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The Mel & Sue thing : the BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show.

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins offer you more than your fair share of laughs, songs and silliness in their imaginatively titled BBC Radio 4 series.

My (part-time) Paris life : how running away brought me home. Lisa Anselmo

Poignant, touching, and lively, this memoir of a woman who loses her mother and creates a new life for herself in Paris will speak to anyone who has lost a parent or reinvented themselves. Lisa Anselmo wrapped her entire life around her mother, a strong woman who was a defining force in her daughter's life--maybe too defining. When her mother dies from breast cancer, Lisa realizes she hadn't built a life of her own, and struggles to find her purpose.

The birdcage. Clive Aslet

Salonika, 1916: a city that is nominally neutral, but is teeming with French, British, and Serbian armies. A city seething with intrigue, where the native inhabitants are eager to make what money they can from the foreign soldiery. Welcome to the Birdcage, named after the miles of tangled barbed wire separating the city from the fighting to the North. It is the Casablanca of WWI.

The racehorse who wouldn't gallop. Clare Balding

Charlie Bass is a horse-mad nine-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when her eccentric parents announce that they are going to buy a racehorse, Charlie is thrilled. The horse they buy, Noble Warrior, looks the part: strong, fit and healthy. There's just one problem - he won't gallop. In fact, he won't even trot round the field without his best friend, Percy, a naughty palomino pony, at his side. But Charlie is convinced that Noble Warrior has what it takes to be a champion - he just needs the right motivation

A little of what you fancy. H E (Herbert Ernest) Bates

'Teetotal!' Ma said. 'It's a libel. He'll never live it down. He'll never be able to hold his head up again. Whatever will people think? What's he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?'

Lair of dreams. Libba Bray

After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner and has become a media darling. In the meantime, a mysterious sleeping sickness has hit New York City, and the Diviners must band together to find the cause and the cure.

The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan

Horizon. Lois McMaster Bujold

In a world where malices--remnants of ancient magic--can erupt with life-destroying power, only soldier-sorcerer Lakewalkers have mastered the ability to kill them. But Lakewalkers keep their uncanny secrets--and themselves--from the farmers they protect, so when patroller Dag Redwing Hickory rescued farmer girl Fawn Bluefield, neither expected to fall in love, join their lives in marriage, or defy both their kin to seek new solutions to the perilous split between their peoples.

Passage. Lois McMaster Bujold

Unable to overcome the bigotry of their own families in spite of the numerous hardships they have shared, Fawn and Dag set out to find alternative solutions to the perilous rift between their races, during which they acquire such motley companions as a pair of novice Lakewaker patrollers, a magically beguiled farmer boy, and a young riverboat captain.

The pilgrim's progress. John Bunyan

In an allegorical account of one man's spiritual quest, the pilgrim Christian undertakes the dangerous journey to the Celestial City, experiencing physical and spiritual obstacles, including the Slough of Despond and Doubting Castle, along the way.

The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs

John Carter in the Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Charisma Myth Olivia Fox Cabane

Forever Princess Meg Cabot

Blade of Light Andrea Camilleri

Murder at the house of rooster happiness. David J Casarett

A fascinating mystery set in Thailand in the vein of Alexander McCall Smith, where a nurse ethicist turns detective. Ladarat Patalung, for one, would have been happier without a serial murderer in her life. Then again, she never meant to be a detective in the first place. But while content in her role at the Chaing Mai Hospital in Thailand as the nurse ethicist, Ladarat couldn't resist when police detective Kuhn Wiriya came to her with his dilemma. Two nights ago, a young woman brought her husband to the emergency room, where he passed away.

The Mill River redemption. Darcie Chan

Having unexpectedly lost her husband and lacking the means to support herself, Josie DiSanti and her two daughters take refuge in the small town of Mill River, to live with Josie's aunt, Ivy. The sisters, Rose and Emily, are inseparable growing up until a shocking tragedy tears them apart.

The promise of home. Darcie Chan

These days, Mill River, Vermont is a hub of activity. Karen Cooper and her son bid a temporary farewell to husband and father Nick, off to Saudi Arabia to work as a contractor. But when he goes missing Karen turns to the beloved nonagenarian priest Father O'Brien for counsel.

Bamboo and blood. James Church

In the winter of 1997, trying to stay alive during a famine that has devastated much of North Korea, Inspector O is ordered to play host to an Israeli agent who appears in Pyongyang. When the wife of a North Korean diplomat in Pakistan dies under suspicious circumstances, O is told to investigate, with a curious proviso: Don't look too closely at the details, and stay away from the question of missiles.

The gentleman from Japan. James Church

Under the guise of machinery for making dumplings, a Spanish factory near Barcelona is secretly producing a key component in the production of nuclear weapons. When information finds its way to the inboxes of Western intelligence agencies that this "dumpling maker" is meant for North Korea, orders go out that the shipment must be stopped.

Hidden moon. James Church

In Hidden Moon, Inspector O returns from a mission abroad to find his new police commander waiting at his office door. There has been a bank robbery - the first ever in Pyongyang - and the commander demands action, and quickly. But is this urgency for real?

The man with the Baltic stare. James Church

Autumn brings unwelcome news to Inspector O: he has been wrenched from retirement and ordered back to Pyongyang for a final assignment. The two Koreas, he learns, are now cooperating - very quietly - to maintain stability in the North.

Bitter fruits. Alice Clark-Platts

The murder of a first-year university student shocks the city of Durham. The victim, Emily Brabents, was from the privileged and popular set at Joyce College, a cradle for the country's future elite. As Detective Inspector Erica Martin investigates the college, she finds a close-knit community fuelled by jealousy, obsession and secrets. But the very last thing she expects is an instant confession. The picture of Emily that begins to emerge is that of a girl wanted by everyone, but not truly known by anyone.

Blue lightning. Ann Cleeves

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair Isles to introduce his fiancee, Fran, to his parents. It's a community where everyone knows each other, and strangers, while welcomed, are still viewed with a degree of mistrust. Challenging to live on at the best of times, with the autumn storms raging, the island feels cut off from the rest of the world.

Red bones. Ann Cleeves

Spring: a time of rebirth and celebration. And a time of death...for April is the cruellest month. When a young archaeologist studying on a site at Whalsay discovers a set of human remains - the island community is intrigued.

White nights. Ann Cleeves

Artist Bella Sinclair throws a party to launch an exhibition of her work and to introduce the paintings of Fran Hunter. The following day an Englishman is found hanging from a rafter in a boathouse on the jetty, a clown's mask on his face. Detective Jimmy Perez is convinced that this is a local murder. Then, Bella's nephew too is murdered.

Poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

One of the founder of the Romantic Movement Samuel Taylor Coleridge was great friends with William Wordsworth. Here, Sir Ralph Richardson reads a selection of his finest works.

The BFG. Roald Dahl

Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

Charlie and the chocolate factory. Roald Dahl

Penguin presents a brand new recording of Roald Dahl's classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, read by the actor Douglas Hodge, who plays Willy Wonka in the hit musical adaptation of the book.

The enormous crocodile. Roald Dahl

This crocodile has an enormous appetite and boasts that he is going to eat a nice juicy child for lunch. Fortunately for the children, the other animals in the jungle see through the crocodile's cunning disguises.

