bishop.

A collection of 17 short humorous, read-aloud stories for young children. Includes stories about real and imaginary animals.

Snake and Lizard Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop.

Snake and Lizard are a lovable, foolish pair, always arguing, embarking on unlikely enterprises and telling one another hotly contested tales - none of which behaviour lessens their affection for one another. A series of stories about friendship for children.

The speed of light. Joy Cowley

A strange old woman is literally blown in to an affluent but dysfunctional family, and when things go very wrong, her influence is suspect.

Stories of the wild West gang Joy Cowley ; with illustrations by Trevor Pye.

Compilation of ten humorous stories about the incorrigable West family selected from five publications published between 1998 and 2004.

Stories of the wild West gang. Book 1 Joy Cowley ; with illustrations by Trevor Pye.

The Wild West Gang and the Raft, The Wild West Gang Go Camping. Michael's cousins, the West family, are everything he's not allowed to be at home - noisy, crazy and very, very messy. Wherever the Wild West Gang goes, adventure is not far behind - and it's the sort of adventure you don't want your parents to know about.

Romeo and Juliet retold by Michael Cox

Balthasar - Baz - a Montague mob foot soldier and Romeo's right hand man - narrates the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet. The story unfolds on a contemporary Nottingham estate, where trouble is brewing between the Montague Mob and the Capulet Crew. A contemporary retelling of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, but there are still no happy endings …

Desert war : the battle of Sidi Rezegh Peter Cox ; series editor, Glyn Harper.

Operation Crusader, November and December 1941, had the goal of retaking Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, and ultimately drive the Italians and Germans out of North Africa. More New Zealand soldiers were killed or taken prisoner during Crusader than in any other campaign fought by 'the Div' during the war. Peter Cox, whose father fought at Sidi Rezegh, draws on his experience of twice visiting the battlefield to tell the story of this complex and costly campaign.

Life among the Apaches : the classic history of Native American life on the Plains. John C. (John Carey) Cremony

John C. Cremony's first encounter with the Indians of the Southwest occurred in the early 1850s, when he accompanied John R. Bartlett's boundary commission surveying the United States-Mexican border. Cremony was the first white man to become fluent in the Apache language, and he published the first dictionary of their language. Cremony's account of his experiences, published in 1868, quickly became, and remains today, an indispensable source on Apache beliefs, tribal life, and fighting tactics.

Click, clack, peep! Doreen Cronin

All of the barnyard animals are excited about the arrival of a new duckling, until the noisy little one refuses to go to sleep.

Giggle, giggle, quack. Doreen Cronin

When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.

Thump, quack, moo : a whacky adventure. Doreen Cronin

It's time for the annual Corn Maze Festival. The farm is bursting with activity. Everyone is excited. Well, Duck is not excited, exactly. But he has a plan. As Farmer Brown designs the corn maze for the festival, Duck does some designing of his own.

Whatever life throws at you. Julie Cross

Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports.

Asa. Jay Crownover

Asa Cross is a man with a second chance. With a new life in Denver and a whole new circle of friends and family it's a tightrope walk to keep from falling back into old patterns. Royal Hastings has a problem. She's just started to settle into her demanding and dangerous job as a police officer, and more than that she's just started to make real friends. But her crush on Asa inappropriate considering his criminal record. Sometimes the wrong choice is really the only right choice to make.

Better when he's bold. Jay Crownover

There's a difference between a bad boy and a boy who is bad … Welcome to the Point.

Better when he's brave. Jay Crownover

Titus King sees the world in black and white. Right and wrong. Which is why as a teenager he left behind the only family he'd ever known to make a better life for himself. Now a police detective in one of the worst cities in the country, he can't deny his life has turned into a million different shades of gray.

Outline. Rachel Cusk

A woman writer goes to Athens in the height of summer to teach a writing course. Though her own circumstances remain indistinct, she becomes the audience to a chain of narratives, as the people she meets tell her one after another the stories of their lives.

Zero to five : 70 essential parenting tips based on science (and what I've learned so far). Tracy Cutchlow

Presents seventy parenting tips based on scientific research, discussing the best ways to help infants sleep well, boosting a child's success in school, handling temper tantrums, and managing consequences and punishments.

The unexpected adventures of Martin Freeman. Neil Daniels

Martin Freeman is one of Britain's best-loved actors. After being cast in bit parts and cameos - such as The Bill (his first onscreen role) and the beat-boxing Ricky C in Ali G Indahouse — he made his big break as Tim Canterbury in The Office.

A girl's best friend. David Darcy

A Girl's Best Friend showcases a cross-section of women and their dogs, from all over the country and from all walks of life. Their stories are funny, powerful and heart-rending by turns and show us how strong are the ties that bind a girl to her best friend.

The financial crisis : who is to blame? H. (Howard) Davies

There is still no consensus on who or what caused the financial crisis which engulfed the world, beginning in the summer of 2007. In The Financial Crisis Howard Davies charts a course through these arguments, and the evidence advanced for each of them.

A fractured light. Jocelyn Davies

In the aftermath of Devin's shocking betrayal, Sky learns that Asher has been using her for the Rebellion. She wishes she could forget about both sides, but as war between the factions looms, Sky is forced to make a choice about where her heart and loyalties truly lie.

A radiant sky. Jocelyn Davies

As the leader of the Rogues, Skye must fight to maintain the balance between order and chaos — and for a way for her and Asher to be together.

The Back in the Day Bakery cookbook Cheryl Day & Griffith Day.

Nationally recognised and locally adored for its decadent homespun desserts and delicious rustic breads, Back in the Day Bakery is a Savannah landmark. To celebrate the bakery's tenth anniversary, this duo has written a book filled with customers' favourite recipes.

Back in the Day Bakery made with love Cheryl Day & Griffith Day.

In this follow-up to their smash-hit first book, the Days share ways to lovingly craft not only desserts, but also breakfast pastries, breads, pizza, and condiments.

Paradise City. Elizabeth Day

Four strangers, each inhabitants of the same city, where the gulf between those who have too much and those who will never have enough is impossibly vast. But when the glass that separates Howard's and Beatrice's worlds is shattered by an inexcusable act, they discover that the capital has connected them in ways they could never have imagined.

The animals' football final by Clare De Marco and Trevor Dunton.

Jungle United face Amazon FC in the football final. But where are Jungle United? Their bus is stuck! Can the fans take the team's place against their fiercest opponents?

Dani's dinosaur by Clare De Marco and Sarah Horne.

When Dani finds a dinosaur in her garden, she and her mum are very surprised. Whatever can it be? And can it help Mum with the gardening?

5:2 lifestyle : more than 100 recipes plus 4 weeks of menu plans Delphine De Montalier & Charlotte Debeugny.

The growing popularity of the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet is not doubted. Increasing numbers of advocates embrace its flexibility: you choose which two days of the week are your 'fast' days; you lose weight and the diet is sustainable and healthy over the long-term, unlike many other diets. This book has 100 recipes, 4 weeks of sample menus and is packed with tips on how to integrate the 5:2 diet into your lifestyle.

Mad men & bad men : what happened when British politics met advertising. Sam Delaney

How did a bunch of unelected, unaccountable ad-men end up running British politics? Dark, revealing and frequently hilarious, Mad Men and Bad Men is a hugely entertaining behind-the-scenes tour of the election campaigns of the last four decades.

I'll meet you there. Heather Demetrios

Skylar Evans, seventeen, yearns to escape Creek View by attending art school, but after her mother's job loss puts her dream at risk, a rekindled friendship with Josh, who joined the Marines to get away then lost a leg in Afghanistan, and her job at the Paradise motel lead her to appreciate her home town.

The huntress of Thornbeck Forest. Melanie Dickerson

Swan Lake meets Robin Hood when the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant by day becomes the region's most notorious poacher by night, and falls in love with the forester.

The princess spy. Melanie Dickerson

Margaretha hopes her newest suitor, Lord Claybrook, will be her one true love, but when an injured man is brought to Hagenheim Castle claiming to be an English lord who was attacked by Claybrook, Margaretha is drawn into a plot, not knowing who is telling the truth.

Before Midnight Cameron Dokey

Etienne de Brabant is brokenhearted. His wife has died in childbirth, leaving him alone with an infant daughter he cannot bear to name. But before he abandons her for king and court, he brings a second child to be raised alongside her, a boy whose identity he does not reveal.

The Egyptian cat mystery. Penny Dolan

There is something very strange about the Egyptian cat that Jed and Ruby spot in the museum, hidden among the Ancient Egyptian artefacts. Later on they come across a real cat, who follows them home. But this is no ordinary cat, as they are about to find out.

Where the stars still shine. Trish Doller

Abducted at age five, Callie, now seventeen, has spent her life on the run but when her mother is finally arrested and she is returned to her father in small-town Florida, Callie must find a way to leave her past behind, become part of a family again, and learn that love is more than just a possibility.

The culture clash. Jean Donaldson

The most thought provoking book ever written on dog behaviour and training. Barking, chewing, sniffing, licking, jumping up and occasionally, (just like people), having arguments, is as normal and natural for dogs as wagging tails and burying bones. However, all dogs need to be taught how to modify their normal and natural behaviours to adjust to human culture. Sadly, all to often, when the dog's way of life conflicts with human rules and standards, many dogs are discarded and summarily put to death. That's quite the Culture Clash.

Better on toast. Jill Donenfeld

Hot or cold, savoury or sweet - there's nothing better than fresh, flavourful ingredients on a slice of perfectly toasted bread! Better on Toast features more than seventy elegantly simple recipes for toasts to appeal to every taste.

The death's head chess club. John Donoghue

SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front. After being badly wounded he is fit only for administrative duty and his first and most pressing task is to improve flagging camp morale. He sets up a chess club which thrives. However, when Meissner hears of a Jewish watchmaker who is 'unbeatable' he sets out to discover the truth behind this rumour and what he finds will haunt him to his death.

Flower crowns : 30 DIY floral creations. Christy Meisner. Doramus

Whether you're at a wedding, going out on the town or partying at a musical festival, the flower crowns in this book will make your outfit standout for any occasion. With step-by-step instructions and photos, tips for choosing flowers and hints on colour combinations, this is the ultimate guide to creating gorgeous crowns.

The four streets. Nadine Dorries

Heart-breaking, gripping, life-affirming, this story, based on Nadine's own childhood background, is set in the Catholic community in 1950s Liverpool, where young men and women, fleeing the poverty of rural Ireland, have come to seek a better life.

Hide her name. Nadine Dorries

In the Four Streets in Liverpool, a dreadful murder has been committed, and 14-year-old Kitty Doherty is pregnant with the dead man's child. This secret is so dangerous that her mother, Maura, and the redoubtable Kathleen, her best friend Nellie's grandmother, decide the girls must be spirited away quietly to Ireland to await the birth of the baby. But back in Liverpool, the police are not giving up their search for the truth.

Smoke gets in your eyes : & other lessons from the crematory. Caitlin Doughty

The blogger behind the popular Web series Ask a Mortician describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes.

The chapel. Michael Downing

Recently widowed, unhappily stuck on a pricey whiplash tour of Italy, Elizabeth Berman comes face to face with the first documented painting of a teardrop in human history, and in the presence of that tearful mother, and the arresting company of the renowned and anonymous women painted by Giotto in the Arena Chapel, she wakes up to the possibility that she is not lost.

Sophie and the sibyl : a Victorian romance. Patricia Duncker

Berlin, September 1872. The Duncker brothers, Max and Wolfgang, own a thriving publishing business in the city. Clever, irresponsible Max is as fond of gambling and brothels as the older, wiser, Wolfgang is of making a profit. When Max's bad habits get out of hand, Wolfgang sends him to the Spa town of Homburg, to dance attendance upon celebrity author George Eliot. A compelling Victorian novel and a playful meditation on the creation of literature, Sophie and the Sibyl balances a tale of courtship and seduction with a fascinating, lively imagining of the writer George Eliot at the end of her boldly unconventional life, and the height of her fame.

Elena vanishing : a memoir Elena and Clare B. Dunkle.

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armour against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia.

Me, too! Annika Dunklee

Annie and Lillemor share everything in common but when a new girl moves to their neighbourhood Annie becomes worried that she may lose her best friend.

An act of mercy. J. J. Durham

A thrilling tale of murder and intrigue in Victorian London, featuring Detective Harry Pilgrim. London 1850. When Detective Sergeant Harry Pilgrim discovers the corpse of a woman in a Hackney cab, the case seems straightforward — until the only suspect is found murdered in his cell.

Broken. Cynthia Eden

Ex-SEAL and LOST founder Gabe Spencer is accustomed to the unusual in his job but when knockout Eve Gray steps into his office, he's rattled. For the mysterious woman is a dead ringer for the heiress thought to be the latest prey of the serial killer who goes by the name Lady Killer.

Twisted. Cynthia Eden

Dean Bannon comes to New Orleans for one reason only: to track down a missing sixteen-year-old girl. That's before he meets the drop-dead gorgeous con artist who makes him want to lose his legendary control. Emma Castille doesn't claim to be psychic, she just notices things other people don't. Then a madman breaks into Emma's home and leaves a twisted message: You're next.

None of the above : your vote is your voice, don't stay silent. Rick Edwards

What with broken promises, complicated jargon and a lack of simple and clear information, is it any wonder that voter turnout is plummeting? It's not that you don't care about the way the country is run - it's that you don't think you can change it. Well, you can. And this book aims to show you how. A refreshing counterpoint to Russell Brand's sentiments on voting in his latest book, Revolution, it will make you think about politics in a completely new way.

Few and far between : on the trail of Britain's rarest animals. Charlie Elder

Seeking the beautiful, the breathtaking and the bizarre, Charlie Elder goes in search of Britain's rarest and most endangered animals. Few and Far Between celebrates the diversity on our doorstep and highlights the natural treasures we risk losing.

Printmaking + mixed media : simple techniques and projects for paper and fabric. Dorit Elisha

Reinterpreting traditional methods, this resource presents creative, affordable, and accessible techniques for mixed-media artists and printmakers of all experience levels looking to incorporate printed images onto paper or fabric.

Sex drive : in pursuit of female desire. Bella Ellwood-Clayton

Exploring what our libido is and why it is being depleted, sexual anthropologist Dr Bella Ellwood-Clayton argues that women don't want sex because they don't feel sexy. Provocative, authoritative and engaging this book is fascinating reading that is creating passionate debate.

Encore to an empty room. Kevin Emerson

In the second book of the Exile series, Kevin Emerson continues the electrifying journey of Summer and Caleb with more romance, mystery, and music.

Exile. Kevin Emerson

As band manager for the up-and-coming DangerHeart, seventeen-year-old Summer Carlson navigates a relationship with the lead singer and decides whether to act on information that could rocket the band to stardom.

Mindfulness meditation : for a quieter mind, self-awareness and healthy living. Joseph Emet

Joseph Emet outlines how applying mindfulness to your life can improve the quality of that life. With tips, techniques and practices drawn from decades of experience as a teacher Mindfulness Meditation will take you from brainfulness to mindfulness.

The book of Ivy Amy Engel

After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual. This year, it is my turn.

Mad, bad, and dangerous in plaid. Suzanne Enoch

High-spirited Rowena MacLawry has come to the Highlands after a spectacularly successful debut Season in London, and has made it painfully clear that she's outgrown her childhood obsession with Lachlan MacTier. That's just fine with him, as he never had any intention of marrying the lass anyway! Yet how can he ignore the fact that once rough and tumble Winnie has become a very desirable woman.

William Shakespeare's The tempest Franzeska G. Ewart

It's a year after the events of Shakespeare's The Tempest have taken place and Ariel has returned to the magical island. Gradually she starts to look back and reflect upon the strange characters and happenings which took place on that fateful afternoon - the magic, the murder and Prospero's sweet revenge…

The petticoat men. Barbara Ewing

The Victorian gossip-mongers called them The Petticoat Men but to young widow Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. It is Mattie who admires their sparkling gowns, makes their extravagant hats and laughs at their stories of attending society balls dressed up as the glamourous 'Fanny' and 'Stella'. But one fateful night Fanny and Stella are arrested, and Mattie and her family are dragged into a shocking court trial.

The thieves of Pudding Lane Jonathan Eyers

London, 1666. Orphaned by the Great Plague, Sam is soon starving on the streets and desperate enough to steal. He's quickly recruited as one of sinister Uncle Jack's children, and taught to steal. Still, it's a living for Sam and his fellow thief Catherine until a blaze at the Pudding Lane bakery runs out of control and they learn that Uncle Jack's schemes are far more evil than they knew.

Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year. Michael Farquhar

National Geographic and author Michael Farquhar uncover an instance of bad luck, epic misfortune, and unadulterated mayhem tied to every day of the year.

Fade. Claire Farrell

Cara Kelly should have left the faery realm now that it has a king to rule all, but nothing is that simple. The real king is trapped in the Fade, and Cara's journey is just beginning. Time is running out; even if she makes it past all of the dangers of the Darkside, a shade might await her in the Fade. And all the while, Chaos grows unchecked.

The happy lion. Louise Fatio

The lion at the little French zoo is a favourite of all the townspeople. Every day they stop by to feed him tidbits and say, "Bonjour, Happy Lion." Naturally, when the lion finds his door open, he decides it would only be proper to visit all his friendly neighbours in return. But, wait — sacre bleu! Why is everyone fleeing in terror?

The skinny carbs diet : eat pasta, potatoes, and more! use the power of resistant starch to make your favorite foods fight fat and beat cravings David Feder, and the editors of Prevention ; recipes by David Bonom.

After years of being relegated to the dietary sidelines, carbohydrates are making a comeback. The Skinny Carbs Diet provides the necessary tools and tips to make the most of resistant starch: 150 recipes featuring resistant starch ingredients.

No room for watermelons : a man, his 1910 motorcycle and an epic journey across the world Ron & Lynne Fellowes.

In 2012, while others his age were enjoying quiet retirement, Ron Fellowes set off on the challenge of a lifetime. His dream — to ride a 102 year-old FN motorcycle across the world to the Belgian factory where the bike originated — had all the hallmarks of an epic adventure. Breakdowns were common, and only Ron's ingenuity and single-mindedness, Lynne's logistical support, and the generosity of others kept him going.

The day my mom came to kindergarten. Maureen Fergus

Inviting her mother to visit her new class, a little kindergartener discovers that there are some things that kids are better at than parents.

The days of abandonment. Elena Ferrante

When she finds herself trapped inside the four walls of her apartment in the middle of a summer heat wave, Olga is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal again.

The lost daughter. Elena Ferrante

When Leda's daughters leave home to be with their father, she decides to take a trip to a small coastal town in Italy, but soon after she arrives memories from her unsettled past come back to haunt her.

Drawing Amanda. Stephanie Feuer

Fourteen-year-old budding artist Inky Kahn is still smarting from the death of his father. He thinks he's found his big break when he bonds with the developer of a new computer game and snags a coveted drawing assignment, for which he uses his secret crush — Amanda — as a model. But unbeknownst to Inky, the developer is using his computer game to lure and stalk teenage girls. And Inky has inadvertently led Amanda right into his path.

My 60 memorable games Bobby Fischer

One of the most important chess books ever written, reissued in celebration of a chess genius, Bobby Fischer. The American takes the reader through 60 of his games, describing his thoughts, the intricacies behind his and his opponent's strategies, the tactical justification of moves and the psychological battle in each one.

Bloody women. Helen FitzGerald

Returning to Scotland to organise her wedding, Catriona is overcome with the jitters. She decides to tie up loose ends before settling permanently in Tuscany, and seeks out her ex-boyfriends. Only problem is, they're all dead.

The cry. Helen FitzGerald

When a baby goes missing on a lonely roadside in Australia, it sets off a police investigation that will become a media sensation and dinner-table talk across the world. Lies, rumours and guilt snowball, causing the parents, Joanna and Alistair, to slowly turn against each other. Finally Joanna starts thinking the unthinkable: could the truth be even more terrible than she suspected?

My last confession Helen FitzGerald

This title features tips for Parole Officers: Don't smuggle heroin into prison; Don't drink vodka to relieve stress; Don't French kiss a colleague to get your boyfriend jealous; Don't snort speed; Don't spend more time with murderers than with your son; and, Don't invite crack-head clients to your party. This is Krissie's advice after being a parole officer for a month. She's happy and in love, but her naivety and blind compassion plunge her into a shocking murder case that could jeopardise everything - her job, her relationship, and her life.

Down from the mountain. Elizabeth Fixmer

Eva grew up knowing that she's among the chosen few to be saved from Armageddon. Lately, though, being saved feels awfully treacherous. The only money comes from the jewellery Eva makes and sells down in Boulder. But a college student named Trevor and the other "heathens" she meets on her trips beyond the compound are far different from what she's been led to believe. Now Eva doesn't know which is more dangerous - the outside world, or Brother Ezekiel's plans.

The diabetes cure : the 5-step plan to eliminate hunger, lose weight, and reverse diabetes for good! Alexa Fleckenstein

Builds on the author's theories about inflammation and patient success stories to outline strategies for weight loss and reversing Type 2 diabetes through light exercise, an anti-inflammatory diet, and other lifestyle measures.

Fatal affair. Marie Force

Washington, D.C., Metro Police Detective Sergeant Sam Holland needs a big win to salvage her career after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O'Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed, and Sam is assigned to the case. Matters get complicated when Sam has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O'Connor's friend and chief of staff… and the man Sam had a memorable one-night stand with years earlier.

Fatal consequences. Marie Force

Lieutenant Sam Holland has no sooner accepted Senator Nick Cappuano's proposal than she's back on the job. A woman has been found brutally murdered and evidence points to Henry Lightfeather, a senator and close friend of Nick's. While Sam investigates, Nick stands by his friend — complicating his own bid for re-election, and causing tension between the couple.

Fatal deception. Marie Force

The wife of the White House deputy chief of staff has been beaten to death, and their one-year-old daughter is missing. D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is in charge of the murder investigation, but she's forced to collaborate with Special Victims Unit detectives as well as thorn-in-her-side FBI Special Agent Avery Hill. Then, a cold case of her father's resurrects old hurts — a distraction Sam cannot afford.

Fatal destiny : a fatal series novella. Marie Force

With the week of their wedding finally upon them, Washington, D.C., Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her fiancé, Senator Nick Cappuano, are at odds. When a new clue into a cold case surfaces, Nick asks Sam not to take any foolish chances before the wedding and to leave it alone for the time being. Sam agrees, but she can't let it go entirely and winds up trapped in an explosive situation.

Fatal flaw. Marie Force

Back from their honeymoon, Senator Nick Cappuano and DC Police Lieutenant Sam Holland are ready for some normalcy after the whirlwind of their wedding, but someone has other plans for them. Already on edge, Sam and her team start investigating a series of baffling murders. With no obvious connection between the victims, Sam soon suspects that she may be the ultimate prize in the killer's clever game.

Fatal jeopardy. Marie Force

Washington, D.C., Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her husband, U.S. Senator Nick Cappuano, have been looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving with their son. But any thoughts of a restful holiday are dashed when Sam and Nick return home to a gruesome scene: Sam's seventeen-year-old niece Brooke, barely conscious and covered in blood on their front stoop.

Fatal mistake. Marie Force

D.C. is recovering from angry riots after one player's mistake blew the D.C. Federals' chance at the World Series, and Lt. Sam Holland is determined to unravel the twisted web of motives behind the star centre fielder's death.

Fatal scandal. Marie Force

As a new year dawns in the capital city, dual scandals rock the Metropolitan Police Department. Chief Farnsworth is catching heat for the way he handled a recent homicide investigation, and Detective Gonzales is accused of failing to disclose an earlier connection to the judge who decided his custody hearing. When Gonzo's fight for his child turns deadly and he has a shaky alibi, Sam must defend two of her closest colleagues.

The wreck. Marie Force

Carly Holbrook and Brian Westbury are weeks away from their high school graduation. The young couple plans to marry before they head to college, and their future seems bright with promise. Everything changes one spring night when their six closest friends, including Brian's younger brother, are killed in a fiery car accident that Carly and Brian witness. Fifteen years later, disturbing new clues indicate the accident that wrecked so many lives wasn't an accident at all, bringing Brian home to face a past.

The rise of the robots : technology and the threat of a jobless future. Martin Ford

Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making 'good jobs' obsolete: many paralegals, doctors, and ironically even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots. Unless we radically reassess the fundamentals of how our economy and politics work, we risk a future of massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the economy itself.

Virginia Woolf : a portrait. Viviane Forrester

Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends recently unearthed documents, key primary sources, and personal interviews with Woolf's relatives and other acquaintances to render in unmatched detail the author's complicated relationship with her husband, Leonard; her father, Leslie Stephen; and her half-sister, Vanessa Bell.

The 10 rules of rock and roll : collected music writings 2005-09. Robert Forster

Robert Forster takes readers on an exhilarating trip through the past and present of popular music — from Bob Dylan, AC/DC and Nana Mouskouri through to Cat Power, Franz Ferdinand and … Delta Goodrem.

Desert Rats at war : North Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe. George Forty

70 years ago, on 7 June 1944, the British 7th Armored Division landed in Normandy, halfway through a wartime journey that had started in north Africa. Desert Rats at War is an evocation of what it was like to serve with the division, in the African desert and Europe, from the first encounters by the Mobile Force in 1940 to Berlin in 1945.

Savor the danger. Lori Foster

She may be aloof, and pretty rather than gorgeous, but Alani Rivers is the kind of woman a hot-blooded mercenary can't forget no matter how hard he tries. So when Jackson Savor wakes up next to the naked, sleeping beauty with no memory of what happened he knows he's been drugged. As Jackson hunts downs a mysterious intruder, he swears he'll move heaven and earth to keep Alani safe. But what really happened that night?

What Chris wants. Lori Foster

Chris can organise a top-secret rescue mission with his eyes closed. But when it comes to his personal life, Chris is the one who needs a little help. Chris can't deny his attraction to Matt, but Matt has no idea what Chris's job really entails and how much it means to him. Matt challenges Chris to change his life — and make a place for him in it. Can Chris risk telling him the truth?