Fantastic Mr Fox. Roald Dahl

Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fat. Bunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him a beastly temper. Bean is a turkey-and-apple farmer who only drinks gallons of strong cider. Mr Fox is so clever that every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from the farms. Now the farmers have hatched a plan to BANG-BANG-BANG shoot Mr Fox dead. But, just when they think Mr Fox can't possibly escape, he makes a fantastic plan of his own . . .

The Twits. Roald Dahl

Mr and Mrs Twit are Twits. They are also extremely nasty. So the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve.

Medusa. Torkil Damhaug

A woman vanishes from a forest near Oslo. Days later her body is found, seemingly mauled and maimed by a bear. When another woman is reported missing and then found dead with the same scratches and bites, police find the link between them is local doctor, Axel Glenne.

The course of love Alain De Botton

What does it mean to live happily ever after? At dinner parties and over coffee, Rabih and Kirsten's friends always ask them the same question: how did you meet?

Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

Moll Flanders. Daniel Defoe

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe is a picaresque, adventure-filled life story of a tenacious, smart, beautiful, and charismatic woman who aspires to be a lady but who begins her life as the daughter of a convict in Newgate Prison.

More than sorrow. Vicki Delany

Hannah Manning was once an internationally renowned journalist and war correspondent; today, she's a woman suffering from a traumatic brain injury.

The silent songbird. Melanie Dickerson

In 1384 England, seventeen-year-old Evangeline, ward and cousin of King Richard II, tries to escape from an arranged marriage, dreaming of a life outside Berkhamsted Castle, where she might be free to marry for love and not politics, but when she runs away and joins a small band of servants on their way back to their home village, she finds herself embroiled in a tangled web that threatens England's monarch.

This secret we're keeping Rebecca Done

Jessica Hart has never forgotten Matthew Landley. After all, he was her first love when she was fifteen years old. But he was also her school maths teacher, and their forbidden affair ended in scandal with his arrest and imprisonment.

Death Do Us Part Steven Dunne

Devil May Care Sebastian Faulks

A Fool's Alphabet Sebastian Faulks

Girl At the Lion d'Or Sebastian Faulks

Jeeves and the Wedding Bells Sebastian Faulks

A Possible Life Sebastian Faulks

A Week in December Sebastian Faulks

Where My Heart Used to Beat Sebastian Faulks

Tom Jones. Henry Fielding

Tom, a foundling, is discovered one evening by the benevolent Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household. When his sexual escapades and general misbehaviour lead them to banish him, he sets out in search of both his fortune and his true identity. Amorous, high-spirited, and filled with what Fielding called "the glorious lust of doing good", but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one of the first characters in English fiction whose human virtues and vices are realistically depicted.

A soldier's girl. Maggie Ford

In his absence, she will find her strength. After a childhood in poverty and leaving school to work at the age of thirteen, life is beginning to look up for Brenda Wilson. Freshly married to her handsome soldier husband, she finds her true vocation in hairdressing. However, Brenda is forced to give up her dreams of owning her own salon as Harry is called into service, leaving her to bring up their daughter all by herself.

The Force Awakens Alan Dean Foster

The diary of a young girl. Anne Frank

It is one of the most celebrated and enduring books of the last century and it remains a deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of human spirit. Anne Frank and her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family and a German dentist. Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary.

The Black Paw. Heather Vogel Frederick

Two fifth-graders who are the targets of bullies and a mouse spy who has not only lost her job but is also on a mobster rat's hit list, meet at Washington D.C.'s International Spy Museum and go undercover to help each other out.

The next. Stephanie Gangi

In life, Joanna turned away from the loved ones she believed disappointed her. After succumbing to breast cancer, she becomes a ghost bent on revenge against her much younger ex, and can't move on from a bleak infinity until she makes Ned pay. As she embarks on a sexy, spiritual odyssey and travels beyond desire, Jo is eventually forced to re-evaluate her life choices and the qualities of a proper death.

Sunday kind of love. Dorothy Garlock

Buckton, Indiana, 1956. As post-war America brims with new opportunities, a young woman discovers the courage to follow her dreams and her heart. Gwendolyn Foster's life seems like a dream come true. A bright future in front of her, the successful, traditional man her parents wanted at her side. What more could a girl ask for? But Gwen has a different dream altogether - to be a writer - and she won't rest until it comes true. Strong arms to support her, not own her.

Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Gaskell

Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics. Chris Grabenstein

Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again!

Rise Mira Grant

An abundance of Katherines. John Green

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy loving best friend riding shotgun but no Katherines.

The Princess in Black takes a vacation Shannon Hale

After battling monsters all night, a sleepy Princess in Black decides that she needs a vacation. After all, the Goat Avenger, a new hero who looks oddly familiar, has offered to protect the goats while she takes a much needed break. The very next day Princess Magnolia rides her bicycle to the seaside, where the air is salty, the sun is shiny, and the sea is as blue as monster fur. But just as Princess Magnolia is about to take a nap on her hammock, she hears a "ROAR!" Seriously? A monster? On the perfect beach? Impossible! Could a sea monster really ruin this vacation for the Princess in Black?

The devastators : a Matt Helm novel. Donald Hamilton

The Devastators is the ninth instalment in Donald Hamilton's iconic and thrilling Matt Helm series, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. On a bleak and lonely heath in northern Scotland, the body of an agent sent to complete a tricky mission is recovered. He had died of bubonic plague.

Trials of the earth : the true story of a pioneer woman. Mary Hamilton

Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton was encouraged to record her experiences as a female pioneer. The result is the only known firsthand account of a remarkable woman thrust into the centre of taming the American South-surviving floods, tornadoes, and fires; facing bears, panthers, and snakes; managing a boarding house in Arkansas that was home to an eccentric group of settlers; and running a logging camp in Mississippi that blazed a trail for development in the Mississippi Delta.

Amy's View David Hare

All things wise and wonderful. James Herriot

Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of London is a far cry from James Herriot's day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And while he is keen to serve Queen and country, James cannot help but miss his life in Darrowby.

The enemy. Charlie Higson

In the wake of a devastating disease, everyone sixteen and older is either dead or a decomposing, brainless creature with a ravenous appetite for flesh. Teens have barricaded themselves in buildings throughout London and venture outside only when they need to scavenge for food.

Winter Street Elin Hilderbrand

Lost property. Part one, The wrong label. Katie Hims

The first play in BBC Radio 4's bittersweet trilogy, 'Lost Property', set in 1941, 1979 and 2011. 'The Wrong Label' was originally broadcast on 3 May 2011 in the 'Afternoon Play' slot. London, 1941, and Alice knows that to stop your children from being evacuated is tantamount to siding with Hitler...

Lost property. Part three, A telegram from the Queen. Katie Hims

The third and final play in BBC Radio 4's bittersweet trilogy, 'Lost Property', set in 1941, 1979 and 2011. 'A Telegram from the Queen' was originally broadcast on 17 May 2011 in the 'Afternoon Play' slot. It's 2011, and, as Alice's 100th birthday present, Ruthie sets out to put her family back together again...