When you Dare. Lori Foster

Professional mercenary Dare Macintosh lives by one hard-and-fast rule — business should never be personal. If a cause appeals to him and the price is right, he'll take the mission. But then the lovely Molly Alexander asks for his help to track down the men involved in her kidnapping and for the first time, Dare's tempted to combine work with pleasure.

I suck at relationships so you don't have to : 10 rules for not screwing up your happily ever after Bethenny Frankel ; with Eve Adamson

This is a book by someone who has made many relationship mistakes and knows a thing or two because of it. Bethenny takes a deep look at her own dating and relationship history and gets to the heart of the mistakes women make and what it takes to find and sustain a meaningful connection.

Aliens love underpants! Claire Freedman

When aliens fly down to Earth, They don't come to meet YOU… They simply want your underpants - I'll bet you never knew!

Dinosaurs love underpants. Claire Freedman

Dinosaurs were all wiped out, a long way back in history. No one knows quite how or why, now this book solves the mystery… Laugh your pants off as T-Rex and the gang wrestle for their very own pair of prehistoric pants in a mighty Pants War.

Honey girl Lisa Freeman

The year is 1972. Fifteen-year-old Haunani "Nani" Grace Nuuhiwa is transplanted from her home in Hawaii to Santa Monica, California after her father's fatal heart attack. Now the proverbial fish-out-of-water, Nani struggles to adjust to her new life with her alcoholic white (haole) mother and the lineup of mean girls who rule State Beach.

How to get dressed : a costume designer's secrets for making your clothes look, fit, and feel amazing. Alison Freer

Margaret Fulton's baking classics. Margaret Fulton

From Australia's best known and most loved cookery writer comes this collection of beautifully photographed classic baking recipes.

A Paris apartment. Michelle Gable

When April Vogt's boss tells her about the discoveries in a cramped, decrepit ninth arrondissement apartment, the Sotheby's continental furniture specialist does not hear the words "dust" or "rats" or "shuttered for seventy years." She hears Paris. She hears escape. With the help of a salty (and annoyingly sexy) Parisian solicitor and the courtesan's private documents, April tries to uncover the secrets buried in the apartment. As she digs into one woman's life, April can't help but take a deeper look into her own.

Eleni. Nicholas Gage

In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the Communist guerrillas who occupied their village. Her son, Nicholas Gage, was then eight years old. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of his mother's killer.

An opportunity seized. Donna Gallagher

Antoinette 'Toni' Grimaldi prefers to keep out of the spotlight, blend in with the crowd and experience life the same as the bulk of the population. Meeting a handsome stranger who comes to her rescue and asks her out on a date is so much more than Toni could have ever hoped for on her dream holiday. Her fairy-tale moment is short-lived, though, when Toni discovers the stranger has been hired to keep her safe. Jason finds he is drawn to Antoinette. To his surprise, his attraction for the soft-spoken, thoughtful woman grows, despite his usual reluctance to commit to any kind of relationship. Then a disaster at one of the family-owned mines and a string of death threats force Toni to return home, and her need for a bodyguard becomes a life and death reality.

Autobiography, or, The story of my experiments with truth. Mahatma Gandhi

Personal account of the life of the man who freed India from colonisation through the Satyagraha — nonviolent protest — movement. His early boyhood life, legal studies, purification, and ultimate salvation of his homeland is carefully recounted in this inspiring and critical work of insurmountable importance.

Non-violent resistance : Satyagraha. Mahatma Gandhi

This volume focuses on Gandhi's vision of Satyagraha, whereby one appeals to reason and conscience and puts an end to evil by converting the evil-doer. The book begins with an explanation of Satyagraha and proceeds with detailed discussions of the self-training and courage necessary for Satyagraha.

Impulse. Vanessa Garden

When Miranda Sun returns to Marin on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, this time of her own free will, she quickly learns that her worst fears have been realised. The glittering underwater city is not as she had left it, nor too is Marko, the young king who has dominated her thoughts and heart for the last twelve months since leaving Marin.

Easy toys to crochet : dolls, animals and gifts for children. Claire Garland

Discover simple patterns for huggable dolls, loveable animals and nursery favourites. If you want to make a unique gift for the child in your life, these simple patterns will inspire you to pick up your hook and start crocheting.

When the balls drop : how I learned to get real and embrace life's second half. Brad Garrett

A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life's second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and comic Brad Garrett.

Between two worlds : how the English became Americans. Malcolm Gaskill

In the seventeenth century a quarter of a million men, women, and children left England's shores for America. Some were explorers and merchants, others soldiers and missionaries; many were fugitives from poverty and persecution. Using hundreds of letters, journals, reports, pamphlets and contemporary books, Between Two Worlds recreates this fascinating transatlantic history one which has often been neglected or misunderstood on both sides of the Atlantic in the centuries since.

Crooked River. Valerie Geary

Two sisters growing up in rural Oregon find their world shaken when they stumble across a dead woman in the river that runs through their father's property.

Inside the O'Briens. Lisa Genova

Joe O'Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from a Irish Catholic neighbourhoo. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and respected officer, Joe begins experiencing bouts of disorganized thinking, uncharacteristic temper outbursts, and strange, involuntary movements. He is handed a diagnosis that will change his and his family's lives forever: Huntington's Disease — a lethal, inheritable, neuro-degenerative disease. As Joe's symptoms worsen he struggles to maintain hope and a sense of purpose, while his children must find the courage to either live a life "at risk" or learn their fate.

The G-Man super journal. Awesome origins. Chris Giarrusso

When Michael G (yes, "G" is his whole last name, and that's why everyone calls him G-Man) has to keep a journal in Mrs. Rosario's class at school, naturally he writes about his ambition to have superpowers and join the superheroes of his city. Mikey would just love to have superpowers too, but how will he get them? And if he does get them, what will he do with them?

Margaret and me : recipes for life from my grandmother's kitchen. Kate Gibbs

Food writer Kate Gibbs grew up at the apron strings of her grandmother, Margaret Fulton. In this privileged glimpse into a modern food dynasty, Kate reveals some of the highs and lows from the life of her extraordinary grandmother, as well as her own experiences growing up 'foodie'.

Women aviators : 26 stories of pioneer flights, daring missions, and record-setting journeys. Karen Bush Gibson

Detailing the role of women in aviation, from the very first days of flight to the present, this rich exploration of the subject profiles 26 women pilots who sought out and met challenges both in the sky and on the ground.

Custard tarts and broken hearts. Mary Gibson

They call them 'the custard tarts', the girls who work at Pearce Duff's custard powder factory in Bermondsey before the First World War. Conditions are hard but nothing can quench the spirit of humour and friendship or the rising tide of anger that will finally bring the girls out on strike for a better deal.

Rethinking the future : rethinking principles, competition, customers, control, power and the world. Rowan Gibson

The world's foremost business thinkers look at how organisations can be redesigned to survive and thrive in tomorrow's hyper-competitive global environment, giving readers a framework for understanding the big picture.

Fraying : Mum, memory loss, the medical maze and me. Michele Gierck

Fraying chronicles a mother's and a daughter's journey through memory loss and the medical maze. The relationship between the spirited, determined 88-year-old protagonist — who refuses to passively accept medical pronouncements — and her daughter is at times difficult, yet always respectful and loving, warm and upbeat. Together they must develop practical coping strategies, draw on a lifetime with each other and hold onto their sense of humour.

Defiant unto death. David Gilman

France: 1356. Ten years ago, the greatest army in Christendom was slaughtered at Crecy when Thomas Blackstone and his fellow archers stood their ground and rained death on the steel-clad might of French chivalry. Now, Blackstone commands a war band and has carved out a small fiefdom in northern France. But the wounds of war still bleed and a traitor has given the King of France the means to destroy first his family, and then the English knight himself.

The child bride. Cathy Glass

Daddy's little princess. Cathy Glass

Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn't long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be. Then, suddenly, events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever.

The girl in the mirror : a novel inspired by a true story. Cathy Glass

When Mandy learns her much-loved Grandpa is dying, she returns as a virtual stranger to her aunt's house to nurse her grandfather. Mandy hardly recognises the house that she loved so much as a child and it is almost as though her mind has blanked it out. But as certain memories come back to her, Mandy begins to piece together the events that brought a sudden end to her visits that fateful summer.

Happy Adults Cathy Glass

Cathy Glass reveals the secrets of happiness and contentment in adulthood by combining common-sense psychology with tried-and-tested strategies and case studies, always from her own unique and insightful perspective.

Happy mealtimes for kids : a guide to healthy eating with simple recipes that children love. Cathy Glass

Children with bad diets are often under or over weight, short in stature, with dull skin and hair, they can lack energy and often have difficulties concentrating. Cathy has compiled a comprehensive yet accessible guide to all you need to know about producing healthy and happy family mealtimes.

My dad's a policeman. Cathy Glass

When the police turn up on Ryan's doorstep, to take him away from his alcoholic mother and put him in care, his life crumbles. It's not long before Ryan has run away, taking a long bus ride back across the city, desperate to get back to the inner-city life he knows. Keeping a low profile, and sneaking in to his best friend's house late at night for shelter, he soon discovers that he's not the only one who appears to be stretching the truth about his home life.

The night the angels came : the true story of a child's loss and the love that kept them alive. Cathy Glass

When Cathy receives a call about a terminally ill widower terrified of leaving his son all alone in the world, she is wracked with sadness and indecision. Will Cathy's own young family be able to handle a child in mourning? To Cathy's surprise, her children insist that this boy deserves to be as happy as they are, prompting Cathy to welcome Michael into her home. But just as they are settling into a routine of blissful normality, an unexpected and disastrous event shatters the happy group, shaking Cathy to the core.

Run, Mummy, run : a novel inspired by a true story. Cathy Glass

When Aisha spots an ad for a 'personal introductory service for professionals' in the newspaper, she could never have guessed it would lead to such a perfect marriage. But you should be careful what you wish for! Mark is sorry the first time he hits Aisha. Soon she is trapped in a cycle of horrific abuse and imprisonment. And with two young children to protect, Aisha must draw on what strength she has left to find an escape.

Saving Danny. Cathy Glass

While Danny's parents have everything they could wish for in material terms, they are unable to care for their only child. This is where Cathy comes in. Cathy quickly becomes aware of his obsessively meticulous behaviour in addition to his love of patterns, he sees them everywhere and creates them at any opportunity. She realises that patience is the key to looking after Danny as well as her well-tried strategies for managing children's behaviour.

Frommer's EasyGuide to Alaska cruises and ports of call Fran Wenograd Golden and Gene Sloan

Both the Inside Passage of Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska are among the single most popular of all cruise destinations, and multitudes of cruisers will welcome this expert assistance in choosing a cruise and the activities on ship and land that the cruise offers.

The red magician Lisa Goldstein

In the shadow of the Holocaust, a young girl discovers the power of magic. When the local rabbi curses Kicsi's school for teaching lessons in Hebrew, the holy tongue, the possibility of adventure seems further away than ever. But when a mysterious stranger appears telling stories of far-off lands, Kicsi feels the world within her grasp.

Liberty for Paul Rose Gordon

Liberty Banks loves revenge almost as much as she hates Mr. Paul Grimes, who, she considers to be the most improper creature she has ever clapped eyes on. But when her plans for revenge against Paul go bust, she suddenly finds herself walking down the aisle to him.

To win his wayward wife. Rose Gordon

Not to be outdone by her sisters' marriage-producing scandals, quiet and withdrawn Madison Banks quickly finds herself walking down the aisle to a man who has secretly loved her for years. Her groom, however, has no idea how to show his new bride that he truly loves her.

Betty Q investigates. Karyn Gorman

Betty Q is no ordinary girl. She is an ace detective whose special deductive powers can solve any mystery!

The Port Fairy murders. Robert Gott

The Port Fairy Murders is the sequel to The Holiday Murders, a political and historical crime novel set in 1943, featuring the newly formed homicide department of Victoria Police. The homicide team is trying to track down a dangerous man named George Starling. At the same time, they are called to investigate a double murder in the fishing village of Port Fairy. It seems straightforward — they have a signed confession — but it soon becomes apparent that nothing about the incident is as it seems.

The beloved Posie Graeme-Evans

As England tears herself apart in the War of the Roses, Anne de Bohun lives far away from the intrigues of cities and courts. Once King Edward IV's mistress, Anne has now found safety with their son on a small farm in Flanders. Now Edward himself is an exiled fugitive while Anne's real father, King Henry VI, rules England again. Summoned by an enigmatic message from her lover, Anne is drawn once more to the passion, the excitement and the deadly danger that Edward Plantagenet brings into her life.

The dressmaker. Posie Graeme-Evans

Ellen Gowan is the only surviving child of a scholarly village minister and a charming girl disowned by her family when she married for love. In time, she will become the witty, celebrated, and very beautiful Madame Ellen, dressmaker to the nobility of England. Yet Ellen has secrets.

The exiled. Posie Graeme-Evans

Anne de Bohun faces the challenge of raising her child in exile. Always resourceful, she flourishes as a merchant and is able to support her household. But Anne has a secret her enemies could use to destroy her. Her son is the product of a passionate affair with King Edward IV, who knows nothing of his existence.

The innocent. Posie Graeme-Evans

Anne is a young peasant girl in late medieval Britain, whose ability to heal others with her knowledge of herbs brings her to the attention of young King Edward IV, and has unexpected results when she becomes a member of his household.

The island house. Posie Graeme-Evans

Freya Dane has inherited Findnar, a small island off the east coast of Scotland from her long-estranged father. Michael Dane, like Freya an archaeologist, has left her research notes and artefacts from the island's Viking and Christian past. But what he found is only the beginning of a story that began in 800 AD.

Wild Wood. Posie Graeme-Evans

Jesse Marley calls herself a realist; she's all about the here and now. But in the month before Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding in 1981, all her certainties are blown aside by events she cannot control. In a London hospital, temporarily unable to speak, she uses her left hand to write — but she's right-handed. As if her fingers have a will of their own, she begins to draw places she's never seen, people from another time — a castle, a man in medieval armour. And a woman's face.

Curse of the Forbidden Book Amy Lynn Green

When Captain Demetri comes to the palace to report the death of the squad he was assigned to kill he doesn't realise that they are still alive… and headed his way. Upon learning of the Forbidden Book that contains the quest and fate of each Youth Guard member, Jesse and Parvel realise they could use this book to help other squad members who are still alive. Can they find the Forbidden Book and put it to good use before Captain Demitri catches up with them?

Escape from Riddler's Pass. Amy Lynn Green

Underground, the young warriors discover a lost civilisation, and a new friend with vital information. The Rebellion headquarters is hidden within a dangerous maze of tunnels, accessible only by solving a series of riddles. Will Jesse and his friends discover the secret to the Rebellion's tunnels and reach Parvel before it is too late?

Quest for the Scorpion's Jewel. Amy Lynn Green

Facing danger at every turn, Jesse, Rae and Silas journey over treacherous mountains and across a desert. Where is Parvel's God when they need Him most? And with so little information to guide them, how will they ever complete their mission and find the Scorpion's Jewel? Will they even escape with their lives?

Secret of the giants' staircase. Amy Lynn. Green

When Silas, Rae and Parvel are captured by giants, Jesse sets out to find his friends and bring them to freedom. In the meantime, by helping the giants locate a legendary hidden treasure, the squad is released by the giants and begin to help another squad whose members have been taken by Captain Demitri. Will Jesse and his squad be able to save them without being killed or captured themselves?

The dark side of the road. Simon R. Green

Invited by his employer, the enigmatic Colonel, to join him and his family for Christmas, Ishmael arrives at the grand but isolated Belcourt Manor in the midst of a blizzard to find that the Colonel has mysteriously disappeared. As he questions his fellow guests, Ishmael concludes that at least one of them is harbouring a dangerous secret, and that beneath the veneer of festive cheer lurk passion, jealousy, resentment and betrayal.

The idea of perfection. Kate Grenville

Set in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, New South Wales, pop. 1374, it tells the story of Douglas Cheesman, a shy, gawky engineer with jug-handle ears, and Harley Savage, a large, rawboned, plain woman who is a part-time museum curator. Harley has come to Karakarook to help the town build a heritage museum; Douglas is there to pull down the quaint old Bent Bridge, and from day one, they're on a collision course.

Joan makes history. Kate Grenville

Joan is a wife and mother of no great distinction, but in the life of her imagination she is in the front line of events, effortlessly subverting the solemnity of momentous occasions and cheerfully altering the course of history.

The lieutenant. Kate Grenville

Historical tale, based on fact, about young lieutenant with convict ship in New South Wales and how a young Aborigine woman teaches him her language.

One life : my mother's story. Kate Grenville

'Nance was a week short of her sixth birthday when she and Frank were roused out of bed in the dark and lifted into the buggy, squashed in with bedding, the cooking pots rattling around in the back, and her mother shouting back towards the house: Goodbye, Rothsay, I hope I never see you again!' When Kate Grenville's mother died she left behind many fragments of memoir. These were the starting point for One Life, the story of a woman whose life spanned a century of tumult and change.

Sarah Thornhill. Kate Grenville

Sarah Thornhill is the youngest child of William Thornhill, convict-turned-landowner on the Hawkesbury River. Her stepmother calls her wilful, but handsome Jack Langland loves her and she loves him. Me and Jack, she thinks, how could it go wrong? But there's an ugly secret in Sarah's family. That secret takes her into the darkness of the past, and across the ocean to the wild coasts of New Zealand.

Searching for the Secret River. Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" was one of the most loved novels of 2006. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, the story of William Thornhill and his journey from London to the other side of the world has moved and exhilarated hundreds of thousands of readers. "Searching for the Secret River" tells the story of how Grenville came to write this wonderful book.

The secret river. Kate Grenville

A dramatic historical novel set between the slums of 19th century London and the convict colonies of Australia. This book joins a tradition of grand historical action. It etches the intense light and scribble of the Australian bush, making them the backdrop to a story about ownership, belonging and identity. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize.

The duke in my bed. Amelia Grey

As a notorious member of the Heirs' Club, Bray Drakestone can't resist a challenge from one of his well-heeled colleagues — especially when it involves money and horses. But the friendly wager takes an unexpected and deadly turn. Bray is forced to agree to marry one of his challenger's five sisters — sight unseen.

A gentleman never tells. Amelia Grey

As if from a dream, Lady Gabrielle walked from the mist and into Viscount Brentwood's arms. Within moments, he's embroiled in more scandal than he ever thought possible… Beautiful, clever, and courageous, Lady Gabrielle needs Brent's help to get out of a seriously bad situation. But the more she gets to know him, the worse she feels about ruining his life…

Kitty Peck and the music hall murders. Kate Griffin

Limehouse, 1880: Dancing girls are going missing from 'Paradise' - the criminal manor run with ruthless efficiency by the ferocious Lady Ginger. Seventeen-year-old music hall seamstress Kitty Peck finds herself reluctantly drawn into a web of blackmail, depravity and murder when The Lady devises a singular scheme to discover the truth.

Tales from the Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm selected and illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger ; translated by Anthea Bell.

Collection of eleven of the Grimms' fairy tales selected to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first edition of the stories.

At the water's edge. Sara Gruen

While her husband, Ellis, and his friend try to find the Loch Ness monster in an attempt to get back into his father's good graces, Maddie is left on her own in World War II-era Scotland and experiences a social awakening.

Tim Gunn : the natty professor : a master class on mentoring, motivating, and making it work! Tim Gunn with Ada Calhoun.

Gunn is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Divided into sections on common themes, this practical book takes us on a journey through life lessons and uses Gunn's own experiences, from the classroom to the therapist's office, to illustrate larger concepts.

The truth about us. Janet Gurtler

The truth is that Jess knows she screwed up, and now she's paying for it. Her dad is making her spend the whole summer volunteering at the local soup kitchen. The truth is she wishes she was the care-free party-girl everyone thinks she is. She pretends it's all fine but it's not. And no one notices the lie until she meets Flynn.

A colorful home : create lively palettes for every room Susan Hable, cofounder of Hable Construction ; with Lucy Allen Gillis.

Designer Susan Hable shows how to discover colour in the everyday, create dynamic palettes and translate them into stunning interior spaces.

A spot of bother. Mark Haddon

At 57, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried to Ray. Her family is not pleased. Her mother, Jean, is a bit put out by all the planning and arguing the wedding has occasioned. Then George discovers a lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind.

We are pirates Daniel Handler

A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water. It is the twenty-first century and a crew of pirates is terrorizing the San Francisco Bay.

Unoffendable: how just one change can make all of life better. Brant Hansen

It's a radical, provocative idea: we're not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own "righteous anger" is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and, as Dallas Willard says, Christians have not been taught out of it.

The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, & pips conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history. Thor Hanson

From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, seeds are quite literally the stuff and staff of life. What makes The Triumph of Seeds remarkable is not just that it is informative, humane, hilarious, and even moving, just as what makes seeds remarkable is not simply their fundamental importance to life. In both cases, it is their sheer vitality and the delight that we can take in their existence - the opportunity to experience, as Hanson puts it, "the simple joy of seeing something beautiful, doing what it is meant to do."

His needs, her needs : building an affair-proof marriage Willard F. Harley

Describes the ten things men and women look for in marriage, explains why their needs differ, and tells how to avoid the problems which can break up a marriage.

The rising. Terra Harmony

Fifteen-year-old Serena is the youngest member of a dying race. The increasing acidity of the ocean is destroying her home, slowly eating away at the once thriving underwater landscape. Werewolves, who once served as protectors for mermaids in the Kingdom of the Undine, now seek to eliminate all who dwell in the ocean - and Serena is about to find herself right in the middle of the deadly conflict.

Broken bonds. Karen Harper

Cold Creek is a place with a dark history, especially for the Lockwoods. Now adults, the three Lockwood sisters are still recovering from the events that led to the destruction of their family when they were children. Determined to move forward, Tess and Kate are making fresh starts, and they're hoping their older sister, Charlene, can do the same. A social worker used to difficult situations, she's certain something sinister is being covered up, and when she witnesses Matt Rowan being run off the road, she knows she's right.

Finding mercy. Karen Harper

Quiet, cautious Ella Lantz has spent her entire life in the close-knit Amish community of the Home Valley. Tending her lavender fields, she finds calm and serenity in purple blooms, heavenly scents and a simple life. But the sudden arrival of a stranger visitor to her parents' home heralds a host of new complications.

The first princess of Wales. Karen Harper

It is the fourteenth century, the height of the Medieval Age, and at the court of King Edward III of England, chivalry is loudly praised while treachery runs rampant. When the lovely and high-spirited Joan of Kent is sent to this politically charged court, she is woefully unprepared for the underhanded manoeuvrings of her peers. Joan plots to scandalise the royal family, for she has learned they engineered her father's downfall and death. But what begins as a calculated strategy grows into love. When Joan learns that Prince Edward returns her feelings, she is soon fighting her own, for how can she love the man that ruined her family? And, if she does, what will be the cost?

Shattered secrets. Karen Harper

Returning to Cold Creek, Ohio, is an act of courage for Tess Lockwood. Abducted and held captive as a young girl, she is unable to remember anything about the crime that destroyed her childhood and tore her family apart. hind her. But when she inherits the family home, Tess must confront the demons that still haunt her and the town of Cold Creek.

What to do with a bad boy. Marie Harte

Every time Delilah Webster runs into Mike McCauley, he practically bites her head off. The rough-and-tumble contractor clearly has baggage. Del has her own emotional scars and knows she's better off keeping her distance, but Mike's a temptation in jeans and a T-shirt and she's always been good with her hands…

What we saw. Aaron Hartzler

The party at John Doone's last Saturday night is a bit of a blur. Kate Weston can piece together most of the details: Stacey Stallard handing her shots, Ben Cody taking her keys and getting her home early… But when a picture of Stacey passed out over Deacon Mills's shoulder appears online the next morning, Kate suspects she doesn't have all the details. When Stacey levels charges against four of Kate's classmates, the whole town erupts into controversy.

Darkness and light. John Harvey

Former cop Frank Elder is once more drawn out of retirement by a phone call from his ex-wife, this time asking him to look into the disappearance of her friend Jennie's older, widowed sister Claire in Nottingham. Elder soon uncovers sexual secrets of Claire's that take Jennie by surprise. But when Claire is found dead at home — unmarked and carefully dressed-it is Elder who is surprised by the similarities to an old case.=

Princess ever after. Rachel Hauck

Regina Beswick was born to be a princess. But she's content to be a small-town girl, running a classic auto restoration shop, unaware a secret destiny awaits her. One that will leap from the pages of her grandmother's hand-painted book of fairytales. Yet lurking in the political shadows is a fierce opponent with sinister plans to abolish the throne forever.

The last days of video. Jeremy Hawkins

It's 2007, and independent video stores are dying. Waring Wax is usually too drunk to worry about his declining business at Star Video, let alone his extinction in popular culture. But everything changes in his small college town when bright and shiny Blockbuster Video opens nearby: Clearly, this means war.

Magonia Maria Dahvana Headley

Aza Ray Boyle's life has been defined by a unique lung disease and her evolving friendship with Jason, but just before her sixteenth birthday, she's swept up into the sky-bound world of Magonia and discovers her true identity.

The duke and the lady in red. Lorraine Heath

When Rosalind Sharpe gains the attention of the deliciously wicked Duke of Avendale, she's torn between her distracting attraction to the notorious rogue and the knowledge that he - rich as Croesus - is the perfect target for a deception that will put her swindling days behind her. However, Avendale is no fool.

Beating sugar addiction for dummies Michele Chevalley Hedge

With many Australians and New Zealanders drawing as much as a third of their total caloric intake from sugar and enriched flour, sugar addiction is a rapidly growing problem. The book explains the hidden sources of sugar we consume, the effect that eating too much of it has on us, and how to cut down on sugar without sacrificing the foods we love.