Lost property. Part two, The year my mother went missing. Katie Hims

The second play in BBC Radio 4's bittersweet trilogy, 'Lost Property', set in 1941, 1979 and 2011. 'The Year My Mother Went Missing' was originally broadcast on 10 May 2011 in the 'Afternoon Play' slot. It's 1979, and it's not the first time that Ruthie's mother Queenie has gone missing, but usually she leaves a note...

Aliens in the Mind Robert Holmes

High fidelity. Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby's first novel helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.

Midnight hour. C C Hunter

Preparing to graduate from Shadow Falls Academy, a summer camp, turned boarding school for teenagers with supernatural powers, Miranda Kane, a dyslexic witch, suffers a near-death experience that leaves her with a mysterious tattoo, a missing sister, and doubts about her feelings for a certain irresistible shape-shifter and a hot new guy.

The increment. David Ignatius

When a hidden Tehran scientist sends encrypted messages to the CIA that reveal Iran's bomb-development program, agent Harry Pappas is directed to discern if the messages are true before enlisting the aid of a secret British spy team to safeguard the scientist.

Mr. Baboomski and the wonder goat. Richard John Joyce

Tom's life takes a turn for the worse when his Dad ups sticks and moves them to Trefuggle Bay. But things get interesting when he meets two unusual new friends. Parked in an old caravan at the end of a cliff, live two legends of the Escorvian circus. The amazing Berto Baboomski and his performing goat Zoltan.

Soldier Julie Kagawa

Scrappy little nobody. Anna Kendrick

A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect. I'm excited to publish my first book, and because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I'd like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude, pettiness, and the frequency with which I embarrass myself.

Cabin fever. Jeff Kinney

Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?

Dog days. Jeff Kinney

It's the summer holidays, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where's Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn. Greg, a self-confessed 'indoor person,' is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer, one packed with outdoor activities and 'family togetherness.' Whose vision will win out? Or will a new addition to the Heffley family change everything?

The third wheel. Jeff Kinney

Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night.

The ugly truth. Jeff Kinney

Catch the hapless Greg Heffley as he navigates his way through family and school life with his best friend, Rowley, by his side in a brand new "Wimpy Kid" adventure.

The Quatermass Memoirs Nigel Kneale

Pacific burn. Barry Lancet

Antiques dealer and sometime-PI Jim Brodie has just been brought on as the liaison for the San Francisco mayor new Pacific Rim Friendship Program. He recruits his friend, the renowned Japanese artist Ken Nobuki, for a meeting with city officials and a photo op.

Tokyo kill Barry Lancet

Struggling San Francisco antiques dealer Jim Brodie is back in Japan. After wading through the tragedy of the Japantown murders, he and his daughter have returned for a well-earned vacation. Checking in at the P.I. firm he inherited from his father, he's startled by the arrival of an old World War II veteran and his son.

The last day I saw her. Lucy Lawrie

When lonely single mum Janey stumbles into an art workshop, she can't believe her eyes when her left hand mysteriously scribbles a picture of two little girls and a message from someone called 'Hattie': Janey's childhood best friend who she lost touch with after Hattie's family suddenly moved away in mysterious circumstances.

The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life. John Le Carre

From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion, to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John le Carre has always written from the heart of modern times.

Solaris Stanislaw Lem

The mercy. Beverly Lewis

Rose Kauffman pines for prodigal Nick Franco, the Bishop's foster son who left the Amish under a cloud of suspicion after his foster brother's death. His rebellion led to the "silencing" of their beloved Bishop. But is Nick really the rebel he appears to be? Rose's lingering feelings for her wayward friend refuse to fade, but she is frustrated that Nick won't return and make things right with the People. Nick avowed his love for Rose--but will he ever be willing to sacrifice modern life for her?

Ferney James Long

The jam doughnut that ruined my life. Mark Lowery

Roman Garstang is obsessed with food - particularly Squidgy Splodge raspberry-jam doughnuts - but he is about to learn that things are not always as sugar-coated as they might seem. Because of his Monday-morning jam doughnut, Roman's week takes a very sticky turn. By Friday Roman has been banned from eating for 24 hours, accidently shoplifted, had a lift in a getaway van, styled his teacher's guinea pig with a blue mohawk, started a riot ... and barely managed a single donut. Who knew jam could be so deadly?

Pirate! ; Scream! Alan MacDonald

Dirty Bertie the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits is back for another helping of comic chaos! In Pirate! Bertie samples life as a swashbuckling pirate, cooks up a storm in the poshest restaurant in town, and teams up with Dad at the School Sports Day in an attempt to beat Royston Rich! In Scream! Bertie builds his very own haunted house, goes on a wet weekend away with his family and tries to cheat at the Spelling Bee!

Bright, Precious Days Jay McInerney

Moby Dick Herman Melville

Paul Merton Classics Ian Messiter

The adventures of Miss Petitfour. Anne Michaels

Meet the utterly irresistible Miss Petitfour (a name of unknown origin but possibly descended from bakers of tiny delicious cakes). She loves baking and making and dancing with her cats, but most of all she loves to fly. All she has to do is pick up a favourite tablecloth (preferably the one with the paisley print), catch the breeze and she swooshes off on an adventure with her many cats.

The way we were. Sinead Moriarty

Alice and Ben. A couple like any other. Bound together by love, work, children, familiarity, a shared sense of purpose. Arguing about the usual things too in-laws, whose career is more important, which of them is a soft touch with the children, who hates change and who craves it. But when Ben takes a step into the unknown, and brings devastation on the family, it forces them to look at everything in a whole new way. Because, as far as they know, this is the end of the line for their family. So what will happen if they get a second chance? Can they should they go back to the way.

Classic cashes in. Amy Myers

Jack Colby, car detective, takes a seemingly routine commission that precipitates him into a dangerous world of secrets and murder. A commission to buy a classic Packard saloon from the 1930s should have been routine, but this Packard is special...and as Jack struggles to piece together the car's history and the mystery surrounding it, he is soon catapulted into a world where nothing is as it seems. But when murder strikes, Jack is drawn into a hunt for the truth that involves not only his personal happiness but facing a relentless killer.

Short stories about kittens. E (Edith) Nesbit

A selection of lesser known beautifully crafted short stories about our feline friends from E Nesbit and one from Johnny Gruelle.

Between Two Fires Mark Noce

Ways to disappear. Idra Novey

When Brazilian novelist Beatriz Yagoda suddenly disappears, her American translator Emma travels to Brazil to solve the mystery while fending off rapacious loan sharks and the washed-up editor who made Yagoda famous.

Killing the Rising Sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan Bill O'Reilly

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonour.

A Life Well Played Arnold Palmer

9th judgement James Patterson

A psychopathic killer targets San Francisco's most innocent and vulnerable. A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in blood-red lipstick.

9th judgement James Patterson

A psychopathic killer targets San Francisco's most innocent and vulnerable. A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in blood-red lipstick.

10th anniversary James Patterson

Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals - but that the victim may be keeping secrets. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life - a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children.

The trial James Patterson

'I'm not on trial. San Francisco is.' Detective Lindsay Boxer has finally managed to capture the drug cartel boss who has been tormenting her for months. And now he's about to go on trial for his life. But after threatening to unleash violence on everyone involved in the case, the whole city is paralysed, and Lindsay and the Women's Murder Club are caught in the eye of the storm.

Spectacles Sue Perkins

First star I see tonight. Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired by him, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.