Wolf and dog. Sylvia Vanden Heede

Illustrated in full colour throughout, these funny stories are about the important things in life - like food, family and fleas. Wolf and Dog are cousins. Wolf is wild and Dog is tame. Wolf lives in a forest on top of a hill. Dog doesn't. Dog has a basket. And a boss.

Rooted in design : Sprout Home's guide to creative indoor planting Tara Heibel and Tassy de Give

Indoor plants play a large role in the design and feel of a space. Focusing on indoor gardening — from small containers and vertical installations with air plants to unique tabletop creations. Rooted in Design provides readers with the means to create beautiful and long-lasting indoor landscapes.

Eating Rome : living the good life in the Eternal City. Elizabeth Helman-Minchilli

Elizabeth Minchilli has been eating her way through Rome since she was 12 years old. Eating Rome, based on her popular blog Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome, is her homage to the city that feeds her, literally and figuratively.

Full disclosure. Dee Henderson

Ann Silver is a cop's cop. As the Midwest Homicide Investigator, she is called in to help local law enforcement on the worst of cases, looking for answers to murder. Paul Falcon is the FBI's top murder cop in the Midwest. If the victim carried a federal badge or had a security clearance, odds are good Paul and his team see the case file or work the murder. Their lives intersect when Ann arrives to pass a case off her desk and onto his.

True devotion. Dee Henderson

Kelly Jacobs has already paid the ultimate price of loving a warrior; she has the folded flag and the grateful thanks of a nation to prove it. Navy SEAL Joe "Bear" Baker can't ask her to accept that risk again — even though he loves her. But the man responsible for her husband's death is back; closer than either of them realise.

True honor Dee Henderson

CIA officer Darcy St. James is after a man who knew September 11 would happen — a man who chose to profit from the knowledge. Navy SEAL Sam 'Cougar' Houston is busy: The intelligence Darcy is generating has his team deploying around the world. Under the pressure of war, their romance flourishes.

Chess words of wisdom : the principles, methods and essential knowledge of chess. Mike Henebry

Chess Words of Wisdom is a digest of hundreds of years of chess knowledge from the greatest chess minds in history. This is the must-know information for the well-schooled chessplayer at all levels, from beginner to master.

Knit to flatter : the only instructions you'll ever need to knit sweaters that make you look good and feel great! Amy Herzog

Much like the Dove "Real Beauty" campaign, Knit to Flatter is about celebrating the body you have been given, and creating garments that will make you look and feel great. Knit to Flatter is a real woman's guide to knitting garments that truly fit and flatter any body shape.

The stolen crown : a novel. Susan Higginbotham

Katherine Woodville's sister never gave her a choice. A happy girl of modest means, Kate hardly expected to become a maker of kings, but when her sister impulsively marries King Edward IV in secret, Katherine's life is no longer hers to control.

Havoc. Jane Higgins

After months of attacks and reprisals, a shaky ceasefire holds between the warring sides of the river. Southside waits nervously, with a kind of hope that feels like defeat. Then the world erupts. And from the debris comes a voice where no voice should be. When Nick follows it he steps into a complex web of power, fear and betrayal that enwraps the city.

Kitchen creamery : making yogurt, butter and cheese at home. Louella Hill

As the DIY movement continues to gain momentum, it's no wonder home cheese-making is the next hot topic. And from cheese-making authority and teacher Louella Hill comes an education so timely and inspiring that every cheese lover and cheesemonger, from novice to professional, will have something to learn.

Sister Eve, private eye. J. Lynne Hinton

Sister Eve always says God moves in mysterious ways. And Eve adores a good mystery, especially a murder. She's not thrilled when she must return home to Madrid, New Mexico, to care for her testy, ailing father. Retired Police Captain Jackson Divine is in trouble. "The Captain" is a Private Eye specialising in finding lost people and he's been hot on a case. But his diabetes has spiralled out of control, requiring surgery. Just before the crisis, he was hired to find Chaz Cheston, a missing Hollywood director. But when Cheston turns up dead murdered the stakes for The Captain are raised.

Reporting under fire : 16 daring women war correspondents and photojournalists. Kerrie Logan Hollihan

A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines.

Forget me not. Stef Ann Holm

Newly independent city girl Josephine Whittaker succeeded in heading West, all on her own. A job as a ranch cook seemed a good idea - even though she'd never so much as boiled an egg. J.D. McCall knew from the get-go that a pretty lady in the chuck wagon with a bunch of cowboys meant trouble. But he faced mutiny among his ranch hands if he didn't bring home a cook - and she said fried beef was her specialty. Loving Josephine was sure to break his heart — unless this lady proved what it took to be a cattle rancher's wife.

Girls night. Stef Ann Holm

Jillene McDermott is raising two daughters, alone. Her coffee bar, Java the Hut, is on life support and the only place she can find a quiet moment is in the bathtub. Her teenage daughters, know their mom deserves some happiness but their good intentions go wrong when infamous crime writer, Vince Tremonti, steps up to play Jillene's "boyfriend."

Lucy gets her life back. Stef Ann Holm

Arriving in Red Duck, Idaho, with recipes, ambition, a silent prayer and two teenage boys, Lucy Carpenter plans to cook her way into the hearts and wallets of celebrities frequenting the nearby ski resort. All she needs is Drew Tolman, former pro baseball player turned local big shot, to put the word out. But Drew knows he needs more help reconciling with his seventeen year old daughter than he needs a personal chef.

Pink Moon. Stef Ann Holm

Single mom, Lauren Jessup, quickly realises the waitressing job she took in the California coastal town of Bella Luna will never pay the bills. But she's a good listener, and regular customer Nick DiMartino needs a sympathetic ear. Nick is willing to do anything to gain permanent custody of his child.

Portraits. Stef Ann Holm

The only woman photographer in Eternity, Colorado, Leah Kirkland longs to be famous. Her dream of studying in a renowned Italian academy precludes traditional courting but that doesn't mean she's averse to romance with a free spirit like herself. Wyatt Holloway had been an outlaw in his youth, and he'd done hard time to pay for it. Now he's looking for gold he'd stashed in Eternity nearly two decades before.

Seasons of gold. Stef Ann Holm

Widowhood freed Holly Dancer from the shame of her marriage. Billy was dead — murdered. She vowed to turn her back on love and become an independent woman. But when Jackson Ledgeway Steele sauntered into Deadwood Gulch and saved her life, Holly saw her fate in the gunslinger's smoky eyes.

Guerilla furniture design : how to build lean, modern furniture with salvaged materials. Will Holman

This innovative collection features 35 simple, inexpensive projects that you can make from salvaged and upcycled materials.

Chill of fear. Kay Hooper

Haunted by a twenty-year-old, unsolved crime, FBI agent Quentin Hayes returns to the secluded resort in a final attempt to put the mystery to rest and is joined by Diana Brisco, a woman struggling to unlock the secrets of her troubled past and the meaning of her nightmares about a long-vanished child.

Poppy in the field. Mary Hooper

When Poppy learns that the love of her life is to marry someone else, she knows her heart will break. Devastated, she volunteers her nursing skills overseas to take her away from the painful reminders at home. But things are about to get much worse for Poppy. Brilliantly researched and inspired by real-life events this is a story about the forgotten bravery of women on the front line, told through the eyes of a young woman determined to play her part.

Confess. Colleen Hoover

At age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn't expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there.

Ugly love. Colleen Hoover

When Tate Collins finds airline pilot Miles Archer passed out in front of her apartment door, it is definitely not love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. But what they do have is an undeniable mutual attraction.

Finger knitting fun. Vickie Howell

"What can I make with this ball of yarn?" Finger Knitting Fun is the answer! So quick and simple, a perfect project for children, learning how to knit with your fingers is the best way to start crafting without cumbersome needles!

Molly Fyde and the blood of billions. Hugh Howey

Molly returns to her homeworld to find that the Bern threat and her life began in the same place and at the same time. With the crew of the Starship Parsona scattered, she chases clues in the footsteps of her father and uncovers the case that tore her family apart. It's a race against time to put the pieces back together, to reunite with her friends, and to save the universe.

Molly Fyde and the fight for peace. Hugh Howey

In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Bern Saga, Molly and her friends are reunited while two wars erupt and collide. An entire universe hangs on the actions of Parsona's crew, and not all of them will survive.

Molly Fyde and the land of light. Hugh Howey

What began for Molly as a simple journey to retrieve her father's old spaceship, has turned into an epic adventure with far-reaching consequences. Her father is alive. Her mother's memories are trapped inside his old ship. She's on the run from her very own Navy, and now has been tasked with the impossible: Rescue her parents. Save the galaxy. End a war.

Molly Fyde and the Parsona rescue. Hugh Howey

It wasn't easy for Molly being the only girl in Flight Academy, but getting expelled was even worse. Abandoned by her family when she was young and now tossed from the only home she's ever known, her future looks bleak. But then Molly hears that her father's old starship has turned up halfway across the galaxy. Setting off to retrieve the old craft, she hopes it will hold clues to his disappearance.

The shell collector. Hugh Howey

The oceans are dying. Seashells have become so rare that collecting them is now a national obsession. Families hunt the tideline in the dark of night with flashlights. Supreme among these collectors is Ness Wilde, CEO of Ocean Oil. Ness owns many of the best beaches, and he keeps them to himself. It's his fault the world turned out this way. And I aim to destroy him.

Eat, sleep, cycle : a bike ride around the coast of Britain. Anna Hughes

For Anna, a cycling enthusiast, the decision to ride 4,000 miles solo around the coast of the UK wasn't that hard. After epic highs, incredible lows, unforgettable scenery and unpronounceable place names her simple idea turns into a compelling journey of self-discovery, and an eye-opening insight into what makes the island where she lives so special.

Nessie the mannerless monster. Ted Hughes

Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, is tired of being told that she doesn't exist. In this crackling, lolloping story in verse, Ted Hughes describes how she sets out on the road to London for an audience with the Queen.

Esther : royal beauty. Angela Elwell Hunt

When Xerxes, king of Persia, issues a call for beautiful young women, Hadassah, a Jewish orphan living in Susa, is forcibly taken to the palace. After months of preparation she wins the king's heart and a queen's crown but she keeps her ethnic identity a secret until she learns that an evil and ambitious man has won the king's permission to exterminate all Jews — young and old, powerful and helpless. Purposely violating an ancient Persian law, she risks her life in order to save her people… and bind her husband's heart.

The novelist. Angela Elwell Hunt

It begins… when a smug college student challenges a best-selling novelist to write something "more personal." It begins… when a mother finds her troubled son slumped unconscious outside her house. It begins… when fiction and reality blur, and the novelist finds herself caught somewhere in the middle of it all. Where does it end? That all depends on who is telling the story…

Desolation Point. Cari Hunter

For Sarah, leaving England to explore the North Cascades is an opportunity to regain her health and her confidence, while Alex has already abandoned LA to make the mountains her home. Drawn to the beauty and history of Desolation Peak, Sarah is hiking alone when a storm leaves her stranded. Determined to track her down, Alex heads into the wilderness, never anticipating the terrible danger she will face.

Tumbledown. Cari Hunter

How far would you go to protect the one you love? Two years after surviving their ordeal at the hands of white supremacists, Alex Pascal and Sarah Kent have new identities, new careers, and a new home together. The FBI warned them to keep their heads down, and a small town in Maine seems like the perfect place to do this, until a chance occurrence sets in motion a chain of events that no one could have predicted.

Dawn. Erin Hunter

The questing cats return to a forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to leave in search of a new home, even though they have no idea where they are going.

Dovewing's silence. Erin Hunter

The Dark Forest has been defeated - but Dovewing's powers are gone. Will she able to adjust to life as an ordinary warrior?

A forest divided. Erin Hunter

The spirit-cats have spoken: to survive, the cats from the mountains must grow and spread like the Blazing Star. While Tall Shadow plans to establish a new camp in the pine forest, River Ripple is content by the water, and Wind Runner has made her own home on the moor. The time has now come for all cats to decide where they will live - and where their allegiances truly lie.

Mapleshade's vengeance. Erin Hunter

Long before she troubled the dreams of Crookedstar or Tigerclaw, Mapleshade was a warrior of ThunderClan. But then the Clans cast her out as a traitor — and she vowed to seek her revenge….

Midnight. Erin Hunter

Called by StarClan to fulfil a new prophecy, a group of young cats sets out on a long and dangerous journey, knowing only that trouble threatens the forest, as the adventures of the warrior clans continue.

Moonrise. Erin Hunter

As they journey home to warn their clans of the coming destruction, the six cats, guided by StarClan's prophecy, meet an unfamiliar tribe of cats with their own set of beliefs — and their own mysterious prophecy.

Starlight. Erin Hunter

The warrior cat Clans arrive at their new home and set about exploring and fighting over the unfamiliar territory.

Twilight. Erin Hunter

After the warrior cat Clans settle into their new homes, the harmony they once had disappears as the clans start fighting each other, until the day their common enemy — the badger — invades their territory.

Sparta : unfit for empire. Godfrey Hutchinson

The end of the Peloponnesian War saw Sparta emerge as the dominant power in the Greek world. While noting the political issues, Godfrey Hutchinson's focus is upon the strategic and tactical elements of warfare in a period almost wholly coinciding with the reign of the brilliant commander, Agesilaos, one of the joint kings of Sparta, who, astonishingly, campaigned successfully into his eighties.

The shark-headed bear-thing. Barry Hutchison

In an alternate 15th century, where dragons roam, sailing ships transform into submarines, and blacksmiths build steampunk robots, ten-year-old orphan Benjamin Blank battles monsters, rescues maidens and discovers fantastic new lands, but never quite manages to get his homework handed in on time.

Mr. Brown's fantastic hat. Ayano Imai

Sometimes when you are most in need of friends, they will flock to you- or at least to your hat.

Beautiful hand-stitched jewellery. Emi Iwakiri

Using traditional crochet techniques, Japanese artist Emi Iwakiri provides ideas for making your own necklaces, bracelets, rings, bracelets, corsages and hair accessories, scarves, and belts.

The lemon cookbook : 50 sweet & savory recipes to brighten every meal. Ellen Jackson

Lemons add a fresh, tangy burst of flavour to both sweet and savoury dishes and have a way of making all the other ingredients in a dish shine. Here are delicious recipes featuring the bright flavour of lemons. Inexpensive, easy to find, and simple to cook with, they're also good for you, containing a hit of vitamin C.

The underground man. Mick Jackson

The duke has just completed a network of tunnels beneath his estate. His health is failing, but his imagination seems to know no bounds. And while he spends more time underground and retreats ever deeper into the darker corners of his house there are some ghosts that demand to be acknowledged and some memories which insist on making themselves known.

The widow's tale. Mick Jackson

A newly-widowed woman has done a runner. Now she's rented a tiny cottage and holed herself away there, if only to escape the ceaseless sympathy and insincere concern. All she knows is that she can't sleep and may be drinking a little more than she ought to. But as her story unfolds we discover that her marriage was full of frustration and disappointment, as well as one or two significant secrets, and that by running away to this particular village she might actually be making her own personal pilgrimage.

Cook & freeze : 150 delicious dishes to serve now and later. Dana Jacobi

Contains 150 recipes for snacks, soups, grilled and skillet suppers, casseroles, stews, side dishes and sauces, desserts, and breakfast and brunch foods, each with instructions for serving right away or freezing for later.

From the Imjin to the Hook : a National Service gunner in the Korean War. Jim Jacobs

The British Army's considerable contribution to The Korean War 1950 - 1953 was largely composed of conscripts or National Servicemen. In this gripping memoir, Jim calmly and geographically recounts his experiences and emotions from joining the Army through training, the journeys by troopship and, most importantly, on active service in the atrocious and terrifying war fighting that went on in a very foreign place.

Stitch draw. Rosie James

When you want to make a fresh artistic statement, put down the pencil and turn on the sewing machine instead! Figurative stitch work is a hot new look, and Rosie James takes newcomers by the hand and guides them through its ins and outs.

Ali Reynolds mysteries. Volume 2. Judith A. Jance

Trial by fire: Taking a media relations position with the Yavapai County Police Department, former television journalist Ali Reynolds investigates the identity of an injured amnesiac woman.
Fatal error: When ex-colleague Brenda Riley shows up in town with an alcohol problem and an unlikely story about a missing fiancé, Ali reluctantly agrees to help.
Left for dead: Ali Reynolds's friend and fellow police officer Jose Reyes is shot down and left for dead. As Ali investigates the case, she finds an unlikely ally in Sister Anselm, a patient advocate who works with border crosses.

Cold betrayal : an Ali Reynolds novel. Judith A. Jance

Revenge isn't the only dish served cold… Ali Reynolds's longtime friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm, rushes to the bedside of a young pregnant woman hospitalised for severe injuries after she was hit by a car on a deserted Arizona highway after running away from The Family, a polygamous cult. Meanwhile, married life agrees with Ali. But any hopes that she and her husband, B. Simpson, will finally slow down and relax now that they've tied the knot are dashed when Ali's new daughter-in-law approaches her, desperate for help.

Dance of the bones : a Beaumont and Walker novel. Judith A. Jance

J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker, two of New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance's most acclaimed series characters, join forces for the first time in one of the most suspenseful works of her career.

Kiss of the bees. Judith A. Jance

Twenty years ago, serial killer Andrew Carlisle brought blood and terror into their world, nearly murdering Diana Ladd Walker and her young son, Davy. Now, when Carlisle dies in prison, Brandon and Diana Walker believe that their long nightmare is finally over. However, they're far from right as Carlisle's malevolence lives on in another.

Stand down : a J.P. Beaumont novella. Judith A. Jance

Life has shifted for J. P. Beaumont. He's keeping busy with renovations on the new house that he and his wife Mel Soames, the newly appointed Chief of Police in Bellingham, Washington, have bought. But new fixtures and paint palettes can occupy only so much of Beau's daily life, and Mel is encouraging him to return to where he is needed: investigating crimes.

Go baby go! Marilyn Janovitz

A baby enjoys playing with his pets and different objects in the garden.

The magic scooter. Julia Jarman

Caspar can't take his eyes off his new birthday present, a new scooter! He soon finds out it's not just any scooter but one with magical, time-travelling powers.

If the viscount falls. Sabrina Jeffries

Dominick Manton, Viscount Rathmoor, who is trying to right the wrongs of his past, agrees to help his ex-fiancée, Jane Vernon, whom he still loves, find her missing cousin, who was married to his late brother.

A most inconvenient marriage. Regina Jennings

Having fled a difficult home life, Civil War nurse Abigail Stuart feels like her only friend in the world is sweet but gravely wounded patient Jeremiah Calhoun. Marry him, return to his horse farm, and it'll be hers. Left with few choices, Abigail takes him up on his offer and moves to Missouri after his death, but just as the family learns to accept her, the real Jeremiah Calhoun appears — puzzled to find a confounding woman posing as his wife.

The doctor's guide to surviving when modern medicine fails. Scott A. Johnson

No matter your current state of health, these easy-to-follow steps will help you elevate your health and live a longer life.

The freezer. Timothy S. Johnston

CCF homicide investigator Kyle Tanner and his girlfriend are on their way to Pluto, en route to a new life together. Just one little death to check out in the asteroid belt first. But when you're as tangled up in conspiracy as Tanner is, a few hours on a case can change your life. Or end it.

The furnace. Timothy S. Johnston

When the CCF sent investigator Kyle Tanner to SOLEX One, a solar energy harvester past Mercury, he thought it would be an open-and-shut murder case. A crew member was found dead, minus his head and hands. Not the worst Tanner has ever seen, but the deeper he delves, the more nightmarish it becomes.

The void. Timothy S. Johnston

Transporting a serial killer might seem like a simple job for CCF Homicide Investigator Kyle Tanner. Babysitting a prisoner will bring him to Alpha Centauri, where he can search for a way to escape the CCF forever. When his ship breaks down in deep space and a CCF research vessel comes to his aid, Tanner realises he's in terrible danger: the scientists on board have blocked his distress call. And when Tanner's prisoner escapes, he begins to suspect that the proximity of the research vessel had nothing to do with luck and everything to do with the CCF's relentless reach.

Mr Mojo : a biography of Jim Morrison. Dylan Jones

In this colourful and intimate biography, Dylan Jones strips bare the skin-tight leather suit of Jim Morrison's Lizard King persona, and offers a frank and honest appraisal of a much beloved and often-romanticised counter-cultural icon.

12 days at Silver Bells House. Jennie Jones

Kate Singleton has twelve days to find herself. With Christmas Day and her thirtieth birthday approaching, the best thing a city-chic fashion designer who no longer has a raison d'être can do is nullify herself in the country. When trouble strikes, the country presents her with Jamie Knight - a gallant but uncommunicative he-man who drives an excavator and arrives to rescue Kate, her shoes and her case of chardonnay from a boggy field.

April : a mother and father's heart-breaking story of the daughter they loved and lost Paul Jones, Coral Jones.

This is the heartbreaking story of the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones, which sparked the biggest police search in UK history.

In Flanders' fields Norman Jorgensen & Brian Harrison-Lever.

An eloquent counterpoint to the senselessness and inhumanity of war, In Flanders Fields tells the story of a young homesick World War I soldier who risks his life to cross the no-man's-land and rescue a robin caught in the barbed wire that separates the opposing forces.

Regency depravity. Julia Justiss

Lord Anthony Nelthorpe had committed many sins — such as trying to seduce Jenna Montague Fairchild into marrying him. But that was before the war — before she nursed him back to health, while her husband, a man of honour, could not be saved. Back in London, Tony seized the chance to shake the young widow out of her apathy.

Doctor Death. Lene Kaaberbol

Madeleine Karno is eager to shatter the constraints of her provincial French upbringing. She wants to become a pathologist like her father, but this is 1894, and autopsies are considered unseemly and ungodly, even when performed by a man. When Cecile Montaine is found dead in the snowy streets of Varbourg, her family will not permit an autopsy, and Madeleine and her father are left with a single mysterious clue.

Roller coaster. Karin Kallmaker

Two very different reasons brought Laura Izmani and Helen Baynor to the Beach Boardwalk for a symbolic ride on the biggest wooden roller coaster on the west coast. They part strangers, but only after sharing an experience that shifted both of their lives onto new tracks. Their paths cross again decades later when Laura interviews with Helen to become the private chef for the Baynor household.

Wild things. Karin Kallmaker

Rich, handsome attorney Sydney Van Allen is a rising star on the political horizon. So cool and controlled that colleagues have dubbed her "The Ice Queen," Sydney has built a fortified closet around every part of her being — including her heart. Lovely professor Faith Fitzgerald is a dedicated scholar and award-winning author. Engaged to Sydney's brother, Faith prays that this marriage will save her from the pain of the past and the secret she dare not reveal. Thrown together by fate, these strong, independent women find themselves impassioned by a dangerous longing that threatens the very foundations of their carefully constructed lives and compels them to surrender - body and soul!

The forgotten legion. Ben Kane

Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman on his way home from a night out. At 13 years old, they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the powerful men in Rome, and their mother into obscurity and death.

The road to Rome. Ben Kane

Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus and Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians. Meanwhile in Rome, Romulus' twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by Brutus, but wooed by Marcus Antonius, his deadly enemy.

The silver eagle. Ben Kane

The Forgotten Legion - ten thousand legionaries made captive by the Parthians - has marched to Margiana on the edge of the known world. In its midst are Romulus, Brennus and Tarquinius, all men with good reason to hate Rome. Together the trio must face the savage tribes which constantly threaten the area.

Leaving Berlin. Joseph Kanon

Targeted by McCarthyism for his pre-war politics, a young Jewish writer who fled the Nazis to America makes a desperate bargain with a fledgling CIA to work as a spy in a decimated Berlin.

Difficult daughters. Manju Kapur

Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, "Difficult Daughters" is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love.

Home. Manju Kapur

Tender and funny, Manju Kapur's third novel is an engrossing story of family life, across three generations of Delhi shopkeepers. When their traditional business - selling saris - is increasingly sidelined by the new fashion for jeans and stitched salwar kameez, the Banwari Lal family must adapt. But, instead of branching out, the sons remain apprenticed to the struggling shop, and the daughters are confined to the family home.

The immigrant Manju Kapur

Nina is a thirty-year-old English lecturer in New Delhi, living with her widowed mother and struggling to make ends meet. Ananda has recently emigrated to Halifax, Canada; having spent his twenties painstakingly building his career, he searches for something to complete his new life. When Ananda's sister proposes an arranged marriage between the two, Nina is uncertain: can she really give up her home and her country to build a new life with a husband she barely knows?

A married woman. Manju Kapur

Astha has everything an educated, middle-class Delhi woman could ask for - children, a dutiful loving husband, and comfortable surroundings. So why should she be consumed with a sense of unease and dissatisfaction? Astha finds herself embarking on a powerfully physical relationship with a much younger woman, Pipee, the widow of a political activist.

97 ways to make a cat like you Carol Kaufmann

How to Make a Cat Like You is the perfect interactive guide to these mysterious, fickle, seemingly aloof — yet really, just particular — pets.

Woven textiles : a designer's guide. Sharon Kearley

Weaving is an age-old craft but it has boundless potential. This book explains to the novice how to start weaving textiles, but also develops techniques for the more experienced so they can learn to appreciate colour, patterns and structures, and thereby design their own richly-textured cloth.

The opposite of loneliness : essays and stories. Marina Keegan

An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.

Death's door. Jim Kelly

On a hot August day in 1994, 76 holidaymakers travel to an island off the North Norfolk coast. A young man is murdered, the case left unsolved. Twenty years later, using state-of-the-art forensics, the DNA results of a blood-soaked towel prompts DI Peter Shaw to summon all 75 original suspects to a mass screening. But one of them, the beautiful Marianne Osbourne, is found dead in her bed.