Glitter Aprilynne Pike

The fall of the house of Usher, The pit and the pendulum : & other tales of mystery and imagination. Edgar Allan Poe

The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares - premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

Trading Futures Jim Powell

An Inspector Calls J B Priestley

Frost Like Night Sara Raasch

The naming of the dead Ian Rankin

July 2005, and the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland. With daily marches, demonstrations, and scuffles, the police are at full stretch. Detective Inspector John Rebus, however, has been sidelined, until the apparent suicide of an MP coincides with clues that a serial killer may be on the loose.

The naming of the dead. Ian Rankin

July 2005, and the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland. With daily marches, demonstrations, and scuffles, the police are at full stretch. Detective Inspector John Rebus, however, has been sidelined, until the apparent suicide of an MP coincides with clues that a serial killer may be on the loose.

Goblins vs dwarves. Philip Reeve

The heroes of GOBLINS continue their adventures outside the walls of Clovenstone castle. Awaiting Skarper and Henwyn are powerful dark forces that must be vanquished, monstrous creatures to be fought, and astonishing mysteries to be solved.

For Kingdom and country. I D Roberts

May 1915. Kingdom Lock and his faithful sidekick, Siddhartha Singh are gunned down on the streets of Basra and suspicion falls on German spy, Wilhelm Wassmuss. Major Ross believes Wassmuss is behind the assassination of a Turkish officer, the death of whom has been blamed on Lock. Meanwhile, Lock has discovered that Amy Townshend is pregnant and that the child is his. But the general's daughter stubbornly refuses to break off her engagement. Then, when Lock learns that there is a price on his head, Ross sends him to the frontlines for his own safety...

The best Christmas pageant ever. Barbara Robinson

The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer

Whose Body? Dorothy L Sayers

The Bye Bye Man Robert D Schneck

The good liar. Nicholas Searle

This is a life told back to front. This is a man who has lied all his life. Roy is a conman living in a small English town, about to pull off his final con. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman and slip away with her life savings. But who is the man behind the con? What has he had to do to survive a life of lies? And who has had to pay the price?

The drowning lesson. Jane Shemilt

The press conference, one year ago. Our home is a crime scene now. I am in yesterday's clothes. The clothes in which I kissed Sam goodbye. Then he'd belonged only to us. Now his image will be shared with the world. We should be grateful. 'Our son Sam' My eyes fill with tears, the writing on the paper blurs. 'Someone took him. Please help us.' I back away from the microphone, the paper falls form my hands.

Little nothing. Marisa Silver

In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a child called Pavla is born to peasant parents. Her arrival, fervently anticipated and conceived in part by gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, stuns her parents and brings outrage and scorn from her community. Pavla has been born a dwarf, beautiful in face, but as the years pass, she grows no farther than the edge of her crib.

Jupiter's travels : four years on one motobike. Ted Simon

On October 6, 1973 Ted Simon knew there was no going back. He loaded up his 500cc Triumph Tiger in the pouring rain and said goodbye to London. Over four years he rode 64,000 miles round the world. Breakdowns, revolutions, war, a spell in prison and a Californian commune were all part of his experience, which was coloured variously by utter despair and unimaginable joy.

Rock wedding. Nalini Singh

After a lifetime of longing for a real family, Sarah Smith thought she'd finally found her home with rock star Abe Bellamy, even if she knew Abe didn't love her the way she loved him. But their brief relationship, filled with tragedy and heartache, nearly destroyed her.

My story Elizabeth Smart

Ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. She was kept chained, dressed in disguise, repeatedly raped, and told she and her family would be killed if she tried to escape.

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Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate "hero" Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters.

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Rudi Mackenzie has won the battle that expelled the enemy from the new High Kingdom of Montival. Now he must free the people who live in the state once known as Idaho from occupation by the legions of the Church Universal and Triumphant and pursue them to their lair over the mountains.

Lord of mountains : a novel of the Change. S M Stirling

Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mathilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace. If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake a quest to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains, and take part in a crowning ceremony--a ceremony binding him to his people, his ancestors, and his land. Then, once he has secured his place and allegiances, Artos can go forward, and lead his forces to the heart of the enemy's territory.

Dracula. Bram Stoker

Having deduced the double identity of Count Dracula, a wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

The hidden kingdom. Tui Sutherland

The five dragonets of the prophecy are hoping to hide in safety in the RainWing kingdom, and Glory is hoping to learn more about her own identity, but when tribe members start disappearing and the old queen does nothing, it is up to Glory and her friends to uncover the lurking evil.

Gulliver's travels. Jonathan Swift

The unusual voyages of Englishman Lemuel Gulliver carry him to such strange locales as Lilliput, where the inhabitants are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; an island of sorcerers; and a nation ruled by horses.

The secret history. Donna Tartt

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.

An Irish Country Love Story Patrick Taylor

The poetry of Tennyson. Alfred Tennyson Tennyson

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Hidden Order Brad Thor

Brooklyn. Colm Toibin

A moving historical novel set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s about a young woman torn between her family and her past in Ireland and the American who wins her heart.

A Certain Age Lynne Truss

The innocents abroad. Mark Twain

Twain describes his experiences travelling in Europe and the Middle East, and pokes fun at tourists and tour guides.

Spark John Twelve Hawks

Bobby Kennedy : the making of a liberal icon. Larry Tye

Draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, private papers, and interviews with Kennedy's close family and colleagues to chronicle his transformation from 1950s cold warrior to a liberal champion of the working class, the poor, and minorities.

The Christmas Town Donna VanLiere

The mysterious island. Jules Verne

Armed with only courage and ingenuity, five Union prisoners escape the siege of Richmond, Virginia, in a hot-air balloon. Swept off course by a raging storm, they land on the shores of an uncharted island.

The long afternoon. Giles Waterfield

The year is 1912. Henry and Helen Williamson arrive on the French Riviera looking for a house. Barely 30, Henry has been forced to retire from the Indian civil service through ill-health.

A door in the river : a Hazel Micallef mystery. Inger Ash Wolfe

Detective Hazel Micallef investigates a bee stinging death on an Indian reservation only to discover the culprit was not an insect, but a fiendish teenage girl with a strange weapon.

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The Chrysalids and Survival John Wyndham

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She will change your life forever. In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no-one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird.

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Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Some people come only for the weekends-and it's something they look forward to all week long. When Riley Griggs is waiting for her husband to arrive at the ferry one Friday afternoon, she is instead served with papers informing her that her island home is being foreclosed.

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What if you learn something as an adult that makes you question your entire childhood? This is the scenario the Rockwell sisters are faced with. Esme: eldest child, control-freak, perfect wife and mother.

Christmas at the Cornish Cafe Phillipa Ashley

The festive, feel-good follow-up to Summer at the Cornish Cafe. Christmas will be slightly less turbulent than summer, won't it? Demi certainly hopes so. She and Cal are keeping their fledgling relationship under wraps for now. But then Kit Bannen, a hunky, blonde - and somewhat mysterious - writer arrives at Kilhallon Resort, and not everyone is charmed.

A Christmas cracker Trisha Ashley

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Cricket O'Malley can't wait to plant roots back home in Georgia, where she's returned to restore an abandoned flower shop to its former glory. The only blemish? Her neighbour's house is even more neglected than her old flower shop, and its occupant seems as surly as he is darkly handsome.