Australians. [Volume 3], Flappers to Vietnam. Thomas Keneally

Australia emerged from WW1 into a decade of profound change, characterised by a revolution in behaviour amongst the young; by the first great age of consumerism; by the new and increasingly sophisticated impact of the movies; by secret right wing armies and the emergence of the Communist Party; and by two less remembered and very interesting PMs, the handsome, sombre Stanley Melbourne Bruce of the Melbourne Establishment, and Jim Scullin, unpretentious Labor man of humbler Irish parentage. As in the two previous volumes of Australians Keneally brings history to vivid and pulsating life as he traces the lives and the deeds of Australians known and unknown.

Cowboy tough. Joanne Kennedy

Cat Crendall left a successful advertising job in New York to teach art workshops in the wild west. The Boyd Ranch is hardly her dream destination, but if the outing's a success, the company will send her to more exotic locations. Mack Boyd was in the middle of the best bronc-riding season of his life when his mother asked for help with an artists' retreat at the ranch. Cat and Mack are complete opposites… but can they set aside their differences and work together?

Cowboy trouble. Joanne Kennedy

Fleeing her latest love-life disaster, big city journalist Libby Brown's transition to rural living isn't going exactly as planned. Her childhood dream has always been to own a poultry farm, but without the constant help of her charming, sexy cowboy neighbour, she'd never make it through her first Wyoming season.

How to kiss a cowboy. Joanne Kennedy

Winning comes naturally to bronc rider Brady Caine. He's riding high when he lands an endorsement deal with Lariat Western Wear that pairs him up with champion barrel racer Suze Carlyle. Until a stupid move on Brady's part lands Suze in the hospital, her career in tatters. Now it's a whole new game for both of them.

One fine cowboy. Joanne Kennedy

Nate Shawcross is perfectly content to spend his days training wild horses. So when a beautiful greenhorn unexpectedly shows up for a seminar from the famous 'Horse Whisperer' of Wyoming, all Nate wants to do is send her packing … but he can't help being distracted by the brainy and breathtakingly sexy Charlie.

Tall, dark and cowboy. Joanne Kennedy

In the wake of a nasty divorce, Lacey Bradford heads for Wyoming where she's sure her old friend will take her in. But her high school pal Chase Caldwell is no longer the gangly boy who would follow her anywhere. Chase has been through tough times and is less than thrilled to see the girl who once broke his heart. But try as he might to resist her, while Lacey's putting her life back together, he's finding new ways to be part of it.

Successful job interviews for dummies. Joyce Lain. Kennedy

Includes handy tips and practical advice for acing any interview, whether you're a new graduate looking for your first job or an experienced professional looking for a career change. You'll find unbeatable advice on every aspect of interviewing, from getting prepared to answer tough questions to negotiating a better salary offer.

One thing stolen. Beth Kephart

Nadia Cara is in Florence, Italy with her family because her professor father is researching the 1966 flood. Nadia finds herself trapped by her own obsessions and following the trail of an elusive Italian boy whom only she has seen. Can Nadia be rescued or will she simply lose herself altogether?

You. Caroline Kepnes

When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe works, he's instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: She's gorgeous, tough, razor-smart, and as sexy as his wildest dreams. But there's more to Joe than Beck realises, and much more to Beck than her oh-so-perfect facade.

Likeable social media : how to delight your customers, create an irresistible brand, and be generally amazing on facebook (and other social networks) Dave Kerpen

The secret to successful word-of-mouth marketing on the social web is easy: Be Likeable. Likeable Social Media helps you harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing to transform your business.

The African equation. Yasmina Khadra

Kurt Krausmann, a recently bereaved Frankfurt doctor, is persuaded to join his friend, wealthy benefactor Hans Makkenroth, on a humanitarian mission to the Comoros. The journey helps him begin to confront his loss, but soon misfortune strikes again: the boat he and Hans are travelling in is hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and the men are taken hostage.

The unquiet dead. Ausma Zehanat Khan

Detective Esa Khattak is in the midst of his evening prayers when he receives a phone call asking that he and his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, look into the death of a local man who has fallen off a cliff. It soon comes to light that Drayton might have been living under an assumed name, and he may not have been the upstanding Canadian citizen he appeared to be.

The addiction solution : unraveling the mysteries of addiction through cutting-edge brain science David Kipper and Steven Whitney.

For decades addiction has been viewed and treated as a social and behavioural illness, afflicting people of "weak" character and "bad" moral fibre. However, recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors, for the first time, to correctly diagnose the disease and prove that addiction is an inherited, neuro-chemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by genetics, and triggered by stress.

Things we know by heart Jessi Kirby

A year after losing her boyfriend, Trent, in an unexpected accident, Quinn Sullivan secretly tracks down the recipient of his donated heart in an attempt to heal, but ends up falling for him.

The rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell. William Klaber

At a time when women did not commonly travel unescorted, carry a rifle, sit down in bars, or have romantic liaisons with other women, Lucy Lobdell boldly set forth to earn men's wages. In this historical novel, William Klaber captures the life of a brave woman who saw well beyond her era.

The secret of Pembrooke Park. Julie Klassen

In Regency-era England, secrets come to light at the abandoned manor house Pembrooke Park. Will Abigail find the hidden treasure and love she seeks or very real danger?

Prince of dreams. Lisa Kleypas

A wealthy and bitter exile, the most dangerous and desirable man in all of England, he burns to possess a proud, headstrong beauty who is promised to another. But winning Emma Stokehurst's exquisite hand through threats and determination does nothing to fill the empty spaces in Nikola's heart — until passion's magic carries the handsome, tormented prince back to a bygone era of splendour and romantic dreams.

Heart's desire. T. J. Kline

If you could have anything, do anything… what would it be? Jessie Hart has a soft spot for healing the broken, especially horses and children, but her business is failing and bankruptcy is looming. The one man who can save Heart Fire Ranch is the last man she wants to take advice from — financial expert Nathan Kerrington, the same man who broke her heart eight years ago.

Awakened. Emma Knight

Rachel Wood wakes in Benji's arms - except there is one problem: she cannot remember who Benji is. Heartbroken, Benji lets her go, as she insists on leaving him and returning home.

Bitten. Emma Knight

Rachel Wood wakes to find herself in an ancient castle, all alone. She wakes to realise she is now a vampire.

Chosen. Emma Knight

Rachel Wood wakes after having just taken the leap of faith with Benji with the Blue Tablet. She searches for him, amazed she is still alive, only to find that he did not fare as well: he is mortally injured and he needs her help to survive.

Sworn. Emma Knight

When her dad is transferred, Rachel Wood is uprooted from her home in Pennsylvania and forced to enter a new high school. As things reach a low point, Rachel meets Benji, a loner who keeps apart from the other kids, and who takes her on a ride on his motorcycle. They have an unforgettable night together in an amusement park — until something goes horribly wrong, and Benji shocks her by saving her life. And as their romance deepens, she has to decide if she is willing to give up everything to find out his secret…

Taken. Emma Knight

Rachel Wood finally learns the secret that her new boyfriend, Benji, has been hiding: he is a vampire. But Rachel refuses to believe it. Thinking he is crazy, she runs from him, and resolves to never see him again.

Follow your gut : the enormous impact of tiny microbes Rob Knight with Brendan Buhler.

How the microscopic ecosystem within our bodies particularly within our stomachs has an astonishing impact on our health, mood and more.

Read between the lines. Johanna Knowles

Thanks to a bully, unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger, the middle one, splinted to flip off the world. One cheerleader dates a closeted basketball star; another questions just how, as a "big girl," she fits in. A group of boys scam drivers for beer money without remorse or so it seems. Over the course of a single day, these voices and others speak loud and clear about the complex dance that is life in a small town.

Dreamquake Elizabeth Knox

The horror of the Rainbow Opera riot is the talk of Southland. Dreamhunter Grace Tiebold's reputation is in tatters and her niece Laura Hame is in hiding. But the nightmare has only just begun. Rumours about the government's torture of prisoners have been buried, and corrupt minister Cas Doran is free to take his plans to shocking heights. Laura and Rose know they must stop him, but in doing so they start a chain of events that could blow open the deepest mysteries of the Place.

Coaltown Jesus. Ronald Koertge

Walker shouldn't have been so surprised to find Jesus standing in the middle of his bedroom. After all, he'd prayed for whoever was up there to help him, and to help his mum, who hadn't stopped crying since Noah died two months ago. But since when have prayers actually been answered? And since when has Jesus been so irreverent?

You should have known Jean Hanff Korelitz

Grace Sachs, a happily married therapist with a young son, thinks she knows everything about women, men and marriage. She is about to publish a book called You Should Have Known, based on her pet theory: women don't value their intuition about what men are really like, leading to serious trouble later on. But how well does Grace know her husband?

After the fall, before the fall, during the fall. Nancy Kress

In the year 2035, all that is left of humanity lives in the Shell — a sterile enclosure built by an alien race. Fifteen-year-old Pete is one of the six children who were born in the Shell. Though he possesses birth defects common to the Six, including sterility, Pete is resolved to lead humanity to a new beginning. However, as one by one the adults of the Shell grow mysteriously sick and die, Pete struggles to control his dangerous anger at the aliens.

Retro mama scrap happy sewing : 18 easy sewing projects for DIY gifts and toys from fabric remnants. Kim Kruzich

These handmade projects combine sewing, patchwork, appliqué and embroidery and include bags, cushions and pillows, quilts, baby bibs, soft toys, organizers, bookends, hotpads, mats and more, all using Kim's charming motifs including owls, dolls, cats, birds, clouds, fruits, bears and houses.

Kiss of broken glass. Madeleine Kuderick

A tale told through evocative verse chronicles a mandatory seventy-two-hour psychiatric evaluation of a teen who has been caught cutting herself in an effort to feel alive.

Pretty delicious : lean and lovely recipes for a healthy, happy new you. Candice Kumai

Kumai skips "diet" food in favour of smart swaps and delicious real foods that keep fat and calories to a minimum while boosting flavour and plate appeal to the maximum.

The black album. Hanif Kureishi

In Britain, a young Pakistani's dilemma as he decides who he is. He, himself, wants to be a writer, but his parents want him in business. He wishes to continue sleeping with his lady professor, but fundamentalists want him to agitate for Islamic morality.

Masters of doom : how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture. David Kushner

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business, transformed popular culture and provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises in history - Doom and Quake — until the games they made tore them apart.

The scent of almonds & other stories. Simon Lack

A snowstorm traps a family in a hotel on a tiny island off Fjallbacka and then a body is discovered in the library. Marianne is serving up a dangerous concoction at the Widow's Cafe. Two sisters witness a murder in a fashion boutique. And Malin is trapped on a boat with a man she is beginning to fear.

Kama sutra : a modern guide to the ancient art of sex. Nitya Lacroix

Sex expert Nitya Lacroix brings an energetic new take to ancient sex techniques and positions in Kama Sutra.

Fragrant harbour. John Lanchester

She story of people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. Tom Stewart leaves England just before it is hit by the Great Depression to seek his fortune, and finds it in running Hong Kong's best hotel. Sister Maria is a beautiful and uncompromising Chinese nun whom Stewart meets on the boat out from England; their friendship spans decades and changes both their lives.

Burnt. Karly Lane

Sebastian Taylor and Rebecca Whiteman were country town high school sweethearts dreaming of a future together when an accident one night forever changed their destiny. Eighteen years later, newly divorced Rebecca returns to the small town she left behind, to start a new life. Seb, now an elite SAS soldier in the Australian Army, arrives home to his farm, injured and grieving.

Jane Austen's family : through five generations. Maggie Lane

This book offers an intimate and intriguing account of Jane Austen's relations, from 1704, when her great-grandmother was left a widow with six children to support, through to 1870, and the destinies of her many nephews and nieces.

Endless heart. Emma Lang

Lettie Brown has lived in the shadow of violence. After escaping her brutal past, she's finally at home in Forestville, Wyoming. She's content working at The Blue Plate and printing the town newspaper, if not happy. Then a stranger stumbles into her world and turns everything upside down.

Matthew. Emma Lang

It is a vast spread in the eastern wilds of the newly independent Republic of Texas, the ranch their parents fought and died for. In the wake of his parents' murder, Matthew Graham must take the reins at the Circle Eight. He also needs to find a wife in just thirty days, or risk losing it all.

Restless heart. Emma Lang

Sam Carver had the kind of body that turned a woman's head, and the kind of eyes that had seen more than his share of trouble. But he couldn't get enough of the mysterious, ethereal beauty who had showed up in his little Wyoming town, working at the Blue Plate, keeping to herself.

Ruthless heart. Emma Lang

Sheltered all her life, Eliza Hunter never imagined herself alone in the vast Utah plains, much less trailing a mysterious, rugged man hired to hunt down her beautiful younger sister.

Uncle Trev and his whistling bull. Jack Lasenby

It's the 1930s. Our storyteller is crook in bed trying to get over a long sickness and wanting to go back to school, when Uncle Trev arrives to let Mum go out and do the shopping. Uncle Trev tells one story after another about the animals out on his farm, and about his neighbour Gotta Henry.

Beautiful secret. Christina Lauren

When Ruby Miller's boss announces he's sending her on an extended business trip to New York City, she's shocked. She knows she's professionally up to the task. The part that's throwing her is where she'll be spending a month working alongside — and staying in a hotel with — Niall Stella, her firm's top urban planning executive and The Hottest Man Alive.

Dark wild night. Christina Lauren

When three college besties meet three hot guys in Vegas, anything could — and does — happen.

Rose in bloom. Stephanie Laurens

Every Rose has its thorn… especially Rose MacKenzie-Craddock! When they were children, the wilful girl was the thorn in the Earl of Strathyre's side. Now, as a beautiful woman, Rose drives the Earl wild with desire. But even grown-ups can play some most interesting games…

James Cook's lost world. Graeme Lay

1775. Captain James Cook is forty-seven years old and the toast of the Admiralty, the Royal Society and the English public after his triumphant second world voyage. His wife, Elizabeth, pregnant with their sixth child, relishes the fact that her now-famous husband is home for good. But James cannot resist the call of the sea.

The silence. Tim Lebbon

In the darkness of a underground cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed. Swarming from their prison, they multiply and thrive. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death. Deaf for many years, Ali knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family's only chance of survival.

Build it now : socialism for the twenty-first century. Michael A. Lebowitz

Build It Now puts forward a clear and innovative vision of a socialist future, and at the same time shows how concrete steps can be taken to make that vision a reality. Written by an eminent academic, this is far more than an academic treatise.

50 ways to ruin a rake. Jade Lee

Mellie Smithson is trapped in the country with no suitors and no prospects on the horizon except, perhaps, the exasperating — although admittedly handsome — guest of her father. Trevor Anaedsley's grandfather has cut off his funds until he gets engaged. Beset by creditors, Trevor escapes to the country — ostensibly to visit his old tutor Mr. Smithson - where he meets Smithson's lovely daughter Mellie.

Endless summer cookbook. Katie Lee

From photography to design to the recipes themselves, Endless Summer Cookbook evokes the delicious flavours of the best season of the cook's year.

Across a green ocean Wendy Lee

Michael Tang and his sister, Emily, have both struggled to forge a sense of identity in their parents' adopted homeland. Emily, an immigration lawyer in New York City, baffles their mother, Ling, by refusing to have children. At twenty-six, Michael is unable to commit to a relationship or a career — or come out to his family. And now their father, after a lifetime of sacrifice, has passed away.

Rightsize … right now! : the eight-week plan to organize, declutter, and make any move stress-free Regina Leeds

The author outlines an 8-week plan to de-clutter, organize, pack, and relocate without stress.

The day my father became a bush Joke van Leeuwen ; translated by Bill Nagelkerke.

A clear-eyed and off-beat illustrated novel about a girl surviving in a baffling world at war. Before he becomes a bush, Toda's father is a pastry chef. Fighting breaks out in the south and Toda's father has to go there to defend his country. Luckily he has a manual called 'What every soldier needs to know'. This tells him how to hide from the enemy by using branches and leaves to disguise himself as a bush.

Truly madly pizza. Suzanne Lenzer

Beginning with the "Mother Crust" recipe, Lenzer argues that pizza dough is a tabula rasa for whatever healthy fresh ingredients you have on hand. To make pizza a nightly affair, she suggests preparing the dough on Sunday — in less than 30 minutes — freezing it, and simply transferring it to the fridge to thaw on the morning you plan to cook.

The confidence myth : why women undervalue their skills and how to get over it. Helene Lerner

True confidence isn't fearlessness; it's having the courage to jump in even when your knees are shaking. Drawing on her own and other female leaders' experiences, as well as on her survey of over 500 working women, Lerner lays out practical strategies for beating this confidence myth and overcoming obstacles like gender bias.

Holy fool : artworks. Michael Leunig

At the heart of Michael Leunig's work lies the idea of the holy fool — a character who does not conform to social norms of behaviour because of mental disability or as a deliberate choice, but is regarded as having a compensating divine blessing or inspiration. In Holy Fool over 240 of Michael Leunig's artworks are collected together for the first time in a book ranging from paintings, to sculpture, from prints to drawings.

Hold me closer : the Tiny Cooper story : a musical novel. David Levithan

Larger-than-life Tiny Cooper finally gets to tell his story, from his fabulous birth and childhood to his quest for true love and his infamous parade of ex-boyfriends, in the form of a musical he wrote.

The love letters. Beverly Lewis

Marlena Wenger, a young aunt from the Beachy Amish caring for her infant niece, finds comfort and hope from an Old Order Amish mother and her family who extend friendship to a homeless man, whose few possessions include a collection of love letters.

The river. Beverly Lewis

When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets and the people they left behind.

Perelandra. C. S. Lewis

In the second novel in C.S. Lewis' classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom is called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus, which turns out to be a beautiful Eden-like world. He is horrified to find that his old enemy, Dr Weston, has also arrived and is putting him in grave peril once more.

The secret language of your child : how childen talk before they can speak. David Lewis

What is a toddler trying to say by touching his ears or tilting his head? Dr David Lewis pioneered the study of how young children communicate with each other using gestures and facial expressions and his detailed research explains how toddlers can already communicate before they learn to speak.

Street photography : the art of capturing the candid moment. Gordon Lewis

Since the advent of the camera, there have been photographers whose mission is to record and interpret the public sphere in all its aspects. Their work, and that of many other masters, has inspired generations of photographers to wander public spaces, camera in hand, searching for meaningful moments in time.

Benedict Cumberbatch : the biography. Justin Lewis

Benedict Cumberbatch has played detective and monster, barrister and scientist, politician and painter, comic and spy. In this book, Justin Lewis traces Benedict Cumberbatch's career to date, from his early promise in Harrow School plays, through his first supporting roles in film, theatre and TV, to national and international acclaim.

A class apart. Susan Lewis

Jenneen, Kate, Ellamarie and Ashley are enviable women. They are desirable and powerful, with glamorous jobs in the media and the theatre and, most importantly, the closest of friendships. But each of the friends has a dark secret, and none of them can ever be entirely safe from the passion, deceit and danger which threatens to seduce and then destroy them

Out of the shadows. Susan Lewis

Since Susannah Cates's husband was sent to prison three years ago, life has been a constant struggle to provide for herself and their teenage daughter. Worried by her mother's unhappiness, thirteen-year-old Neve decides to take matters into her own hands, recruiting Susannah's closest friend Patsy. However, the spectre of horror is all the time pacing behind the scenes.

The orphan sky. Ella Leya

Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart.

Awakened by autism : embracing autism, self, and hope for a new world. Andrea Libutti

When she was told that her 20-month-old son had autism, Dr. Andrea Libutti was devastated. Therapists said he would never communicate with others, nor would he ever form meaningful relationships. Still, Andrea refused to accept that dim prognosis and instead embarked on a years-long journey of discovery and healing.

The opposite of spoiled : raising kids who are grounded, generous, and smart about money. Ron Lieber

We may not realise it, but children are hyperaware of money. Written in a warm, accessible voice, grounded in real-world stories from families with a range of incomes, The Opposite of Spoiled is a practical guidebook for parents that is rooted in timeless values.

Exile. Rebecca Lim

All Mercy knows is that she is an angel, exiled from heaven for a crime she can't remember committing. She 'wakes' inside the body and life of eighteen-year-old Lela Neill with only limited recall of her past life. Lela's life is divided between caring for her terminally ill mother and her work as a waitress at the Green Lantern, a busy city cafe frequented by suits, cab drivers, strippers, backpackers and the homeless, and Mercy quickly falls into the rhythm of this new life. But when Mercy's beloved, Luc, reappears in her dreams, she begins to awaken to glimpses of her true nature.

Fury. Rebecca Lim

Mercy is an exiled angel cast down to earth and forced to live out thousands of different lives for her own protection. Betrayed by her eternal love, Luc, Mercy burns with fury. The time of reckoning is here and now she must wage open war with Luc and his demons. Ryan's love for Mercy is more powerful than ever, but loving an angel is mortally dangerous.

Mercy. Rebecca Lim

Mercy 'wakes' on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business — or thinks they do. But they will never guess the secret Mercy, an exiled angel, is hiding. In Paradise, Mercy meets Ryan, whose sister was kidnapped two years ago and is now presumed dead. When another girl disappears, Mercy and Ryan know they must act before time runs out.

Muse. Rebecca Lim

Mercy is an angel, exiled from heaven, and when she wakes in the body of nineteen-year-old Irina, Mercy discovers that she's one of the world's most infamous supermodels on the verge of a very public breakdown. Against the glamorous background of Milan's opulent fashion world, Mercy continues her increasingly desperate search for Ryan Daley, the mortal boy she remembers falling for in a past life.

All's fair in love and scandal. Caroline Linden

Nothing wagered… Douglas Bennet can't resist a good wager so when a friend proposes an audacious plan to expose the most notorious woman in England, he agrees. Nothing won… Madeline Wilde has cultivated a reputation for being unattainable and mysterious, and for good reason: her livelihood depends on discretion. When Douglas turns his legendary charm on her, she dismisses him as just another rake.

Sew cute and collectible sock monkeys : for red-heel sock monkey crafters and collectors. Dee Lindner

Filled with tips and quips, Sew Cute and Collectible Sock Monkeys highlights detailed techniques to create and dress one's own hand-made sock monkey.

Wildfire in his arms. Johanna Lindsey

With his work in Montana completed now that the Callahan-Warren feud has ended in marriage rather than bloodshed, Degan Grant sets out for California because it is far away from the home he wants to forget — until the US Marshal who saved his life calls in a favour. All Degan has to do is apprehend three outlaws on the marshal's list and turn them over to the law.

The accidental detective and other stories. Laura Lippman

Delve into these nine ingenious tales and read an exclusive extract from Laura's latest novel The Innocents. Within this collection, Laura Lippman takes us from Dublin in 'Honor Bar' to Washington D.C. in 'ARM and the Woman' and to New Orleans in 'Pony Girl.'

Femme fatale and other stories. Laura Lippman

In this short story collection we are taken back to richly drawn 1975 where we meet Sofia and her degenerate gambling father in 'Hardly Knew Her'; and in 'Femme Fatale' we are introduced to sixty-eight year old Mona who suddenly finds herself in a rather surprising situation.

Life sentences. Laura Lippman

Author Cassandra Fallows has achieved remarkable success by baring her life on the page. But now, after a singularly unsuccessful stab at fiction, Cassandra believes she may have found the story that will enable her triumphant return to nonfiction. But her homecoming and latest journey into the past will not be welcomed by everyone, especially by her former friends, who are unimpressed with Cassandra's success, and are insistent on their own version of their shared history.

The most dangerous thing. Laura Lippman

Once the best of friends until a terrible secret tore them apart, a group of friends are suddenly brought back together under tragic circumstances and wonder if their long-ago lie is the reason for their troubles today and if someone is out to destroy them.

Wondrous strange. Lesley Livingston

When seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow meets Sonny Flannery, she discovers he is a changeling and guardian of the gate between the faerie Otherworld and the mortal realm. She also learns that her mother had otherworldly powers that she has passed on to Kelley.

The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks. E. Lockhart

Frankie Landau-Banks: No longer the kind of girl to take 'no' for an answer. Especially when 'no' means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society. Not when she knows she's smarter than any of them. When she knows Matthew's lying to her and when there are so many, many pranks to be done. Frankie Landau-Banks at age 16: Possibly a criminal mastermind. This is the story of how she got that way.

How to be bad E. Lockhart ; Sarah Mlynowski ; Lauren Myracle.

Told in alternating voices, Jesse, Vicks, and Mel, hoping to leave all their worries and woes behind, escape their small town by taking a road trip to Miami. From three critically acclaimed and bestselling authors comes one story — equal parts charming, hilarious, and emotional — of a road trip that proves that sometimes it doesn't matter where you're going, since getting there is half the fun.

Between the devil and Ian Eversea. Julie-Anne. Long

She might look like an angel… The moment orphaned American heiress Titania "Tansy" Danforth arrives on English shores she cuts a swath through Sussex, enslaving hearts and stealing beaux. She knows she's destined for a spectacular titled marriage — but the only man who fascinates her couldn't be more infamous… or less interested.

It happened one midnight. Julie-Anne. Long

More than one beautiful woman's hopes have been dashed on the rocky shoals of Jonathan Redmond's heart. With his riveting good looks and Redmond wealth and power, the world is his oyster — until an ultimatum from his father and a chilling gypsy prophecy send him hurtling headlong toward a fate he'll do anything to avoid: matrimony.

It started with a scandal. Julie-Anne. Long

Lord Philippe Lavay once took to the high seas armed with charm as lethal as his sword, and a stone-cold conviction: he'll restore his family's fortune and honour, no matter the cost. Victory within reach when a brutal attack snatches it from his grasp and lands him in Pennyroyal Green. An afternoon of bliss brings a cascade of consequences for Elise Fountain and her survival means a plummet down the social ladder to a position no woman has yet been able to keep: housekeeper to a frighteningly formidable prince. Now a man who thought he could never love and a woman who thought she would never again trust must fight an incendiary passion that could be the ruin of them both.

The legend of Lyon Redmond. Julie-Anne. Long

Bound by centuries of bad blood, England's two most powerful families maintain a veneer of civility… until the heir to the staggering Redmond fortune disappears, reviving rumours of an ancient curse: a Redmond and an Eversea are destined to fall disastrously in love once per generation.

A notorious countess confesses. Julie-Anne. Long

From Covent Garden to courtesan to countess, beautiful, fearless, ambitious Evie Duggan has riveted London in every role she plays. But the ton never could forgive her scandalous marriage, and when her star plummets amid gleefully vicious gossip, the countess escapes to the only legacy left to her: a manor house in Pennyroyal Green.

What I did for a duke. Julie-Anne. Long

For years, he's been an object of fear, fascination and fantasy. But of all the wicked rumours that shadow the formidable Alexander Moncrieffe, Duke of Falconbridge, the ton knows one thing for certain: only fools dare cross him. And when Ian Eversea does just that, Moncrieffe knows the perfect revenge: he'll seduce Ian's innocent sister, Genevieve.

The devilish Mr. Danvers Vivienne Lorret

For the first time in her life, Hedley Sinclair holds the keys to her own future. No one will ever lock her up again or attempt to take away what's hers. No one except Rafe Danvers - the charming, fiendish man from Fallow Hall.

The evertree. Marie Lu

Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have journeyed across Erdas, racing to stop a merciless foe. Now that journey is about to end. They must reach a place forgotten by time and face off against an ancient enemy breaking free from his prison. They have just one chance to stop him or the whole world will shatter.

Wigston in the First World War Duncan Lucas, Derek Seaton, Patricia Berry & Jean Dann.

Wigston Magna, in the heart of tranquil Leicestershire, was transformed from a peaceful existence in August 1914, as war-clouds swept across the skies of Europe. This village, the home of farming folk and framework knitters, suddenly witnessed its young men leaving, in vast numbers, to answer the call of King and Country. This is the story of Wigston in the First World War, the men who fought on the frontline, and those who served on the Home Front during the 'war to end all wars'.

The day watch Sergei Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vassilyev.

Alice, a young but powerful Dark Other, leaves her house to attend a meeting with her comrades in the Day Watch. The team is on a mission to apprehend an uninitiated Other. It seems a routine operation. But when they arrive, the Night Watch team has already made the arrest. A fierce battle ensues, during which Alice almost dies.

The genome. Sergei Lukianenko

Alex is a spesh — a human who has been genetically modified to perform particular tasks. As a captain and pilot, Alex has a genetic imperative to care for passengers and crew — no matter what the cost. His first mission aboard Mirror is to ferry two representatives of the alien race Zzygou on a tour of human worlds. His task will not be an easy one, for aboard the craft are several speshes who have reason to hate the Others.

The last watch. Sergei Lukianenko

The night watch. Sergei Lukianenko

Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Others. The Others are magicians, possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy world that exists in parallel to our own. Their aim is not mutual destruction, but rather the maintenance of the balance between good and evil.

The twilight watch. Sergei Lukianenko

An ancient race of humans who have supernatural powers face their greatest threat yet when a renegade Other absconds with a fabled book of spells and appears intent on using it to alter the course of humanity in the third book in the bestselling Russian trilogy that is part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective story.

After the storm. Jane Lythell

A man who had no voice. A woman who helped him find it. Rob and Anna have only just met Owen and Kim. Now they've chartered their handsome old boat to take them to a far off island in the Caribbean. With just the four of them on board, Rob dreams of lazy afternoons snorkelling. Anna looks forward to the silence and solitude of the sea. But why does Owen suffer acute insomnia and seem so secretive about his past?

Meet me in Venice : a Chinese immigrant's journey from the far East to the faraway West. Suzanne Ma

When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town cafe, resolving to save enough money to provide her family with a better future. A groundbreaking work of journalism, Meet Me in Venice provides a personal, intimate account of Chinese individuals in the very act of migration.

22 dead little bodies. Stuart MacBride

CID isn't what it used to be. It's a been a bad week for acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae. Every time his unit turns up anything interesting, DCI Steel's Major Investigation Team waltzes in and takes over, leaving CID with all the dull and horrible jobs. But when the dead bodies start turning up, one thing's certain Logan's week is about to get a whole lot worse.

Party croc! : a folktale from Zimbabwe Margaret Read MacDonald

In this retelling of a Shona folktale from Zimbabwe, a girl promises a crocodile he can come to a party in exchange for a favour, but since crocodiles aren't allowed in the village, she doesn't expect she'll have to keep the promise.

When it rains. Maggie MacKellar

When Maggie's vibrant young husband dies tragically she is left widowed and due to give birth three months later to their second child. Then her beloved mother dies suddenly of aggressive cancer. After a year, she returns with her children to the family farm in central western New South Wales to take stock. The farm becomes a redemptive, healing place for Maggie and her children.

Tiptop cat. C. Roger. Mader

A cat finds the courage to climb again after a frightening fall from his owner's apartment balcony.

Wear this now : your style solution for every season and any occasion Michelle Madhok with Eileen Conlan.

Takes the guesswork out of getting dressed, teaching readers how to build a foolproof wardrobe that won't break the bank as well as how to look stylish for every season and occasion.

How to seduce a band geek. Cassie Mae

Sierra Livingston's got it bad for her sister's best friend, Levi Mason, the boy who carries his drumsticks in his pocket, marches with the school's band, and taps his feet to whatever beat runs through his head. When Sierra gets paired with Levi's sister for a mentorship programme, they strike a deal. But when Sierra discovers Levi no longer plays the drums, his family has moved into a trailer, and he's traded in his Range Rover for a baby blue moped, Sierra's not sure if she can go through with violating his privacy.

Ignite me. Tahereh Mafi

With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45.

Alchemy. Margaret Mahy

A blackmails Roland into befriending the school misfit — Jess Ferret. When Jess doesn't respond to his confident advances, he becomes intrigued with the girl for his own reasons. Roland discovers Jess's dark secret and also finds that he has one of his own…

The gargling gorilla. Margaret Mahy

Three hilarious stories in one volume from an award-winning author with a wicked sense of humour.

Mister Whistler. Margaret Mahy

Absentminded Mister Whistler always has a song in his head and a dance in his feet. In a rush to catch the train, he is so distracted he loses his ticket. Is it in the bottom pockets of his big coat or the top pockets of his jacket? Perhaps he slipped it into his waistcoat. Where is Mister Whistler's ticket?

Organ music. Margaret Mahy

"Watch the road! Watch the road!" screamed David. "I don't have to," Harley replied in a strangled voice. Slumping back in his seat, he took his foot off the accelerator and held his hands away from the wheel. The soft hum of the car's motor did not decrease. The car did not lose speed. If anything, it seemed to move even faster than before. "It's driving itself," Harley said. A thrilling tale of danger, ghosts and secret experiments hidden deep in the forest.

The riddle of the frozen phantom. Margaret Mahy

When Sophie Sapwood discovers a whalebone pendant hidden in a chest of drawers, the ghost of Captain Cathcardo awakens from an ancient sleep, trapped in the frozen wastes on his ship, The Riddle. His cries for help travel through the stratosphere and reach three different persons, who immediately organise trips to the Antarctic.

The girls of Mischief Bay. Susan Mallery

Three very different women find family through friendship including Nicole, who faces a difficult choice involving her dependent husband; Shannon, who must choose between love and career; and Pam, whose marriage is tested by an unexpected change.

Fairway to heaven. Lily Malone

When Jennifer Gates drives to Sea Breeze Golf Club to kick off date-night with her Golf Pro boyfriend, the last thing she expects is to find him giving one of his lady students a private, and very personal, lesson in bunker-play. Her best friend gives her the keys to the Culhane family's beach shack on the white-pepper shores of Western Australia's Geographe Bay. Jenn hopes a weekend on the coast with her young son will give her the space she needs to rebuild her confidence after Jack's betrayal. But she's not the only person seeking sanctuary by the sea.

The Katherine Mansfield megapack. Katherine Mansfield

101 classic works by Mansfield - 70 short stories and 31 poems - spanning the length of her career as an author and poet.

Black run. Antonio Manzini

Having got on the wrong side of some powerful people, Rocco Schiavone, deputy prefect of police, is exiled to Aosta, a small alpine town. The sophisticated, crotchety Roman is not best pleased. What he loves is solving crimes… And when a mangled body is discovered on a piste, Rocco faces his first challenge — identifying the victim, a procedure complicated by his ignorance of the customs, dialect, and history of his new home.

The hunger of the wolf. Stephen Marche

The body in the snow belonged to Ben Wylie, the heir to America's second-wealthiest business dynasty, and it is found in a remote patch of northern Canada. Far away, in post-crash New York, Jamie Cabot, the son of the Wylie family's housekeepers, must figure out how and why Ben died.

Smart people don't diet : how psychology, common sense, and the latest science can help you lose weight permanently. Charlotte N. Markey

This book will show you how to eat well, lose weight, and keep it off — without dieting.

Astrologically incorrect for lovers. Terry Marlowe

Following up on the success of Astrologically Incorrect, expert astrologer-with-an-attitude Terry Marlowe shows you how to win your lover's heart, keep 'em mesmerized in the bedroom, and wield power in personal relationships.

A 1940s childhood : from bomb sites to Children's hour. James Marsh

The 1940s was a decade of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. Britain's towns and cities were being bombed on an almost nightly basis, and many children faced the trauma of being parted from their parents and sent away to the country to live with complete strangers. But through it all, and afterwards, the simplicity of kids shone. This trip down memory lane will take you through the most memorable and evocative experiences of growing up in the 1940s.

Light thickens. Ngaio Marsh

Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck. But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene. Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience…

Hunger, hope & healing : a yoga approach to reclaiming your relationship to your body and food Sarahjoy Marsh

A yoga approach to dealing with disordered eating patterns —like overeating, food addiction, and stress eating — and the resulting emotional distress they can cause.

Shadow of the hangman. Edward Marston

In this first instalment of the Bow Street Rivals series a riot breaks out in Dartmoor prison, enabling some American inmates to escape. The twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen catch wind of a projected assassination but the target is unknown. Trouble ensues when a woman from the Home Office vanishes; a mysterious lady turns up at the archery shooting gallery; and Paul's gambling addiction worsens.

With you and without you. Ann M. Martin

When Liza's dad finds out he has less than a year to live, he asks his family to help him make his remaining time as happy as possible. Liza tries hard to prepare herself for living without him but after he's gone, she finds that she is still not ready — and maybe she never will be. The family, now faced with financial problems, has to move into a smaller home, which adds to their tension and anger.

Chasing fireflies. Charles Martin

Never settle for less than the truth," she told him. But when you don't even know your real name, the truth gets a little complicated. And as Chase Walker discovered, learning the truth about who you are can be as elusive, and as magical, as chasing fireflies on a summer night.

Against the sky. Kat Martin

Alaska. In America's last wilderness there are no limits to what a man can do. For detective Nick Brodie, that means keeping the perps off the streets of Anchorage 24/7. Samantha Hollis never thought she'd meet anyone like Nick, especially in a place like Las Vegas. But after one reckless, passionate night, she discovers the charismatic stranger is everything she wants in a man.

Against the wild. Kat Martin

It's been three years since Lane Bishop tragically lost her fiancé, and she's finally ready to risk her heart on someone else. The hot look in Dylan Brodie's eyes says he's going to be that man. But when Lane flies to the remote 1930's fishing lodge to help him renovate, she discovers a little girl who won't speak, eerie legends and strange sounds in the night.

The long hitch home. Jamie Maslin

Tasmania to London. One end of the globe to the other. 800 hitchhiking rides. 18 thousand miles. Four seasons. Three continents. 19 countries. "The Long Hitch Home" is a dynamic mix of heart-thumping adventure and well-researched social, cultural, and historical commentary on the score of countries Maslin encountered during his arduous, and at times life threatening, journey home.

Since you've been gone. Morgan Matson

Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.

Nightingale. Cathy Maxwell

At one time, Jemma meant the world to Dane Pendleton, but then she betrayed their young love. Now time has turned the tables. Dane is wealthy, respected, and knighted, while Jemma has nothing but her pride. They whisper that he learned "tricks" while he was in the Orient. But has he forgotten Jemma and what they once meant to each other?

Hitler's last day: minute by minute : minute by minute Jonathan Mayo, Emma Craigie.

On 30th April 1945 Germany is in chaos — Russian troops have reached Berlin, all over the country, people are on the move — concentration camp survivors, Allied PoWs, escaping Nazis — and the civilian population is fast running out of food. Hitler's Last Day: Minute by Minute is pure chronological narrative, as seen through the eyes of those who were with Hitler in those last tumultuous hours; those fighting in the streets of Germany; and those pacing the corridors of power in Washington, London and Moscow.

Trusting Liam. Molly McAdams

When Kennedy Ryan moves to California, she never expected to come face to face with the man who has haunted her thoughts for a year. A man who had her breaking all her rules for a single night of passion that ended up meaning more than it was ever supposed to. But because of her experience with men, Kennedy shields herself before he can break down more of the carefully built control she's clung to for the last four years.

Meant to be. Fiona McCallum

Emily Oliphant's life finally seems to be settling down. Her new boyfriend Jake has joined her on the farm, they both love the peace and tranquillity of the old cottage which Jake suggests they rebuild. Emily's two best friends face a personal crisis and she finally gets the chance to repay them for the kindness and support they gave her when she needed it.

Dappled Annie and the tigrish. Mary McCallum

One after another, an earthquake and a terrible wind leave Annie with losses that seem irreplaceable, and her little brother Robbie emerges as the only person who can help her find what she's lost. Him and the tigrish.

Writing resumes and cover letters for dummies Amanda McCarthy, Kate Southam.

Practical tips and tricks for standing out from the crowd and getting the job you want.

Sometimes love isn't enough. Lurlene McDaniel

Andrea is thirteen and scared. She feels her family is falling apart. She can't even admit to herself that her parents are divorcing. They say they love her, but she needs more than just words in her life.

Forensics : the anatomy of crime. Val McDermid

Draws on interviews with top-level forensic professionals to delve, in her own inimitable style, into the questions and mysteries that surround this fascinating science. Looking at famous murder cases, as well as investigations into the living — sexual assaults, missing persons, mistaken identity she will lay bare the secrets of forensics from the courts of seventeenth-century Europe through Jack the Ripper to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.

Chess success : planning after the opening. Neil McDonald

Every chess player has encountered problems once the opening phase of the game has ended, and this book aims to provide solutions.

Dreamweaver CS5. David Sawyer. McFarland

This step-by-step guide helps you master this versatile program with jargon-free language, hands-on tutorials, and savvy advice from a Dreamweaver pro.

Pushing the limits. Katie McGarry

I can't remember the night that changed my life. The night I went from popular girl to loner freak. And my family are determined to keep it that way. They said therapy was supposed to help. They didn't expect Noah. Noah is the only one who'll listen. The only one who'll help me find the truth.

Collide. Gail McHugh

On the heels of college graduation and the unexpected death of her mother, Emily Cooper moves to New York City to join her boyfriend for a fresh start. Dillon Parker has been sweet, thoughtful, and generous through Emily's loss, and she can't imagine her life without him — even as her inner voice tells her to go slow. Then she meets rich and notorious playboy Gavin Blake.

Pulse. Gail McHugh

Emily Cooper is ready to risk everything to be with the man who has consumed her thoughts and dreams since the fateful day they met. Unravelling fast, she can only cling to the hope that Gavin Blake still wants her. Nursing his wounded heart, Gavin has cut himself off from society and retreated into a self-destructive, mind-numbing world.

The stupid footballer is dead : insights into the mindset of a professional footballer. Paul McVeigh

Professional football in the modern era is played every bit as much in the mind as on the pitch. The ones who are dedicated, with mental resilience and a winner's psychology are prospering and will continue to do so as the game evolves. Paul McVeigh looks at how he learned to play the mental game and gives a look behind-the-scenes into the approach of some of the game's highest performers.

The orphan queen. Jodi Meadows

Wilhelmina has a hundred identities. She is a princess. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom's capital. Ten years later, they are the Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne.

White crocodile. K. T. Medina

When emotionally damaged mine-clearer Tess Hardy travels to Cambodia to find out the truth behind her ex-husband's death, she doesn't know much about the country or its beliefs. On arrival, she finds that teenage mothers are going missing, while others are being found mutilated and murdered. As local superstitions breed fear, Tess is drawn into a web of lies.

The tragic age. Steve Metcalfe

Billy has decided that the best way to deal with an absurd world is to stay away from it. Billy will be the first to tell you it doesn't always work — not when your twin sister has died, not when your unhappy parents are at war with one another, and not when your guidance counsellor keeps asking why you haven't applied to college. Billy's life changes when two people enter it.

The athlete's book of home remedies : 1,001 doctor-approved health fixes & injury-prevention secrets for a leaner, fitter, more athletic body! Jordan D. Metzl with Mike Zimmerman

Quick fixes and effective home remedies for runners, bikers, skiers, golfers and all types of athletes to get them back in the game fast.

Crown jewel. Fern Michaels

When he inherits the estate of his estranged brother, Ricky Lam decides to develop the resort his brother had planned to build on an island off the coast of South Carolina, where Ricky finds new love with his former sister-in-law.

Family blessings. Fern Michaels

A freak tornado drops down into the town of Larkspur and destroys the house where matriarch and candy magnate Loretta Cisco has lived for fifty years. As if that's not enough she sees that her beloved triplet grandchildren, Hannah, Sara, and Sam — each a newlywed — are having marital problems and yet they refuse to tell her what's going on.

Late bloomer. Fern Michaels

Twenty years have passed since the incident involving six lonely children at a secret playground in Indigo Valley, Pennsylvania, which left the town bully dead and ten-year-old Cady Jordan seriously injured. Now Cady has returned to the valley to care for her ailing grandmother, Lola, an eccentric retired film star, who is the only person Cady has ever truly loved.

The marriage game. Fern Michaels

When Samantha Rainford — newly wed to Douglas Cosmo Rainford III — returns home from her honeymoon to find divorce papers waiting, she's shocked and heartbroken. Then she discovers that she's not the first to be abandoned — she's one of four (or maybe more) ex-Mrs. Rainfords — and decides it's time to put into practice that old truism: Don't get mad, get even.

Pretty woman. Fern Michaels

Despite owning her own successful business, Rosie has lived for the approval of her husband, Kent, who never approves. He spends her money lavishly, sleeps in a separate bed, and takes every opportunity to inform Rosie how ugly and overweight she is — until she kicks him out without a cent.

The real deal. Fern Michaels

Risking her life to protect the First Lady of the United States, Quinn Star stumbles upon a conspiracy on the part of advisors to hide the president's debilitating illness to seek their own political agenda, but her efforts to stop the plots could be undermined by the reappearance of an old lover.

To taste the wine. Fern Michaels

Languishing in the London home of her uncle, Chelsea Myles is offered an escape when she is asked to switch identities with a young woman on her way to an arranged marriage in Australia.

Trading places. Fern Michaels

When Atlanta Police Detective Aggie Jade is seriously wounded and her partner killed in a raid gone dangerously wrong, her identical twin sister, Lizzie, a high-stakes gambler and karate expert, assumes her identity to search for those responsible, but her charade is threatened by her attraction to sexy investigative reporter Nathan Hawke.

Love the home you have. Melissa Michaels

With humour and candour Melissa reveals how to transform your rooms (and your life) from plainly liveable to fabulously lovable.

Food52 genius recipes : 100 recipes that will change the way you cook. Kristen Miglore

An essential collection of more than 100 foolproof recipes from food luminaries such as Julia Child, Alice Waters, and David Chang. Plus with abundant how-to and finished dish photographs throughout, Genius Recipes is destined to become every home cook's go-to reference for smart, enjoyable cooking.

City 123. Zoran Milich

Photographs showcasing the numbers 1 to 10 invites kids to look at cityscapes with new eyes and discover that numbers are all around them.

500 dates : dispatches from the front lines of the online dating wars. Mark Miller

Now several years post-divorce, relationship expert and humorist Mark Miller has experienced over 500 first dates. In 500 Dates, composed of 55 humour essays, Miller features the highlights and lowlights of those dates.

More than happy : the wisdom of Amish parenting Serena B. Miller with Paul Stutzman.

The more time Serena Miller spent in Holmes County, Ohio, doing research for her popular Amish novels, the more she began to notice something — Amish children were the happiest children she'd ever seen. Full of practical takeaways, More Than Happy shows you how to apply the basic principles and parenting techniques the Amish use, so you can raise happy, well-adjusted kids.

The last empress. Anchee Min

At the end of the nineteenth century, China is rocked by humiliating foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman: the resilient, ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid. Moving from the intimacy of the concubine quarters into the spotlight of the world stage, Orchid makes a dramatic metamorphosis from a strong-willed young woman to a wise political leader, who must not only face the perilous condition of her fading empire but also a series of devastating personal losses.

The boy from the woods. Jen Minkman

Julia has been in love with Michael for years. He's the hottest guy in school, and she can't believe her luck when they finally hit it off during Senior Prom. Her dream doesn't last, though: after a few dates, he callously dumps her out of the blue. But then she rescues Michael in the woods when he has a motorcycle accident in a heavy thunderstorm.

The sweetheart Angelina Mirabella

It's 1953 and seventeen-year-old Leonie Putzkammer is cartoonishly tall and curvaceous, destined to spend the rest of her life waiting tables and living with her widowed father Franz in their Philadelphia row house. Until the day legendary wrestling promoter Salvatore Costantini walks into the local diner and offers her the chance of a lifetime.

A concise history of economists' assumptions about markets : from Adam Smith to Joseph Schumpeter. Robert Edward. Mitchell

This open-minded, multidisciplinary approach challenges existing world views on the endogenous and exogenous forces that drive markets and economies

Madness in Solidar. L. E. Modesitt

Four centuries after its founding, Solidar's Collegium of Imagers is in decline, so lacking in leadership that the dying Maitre must summon Alastar, an obscure but talented senior imager who has little knowledge of politics in the capital, as his successor. Alastar finds himself in the middle of a power struggle, and all that, Alastar discovers, is only a fraction of the problems he and the Collegium face.

Children of the comet. Donald Moffitt

Torris, son of the Facemaker, knows only his small community at the base of the great Tree on a comet with almost no gravity or atmosphere. Torris's daily struggle for survival includes harvesting frozen air to keep breathing, dodging flutterbeasts, and hunting meatbeasts for food. When it comes time to make his vision quest to the top of the Tree, Torris is completely unprepared for what he finds.

Sleeping dogs. Thomas Mogford

An old friend persuades Gibraltarian lawyer Spike Sanguinetti to take a well-earned rest on Corfu's beautiful north-east coast. But when the bloodied body of a young Albanian is found and a local man accused of his murder, Spike reluctantly agrees to take the case.

Suspicion. Alexandra Monir

Seventeen-year-old Imogene Rockford turned away from her family and their English country manor after her parents' death, but assumes her duty as the new Duchess of Wickersham despite threats and strange occurrences.

The faerie guardian. Rachel Morgan

Protecting humans from dangerous fae is nothing new for seventeen-year-old faerie Violet Fairdale. She's training to become one of the Guild's elite guardians, and she's all set to graduate top of her class. That is, until a cute human boy, an evil faerie, and inconvenient feelings of the romantic kind show up.

The faerie prince. Rachel Morgan

After messing up big time by bringing a human into the fae realm, Vi needs to step up her game and forget about Nate if she hopes to graduate as the top guardian of her year. Everything would be fine if she wasn't forced to partner with Ryn, her ex-friend, ex-enemy, and current "sort of friend."

The faerie war. Rachel Morgan

Violet Fairdale is in big trouble. Her home is gone, her beloved forest lies in ruins, the guy she gave her heart to has deserted her — and she doesn't remember any of it. The powerful Lord Draven is taking over, brainwashing guardians into fighting for him. No one is safe from the evil spreading throughout the fae world.

Window gods. Sally Morrison

56-year-old Isobel is an artist struggling to engage deeply with her subject matter while the responsibilities of womanhood tug her in all directions — her ancient mother, her son and her late sister's daughter. When a lawsuit brought by her half sister and her husband's cancer diagnosis collide, Isobel is thrown from one crisis to the next.

Henry V : the warrior king of 1415. Ian Mortimer

A great English hero, Henry V was lionized by Shakespeare and revered by his countrymen for his religious commitment, his sense of justice, and his military victories. Here, noted historian and biographer Ian Mortimer takes a look at the man behind the legend and offers a clear, historically accurate, and realistic representation of a ruler who was all too human.

Bobby Fischer : the career and complete games of the American world chess champion. Karsten Muller

Now, for the first time, every single one of Bobby Fischer's tournament and match games is presented with insightful explanations and analysis. Best-selling chess author, German International Grandmaster Karsten Muller, annotates each game of the player many believe to be the greatest of all time.

Angela's airplane. Robert N. Munsch

While looking for her lost father at the airport, Angela ends up in the cockpit of a plane. She decides to push just one button, and then another … and another …

The fire station. Robert N. Munsch

Michael and Sheila visit a fire station and while they are exploring a fire truck, an alarm goes off — and away go Michael and Sheila to the rescue!

Mortimer. Robert N. Munsch

It's Mortimer's bedtime, but he would much rather sing his rowdy song. Mom, Dad and even the police can't get him to quiet down, until they become so distracted by each other that Mortimer drifts off to sleep.

Mud puddle. Robert N. Munsch

Whenever Jule Ann goes outside, a Mud Puddle jumps on her and gets her muddy all over. But she defeats it with cheerful ingenuity and two bars of smelly yellow soap.

Stephanie's ponytail. Robert N. Munsch

None of the kids in her class wear a ponytail, so Stephanie decides she must have one. With true Munsch flair, each of Stephanie's ponytails is more outrageous than the last, while the cast of copycats grows and grows.

What to expect before you're expecting Heidi Murkoff with Sharon Mazel

This must-have guide every expectant couple needs before they even conceive covers tips on what to eat (and not eat), how to maintain a healthy weight and advice about preconception medical care, ways in which men can contribute to baby-to-be's successful arrival, fertility issues and options available to couples who are facing conception problems, and a detailed fertility planner.