Picture perfect wedding Lynnette Austin

Beck Elliot and Tansy Calhoun were inseparable until Tansy left Misty Bottoms, Georgia, promising to come back after she finished school. Beck stayed behind to save the family business, dreaming of the day when Tansy would return. Instead, his trust and his heart were broken when she inexplicably married another man and bore his child.

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Malcolm doesn't like animals. Which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. What the house is NOT full of is stuff Malcolm likes. Such as the laptop he wanted for his birthday. The only bright spot on the horizon is the Year Six school trip, which Malcolm never thought his parents would pay for.

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John Puller may be the US Army's most tenacious investigator, but he is not equipped to face the truth about his mother's disappearance thirty years ago. New evidence has come to light suggesting that Puller's father -- a highly decorated army veteran -- may have murdered his wife.

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When her Aunt Peg lands a gig as judge at a Kentucky dog show, Melanie Travis welcomes the opportunity for a road trip. Too bad a killer has planned a deadly detour. Within three days of her arrival, Ellie Gates has been found dead. Though the police and the family believe the death to be an accident, Aunt Peg is sure they are wrong. Melanie discovers that Miss Ellie was a woman of many secrets. And she must quickly determine which one was fatal before Melanie herself becomes the next target.

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The shattered rose Jo Beverley

A medieval love story that sweeps from a besieged castle to the dazzling English court. The incomparable Jehanne unknowingly betrayed her husband, Galeran of Heywood, by having another man's child. Now Galeran has returned to his country to reclaim his land--and his wife.

The Daisy Club Charlotte Bingham

Twistleton is a village untouched by time, taking its rhythms from the countryside around. Daisy, Jean, Freddie and their friends Aurelia and Laura are devoted to the place, so that when war breaks out Twistleton becomes the embodiment of everything for which they are fighting.

The white marriage Charlotte Bingham

Sunny's mundane country life is changed overnight when handsome, stylish Gray's Bentley breaks down outside her parents' cottage in Rushington. It seems that he may have fallen in love with her. Although Sunny herself remains unconvinced, her best friend Arietta believes that Sunny is soon to be set on the road to wealth and happiness.

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Over the span of an almost twenty-year writing career, Evanovich has penned more than a dozen romance novels: the Barnaby and Hooker series; the nonfiction title How I Write; more than a half dozen collaborative novels; two graphic novels; and the light paranormal Wicked books, which feature a not-so-angelic hero in search of statues representing the Seven Deadly Sins, and a heroine who has the ability to detect magical charms.

Moonology : working with the magic of lunar cycles Yasmin Boland

Make the seemingly impossible possible! Have you ever tried to make something work and it just felt impossible? This book may well be the missing link you need. Understanding the Moon's magical eight phases will help you to improve and empower every aspect of your life. You will know better what to expect in the days ahead, and how to time important events in your life, from sending a crucial email to getting married! You can also use the Moon as a self-care guide and a planner.

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Constellation Adrien Bosc

On October 27, 1949, Air France's new plane, the Constellation, launched by the extravagant Howard Hughes, welcomed thirty-eight passengers aboard. On October 28, no longer responding to air traffic controllers, the plane disappeared while trying to land on the island of Santa Maria, in the Azores. No one survived. The question Adrien Bosc's novel asks is not so much how, but why? What were the series of tiny incidents that, in sequence, propelled the plane toward Redondo Mountain? And who were the passengers?

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The Cavendon luck Barbara Taylor Bradford

It is 1938 in England, and Miles and Cecily Ingham have lead the family in bringing the Cavendon estate back from the brink of disaster. But now, with the arrival of World War II, Cavendon Hall will face its biggest challenge yet. It is a challenge that will push the Inghams and Swanns to protect each other and the villagers, and reveal their true capacity for survival and rebirth.

A woman of substance Barbara Taylor Bradford

In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and pregnant. By 1968 she is one of the richest women in the world, ruler of a business empire stretching from Yorkshire to the glittering cities of America and the rugged vastness of Australia. But what is the price she has paid? A Woman of Substance is as impossible to put down as it is to forget. This multi-million copy bestseller is truly a novel of our times.

Asthma free : managing your asthma with the BradCliff breathing method Dinah Bradley

Retrain your breathing to manage your asthma medication and stress. A fully revised, updated (and renamed) edition of the successful 2002 Breathing Works for Asthma, this book is the asthma sufferer's indispensable companion. Roughly one person in seven experiences asthma at some time in their life.

Dynamic breathing for asthma : managing your asthma using the BradCliff breathing method Dinah Bradley

George Bernard Shaw was correct to say that awareness of breathing already indicates problems. The sensation of dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing) varies from person to person, but is the defining mark of asthma. According to the WHO, asthma affects some 150 million people globally; it even affects animals.

Christmas trolls Jan Brett

Christmas is Treva's favourite time of the year. But this year, decorations and presents are mysteriously disappearing. When Treva follows a small creature making off with the Christmas pudding, she discovers two irresistible trolls who want to have Christmas, but don't understand it.

Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve Jan Brett

A boy from Finnmark and his ice bear help scare away some hungry trolls so that Kyri and her father can enjoy their Christmas Eve meal.

The beach cabin : a short story Fern Britton

The perfect summer short story from bestselling novelist and broadcaster, Fern Britton. Ed and Charlotte have been married for fifteen years, but they have been drifting apart and now Ed suspects that Charlotte may be involved with another man. He decides a family holiday is just what they need and rents a cottage on the cliffs near the picturesque Cornish village of Pendruggan.

Legally Blonde Amanda Brown

The Suicide Motor Club Christopher Buehlman

Bram Stoker, quoting the poem Lenore, said 'The dead ride fast.' Those words have never rung more true. Remember that car that passed you near midnight on route 66, doing 105 with its lights off? You wondered where it was going so quickly on that dark, dusty stretch of road, motor roaring, the driver glancing out the window as he blew by.

The baby and Fly Pie Melvin Burgess

Fly Pie and Sham, the 'rubbish kids' sort rubbish every day for Mother Shelly. But one day everything changes when they find a baby in the tip.

Christmas ladies : 3 full-length holiday regencies Grace Burrowes

Lady Sophie's Chrismas wish. Craving a bit of peace and anonymity, Lady Sophie Windham has manoeuvred a few days to herself at the ducal mansion in London before she must join her family for Christmas in Kent. Suddenly trapped by a London snowstorm, she finds herself with an abandoned baby and only the assistance of a kind, handsome stranger standing between her and complete disaster.

The duke's courtship : four novellas Grace Burrowes

The courtship. The tender story of love tested and won, and how Percy Windham, the dashing and brilliant man who was never supposed to become the Duke of Moreland, wooed Esther Himmelfarb, the amazing lady who became his beloved Duchess.

The heir ; The soldier ; The virtuoso Grace Burrowes

The heir. The Earl of Wyndham, weighed down by responsibilities, is determined to avoid the summer rounds of matchmaking mamas, so he stays in his London townhouse for the summer. There he discovers a potentially perfect duchess in his lovely, mysterious housekeeper.