What to expect when you're expecting Heidi Murkoff with Sharon Mazel

Cuts through the confusion surrounding pregnancy and birth by debunking dozens of myths that mislead parents, offering explanations of medical terms, and covering a variety of issues including prenatal care, birth defects, and amniocentesis.

Dreamy quilts : 14 timeless projects to welcome you home. Lydia Loretta Nelson

Transform your living space into a relaxing retreat when you stitch up soft, simple, and naturally beautiful quilts. Fourteen easy-to-sew projects range from quilts and throw pillows to a pretty patchwork dog bed.

Sandcastles : interiors inspired by the coast. Tim Neve

In this beautifully illustrated and designed book, interiors stylist Tim Neve explores a selection of extraordinary homes. Tim also offers a wealth of practical advice on how to create mood boards and colour palettes, and use statement pieces and found objects to create your own personal design style.

The importance of being wicked. Miranda Neville

Thomas, Duke of Castleton, has every intention of wedding a prim and proper heiress. That is, until he sets eyes on the heiress's cousin, easily the least proper woman he's ever met.

The ruin of a rogue. Miranda Neville

Anne Brotherton is sick and tired of being an heiress. She cannot bring herself to marry a fortune hunter. Why can't men like her for her sharp mind and kind heart rather than her impressive dowry? Just when she is about to bow to her fate as a confirmed spinster, she meets the handsome and charming Marcus Lithgow.

Anno Dracula. 1959, Dracula cha cha cha. Kim Newman

Journalist Kate Reed flies into the city to visit the ailing Charles Beauregard and his vampire companion Genevieve. Finding herself caught up in the mystery of the Crimson Executioner who is bloodily dispatching vampire elders in the city, Kate discovers that she is not the only one on his trail…

Bad dreams. Kim Newman

Anne Nielson, an American journalist, comes to London to investigate the strange death of her sister. Soon, she becomes sucked into a netherworld of corruption and perversion and is hurtled toward a final confrontation where she has only the dead as allies.

An English ghost story. Kim Newman

The Naremores, a dysfunctional British nuclear family seek a new life away from the big city in the sleepy Somerset countryside. At first their new home, The Hollow, seems to embrace them, creating a rare peace and harmony within the family. But when the house turns on them, it seems to know just how to hurt them the most, threatening to destroy them from the inside out.

We are here. Cat Thao. Nguyen

Told through the bright and unflinching eyes of Cat Thao, a girl born in a refugee camp, We Are Here is a memoir that begins in 1975 with her family's gripping exodus by foot out of post-war Vietnam. The escape of Cat Thao's family from persecution traverses the horrific jungles of Khmer Rouge Cambodia and into the crowded refugee camps of Thailand. From which, finally, the Nguyens were allowed to board a Qantas plane to a freedom they wanted desperately. But the stark, contrasting suburban landscapes of Western Sydney, Australia were not the unalloyed blessing they'd imagined.

We'll meet again. Mary Nichols

1940 — London is facing the full wrath of the blitz and amid the chaos Sheila Phipps is orphaned after a devastating air raid claims her family and her home. She is evacuated to Bletchley to live with her aunt Constance, where she forms an unlikely friendship with Prudence Le Strange, who is working in the code breaking unit at Bletchley. As the war escalates, the two friends find their lives increasingly complicated not only by the secrets of wartime but by those the conflict has dredged up from the past.

The first case. Ulf Nilsson

Someone has been stealing the squirrel's nuts and Detective Gordon, a toad, must do what it takes to catch the thief.

The secret life of Luke Livingstone. Charity Norman

Luke Livingstone is a father and grandfather, a respected solicitor, a pillar of the community. He has a loving wife in Eilish, children who adore him and an idyllic home in the Oxfordshire countryside. But Luke is struggling with an unbearable secret, one that is close to destroying him. He must either end his life, or become the woman he knows himself to be - whatever the cost.

Between you & me : confessions of a comma queen. Mary Norris

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades guarding the New Yorker's grand traditions of grammar and usage. Now she brings her vast experience and sharpened pencil to help the rest of us, in a charming language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.

Jessica's ghost. Andrew Norriss

Francis has never had a friend like Jessica before. She's the first person he's ever met who can make him feel completely himself. Jessica has never had a friend like Francis before. Not just because he's someone to laugh with every day but because he's the first person who has ever been able to see her.

Dinosaur boy. Cory Putman. Oakes

Everyone knows the dinosaur gene skips a generation. So it isn't a complete surprise when Sawyer sprouts spikes and a tail before the start of fifth grade. Despite the Principal's Zero Tolerance Policy, Sawyer becomes a bully magnet, befriended only by Elliot aka "Gigantor" and the weird new girl. When the bullies start disappearing, Sawyer is relieved-until he discovers a secret about the principal that's more shocking than Dino DNA.

Black girl/white girl. Joyce Carol Oates

Fifteen years after the mysterious death of Minette Swift — a 19-year-old black girl enrolled as a scholarship student in an exclusive liberal arts college — her former roommate Genna begins an unofficial enquiry into the traumatic event. What follows is a gripping, painful, and intimate depiction of 'black' and 'white' in America in the years of crisis following the end of the Vietnam War and the ignominious exposure and fall of President Richard Nixon.

High lonesome : new and selected stories, 1966-2006. Joyce Carol Oates

Super green smoothies : 60 delicious recipes for weight loss, energy and vitality Sally Obermeder & Maha Koraiem

When Sally Obermeder wanted to regain her health after her life threatening cancer battle, she turned to the green smoothie lifestyle. Here, she shares her nutritious, delicious recipes to help you feel great, lose weight and gain energy.

Guerilla. Mel Odom

In the jungles of Makaum, the Terran military is locked in a critical standoff over the planet's resources with the hostile Phrenorians, even as both species maintain uneasy relations with the locals. Tensions could ignite at a moment's notice. And Master Sergeant Frank Sage has just stumbled upon the spark plug.

Master Sergeant. Mel Odom

They call it The Green Hell. A maze of tangled jungle, the planet Makaum is one of the most dangerous places in the universe. And for Terran Military Master Sergeant Frank Sage, it is now home. Heading up a small but fearless unit, Sage must stop a brewing civil war with the power to unleash a galactic cataclysm unlike anything ever seen.

Where trust lies Janette Oke, Laurel Oke Logan

After teaching in a 1920s mining town in western Canada, Beth Thatcher no longer feels at home among her wealthy family in the East, and her heart is torn between two very different worlds.

As you like it. Jenny Oldfield

A fresh, youthful retelling of Shakespeare's comedy. When half of the royal court end up abandoning their luxury lifestyles for the back-to-basics life of the forest no one really knows who they are anymore - let alone who anyone else is! In the midst of all this, the young people are trying to find love and everyone is looking for an end to the feuding.

Much ado about nothing. Jenny Oldfield

When AC Messina's star striker Claudio falls for the team manager's daughter, Hero, he sets in motion an escalating web of deceit. With a delightful cast of reporters, footballers, WAGs and revenge-obsessed scoundrels, will the truth ever be unravelled? It captures the magic of Shakespeare's original play and sets it in an accessible and contemporary style.

Walk on the wild side. Nicholas Oldland

One day, a bear, a moose and a beaver go for a walk in the mountains. To make the hike more exciting, they decide to race to the top. But soon the friends fall into deep trouble. Who will give up their chance for glory to save the day?

A wicked snow. Gregg Olsen

Hannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck on her family's farm. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug up — one of them her mother's. Two decades later Hannah is a CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back.

Dissonance. Erica O'Rourke

Delancey Sullivan knows for sure that there is more than one universe. Many more. Because every time someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world spins off the existing one. But Del's decisions have consequences too. And when she secretly starts to investigate other dissonant worlds she's intrigued by the echo versions of Simon Lane, a guy who won't give her the time of day in the main world, but whose alternate selves are uniquely interested.

Harmonic. Erica O'Rourke

Addison Sullivan, Del's older sister, has always been considered a model Walker — but her reputation within the Consort has been tainted by her grandfather's betrayal and her sister's recklessness. She is desperate to regain her position within the Consort and equally desperate to keep Del from spiralling out of control after losing the boy she loves.

Resonance. Erica O'Rourke

Del risked everything to save Simon, and now he's gone, off in another world and she's back at the Consort — training to be a Walker. But the Free Walkers, a rebel group, is trying to convince Del that the Consort is evil, and that her parents are unwittingly helping the Consort kill millions of people. The Free Walkers make Del the ultimate promise: if Del joins their fight, she will be reunited with Simon.

Claiming Noah. Amanda Ortlepp

Catriona and James are desperate for children, and embark on an IVF programme. After a gruelling round of treatments, Catriona finally falls pregnant, and they donate their remaining embryo anonymously to Diana and Liam. After a difficult pregnancy, Catriona gives birth to Sebastian. But severe postnatal depression turns into deadly psychosis and she's admitted into psychiatric care. When she comes home, she again struggles to bond with her baby. Meanwhile, Diana has given birth to a beautiful little boy, Noah. But when he is two months old Noah is abducted.

Deeper dating : how to drop the games of seduction and discover the power of intimacy. Ken Page

Lose weight. Be confident. Keep your partner guessing. At the end of the day, this soulless approach to dating doesn't lead to love, it leads to insecurity and desperation. In "Deeper Dating" Ken Page presents a new path to love, integrating the best of human intimacy theory with timeless spiritual truths and translating them into a practical, step-by-step process.

Curious George good night book Karen Pandell

Curious George has to do many different things before bedtime.

Vanessa and her sister. Priya Parmar

London, 1905: Vanessa, Virginia, Thoby, and Adrian are leaving behind their childhood home and taking a house in the leafy heart of avant-garde Bloomsbury. Together, this sparkling coterie of artists and intellectuals throw away convention and embrace the wild freedom of being young, single bohemians in London. As tragedy and betrayal threaten to destroy the family, Vanessa must decide if it is finally time to protect her own happiness above all else.

Sticky fingers cookbook. Ruth Parrish

Sticky Fingers Cookbook contains sixty-four (plus variations) pure and simple recipes for making remarkably tasty sweets without using cane sugar.

Look back in anger : the miners' strike in Nottinghamshire - 30 years on. Harry Paterson

The scars left by the 1984/85 "Great Strike for Jobs" are still raw in Nottinghamshire, thirty years later. Look Back in Anger puts these events into context, giving a history of the coalfields through the twentieth century and the first comprehensive overview of the strike year in Nottinghamshire.

Black rock white city. A. S. Patric

During a hot Melbourne summer Jovan's cleaning work at a bayside hospital is disrupted by acts of graffiti and violence becoming increasingly malevolent. For Jovan the mysterious words that must be cleaned away dislodge the poetry of the past. He and his wife Suzana were forced to flee Sarajevo and the death of their children.

First sinners. Kate Pearce

Their identities a secret, they are men of mystery with hidden pasts and dark passions. Welcome to the Sinners Club.

The power of persuasion. Kate Pearce

Ex super-soldier and telepath Captain Ian McNeill isn't expecting his job as base commander to a bunch of scientists to be exciting, let alone terrifying. But after meeting Neeve, a Pavlovan female and saving her from a bunch of Etruscan extremists, he's fairly certain his life will never be the same again. Book two in the Triad series of erotic science fiction romance.

Simply pleasure. Kate Pearce

Ten years as a sex slave in a Turkish brothel have left Val Sokorvsky a master in the art of erotic seduction. But even as he offered his body, he never offered his heart. Now that he is returning home he wonders what kind of welcome he will find. Only one person understands his pain and Val is helpless to resist the passion he feels for Peter Howard, his English lover.

Simply shameless. Kate Pearce

One forbidden weekend years ago, Helene Delornay found herself stranded with a total stranger. Philip Ross opened Helene's eyes to a world of sexual delight she never knew existed. Now proprietress of London's most exclusive house of pleasure, Helene never found another man who could satisfy the insatiable cravings he awakened within her.

Simply sinful. Kate Pearce

Forced to wed at a young age, Abigail Beecham is tired of living in a sexless marriage. She longs to succumb to the delicious pleasures of pure carnal lust that she has only read about. And if her husband can't satisfy her erotic needs, she's ready to find a man who can…

The pop star pirates. Maggie Pearson

When three boys all run away from home to try and live like pirates life is easy at first. Then they meet Bonnie-Ann who trains them like real pirates but their real talent turns out to be more musical.

Women's health lift to get lean. Holly Perkins

Lift to Get Lean is the first beginner's guide to strength training from Women's Health that is written specifically for women by a woman. Perkins offers four different 90-day training programs that efficiently build functional strength along with leaner legs, stronger arms, and a sexier butt.

Isla and the happily ever after. Stephanie Perkins

From glittering Manhattan to moonlit Paris, falling in love is easy for hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. Until they are forced to confront the heartbreaking reality that happily-ever-afters aren't always forever.

Cookie craft : baking & decorating techniques for fun & festive occasions Valerie Peterson & Janice Fryer.

Foolproof methods for rolling, baking, piping, flooding, and other key techniques — everything you need to know to make show-stopping creations.

Courage, Dana. Susan Beth Pfeffer

She didn't mean to do it, but Dana has become a heroine - and her life will never be the same. Saving the boy makes her the darling of the entire town. At first she loves the attention, but she soon learns that being a celebrity brings hardship, too — and a challenge that will require her to show courage in a whole new way.

Kid Power. Susan Beth Pfeffer

Janie is desperate for a new bike, but her parents won't buy her one unless she can pay for half of it herself. So Janie decides to open her own business. She calls it Kid Power and promises her customers that there is no problem too big or too small for her to handle — but this budding entrepreneur will soon find that running a company isn't as easy as it looks.

Kid Power strikes back. Susan Beth Pfeffer

Kid Power hits a slump when school begins but the coming winter gives twelve-year-old Janie new ideas on how to revive business. Sequel to "Kid Power."

Will & Tom. Matthew Plampin

1797, West Yorkshire. When young artist Will Turner arrives at Harewood House he discovers that he is one of two men that will make up a Cockney Project. His fellow artist? Childhood friend and now rival, Tom Girtin. But Will just wants to get the job done and get out. But the servant halls are alive with whispers of scandal and when Will ventures to sketch the local ruins he instead witnesses something that will threaten both his commission and his friendship.

Becoming a Londoner : a diary. David Plante

Strangers to this new city, from previous lives in New York and Athens, David Plante and Nikos Stangos are embarking on a new life together, a partnership which will endure for forty years. Spanning his first fifteen years in London, from the mid-sixties to the early eighties, this first volume of memoirs draws on diary entries, notes, sketches and drawings to reveal a beautiful, intimate portrait of a relationship and a luminous evocation of a world of writers, poets, artists and thinkers.

Margret and H.A. Rey's Curious George goes to the zoo Cynthia Platt

Visiting a safari-style zoo where resident animals roam freely, George is unable to resist joining them and befriends a sad baby rhino who hides until George plans a special birthday party for her.

Frank Sinatra, the boudoir singer Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince

"Every time I sing a song, I'm actually making love on stage. Call me 'The Boudoir Singer'" or so claimed Frank Sinatra. Darwin Porter, America's leading chronicler of Golden Age Hollywood, turns over more than a few boulders in Sinatra's secret garden, especially for those who thought they'd heard it all.

Howard Hughes, hell's angel : America's notorious bisexual billionaire. Darwin Porter

Set amid descriptions of the unimaginable changes that affected America between Hughes's birth in 1905 and his death in 1976, this book gives an insider's perspective about what money can buy and what it can't. Darwin Porter's access to film industry insiders and other Hughes confidants supplied him with the resources he needed to create a portrait of Hughes that both corroborates what other Hughes biographies have divulged, and go them one better.

Katharine the great. Darwin Porter

Katharine Hepburn was the world's greatest screen diva — the most famous actress in American history. But until the appearance of this biography, no one had ever published the intimate details of her complicated and ferociously secretive private life. Here, however, is an unvarnished account of what Katharine Hepburn desperately wanted to forget.

God's bankers : a history of money and power at the Vatican. Gerald L. Posner

Revealing a history of mysterious deaths, shady characters, and moral and political tensions, exposes the inner workings of the Catholic Church to trace how the Vatican evolved from an institution of faith into an extremely wealthy corporate power.

The gulf. David Poyer

Set in the volatile climate of the Persian Gulf, the action begins with the destruction of a U.S. destroyer by an Iranian missile, then escalates into a power play game and seemingly inevitable conflict. Although this novel was published before the Persian Gulf War of 1991, it captures the energy of long-held tensions in this region.

Finding Paris. Joy Preble

Sisters Leo and Paris Hollings have only ever had each other to rely on. When Paris disappears from the Heartbreak Hotel Diner, where moments before they had been talking with physics student Max Sullivan, Leo finds a cryptic note. Leo reluctantly accepts Max's offer of help, and the two find themselves following a string of clues through Vegas and beyond.

The cellar. Natasha Preston

For months, Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out…

Falling for Jillian. Kristen Proby

Jillian thought she was a city girl through and through; the fast cars, high fashion, and glamour. She loves it all. But when her ex tells her he's having a baby with his new wife she hightails it back to Montana to cry on the shoulder of her best friend, Cara. But Jillian would rather be comforted Zach, Cara's brother-in-law.

The lost art of dress : the women who once made America stylish. Linda Przybyszewski

The Lost Art of Dress explores how, in the first half of the 20th century, a remarkable group of women, whom Przybyszewski calls the Dress Doctors, and spearheaded a nationwide movement toward beautiful, economical, and egalitarian fashion. During the 70's and 80's, the rejection of the Dress Doctors went even further, as feminist groups targeted Home Economics classes in schools as examples of society's pervasive sexism.

Twelfth night Sue Purkiss

The world of Twelfth Night is a perplexing place where everyone is falling in love, only not with the right people, and not at the right time. It's a world of disorder and confusion where cross-dressing and mistaken identities wreak havoc. Will love win out in the end?

Enticing Miss Eugenie Villaret. Ella Quinn

William, Viscount Wivenly, plans to remain the most eligible of bachelors. He refuses to surrender to the schemes of husband-hunting ladies and matchmaking mamas. Fleeing the pressure of the ton, he's bent on finding refuge in the West Indies. What he finds instead is a fascinating stranger, a woman so unlike those of his society that he can't resist such a beguiling distraction…

The Duke and I. Julia Quinn

Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton. After all, it isn't as if the brooding rogue has any real plans to marry - though there is something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets Simon's heart beating a bit faster.

The viscount who loved me. Julia Quinn

Fifteen years have passed, but the Bridgertons are as devious and diabolical as ever when it comes to life on the croquet field. Join Anthony, Kate, Simon, Daphne, Colin, Edwina, and (of course) the mallet of death, as Julia Quinn shows that happily ever after can still be a little bit wicked and a whole lot of fun.

Easy vegan : 140 vegan dishes from everyday to gourmet. Sue Quinn

Easy Vegan offers 160 delicious recipes without animal products for wannabe vegans, existing vegans or those wishing to learn more.

Backstairs Billy : the life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's most devoted servant. Tom Quinn

William Tallon, who died in 2007, was a shopkeeper's son from the Midlands who worked for the Queen Mother for more than fifty years and became her most trusted servant. Known as 'Backstairs Billy', he was charming, amusing, occasionally bitchy — and extremely promiscuous. Outrageously funny, scandalous, sometimes shocking, but always fascinating, this is the life story of one of the most original characters ever to have graced the royal household.

Paris style guide. Elodie Rambaud

Paris style guide looks inside the address book of Paris-based freelance stylist Elodie Rambaud and invites you to share it with her. The book divides into ten chapters: contemporary inspiration, textiles, nature and botanicals, art and colour, tool box, vintage, world decor, table, accessories and a final chapter dedicated to kids' style.

Going off script : how I survived a crazy childhood, cancer, and Clooney's 32 on-screen rejections. Giuliana Rancic

A witty, warm, and inspiring memoir from the E News! host, Fashion Police panellist, red-carpet correspondent, author, and reality show star Giuliana Rancic.

The French baker. Jean Michel. Raynaud

From a master patissier comes an inspirational — and equally practical and achievable — guide to delicious French-style baking in the home kitchen.

Hello, beautiful! : scenes from a life. Hannie Rayson

I realise that, despite all the references to my longing to be a writer, two things are apparent. The first is that I don't actually do much writing; the second is that my teenage reflections display absolutely no talent for it. My Diary is prima facie evidence of self-delusion on a grand scale.

The edge of always. J. A. Redmerski

Five months ago, Camryn and Andrew, both dealing with personal hardships, met on a Greyhound bus. They fell in love and proved that when two people are meant to be together, fate will find a way to make it happen. Now, Camryn and Andrew are pursuing their love of music and living life to the fullest as they always swore to do. But when tragedy strikes, their relationship is put to the ultimate test.

Song of the fireflies. J. A. Redmerski

Brayelle Bates has always been a force of nature and the only person who has ever truly understood her is her childhood sweetheart, Elias Kline. But Elias never knew the truth about her agonizing past — until one night changes everything.

End in tears. Ruth Rendell

A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person… It is impossible for Chief Inspector Wexford not to wonder how terrible it would be to discover that one of his daughters had been murdered. The relationship between father and daughter has always been uneasy. But the current situation also provokes an emotional division between Wexford and his wife, Dora.

Murder being once done. Ruth Rendell

Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the local police, under the command of Wexford's nephew, are baffled, Wexford decides to brave his doctor's wrath and the condescension of the London police by doing a little investigating of his own.

No more dying then. Ruth Rendell

On a stormy February afternoon, little Stella Rivers disappeared — and was never seen again. All that remained was the cold fear and awful dread that touched everyone in Kingsmarkham. Just months later, another child vanishes — five-year-old John Lawrence. Wexford and Inspector Burden are launched into another investigation and, all too quickly chilling similarities to the Stella Rivers case emerge.

Put on by cunning. Ruth Rendell

The eleventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Sir Manuel Camargue, Kingsmarkham's very own celebrity flautist, dies tragically on a snowy night. His death is met with a ruling of misadventure and appears to be an open-and-shut-case. However Wexford, as the investigating officer, has a few niggling doubts.

Shake hands for ever. Ruth Rendell

A Reg Wexford mystery. The Chief Inspector could discover no motive, no reason and no suspect for Mrs Hathall's daughter-in-law's murder — all he had were his own intuitive suspicions. Probably Angela Hathall really had picked up a stranger, and that stranger had killed her. But why the doubt?

A sleeping life. Ruth Rendell

On a sultry August evening, the bloody body of a middle-aged woman is discovered beneath a hedge by a small boy. There are only two things that surprise Wexford about the murder scene. One, that the only contents of the woman's handbag are some keys and a wallet containing nothing but some money. And two, how even in death, her deathly grey eyes possess a scornful glare.

Some lie and some die. Ruth Rendell

For a while the pop festival at Sundays went well. The sun shone, the groups played and everyone — except a few angry neighbours — seemed to enjoy themselves. Then the weather changed, and a young couple made a gruesome discovery.

Wolf to the slaughter. Ruth Rendell

Anita Margolis has vanished. Dark and exquisite, Anita's character is as mysterious as her disappearance. There was no body, no crime - nothing more concrete than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith. With the letter providing them with only one questionable lead to follow, Wexford and his sidekick Inspector Burden are compelled to make enquiries.

Curious George. H. A. Rey

The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into considerable trouble.

Curious George goes to the hospital Margret & H.A. Rey

A curious monkey goes to the hospital after swallowing a piece of jigsaw puzzle.

The complete guide to Christian denominations : understanding the history, beliefs, and differences. Ron Rhodes

Do you ever wonder what the difference is between one denomination and another? Why are there so many kinds of Baptist or Presbyterian or Lutheran churches? Where do those names come from, anyway? You can find answers in this concise but comprehensive guide.

The night of the were-boy. Enid Richemont

There is a full moon and Frankie the cat is feeling rather strange… then something quite incredible suddenly starts to happen!

The cloud ; Devil's plaything. Matt Richtel

The cloud: A late-night accident on a San Francisco subway platform has altered Nat Idle's reality. But then, there are no accidents. Disoriented and bloodied after a near-deadly fall onto the subway tracks he discovers that a beautiful stranger has come to his aid… and that the burly man who barrelled into him had intended to do Nat harm. What he doesn't know is why — and his quest for answers leads him to uncover a handful of mysterious deaths, and a bizarre neurological disorder plaguing Bay Area children… as he ventures ultimately into the Cloud.

The doomsday equation. Matt Richtel

Jeremy Stillwater is a computer genius who has invented a machine that can predict global conflict. Governments can use this machine to prevent war and ultimately achieve world peace. Unfortunately, there's someone out there who wants Jeremy's creation, and not for good.

Carb-conscious vegetarian : 150 delicious recipes for a healthy lifestyle. Robin Robertson

Now you can enjoy healthy, low-carb meals without the cholesterol in this collection of high-protein, high-fibre meat and dairy-free recipes.

There's a lion in my cornflakes Michelle Robinson, Jim Field

Have you ever collected coupons from a cereal box? Maybe you were saving them up for a book or a toy. Well, when Dan and his brother decide to collect 100 coupons so that they can have their very own lion, they assume the task will be easy enough. How wrong can you be?

What a wallflower wants. Maya Rodale

Miss Prudence Merryweather Payton has a secret. With her romantic illusions shattered after being compromised against her will, Prudence accepts a proposal even though her betrothed is not exactly a knight in shining armour. When he cowardly pushes her out of their stagecoach to divert a highwayman, she vows never to trust another man again.

Dinosaurs from head to tail. Stacey Roderick

From one dinosaur's head to another's tail, this informational picture book challenges readers to guess which prehistoric creature each of eight different body parts belongs to.

I wish you more. Amy Krouse. Rosenthal

Whether celebrating life's joyous milestones, sharing words of encouragement, or observing the wonder of everyday moments, this sweet and uplifting book is perfect for wishers of every age.