A cast of falcons Steve Burrows

The threat from above casts a dark shadow. A man falls to his death from a cliff face in western Scotland. From a distance, another man watches. He approaches the body, tucks a book into the dead man's pocket, and leaves. When the Scottish police show visiting Detective Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune the book, he recognizes it as a call for help.

A siege of bitterns Steve Burrows

Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn't mind ruffling a few feathers. His success has elevated him into a poster boy for the police. The problem is Jejeune doesn't really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds.

The muse Jessie Burton

A captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women, a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London, and a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain, and the powerful mystery that ties them together.

Mind Map Handbook Tony Buzan

The secret ways of perfume Cristina Caboni

Elena Rossini has a rare gift: She has the ability to decipher the ingredients of a perfume from its scent alone. Passed down through generations of her family, Elena's ability delights as easily as it overwhelms, especially when she catches a scent in the air that evokes painful memories of her mother.

Avalon High Meg Cabot

The forgetting Sharon Cameron

Canaan is a quiet city on an idyllic world, hemmed in by high walls, but every twelve years the town breaks out in a chaos of bloody violence, after which all the people undergo the Forgetting, in which they are left without any trace of memory of themselves, their families, or their lives but somehow seventeen-year-old Nadia has never forgotten, and she is determined to find out what causes it and how to put a stop to the Forgetting forever.

The 30-day sobriety solution : how to cut back or quit drinking in the privacy of your own home Jack Canfield

The 30-Day Sobriety Solution offers the answer to anyone who feels their drinking has become unmanageable. Inspired by Canfield's work in self-esteem and success training and developed into a programme by Dave Andrews, it integrates positive psychology, neurolinguistic programming, cognitive therapy, meditation, positive self-talk, and the correction of negative self-perceptions, among numerous other techniques.

Diane Capri's licensed to thrill. 1 Diane Capri

Don't know Jack. It's been a while since we first met Lee Child's Jack Reacher in Killing Floor. Fifteen years later, Reacher still lives off the grid, until trouble finds him, and then he does whatever it takes, much to the delight of readers and the dismay of villains. Now someone big is looking for him. Who? And why?

Diane Capri's licensed to thrill. 5 Diane Capri

Get back Jack. FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar's off-the-books assignment leads them to the surviving members of Jack Reacher's elite military unit. Five years ago, Reacher sorted and destroyed a team of arms dealers in Lee Child's Bad Luck & Trouble before he moved on. But he made mistakes.

Gatefather Orson Scott Card

Danny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly 2000 years, or at least the first to survive to claim his power. Families of Westil in exile on Earth have had a treaty that required the death of any suspected Gate Mage. The wars between the Families had been terrible, until at last they realized it was their own survival in question. But a Gate Mage, one who could build a Great Gate back to Westil, would give his own Family a terrible advantage over all the others, and reignite the wars. So they all had to die.

The Christmas angel project Melody Carlson

Five women from different walks of life have become close friends through their book club - enjoying one another's company even more than they enjoy the books. So when the leader of the book club unexpectedly passes away on the cusp of the Christmas season, the four remaining friends are stunned.

Lock, stock, and over a barrel Melody Carlson

An ambitious smalltown girl, unlucky in love, is called back home from New York City upon inheriting her eccentric aunt's estate, but the will is fraught with off-the-wall clauses involving work, family, and having to find a husband by next year.

Rules for a rogue Christy Carlyle

Rules never brought anything but misery to Christopher "Kit" Ruthven. After rebelling against his controlling father and leaving the family's etiquette empire behind, Kit has been breaking every one imaginable for the past four years.

GoPro cameras for dummies John Carucci

The GoPro camera has taken the market by storm. Durable and weatherproof, these cameras are tailor-made for athletes, filmmakers, journalists, and hobbyists who want a hands-free device.

Moonglow Michael Chabon

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon delivers another literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies, family legends and existential adventure and the forces that work to destroy us. In 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon travelled to his mother's home in Oakland, California, to visit his terminally ill grandfather.

The Cloud Leopard's daughter Deborah Challinor

On the gold fields of the colonies, enemies are easily made. In the confines of a ship, they can turn deadly. When Kitty and Rian Farrell sail their schooner Katipo III into Dunedin Harbour in 1863, they are on tenterhooks.

The Magpie lord K J Charles

Exiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He's also inherited his family's enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast.

Results May Vary Bethany Chase

This Is Our Song Samantha Chase

Going Bush Martin Chatterton

Adnan's story : the truth Rabia Chaudry

In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life plus thirty years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed has maintained his innocence, and Rabia Chaudry, a family friend, has always believed him. By 2013, after almost all appeals had been exhausted, Rabia contacted Sarah Koenig, a producer at This American Life, in hopes of finding a journalist who could shed light on Adnan's story.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky

The Queen of the Night Alexander Chee

The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard

The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Arrival Ted Chiang

The spymistress Jennifer Chiaverini

Pledging her loyalty to the North at the risk of her life when her native Virginia secedes, Quaker-educated aristocrat Elizabeth Van Lew uses her innate skills for gathering military intelligence to help construct the Richmond underground and orchestrate escapes from the infamous Confederate Libby Prison.

Not a drill : a Jack Reacher short story Lee Child

A Jack Reacher short story, published exclusively as an ebook. The tiny town of Naismith has nothing going for it - except the start of a wilderness trail through Maine's ancient forests. But one day the trail is suddenly closed by county police.

Sorcerer to the Crown Zen Cho

The atomic weight of love Elizabeth J Church

1941. As Meridian begins her ornithology studies at the University of Chicago she is drawn to Alden Whetstone, a physics professor who opens her eyes to the fundamentals and poetry of his field, the beauty of motion, space and time, the delicate balance of force and energy that allows a bird to fly. Following Alden to Los Alamos, they marry and she channels her academic ambitions into studying a particular family of crows, whose free life seems beyond her reach. In the 1970s, with protests rupturing college campuses across the country, Meridian meets Clay, a young geologist and veteran of the Vietnam War, and together they seek ways to mend what the world has broken.

Bamboo and blood James Church

In the winter of 1997, trying to stay alive during a famine that has devastated much of North Korea, Inspector O is ordered to play host to an Israeli agent who appears in Pyongyang. When the wife of a North Korean diplomat in Pakistan dies under suspicious circumstances, O is told to investigate, with a curious proviso: Don't look too closely at the details, and stay away from the question of missiles.

A corpse in the Koryo James Church

Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south. Simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him far, far off his department's turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death.

A drop of Chinese blood James Church

The last place Bing expected to find the stunningly beautiful Madame Fang - a woman Headquarters wants closely watched - was on his front doorstep. Then, as suddenly as she shows up, Madame Fang mysteriously disappears across the river into North Korea, leaving in her wake both consternation and a highly sensitive assignment for Bing to bring back from the North a long missing Chinese security official.

The gentleman from Japan James Church

Under the guise of machinery for making dumplings, a Spanish factory near Barcelona is secretly producing a key component in the production of nuclear weapons. When information finds its way to the inboxes of Western intelligence agencies that this "dumpling maker" is meant for North Korea, orders go out that the shipment must be stopped.

Hidden moon James Church

In Hidden Moon, Inspector O returns from a mission abroad to find his new police commander waiting at his office door. There has been a bank robbery - the first ever in Pyongyang - and the commander demands action, and quickly.