The parent's guide to talking about sex : a complete guide to raising (sexually) safe, smart, and healthy children. Janet Rosenzweig

Having the talk with your child does not have to be a terrifying and awkward event. Armed with Dr. Janet Rosenzweig's groundbreaking book, you may find you never need to have the talk.

The Reagan era : a history of the 1980s. Douglas C. Rossinow

In this concise yet thorough history of America in the 1980s, Doug Rossinow takes the full measure of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the ideology of Reaganism. Rossinow links current trends in economic inequality to the policies and social developments of the Reagan era. Vital perspective on a decade that dramatically altered the American landscape.

The mind-body mood solution : the breakthrough drug-free program for lasting relief from depression. Jeffrey Rossman

We are living in an age of depression. In The Mind-Body Mood Solution, Dr. Rossman offers a comprehensive, drug-free depression treatment programme that fully integrates psychological tools with lifestyle practices such as nutrition, exercise, sleep, breathing, and meditation.

The girl savage. Katherine Rundell

Will must find her way after she's plucked out of a wonderful life in Zimbabwe and forced to go to boarding school in England.

Rooftoppers Katherine Rundell

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother.

The year of living Danishly : uncovering the secrets of the world's happiest country. Helen Russell

From childcare, education, food and interior design to SAD, taxes, sexism and an unfortunate predilection for burning witches, The Year of Living Danishly is a funny, poignant record of a journey that shows us where the Danes get it right, where they get it wrong, and how we might just benefit from living a little more Danishly ourselves.

Survival. Chris Ryan

Five kids, Alex, Li, Paulo, Hex and Amber are marooned on a desert island. And together they must face the ultimate test — survival! Battling against unbelievable dangers — from killer komodo dragons to sharks and modern-day pirates — the five must combine all their knowledge and skills if they are to stay alive.

Her lucky cowboy Jennifer Ryan

Champion rodeo rider Dane Bowden is eight seconds from winning under the Vegas lights, one last hurrah before reluctantly returning to his family's Montana ranch. But his bull has other plans. When Dane wakes up, he's sure he's died and gone to heaven… because the doctor who comes to his aid is the same girl who saved his life and disappeared years ago.

Icebox cakes : recipes for the coolest cakes in town Jean Sagendorph and Jessie Sheehan.

In this tempting cookbook, eager cooks can start with the Old School, a classic pairing of chocolate wafers and lush whipped cream, before moving on to fantastic combinations such as Luscious Lemon with its lemon curd filling and ladyfingers or the Black Forest's cherries and mounds of chocolate-kirsch whipped cream.

And the birds rained down. Jocelyne Saucier

Tom and Charlie have decided to live out the remainder of their lives hidden away in a remote forest, their only connection to the outside world a couple of pot growers who deliver whatever they need that they can't eke out for themselves. But one summer two women arrive. A young photographer and the elderly aunt of the one of the pot growers, fleeing the psychiatric institution that has been her home since she was sixteen.

Don't chew Jesus : a collection of memorable nun stories Danielle Schaaf & Michael Prendergast.

Filled with fond recollections and touching stories, these tales from hundreds of contributors pay tribute to nuns — those monochromatically clad monitors of the right, the wrong, and the holy.

Stella brings the family. Miriam B. Schiffer

Stella brings her two fathers to school to celebrate Mother's Day.

Ministers at war : Winston Churchill and his war cabinet. Jonathan Schneer

In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Churchill's reputation as one of the great twentieth-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism.

Salsas and moles : fresh and authentic recipes for pico de gallo, mole poblano, chimichurri, guacamole, and more. Deborah M. Schneider

A collection of 60 authentic salsa and mole recipes from acclaimed chef/restaurateur Deborah Schneider, adapted for US kitchens.

Extraordinary means. Robyn Schneider

When he's sent to Latham House, a boarding school for sick teens, Lane thinks his life may as well be over. But when he meets Hannah Atwater, and her friends he realises that being sick doesn't have to define you and that the sick kids can also be fearless.

Severed heads, broken hearts, Robyn Schneider

Golden boy Ezra Faulkner's tragedy waited until he had everything to lose — in one night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra's knee, his athletic career, and his perfect life. No longer part of the popular crowd, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters Cassidy Thorpe. Together they discover flash mobs, buried treasure, secret movie screenings and a poodle with a questionable history.

Pow! : a Peanuts collection. Charles M. Schulz

The Peanuts gang is ready to play ball in this collection of baseball-themed cartoons.

Confucius : and the world he created. Michael Schuman

Confucius is perhaps the most important philosopher in history. Throughout East Asia, Confucius's influence can be seen in everything from business practices and family relationships to educational standards and government policies.

Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger. Jon Scieszka

Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy.

Red dust dreaming. Eva Scott

Elizabeth Langtree's has her life in order — safe, organised, planned. Then everything is turned upside down when her family send her to Australia to collect her orphaned nephew. It all seemed so simple in New York, but Australia is nothing like she expected, and she soon falls under the spell of the Outback - the station, the lifestyle, and the seriously sexy owner who has been caring for Luke.

'Pinkoes and traitors' : the BBC and the nation, 1974-1987. Jean Seaton

During the Margaret Thatcher years, Britain experienced mass unemployment, trade union strikes, bloody war in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, and an existential threat to its public service broadcaster, the BBC. Drawing on previously unseen state and BBC papers, many released specifically for this dramatic and revealing account, as well as a compelling range of interviewees, Jean Seaton examines the turbulent controversies and the magnificent triumphs of an institution that Britain loved and hated, and in many ways is still defined by.

Cookie love : more than 60 recipes and techniques for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary Mindy Segal with Kate Leahy.

Mindy Segal is an up-and-coming chef and baker who's serious about cookies and bars. In her first cookbook, Segal turns classic recipes into more elevated, fun interpretations of everyone's favourite sweet treat.

Beauty and the Brit. Lizbeth Selvig

Tough and self-reliant Rio Montoya has looked after her two siblings for most of their lives but when a gang leader makes threats against her sister Bonnie, Rio seeks refuge for them all at a peaceful horse farm in the small town of Kennison Falls, Minnesota. Rio should feel safe in Kennison Falls, but her budding romance with the stable's owner, handsome British ex-pat David Pitts-Matherson, feels as dangerous as her past.

The instinct to heal : curing stress, anxiety, and depression without drug and without talk therapy. David Servan-Schreiber

An award-winning psychiatrist and neuroscientist presents seven all-natural approaches to fighting depression and anxiety by building on the body's relationship to the brain, yielding dramatic improvements quickly and permanently.

Trail of feathers : in search of the birdmen of Peru. Tahir Shah

Enthralled by a line from the chronicle of a sixteenth-century monk, which said that the Incas 'flew like birds' over the jungle, and by the recurring theme of flying in Peruvian folklore, Tahir Shah set out to discover whether the Incas really did fly or glide above the jungles of Peru.

Aussie rules. Jill Shalvis

It's bad enough that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson has to clean up after her lovable but completely disorganized best friend and business partner, Dimi, while her certifiable employees make more work than they do. Now, the one man she hoped she'd never see is back and looking for trouble.

Bared. Jill Shalvis

Emma Willis never saw herself as a model — especially for a sensual fantasy calendar — until she has to do a photo shoot in her twin sister's place. When Emma puts on barely-there lingerie in front of the photographer, hottie Rafe Delacantro, she feels sexy… and more uninhibited than she's ever been. Before she knows it, she's enticing him to let off a little steam with her!

Flashpoint. Jill Shalvis

Zach Thomas risks his life battling flames every day. But since sexy EMT Brooke O'Brian joined the crew, he can't resist playing with fire. Brooke is feisty, a little uptight and sexy as hell. And as Zach soon discovers, she's definitely hot stuff between the sheets.

Her perfect stranger. Jill Shalvis

For only one night, Commander Corrine Atkinson lets go of her iron control and seduces a perfect, sexy stranger. Come morning, control firmly in place, Corrine sneaks out of his bed and gets back to her own life. But Corrine's in for a big surprise. Her perfect stranger has turned into the wrong man! His name is Mike Wright and he's the newest member of the team she's commanding.

Instant gratification. Jill Shalvis

Wishful, California, is 3000 miles from Dr. Emma Sinclair's last job in a New York City ER. Running her father's clinic for a summer, Emma treats bee stings, stomach flu, and the occasional pet cat. Then there's Stone Wilder: gorgeous, laid-back, and irritating beyond belief. Emma loathes him — almost as much as she wants to throw him on her examining table and break every doctor-patient rule in the book…

Time out. Jill Shalvis

NHL coach Mark Diego's plan to spend his off-season volunteering in his hometown goes awry when he learns that not only is he coaching teenage girls, but that the program is coordinated by energetic coordinator Rainey Saunders, his childhood friend and the woman he could never stand to see dating any other guy.

Inspired baby names from around the world : 6,000 international names and the meaning behind them. Neala Shane

What's in a name? Thoreau thought 'all the poetry in the world.' How does a parent live up to that? Here, parents find more than lists: each entry illuminates a name's distinctive spiritual, historical, and cultural background - its poetry.

Blood & spirits. Dennis Sharpe

Small-town life can be hard for a dead girl. For Veronica Fischer the night to night life of a bloodsucking madam in Middle America is tough enough before she adopts Rachel Gregory, an eight year old ghost. After her house is set on fire, and Rachel disappears, all signs point to foul play. When she finds herself with a hit out on her un-life, and warrants for her arrest, it becomes clear she's going to need help.

Destroyer of worlds. Dennis Sharpe

There are sometimes larger and more powerful forces at play in the universe than those that could end all of existence. Even the seemingly most insignificant of lives can have an enormous impact on the world, and every living creature on it. Death isn't always the end, and to some even an apocalypse can be little more than a means to an end.

Church history in plain language. Bruce L. Shelley

This book takes a close look at the rapid growth of evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in the southern hemisphere, addresses the decline in traditional mainline denominations, examines the influence of technology on the spread of the gospel, and discusses how Christianity intersects with other religions in countries all over the world.

Lineup Liad Shoham

After a brutal rape disturbs a quiet Tel Aviv neighbourhood, baffled detectives find no clues, no eyewitnesses, and no suspects. The father of the shattered victim refuses to rest until justice is done, so he begins his own investigation.

The courtesan duchess. Joanna Shupe

Can a bold-faced lie lead to everlasting love? One by one, the impetuous heroines in the Wicked Deceptions series intend to find out, each in her unique way… How to seduce an estranged husband — and banish debt — in four wickedly improper, shockingly pleasurable steps…

The harlot countess. Joanna Shupe

Lady Maggie Hawkins's debut was something she'd rather forget — along with her first marriage. Today, the political cartoonist is a new woman. A thoroughly modern woman. So much so that her clamouring public believes she's a man. Her (his) favourite object of ridicule: Simon Barrett, Earl of Winchester, a rising star in Parliament, and a former confidant and love interest of Maggie's who believed a rumour that vexes her to this day.

Challenger deep. Neal Shusterman

Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on earth in the southern part of the Marianas Trench. A brilliant high school student, he is designated the ship's artist in residence in order to document the journey with images.

Sniff! sniff! Ryan Sias

Illustrations and minimal text reveal the thoughts of an energetic puppy as he busily sniffs his way in and around the house, and the reader can guess where the pup will be going when the page is turned.

The Bergdorf Goodman cookbook Laura K. Silverman

More than one hundred recipes from Bergdorf Goodman's renowned BG Restaurant, with contributions by fashion industry tastemakers.

Ignite! : the 4 essential rules for emerging leaders Sal Silvester

While plenty of management wisdom has focused on leadership and teamwork, relatively little attention has been paid specifically to emerging leaders — people who have recently been or are about to be promoted to supervisory or managerial positions.

Meadow. Lorena Siminovich

Turn the pages to match the baby meadow animals to their parents, and learn early concepts along the way.

The glass arrow. Kristen Simmons

Stolen from her home, and being groomed for auction, Aya is desperate to escape her fate and return to her family, but her only allies are a loyal wolf she's raised from a pup and a strange mute boy who may be her best hope for freedom if she can truly trust him.

Horrid Henry robs the bank. Francesca Simon

Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game, comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter steals his birthday party theme, and has his own Pirate Party — and gets his revenge by taking over as head teacher when Peter plays school with his goody-goody friends.

Horrid Henry tricks the Tooth Fairy. Francesca Simon

When Perfect Peter's tooth falls out, Henry gets a great idea. He will steal the tooth and put it under his own pillow so that the Tooth Fairy gives him the reward instead of Peter. Will the Tooth Fairy fall for it?

Horrid Henry's underpants. Francesca Simon

Horrid Henry makes a deal with his parents in return for eating his veggies; accidentally wears girls' underwear to school; tries to prove he is sicker than his brother; and writes the meanest thank-you cards ever (and makes money on it too).

The lost gods. Francesca Simon

The Asgard Gods' popularity on earth is waning, and without regular worship, their powers are fading fast. Meanwhile, their ancient enemies, the Frost Giants, are stirring. So the Gods hatch a plan: they'll come back down to earth where they'll pursue a very different kind of popularity.

The sleeping army. Francesca Simon

In an alternative Britain, where people still worship the old Viking gods, Freya is stuck with her dad on his night shift at the British museum. She finds herself drawn to Heimdall's Horn and when she blows it she awakens the Lewis Chessmen from their enchantment. Soon Freya and the four chess pieces are summoned to Asgard and given a quest which they can not fail.

Simple Asian meals : irresistibly satisfying and healthy dishes for the busy cook. Nina Simonds

Using only commonly available ingredients, award-winning cookbook author and Asian-food guru Nina Simonds creates easy, soothing, healthful meals that are masterpieces of simplicity.

Incognito Street : how travel made me a writer. Barbara Sjoholm

Barbara Sjoholm arrived in London in the winter of 1970 at the age of twenty wanting to escape a country at war and set out for Europe, where she spent the next three years living in Barcelona and London, hitchhiking around Spain, and studying at the University of Granada. With the ghosts of a painful childhood at her heels, she looked for a writing voice and subject matter that would reflect her emerging political and artistic vision.

Big city Otto Bill Slavin

When Otto's long, lost friend Georgie is taken by the man with the wooden nose, Otto and his parrot friend Crackers set off for America to find his pal.

Big star Otto Bill Slavin

Otto and his parrot pal, Crackers, have landed in Hollywood, where they're certain they'll find their missing friend Georgie the chimpanzee, but reaching him proves to be very difficult.

Big top Otto Bill Slavin

When Otto sees a circus poster with a chimp that looks just like Georgie, he and his parrot friend, Crackers, follow the trail of the travelling circus. Along the way, they crash a football game, steal a peanut-shaped car and get thrown in jail.

Mystery horse. Jane Smiley

Abby Lovitt has a new friend: True Blue, a beautiful dapple grey who needs a home because his owner was killed in a car crash. No one has claimed him, but he's claimed Abby's heart! And yet he seems spooked somehow. Abby also finds herself wondering about Blue's former owner… and about what those strange whispers are she sometimes hears when she's with him.

Nobody's horse. Jane Smiley

Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. Her father insists they call all the mares "Jewel" and all the geldings "George" and warns Abby not to get attached: the horses are there to be sold. But there's one gelding on her family's farm that gives her no end of trouble: the horse her father makes her ride and train, every day. She calls him the Ornery George.

A tale of two families. Dodie Smith

Suspecting her husband, George, of dalliances in the city, May decides it is high time the family moved to the country. She even manages to convince her less well-off sister, June, to move into a cosy cottage on the grounds with her husband Robert. At first both families seem to be settling in well, sharing delicious meals and having jolly times together but the arrival of a cantankerous great aunt will reveal the cracks in the family's tangled relationships.

Tom Jones : the life. Sean Smith

From bestselling biographer Sean Smith comes the fascinating and tumultuous true story behind Sir Tom Jones, the nation's treasure, sage of 'The Voice' and living music legend.

Mainlander Will Smith

Jersey 1987, and the storm clouds are gathering over Colin Bygate, a Mainlander married to an Islander. Sitting on an outcrop stewing after a row with his wife, schoolteacher Colin spots one of his pupils near the edge of a cliff. Worried that the boy may have intended to jump, he drives him home. But when the boy fails to turn up to school the next day, Colin feels duty-bound to track him down, pitting him against the Island establishment who would rather there was a little less noise around this particular absence.

What we've lost is nothing. Rachel Louise. Snyder

Living on a suburban cul-de-sac positioned between extremely wealthy and impoverished neighbours, high school student Mary Elizabeth McPherson witnesses acts of violence and compassion that reverberate throughout her community in the wake of a string of burglaries.

Crystal kingdom adventures. Emily Sollinger

Dora the Explorer is off on another exciting storybook adventure. This time she will save the Crystal Kingdom with the help of some special friends!

Tox-sick : from toxic to not sick. Suzanne Somers

The build-up of toxins in our bodies can lead to myriad health concerns, including weight gain, food allergies, brain disorders, cancer, among many others. Moved to investigate by her own family's plight, Suzanne sits down with environmental doctors and specialists who share eye-opening information and practical advice for how to survive, thrive, and stay healthy today.

The rainbow juice cleanse : lose weight, boost energy, and supercharge your health. Ginger Southall

The Rainbow Juice Cleanse is a revolutionary programme that employs the nutritious, healing properties of a rainbow of vegetables to kick start weight loss and improve overall health.

Simply ancient grains : fresh and flavorful whole grain recipes for living well. Maria Speck

From black rice to red quinoa to golden Kamut berries, ancient grains are showing up on restaurant menus and store shelves in abundance. In Simply Ancient Grains, Maria makes cooking with these fascinating and nourishing staples easy and accessible with sumptuous recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.

Painted pebbles : a Hungarian memoir. Peter Stangl

In 1983 librarian Peter Stangl took his teenaged son and daughter to Budapest, to show them the city and the land where he had grown up. He wrote an account of that trip, which he titled 'Pebbles,' because a surprise encounter with some stones his mother had painted stirred up such strong memories of his boyhood. Interspersed with these accounts of history in the making, the author gives a fond anecdotal chronicle of his family.

The millionaire next door : the surprising secrets of America's wealthy Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko.

America's wealthy bargain-shop for used cars, raise children who don't realise how rich their families are, and reject a lifestyle of flashy exhibitionism and competitive spending. In fact, the glamorous people many of us think of as "rich" are actually a tiny minority of America's truly wealthy citizens and behave quite differently than the majority.

Marriage : learning from couples in scripture R. Paul & Gail Stevens.

This 12-week study guide explores the actual stories of couples in the Bible - stories that are amazingly similar to the experiences every couple faces today. Looking at these examples will strengthen your understanding of the marriage covenant and deepen the spiritual dimension of your lie together.

The birthday party of no return! R. L. Stine

Lee Hargrove only wants one thing — to win a scholarship to Summer Sports Camp. Lee is one of the favourites to win along with his friend Corey "Lucky Duck" Duckworth and another athletic classmate, Laura Grodin. Laura is good… for a girl, but how can anyone compete with Corey's good-luck streak? Lee has an idea and he's about to give Corey an unforgettable birthday present that will really get the party started

Claws! R. L. Stine

Mickey is put in charge of his vacationing neighbours' cat, Bella. His best friend, Amanda, comes along to help out. All they have to do is make sure Bella has enough to eat and doesn't destroy the furniture. Seems simple enough. But Bella escapes from the house and is hit by a truck.

Don't scream! R. L. Stine

Jack Harmon, who is bullied at school, finds a cell phone and hears a strange voice who wants him to do bad things.

Escape from HorrorLand. R. L. Stine

Lizzie and Luke have uncovered secret information about the freaky amusement park. Lizzie wants to help the others, but since the twins don't trust her, they're all in a deadlock. A trip through the Hall of Mirrors lets the kids escape HorrorLand and enter Panic Park. Safe at last! Or are they?

The five masks of Dr. Screem. R. L. Stine

When Monica and her younger brother Peter go trick-or-treating at an old, creepy house, they discover the evil Dr. Screem, who is searching for five ancient masks that will give him the power to manipulate the world.

Heads, you lose! R. L. Stine

Jessica and her best friend, Ryan, find the perfect HorrorLand souvenir — a two-headed coin with mysteriously dark powers. After an unlucky flip of the coin, they find themselves in a strange land being chased down by angry guards.

The horror at Chiller House. R. L. Stine

All the kids who brought a souvenir back from HorrorLand thought they were getting a free gift. They thought wrong. Now Jonathan Chiller has summoned them back to HorrorLand to collect payment.

Little shop of hamsters. R. L. Stine

Sam Waters is desperate to have a pet. But his parents say that first, Sam must prove he's responsible. So he takes an after-school job in a pet store called Little Shop of Hamsters. To his horror, Sam soon finds that cute, little hamsters can become very UNCUTE monsters

Monster blood for breakfast! R. L. Stine

For an athlete like Matt Daniels, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's also the most dangerous. That's because somebody is about to pull a mean prank. The recipe is simple: just add Monster Blood.

Slappy New Year! R. L. Stine

Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything — loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonathan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop.

The streets of Panic Park. R. L. Stine

The kids who are trapped in HorrorLand thought they had reason enough to panic before they reached Panic Park. It seemed like the only way to escape the mysterious villain who's playing puppet-master with their lives. But Panic Park is a perilous place.

Weirdo Halloween. R. L. Stine

Twins Chris and Meg have a problem. A problem named Weirdo: a smelly pink alien with disgusting habits that won't leave them alone. And when hundreds of similar aliens invade their town, the twins have no choice but to risk using the HorrorLand souvenir.

When the ghost dog howls. R. L. Stine

Twelve-year-olds Andy and Marnie, having enjoyed a day at Horrorland and received a gift souvenir from the Chiller House, take home a wish-granting hound's tooth which is supposedly haunted and soon learn that nothing is ever really free.

The wizard of Ooze. R. L. Stine

When Marco finds a rare edition of the Ooze comic book at HorrorLand, he finds that many monstrous collectors would do anything to get their hands on the comic.

The future war. S. M. Stirling

The Connors are in Alaska hoping that their work is done when the government announces that all military and communications systems will be placed under the command of an AI called Skynet.

Infiltrator. S. M. Stirling

Sarah Connor and her son, John, know the grim tomorrow that awaits their species if the Cyberdyne Corporation gets their Skynet system online. Considered a dangerous terrorist by the U.S. government and hiding out in Paraguay, Sarah sees another T-800 similar to the cybernetic killer from whom she once narrowly escaped. But while his form and features will eventually be duplicated on many Terminator units, former counterterrorism operative Dieter von Rossback is very much a man, irresistibly drawn to the puzzling, beautiful, deadly serious Sarah Connor and her brilliant teenage son.

Rising storm. S. M. Stirling

Hunted for years, Sarah and John Connor have waged a grave battle to save humanity from destruction. Aided by Dieter von Rossbach, an ex-counterterrorism operative who will eventually be used as the physical model for the T-101 Terminator units, the Connors have sabotaged the Cyberdyne research facility and stopped a deadly I-950 Infiltrator unit from completing her mission. But the war is far from over, and now the heroes have been separated.

"Is this thing on?" Abigail Stokes

Written for the reader who did not grow up with personal computers, this book updates and expands on Stokes' previous title, "It's Never Too Late to Love a Computer". It covers everything you need to get wired: how to select, buy, and set up a computer; how to sign up for email and internet access, and how to use the world wide web.

Silverwood Betsy Streeter

Helen Silverwood, fourteen, is sick of life on the run with her mom and her younger brother. Nothing makes sense. When someone blows up the apartment where Helen lives, the stories of the ancient Silverwood clan, and her role in it, begin to unravel. All Helen wants is to feel like there's someplace she belongs - but getting there will prove very, very complicated.

The walls around us. Nova Ren. Suma

Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention centre where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.

All the rage. Courtney Summers

The sheriff's son, Kellan Turner, is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is, and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. Because no one wants to believe a girl from the wrong side of town, the truth about him has cost her everything — friends, family, and her community. Romy's only refuge is the diner where she works outside of town. But when a girl with ties to both Romy and Kellan goes missing after a party, and news of him assaulting another girl in a town close by gets out, Romy must decide whether she wants to fight or carry the burden of knowing more girls could get hurt if she doesn't speak up.

Fashion on the ration : style in the Second World War. Julie Summers

For Gladys Mason, and for thousands of women throughout the long years of the war, fashion was not simply a distraction, but a necessity and one they weren't going to give up easily. Julie Summers weaves together stories from ordinary lives and high society to provide a unique picture of life during the Second World War.

A midsummer night's dream. Robert Swindells

Robert Swindells's A Midsummer Night's Dream is set in a very modern-day Yorkshire. Theseus, the neighbourhood tycoon is getting married. Bottom and his mates are roped into putting on a play for the wedding because, well, there's nothing much to do when you're on the dole. But, before the wedding, there are young lovers with problems to resolve … and a drop of magic and mischief in the mix.

Cake my day! : eye-popping designs for simple, stunning, fanciful, and funny cakes Karen Tack and Alan Richardson.

Provides a collection of cake recipes which can be made for a variety of special occasions and holidays, with detailed instructions for adding comical animal and accessory decorations designed to make each cake an original creation.

Blue Goose. Nancy Tafuri

When Farmer Gray goes away for the day, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick, and White Duck get together and paint their black and white farm.

An ember in the ashes. Sabaa Tahir

Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.

Study chess with Tal Mikhail Tal & Alexander Koblencs.

Mikhail Tal is one of the all-time chess greats. This absorbing book, first published in the early 1980s, is based on diaries kept by Tal's coach from their training sessions, and this unique perspective makes it a fascinating and effective chess instructor, written in engaging language and suitable for teenagers as well as older readers.

Stew! Genevieve Taylor

Stew! is a collection of 100 splendidly simple recipes ranging from traditional and hearty classics such as 'Beef Stew with Herby Dumplings', 'Lancashire Hotpot' and 'Coq au Vin', to one-pot meals in a bowl that are perfect for a weekday supper or informal entertaining.

Drama. Raina Telgemeier

Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.