The man with the Baltic stare James Church

Autumn brings unwelcome news to Inspector O: he has been wrenched from retirement and ordered back to Pyongyang for a final assignment. The two Koreas, he learns, are now cooperating - very quietly - to maintain stability in the North.

Rugby world cup : a history in 50 greatest games Rob Clark

The Rugby World Cup has only been in existence since 1987, yet already it is established as the sport's premier competition - six weeks of frenzied action which entrances all the rugby-playing nations.

Cream of the crop Alice Clayton

Manhattan's It Girl, Natalie Grayson, has it all: she's a hot exec at a leading advertising firm, known industry-wide for her challenging and edgy campaigns. She's got a large circle of friends, a family that loves her dearly, and her dance card is always full with handsome eligible bachelors.

Trillion Dollar Baby Paul Cleary

Making sense of a small state : the body of memory and the ritual of acknowledgement in Aotearoa New Zealand Monograph Four Peter Cleave

This Monograph looks at memorialisation and identity and also looks at doubt about identity in Aotearoa-New Zealand. It marks a departure from earlier Monographs in the series like Land by Water or He Tono moo Te Maataawai which are extended literature reviews in that there is a speculative, discursive approach taken. While there is a lot of literature discussed the nature of identity in a small state is questioned in several ways.

Cold earth Ann Cleeves

In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress.

The girls Emma Cline

Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out under the California sun. The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat.

To Capture What We Cannot Keep Beatrice Colin

The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly

Alistair Cooke's America Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke traces the history of America from the eve of discovery by European explorers to modern times: the young nation fighting for independence and forging its identity; the indomitable spirit of those who set out to tame the West; and the fate of slaves and their masters.

The cedar cutter Téa Cooper

Wollombi: 1855. When Roisin Ogilvie moves to Wollombi her thoughts are only of protecting her illegitimate son, Ruan, from the grasps of his powerful and dangerous father. Posing as an impoverished widow, she settles into a quiet existence as a local dressmaker. She doesn't expect to catch the attention of Irish champion cedar cutter Carrick O'Connor, or any other man for that matter. Carrick O'Connor may have won the coveted Wollombi Wood Chop, but his mind is on the beautiful seamstress and her son. Or rather, on who they remind him of.

Battle flag Bernard Cornwell

In a novel of the Civil War, Nate Starbuck is arrested for disobeying orders, but is exonerated by General Jackson in time for the Second Battle of Manassas.

The flame bearer Bernard Cornwell

With Britain in an uneasy state of peace, Uhtred of Bebbanburg at last has the chance to take back the home his traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago and which his scheming cousin still occupies. But he will need all the skills he has learned in a lifetime of war to make his dream come true.

Chaos Patricia Cornwell

My husband's wife Jane Corry

What if your life was built on a lie? When lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. But when she takes on her first criminal case, she starts to find herself strangely drawn to her client. A man who's accused of murder. A man she will soon be willing to risk everything for. But is he really innocent? And who is she to judge?

Model behaviour Jo Cotterill

Lola Cassidy has it all - wealthy parents, a gorgeous boyfriend and the daughter of a Bollywood producer as her best friend. She's going to be a model, just like her mother and is looking forward to her work experience at a famous fashion house. Until she finds herself Ugg-deep in mud at the local animal sanctuary, that is. But will the week show Lola that there's more to life than handbags and highlights?

The Christmas card Dilly Court

She turned the picture of the Christmas card over with her frozen hands, a pretty picture of a family gathering at Yuletide. How different from her own life; stiff with cold on the icy cobbles, aching for shelter ...

Jenny's Choice Patrick E Craig

The Road Home Patrick E Craig

A Quilt for Jenna Patrick E Craig

Click, clack, ho! ho! ho! Doreen Cronin

As Farmer Brown prepares the house for Christmas, Duck tries to play Santa but he gets stuck in the chimney, along with all the other animals who try to help.

Martini Henry Sara Crowe

Life isn't an exact science. Things can be troublesome. Like pregnant step-mothers, the ins-and-outs of French existentialism having an unexceptional name.

Eva and the hidden diary Judi Curtin

Eva Gordon's great at solving problems, but surely even she can't fix something that went wrong in the past? When Eva and Kate find an old diary, written long ago by a girl their own age, they end up determined to right old wrongs! But they can't spend all their time living in the past as the present, too, is throwing all sorts of challenges at them ... But when the girls get together they can handle anything!

Eva's holiday Judi Curtin

Eva Gordon likes fashion, fun and hanging out with friends, so she can't believe she has to spend the entire summer in a cottage in the countryside with her parents and eight-year-old Joey.

Eva's journey Judi Curtin

Rich, spoilt, high-maintenance Eva Gordon likes fancy, sophisticated things so when her parents sell their sell their holiday home and their expensive car Eva can't understand why. But when Eva's dad loses his job and she has to move house and change schools, she realises life has changed for good.

Leave it to Eva Judi Curtin

When Eva and her family head to Seacove for their summer holidays, she's looking forward to seeing Kate again, but it turns out things have gone very wrong for Kate. Her granny's in the hospital and with no-one else to look after her, Kate's hiding out at home by herself, afraid she's going to be taken into care.

Only Eva Judi Curtin

Eva Gordon doesn't like mysteries- so when new girl Aretta hurries away after school every day Eva's determined to find out why. And Aretta's not the only person Eva's interested in- her friend's granny has been parted from her beloved dog, so Eva decides to cheer her up. But can she?

Batman, detective comics. Volume 1, Faces of death Tony S (Antonio Salvador) Daniel

Bruce Wayne returns as Batman, and sets his sights on new villain the Gotham Ripper, who in turn has his sights on Batman. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne explores a budding romance with television journalist Charlotte Rivers, who's visiting Gotham City to cover the gruesome slayings - while also trying to uncover Bruce's own mystery. But time is running out as both Commissioner Gordon and Batman work to uncover the true identity of this new serial killer.

Batman, detective comics. Volume 2, Scare tactics Tony S (Antonio Salvador) Daniel

Batman must face the madness of the Mad Hatter, and then take on the Talons of the Court of Owls! But even if he survives that, he must face a whole new set of fears when the Scarecrow returns! Can the Dark Knight overcome the terror the Scarecrow brings? And explore the bizarre similarities between these two enemies and how the idea of fear has shaped their lives.

The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts Annie Darling

How to Sew Patchwork David and Charles Editors

Romanzo criminale Giancarlo De Cataldo

It is 1977. A new force is terrorising Rome a mob of reckless, ultraviolent youths known as La Banda della Magliana. As the gang ruthlessly take control of Rome's heroin trade, they begin an inexorable rise to power. Banda della Magliana intend to own the streets of Rome unless their internal struggles tear them apart. Based on Rome's modern gangland history, Romanzo Criminale fearlessly confronts Italy's Age of Lead: war on the streets and terrorism, kidnappings and corruption at the highest levels of government.

Top 50 villains Terry Deary

Get ready to meet 50 of history's vilest villains. From gangs of gangsters to maniacs who massacre, come face to face with the biggest baddies in history.