Sisters. Raina Telgemeier

Raina can't wait to be a big sister, but once Amara is born she realises things won't be quite what she had expected. Despite Amara's cuteness, she is a cranky, grouchy baby. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years but when their family starts to change, they realise they must figure out how to get along like real sisters.

Smile Raina Telgemeier

Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night she falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.

Light the stars. RaeAnne Thayne

Wade Dalton was having a very bad day. His five-year-old had accidentally set the kitchen on fire, his daughter was surly, as usual, the baby hadn't been fed yet, and his mother - aka "The Childminder" - had eloped… with a scam artist. Could it get any worse? Turned out it could.

Why acting matters. David Thomson

Does acting matter? David Thomson, one of our most respected and insightful writers on movies and theatre, answers this question with intelligence and wit. He argues that acting not only "matters" but is essential and inescapable, as well as dangerous, chronic, transformative, and exhilarating, be it on the theatrical stage, on the movie screen, or as part of our everyday lives.

Code of conduct. Brad Thor

Hidden deep within one of the world's most powerful organisations is a secret committee with a devastating agenda. Its members are afforded incredible protections — considered elites, untouchables. But when four seconds of video is captured halfway around the world and anonymously transmitted to D.C., covert wheels are set in motion, and counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is tapped to undertake the deadliest assignment of his career.

East of innocence. David Thorne

Daniel Connell is a disgraced ex-City lawyer now scraping a living in Essex, a man trying to escape the long shadows of his past. When an old childhood friend visits him, asking for his help with a case of police brutality, Daniel wants nothing to do with it. But obligations are obligations, and he soon finds himself on the wrong end of police attention, and dragged into the shady business of a local gangster.

Nothing sacred David Thorne

A mother's nightmare: her children taken from her, unexplained injuries all over their bodies. Her only explanation: an evil visitation, the work of malevolent spirits. Desperate for answers, she turns to Daniel Connell, lawyer and old flame. But the truth he uncovers is more disturbing than they ever imagined.

A complicated kindness. Miriam Toews

Welcome to the world of Nomi Nickel, a tough, wry young woman trapped in a small Mennonite town that seeks to set her on the path to righteousness and smother her at the same time. In this work, Miriam Toews explores the intricate binds of family, and the forces that tear them apart."

The flying Troutmans. Miriam Toews

When Hattie receives an SOS call in Paris from her eleven-year-old niece, the decision to return to Canada is slam-dunk easy, because she's just been dumped by her boyfriend. But when she arrives, her sister Min is on her way to the psychiatric ward, and Hattie is left to take care of Min's children, Thebes and Logan. When she realises that this may become a permanent arrangement, Hattie hatches a plan and the three of them set off on a wild road trip to find the kids' long-lost father.

The unlikely hero of Room 13B. Teresa Toten

When Adam meets Robyn at a support group for kids coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he is drawn to her almost before he can take a breath. He's determined to protect and defend her, to play Batman to her Robin, whatever the cost. But when you're fourteen and the everyday problems of dealing with divorced parents and step-siblings are supplemented by the challenges of OCD, it's hard to imagine yourself falling in love.

Restoration. Rose Tremain

Robert Merivel is a dissolute young medical student when an accident of fate leads him to the attention of King Charles II. Finding favour with the King, Merivel enthusiastically enjoys the vibrant royal court, until he is called upon to serve his monarch in an unusual role. However, when he fails at the one thing the King demands of him he is cast out from his new found paradise. Determined to be restored to the King's favour, Merivel begins a journey to self-knowledge that takes him to the depths of seventeenth-century society.

The Poppy Factory. Liz Trenow

With the end of the First World War, Rose is looking forward to welcoming home her beloved husband, Alfie, from the battlefields but the Alfie who comes home is a different man from the one Rose married. As he struggles to cope with life in peacetime, Rose wrestles with temptation as the man she fell in love with seems lost forever. Many years later, Jess returns from her final tour of Afghanistan, her longed-for homecoming is a disaster and she wonders if her life will ever be the same again. Can comfort come through her great-grandmother Rose's diaries?

The Supreme Macaroni Company. Adriana Trigiani

When a secret about her business partner and lover is revealed during her family's celebration of The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Valentine Roncalli must make life-altering choices as she fights for everything she wants while sustaining her family's business and enjoying life to the fullest.

The blue and the grey. M. J. Trow

April, 1865. Having been an eye witness to the assassination of President Lincoln, Matthew Grand, a former captain of the 3rd Cavalry of the Potomac, has come to London on an undercover assignment to hunt down the last of the assassin's co-conspirators. Ambitious young journalist Jim Batchelor has been charged with writing a feature article on the visiting American, with the aim of getting the inside story on the assassination. Both men are distracted from their missions by the discovery of a body behind the Haymarket Theatre in London's Soho district.

The daughter of Highland Hall. Carrie Turansky

Eighteen-year-old Katherine Ramsey travels to London with her family to make her debut into society and hopefully find her future husband.

A refuge at Highland Hall. Carrie Turansky

The hero is a wonderfully brave and daring Bristish pilot, Alex Goodwin, who grew up in India with Julia (Foster) Ramsey and Jon Foster. You'll be swept away to England and France in 1915 as Penny and Alex face the challenges and losses of World War One, yet also experience the hope and triumph that comes as they put their trust in God to carry them through.

Lincoln's bodyguard. T. J. Turner

Villianised by the South for killing John Wilkes Booth, thereby saving President Lincoln, Joseph Foster disappears following the kidnapping of his daughter, years later he receives a plea for help from Lincoln.

The beige man. Helene Tursten

Goteborg, Sweden: A high-speed chase of a stolen BMW takes a chilling turn when the two police officers involved witness a gruesome hit-and-run. When they finally recover the abandoned vehicle, search dogs are unable to trace the thieves, but they do uncover an entirely different horror: the half-naked corpse of a young girl in a nearby root cellar. As Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues struggle to put the pieces together, they discover a disturbing connection.

In God's hands : the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent book, 2015. Desmond Tutu

In this little gem of a book, Archbishop Desmond Tutu distils the wisdom forged through a childhood of poverty and apartheid, an adulthood lived in the glare of the world's media, and the long and agonising struggle for truth and reconciliation in South Africa, into the childlike simplicity which Jesus tells us characterises the Kingdom of God.

Hana Hashimoto, sixth violin. Chieri Uegaki

Hana has signed up to play the violin at the talent show, even though she's only had three lessons. Hana practices and practices, inspired by her grandfather, or Ojiichan, who played the violin every day when she visited him in Japan. As Hana takes the stage, doubt is all she can hear, until she recalls her grandfather's words of encouragement, and shows the audience how beautiful music can take many forms.

Gorgeous for good : a simple 30-day program for lasting beauty-inside and out. Sophie Uliano

Unlike other books, Gorgeous for Good takes the middle ground between natural and fake. Rather than focusing on these extremes, Sophie looks at what truly healthy options actually work.

Bad bye, good bye. Deborah Underwood

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a family as they move to a new town.

The whispers : a Hollows short story. Lisa Unger

While she is recovering from a horrible accident that takes the lives of her husband and oldest daughter, and as she works to help her younger daughter move forward, Eloise experiences her first psychic vision. The first in a series of three stories that will feature Eloise as she struggles to understand her newfound gifts and use them to save the women and girls who need her help.

Dream houses. Genevieve Valentine

Kite-class cargo ships like Menkalinan get burned-out veterans, techs who've been warned off-planet, medics who weren't much good on the ground. The Gliese-D run isn't quite the end of the line, but it's getting there. If it's headed for Gliese-D, it's probably something nobody wanted. A year into the Deep, Amadis Reyes wakes up. Menkalinan is sounding the alarm; something's wrong: the rest of the crew are dead. That's not even what's wrong.

The insects of love. Genevieve Valentine

A dream-like science fiction/fantasy puzzle about two sisters and several possible realities. The only certainty is that one sister gets a tattoo and disappears into the desert. The surviving sister is obsessed with insects and believes her sister has left her clues as to her disappearance.

Persona. Genevieve Valentine

In a world where diplomacy has become celebrity, a young ambassador survives an assassination attempt and must join with an undercover paparazzo in a race to save her life, spin the story, and secure the future of her young country in this near-future political thriller.

Cooking with tinned fish. Bart Van Olphen

Tinned fish is delicious, sustainable, and just as good as fresh! Combining the best ingredients, brilliant recipes and top tricks and tips, Bart Van Olphen demonstrates the versatility of cooking with the ultimate store cupboard staple.

The mindful teen : powerful skills to help you handle stress one moment at a time. Dzung X. Vo

Being a teen is stressful. Whether it's school, friends, or dating, the teen years are full of difficult changes — both mentally and physically. The Mindful Teen offers teens a unique mindfulness programme designed especially for teens to help manage stress, navigate volatile emotions, and improve communication skills.

The new Mediterranean table : modern and rustic recipes inspired by traditions spanning three continents. Sameh Wadi

A vibrant cookbook showcasing the incredible flavours of Mediterranean cuisine. With a dash of European cookery, some exotic spices, rich and exciting recipes, and an abundance of great flavour, this book is a must-have for every passionate cook.

The storyspinner. Becky Wallace

Expelled from her troupe after her father's death, Johanna is forced to work for the handsome Lord Rafael DeSilva. But while Johanna's father's death was deemed an accident, the Keepers aren't so sure. The Keepers are on a quest to find the princess who is supposed to be dead and whose throne the dukes are fighting over. But in the wake of their search, murdered girls keep turning up — girls who look like Johanna. With dukes, Keepers, and a killer all after the princess, Johanna finds herself caught up in political machinations for the throne, threats on her life, and an unexpected romance that could change everything.

Mr. Sebastian and the negro magician. Daniel Wallace

This story is set in the American South in the early to mid-1900s and tells the charming yet haunting story of Henry Walker, whose life is changed forever when he crosses paths with the Devil, who teaches him magic and then steals the one thing that means the most to him.

Hamish and the Worldstoppers Danny Wallace

What would you do if the whole world just stopped? Yes the whole world. Birds in the air. Planes in the sky. And every single person on the planet — except you. Because that's what keeps happening to ten-year-old Hamish Ellerby. And it's being caused by The WorldStoppers and their terrifying friends The Terribles. Can Hamish save us from the WorldStoppers? Only time will tell.

We all looked up. Tommy Wallach

They always say that high school is the best time of your life. Peter is worried "they" might actually be right. Eliza can't wait to escape Seattle and perfect-on-paper Anita wonders if admission to Princeton is worth the price of abandoning her real dreams. Andy doesn't understand all the fuss about college and career. But it turns out the future is hurtling through space with the potential to wipe out life on Earth. As these four seniors wait to see what damage an asteroid will cause, they must abandon all thoughts of the future and decide how they're going to spend what remains of the present.

Goldilocks and the three bear Anne Walter ; illustrated by Anni Axworthy.

Retelling of the classic story. When Goldilocks sneaks into the three bear's cottage, no one seems to be home. But the bears soon return from their walk… Will they catch that naughty little girl?

Little Red Riding Hood. Anne Walter

A simple retelling of the classic fairy tale in which a sweet little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.

Rumpelstiltskin. Anne Walter

A simple retelling of the Grimm fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin. When a girl's father tells the king she can spin straw into gold, she is sent to work right away. But she can't really spin gold! Can a mischievous goblin help her?

The three little pigs. Anne Walter

A simple retelling of the classic fairy tale in which one of three brother pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using his head and planning well.

The ugly duckling Anne Walter ; illustrated by Sarah Horne.

When the last duckling hatches, his family is surprised that he looks very different — and very ugly indeed. He spends an unhappy year excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

The breaker. Minette Walters

Twelve hours after Kate Sumner's broken body is washed up on a deserted beach on the south coast of England, her traumatised three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away, walking the streets of Poole. The police suspect a young actor, a loner with an appetite for pornography, who lies about his relationship with Kate. But as the investigation proceeds, the police discover a gaping hole in Kate's husband's alibi.

The scold's bridle. Minette Walters

Mathilda Gillespie's body was found nearly two days after she had taken an overdose and slashed her wrists with a Stanley knife. But what shocked Dr Sarah Blakeney the most was the rusted metal cage obscuring the dead woman's face — a scold's bridle grotesquely adorned with a garland of nettles and Michaelmas daisies. What happened at Cedar House in the tortured hours before Mathilda's death?

The shape of snakes. Minette Walters

November 1978. Britain is on strike. The dead lie unburied, garbage piles in the streets — and somewhere in West London a black woman dies in a rain-filled gutter. Known as "Mad Annie", she was despised by her neighbours. Her passing would have gone un-mourned and unnoticed but for the young woman who finds her and believes — apparently against reason — that Annie was murdered.

Superposition. David Walton

Jacob Kelley's family is turned upside down when an old friend turns up, waving a gun and babbling about an alien quantum intelligence. The mystery deepens when the friend is found dead in an underground bunker, apparently murdered the night he appeared at Jacob's house. As the details slowly come to light, the weave of reality becomes ever more tangled, twisted by a miraculous new technology and a quantum creature unconstrained by the normal limits of space and matter.

Little prisoners : a tragic story of siblings trapped in a world of abuse and suffering. Casey Watson

This is a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved. The shock that strikes Casey and her family when Ashton and Olivia arrive is immeasurable. Two dirty, frightened little waifs stand before them, huge eyes staring around their new surroundings.

Second life. S. J. (Steven J.) Watson

She loves her husband. She's obsessed by a stranger. She's a devoted mother. She's prepared to lose everything. She knows what she's doing. She's out of control. She's innocent. She's guilty as sin. She's living two lives. She might lose them both.

Scaredy squirrel goes camping. Melanie Watt

Scaredy Squirrel takes a trip through the campground and finds out the wilderness is meant to be enjoyed up close.

No stone unturned. Helen Watts

Kelly, a Traveller girl, is isolated and unhappy at her new school. Until the hot summer day when she meets Ben. Ben offers to help Kelly with her history project. It's just schoolwork - except that the investigation quickly becomes compelling. A dark secret of the local quarry comes to life. Soon the mystery of the past is spilling into the present - and into Kelly's own life.

Storm siren. Mary Weber

Seventeen-year-old slave girl, Nym, should not exist. When a court emissary identifies her weather-manipulating ability as a weapon, Nym is purchased and put to work honing her skills. Nym must decide whom to trust as she's unleashed into a world of assassins and political betrayal surrounding a young king fighting for his throne, a tired nation that has forgotten its calling, and her handsome tutor whose dark secrets could destroy both her people and her heart.

Two eggs, please. Sarah Weeks

Everyone wants eggs! But do they want the same kinds of eggs? NO! Some prefer scrambled, some like fried, and some even want them raw. The only thing the hungry customers at this bustling diner seem to have in common is a desire for "TWO EGGS, PLEASE!"

All fall down. Jennifer Weiner

Struggling with the demands of her job, distant husband, spoiled daughter and Alzheimer's patient father, Allison becomes addicted to painkillers and lands in rehab, where amid fellow inpatients she confronts incompatible recovery techniques, barely trained counsellors and her own denial.

The real-life MBA : the no-nonsense guide to winning the game, building a team and growing your career Jack Welch, Suzy Welch.

From creating winning strategies to leading and managing others The Real Life MBA acts as an essential guide for every person in business today — and tomorrow. Coupled with Jack's 20 years of iconic leadership at GE and Suzy's tenure as editor of the Harvard Business Review, their new database of knowledge infuses the pages of The Real Life MBA with fresh, relevant stories and equally powerful solutions.

Strength training past 50 Wayne L. Westcott, Thomas R. Baechle.

Strength Training Past 50 is the authoritative guide for active adults. The all-new third edition features 83 exercises for free weights, machines, kettlebells, stability balls, and elastic bands and 30 programmes for endurance, speed, and strength.

Where things come back. John Corey. Whaley

Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance.

The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon. Robert Whitaker

In 1735, a European scientific expedition was sent to equatorial Peru to take measurements that would help define the size and shape of the Earth. They were successful, but a mapmaker on the team fell in love with and married a Peruvian girl. Just before the birth of their first child, the two were separated — for 20 years and by many miles of Amazon jungle. The tales of the expedition and of the journey the mapmaker's wife took through the jungle to be reunited with her husband are intertwined here.

Of living valour : the story of the soldiers of Waterloo. Barney White-Spunner

Publishing to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, for the first time a modern British history tells the story of the against-the-odds triumph through the accounts of the regimental officers and soldiers whose bravery and resolution achieved victory. What was it like for those who fought and for their families waiting at home? This is their story.

A matter of trust Lis Wiehl with April Henry.

One minute Mia Quinn is in her basement, chatting on the phone with a colleague at the prosecutor's office. The next minute she hears a gunshot over the line, and Mia listens in horror as her colleague and friend Colleen bleeds to death. Mia reluctantly teams up with detective Charlie Carlson to investigate.

These are the names. Tommy Wieringa

A border town on the steppe. A small group of emaciated and feral refugees appears out of nowhere, spreading fear and panic. When police commissioner Pontus Beg orders their arrest, evidence of a murder is found in their luggage. As he begins to unravel the history of their hellish journey, it becomes increasingly intertwined with the search for his own origins that he has embarked upon.

Back in the game. Lori Wilde

Convinced there's more to Rowdy than a good fastball, a wicked smile, and a tight pair of pants, Breeanne can't help but be tempted. After all, it's boring always being the good girl, and Rowdy dares her to be just a little bad. The stakes are high, but win or lose, this time Breeanne's breaking all the rules playing the game of love.

Trashed Jasinda Wilder

I'm nobody. I'm an orphan. A janitor. A college student. A virgin. And him? He's a god. One of the hottest action stars to ever grace the silver screen, huge and muscular and gorgeous and famous. He could have anyone in the world. Yet, despite the chasm separating my world from his, I find myself in his hotel room, and he's acting like I'm the most beautiful girl in the world.

Readymade CVs : winning CVs for every type of job. Lynn Williams

A good CV is an essential tool in the survival kit of every job hunter. The new edition of this best-selling guide sets out the ground rules for preparing a CV by showing how to select which details go in and which stay out, how to lay out and present a CV and how to make a great first impression.

The Affinities. Robert Charles Wilson

Adam Fisk takes the suite of tests to see if he qualifies for any of the Affinities, and finds that he's a match for one of the largest. It's utopian — at first. Problems in all areas of his life begin to simply sort themselves out as he becomes part of a global network of people dedicated to helping one another. But, with dreadful inevitability, the different Affinities begin to go to war with one another.

Clean design : wellness for your lifestyle Robin Wilson with Alice Lesch Kelly.

Designer Robin Wilson shares tips and tricks to detoxify and beautify your interior spaces and to help you create a more stylish and healthy home.

The sea glass sisters. Lisa Wingate

When a rough case on the boards of her 911 operator's job collides with a family conflict Elizabeth Gallagher finds herself finally coming apart at the seams. A four-state road trip with her mother is the last thing she needs but after one disastrous hurricane, and with a second one on the way, it's time to convince Aunt Sandy to abandon her store on North Carolina's Outer Banks and return to the family fold in Michigan.

The story keeper. Lisa Wingate

Successful New York editor Jen Gibbs is at the top of her game with her new position at Vida House Publishing — until a mysterious manuscript appears on her desk. Jen finds herself drawn into the life of Sarra, a mixed-race Melungeon girl trapped by dangerous men in turn-of-the-century Appalachia. When the trail turns toward the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place Jen thought she'd left behind forever, the price of a blockbuster book deal may be higher than she's willing to pay.

The tidewater sisters. Lisa Wingate

Faced with legal papers for a fraud she didn't commit, Tandi suspects that her sister has done something unthinkable. With Tandi's wedding just around the corner, a trip to the North Carolina Tidewater for a reckoning with Gina was not part of the plan. But unravelling lies from truth will require confronting strained sibling bonds and uncovering a dark family secret that could free Tandi from her past or stain her future forever.

A dangerous place. Jacqueline Winspear

Arriving in turbulent 1937 Gibraltar in the aftermath of a tragedy, Maisie Dobbs raises the British Secret Service's suspicions through her involvement in the murder of a Sephardic Jewish photographer.

The uninvited. Cat Winters

1918, Twenty-five year old Ivy Rowan rises from her bed after being struck by the flu, only to discover the world has been torn apart in just a few short days. But Ivy's life-long gift — or curse — remains. For she sees the uninvited ones — ghosts of loved ones who appear to her, unasked, unwelcomed, for they always herald impending death.

The mindful diet : how to transform your relationship with food for lasting weight loss and vibrant health Ruth Quillian Wolever, Ph.D. and Beth Reardon, M.S., R.D., L.D.N. with Tania Hannan.

Addresses the unhealthy behaviours that derail most diets and provides a science-based approach to eating mindfully to stop cravings, end emotional overeating, and have lasting weight loss and health.

Someone named Eva. Joan M. Wolf

From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.

Exodus from the long sun. Gene Wolfe

It is the far future, and the giant spaceship, The Whorl, has travelled for forgotten generations toward its destination. Lit inside by the artificial Long Sun, The Whorl is so huge that whole cities can be seen in the sky. And the gods of The Whorl have begun to intervene in human affairs.

Healing your grieving heart after miscarriage : 100 practical ideas for parents and families. Alan Wolfelt

This compassionate guide contains 100 practical ideas to help those affected by the tragedy of miscarriage, from teaching the principles of grief and mourning to practical, action-oriented tips for coping with the natural difficulties of a loss.

Ending. Hilma Wolitzer

At night as she settles into bed, Sandy misses the sounds Jay used to make as he emptied his pockets and undressed. To fall asleep, she imagines Jay's voice, imagines their loving exchanges — but she cannot imagine lying in his arms — Jay is wasting away from cancer. As the disease progresses, he and Sandy try to come to terms with the fact that he will never come home again and that his children will soon lose their father forever.

In the flesh. Hilma Wolitzer

It's 1957, and Paulette has just gotten into trouble in the backseat with a handsome musician with an ability to inspire lust that she has never encountered before. After a small ceremony, the happy couple takes up residence on the nineteenth floor of a high rise in Forest Hills. For a time they are shockingly happy, but when Howard's eye begins to wander, Paulette must ask herself: If a person lives for love alone, what happens when the love disappears?

Summer reading. Hilma Wolitzer

Summer in the Hamptons means crowded beaches and lavish parties but Angela Graves prefers the company of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Charlotte Bronte. Her only steady social contacts are with the women in the reading groups she leads, among them, wealthy newlywed Lissy Snyder, who takes pains to hide a reading disability and emotional neediness. Lissy's housecleaner Michelle eavesdrops on the group's discussions when she's not snooping through Lissy's closets. All three women secretly struggle with troubling personal issues.

The doctor's daughter. Hilma Wolitzer

One morning, Alice Brill awakes with a sudden awareness that something is wrong. There's a hollowness in her chest, and a sensation of dread that she can't identify or shake. While struggling to find the root of her restlessness, Alice is buoyed by her discovery of a talented new writer. Soon Alice realises that the mystery she's been trying to solve lies not in the present but in the past - and in the secrets of a marriage that was never as perfect as it appeared.

The mysterious howling. Maryrose Wood

Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilised manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.

Nightshade. Maryrose Wood

In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton is so desperate to find Weed, who her father says deserted her when she was at death's door, that she asks for help from the evil Oleander.

The poison diaries. Maryrose Wood

In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton and the mysterious Weed uncover the horrible secrets of poisons growing in Thomas Luxton's apothecary garden.

Simply Christian. N. T. Wright

Simply Christian is essential reading for anyone who wants to consider the real fundamentals of Christianity or is intrigued by its claims about the place of justice, beauty and love in our daily lives.

Small faith, great God. N. T. Wright

A revised version of his 1978 book published by Kingsway, expounding Tom Wright's view of 'Biblical Christianity".

What dies in summer, Tom Wright

Jim Beaudry, or Biscuit, as he's usually known, is a teenage boy trying to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him, first in his nightmares and then in his waking life. When one summer afternoon Biscuit and his cousin L. A. discover the savaged body of a schoolgirl in the Texas wilderness, they are pulled into a manhunt that will put both of their lives in danger.

The good women of China : hidden voices. 1958- Xinran

This work presents women's stories collected by Xinran Xue when she was hosting a radio phone-in about women's lives in China. The stories reveal what it means to be a woman in today's China, telling of almost inconceivable suffering as well as love in the face of cruelty and politics.

Message from an unknown Chinese mother : stories of loss and love 1958- Xinran

The stories of Chinese mothers whose daughters have been wrenched from them and bringing us the voices of some adoptive mothers from different parts of the world. Ten chapters, ten women and many stories of heartbreak, including her own: Xinran once again takes us right into the lives of Chinese women - students, successful business women, midwives, peasants, all with memories which have stained their lives.

The wisdom of perversity. Rafael Yglesias

Brian and Jeff were best friends, growing up together in New York City in the late 1960s. Then something happened that drove a wedge between them, ending both their friendship and their childhood, something that neither ever spoke about… at least until their shared secret resurfaced some forty years later, forcing them to reunite and, along with Jeff's cousin Julie, to face the consequences of their years of silence.

Pool Chi-hyon Yi

What happens when two shy children meet at a very crowded pool? Dive in to find out. Deceptively simple, this masterful book tells a story of quiet moments and surprising encounters and reminds us that friendship and imagination have no bounds.

Singletasking : get more done — one thing at a time. Devora Zack

You think you can do more by tackling several tasks at once? That's an illusion, and Zack marshals a host of neuro-scientific evidence to prove it. The fact is, your brain is designed to singletask. Multitasking is unnatural, ineffective, stressful, and occasionally dangerous.

Once we were. Kat Zhang

In the sequel to What's Left of Me, fifteen-year-old Addie and Eva struggle to share their body as they are drawn deeper into the fight for hybrid freedom from the government's oppression.

What's left of me. Kat Zhang

Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else — two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren't they settling? Why isn't one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbours shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn't.

Brazil's dance with the devil : the World Cup, the Olympics, and the fight for democracy. Dave Zirin

As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin travelled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracana Stadium, Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.