The Complete Circle Series Ted Dekker

Together alone Barbara Delinsky

The engineered throne Megan Derr

Lord Vellem is a man desperate for escape. His father hides from his problems in alcohol, his mother hides from her misery in drugs, and his brother fled to the relative safety of the royal palace.

The Professor and the Smuggler Summer Devon

Abundance Peter H Diamandis

The silent songbird Melanie Dickerson

In 1384 England, seventeen-year-old Evangeline, ward and cousin of King Richard II, tries to escape from an arranged marriage, dreaming of a life outside Berkhamsted Castle, where she might be free to marry for love and not politics, but when she runs away and joins a small band of servants on their way back to their home village, she finds herself embroiled in a tangled web that threatens England's monarch.

Don't get caught Kurt Dinan

10:00 tonight at the water tower. Tell no one - Chaos Club. When Max receives a mysterious invite from the untraceable, epic prank-pulling Chaos Club, he has to ask: why him? After all, he's Mr. 2.5 GPA, Mr. No Social Life. He's Just Max.

Before We Visit the Goddess Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Big Book of Knitting DK Publishing

Crochet DK Publishing

The Wonder Emma Donoghue

A seaside Christmas Susan Donovan

Annie Parker plays her own part in keeping the mermaid legend of Bayberry Island alive and well. She owns her own erotic bakery on Main Street, featuring provocative--and delicious--mermaid cakes, and she writes sizzling romantic novels starring sultry sirens of the sea.

Local girl missing Claire Douglas

Twenty years ago 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanishes one night. She leaves nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier and a hole in the heart of her best friend Francesca. Now a body's been found.

A child is born Donna Douglas

On a foggy December night, a pregnant woman walks out in front of a trolley bus and is knocked unconscious. She is rushed to the Nightingale hospital, and a healthy baby is delivered. But the mother claims to have lost her memory, and cannot believe that the child is hers. It seems that the Nightingale nurses may need to perform a Christmas miracle.

A Nightingale Christmas Wish Donna Douglas

The Nightingale Nurses Donna Douglas

The Nightingale Sisters Donna Douglas

The Nurses of Steeple Street Donna Douglas

A Stolen Life Jaycee Dugard

In the shadow of the gods : a bound gods novel Rachel Dunne

Eons ago, a pair of gods known as the Twins grew powerful in the world of Fiatera, until the Divine Mother and Almighty Father exiled them, binding them deep in the earth. But the price of keeping the fire lands safe is steep.

Neil Young Daniel Durchholz

The Alexandria Quartet Lawrence Durrell

Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Lawrence Durrell

Finding love at home Jerry S Eicher

All Debbie Watson wanted to do was join the Amish and live a simpler life. But when she moved in with her Amish neighbours, the Beiler family, she had no idea the turmoil that lay ahead. As this final book in The Beiler Sisters series opens, Debbie is poised to marry Alvin Knepp, the Amish farmer she's loved all along.

Blind faith Ben Elton

On a hot Sagittarian morning in the year 56 ATF, Trafford Sewell struggles to work through the usual crowds of near-naked commuters. He is confronted by the intimidating figure of his Parish Confessor. Why has Trafford not been streaming his every moment of sexual intimacy onto the community website like everybody else?

Mary Engelbreit's A merry little Christmas Mary Engelbreit

In this rhyming alphabet book, a mouse family celebrates all the wonderful things about Christmas in their new woodland home.

How to Train Your Highlander Christy English

Cold burn of magic Jennifer Estep

Living under the library in a magical city of monsters and rival families, a reluctant young bodyguard and thief risks her life to save a boy only to be targeted by powerful adversaries.

War Room Chris Fabry

Where My Heart Used to Beat Sebastian Faulks

From Scotland with love Katie Fforde

When Daisy travels to Scotland to confront notorious author Rory McAllan, little does she know that within hours she'll be snowed in with him. But surely she's not going to have to spend her precious New Year's Eve with him too?

The Venetian Bargain Marina Fiorato

After Isabella Rosie Fiore

When Esther's childhood best friend Isabella dies of cancer, she is devastated. Years later, she is brought together with Isabella's sister Sally, who cared for Isabella in her last days, and who subsequently nursed their mother through years of dementia.

Seriously...You Have to Laugh Peter FitzSimons

Run fast, eat slow : nourishing recipes for athletes Shalane Flanagan

From world-class marathoner and 4-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky comes a whole foods, flavour-forward cookbook that proves food can be indulgent and nourishing at the same time. This cookbook for runners that shows fat is essential for flavour and performance and that counting calories, obsessing over protein, and restrictive dieting does more harm than good. Packed with more than 100 recipes for every part of your day, nutritional wisdom, and inspiring stories from two fitness-crazed women that became fast friends over 15 years ago, Run Fast Eat Slow has all the bases covered.

Japanese Vocabulary Flashcard Ebooks

Triple Ken Follett

Fatal Frenzy Marie Force

Tsunami Kids Rob Forkan

The girl who lied Sue Fortin

Erin and Roisin were once friends until a fatal accident ruined both their lives. Now, Roisin has discovered a secret--one Erin has kept for over a decade--and she's determined to make Erin pay for her lies.

Crane pond : a novel of Salem Richard Francis

In Crane Pond, Richard Francis reveals a side of the history that is not often recounted, as he skilfully constructs a portrait of Samuel Sewall, the only judge to later admit that a terrible mistake had been made.

If Blood Should Stain the Wattle Jackie French

Saturday requiem Nicci French

Thirteen years ago eighteen year old Hannah Docherty was arrested for the brutal murder of her family. It was an open and shut case and Hannah's been incarcerated in a secure hospital ever since.

How to rescue a rake Jayne Fresina

Nathaniel Sherringham has returned to Hawcombe Prior a changed man. Gone is the reckless rake who went out on a limb to propose to Diana Makepiece three years ago. Now Nate's mysterious new wealth has the town's rumor mill spinning. To stir things up (and get Diana's attention), Nate boldly announces his plans to marry "any suitable girl" under the age of 25. Diana, now 27 and still single, is acutely aware of Nate's return.

Two Lipsticks and a Lover Helena Frith-Powell

Reckless III Cornelia Funke

Rescue pilot : the daring adventures of a New Zealand search and rescue pilot John (Helicopter pilot) Funnell

The daring adventures of a New Zealand search and rescue pilot.'Somewhere, up ahead, a person is bleeding, but you have to put that out of your mind. Your job is negotiating with time and space. You have your clock, that person has their own, and in the end, whether the rate at which your clock is clicking matches theirs is out of your control.'

Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch Neil Gaiman

The world is going to end next Saturday, but there are a few problems--the Antichrist has been misplaced, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, and the representatives from heaven and hell decide that they like the human race.

The Sandman. A game of you Neil Gaiman

Since she was a child, Barbie has dreamed of a world in which she was a princess. But after separating from her husband, she has ceased to dream and her fantasy kingdom has been savagely overrun by an evil entity known as the Cuckoo. Now as elements of her fantasy world cross over and begin to drastically affect reality, Barbie and her friends venture into the realm of dreams to save its peaceful inhabitants. But against the power of dark and dying be enough to save two different planes of existence.

The Sandman. Dream country Neil Gaiman

In these centuries-spanning tales, the powerful entity known as the Sandman interacts with a diverse assortment of humans, fairies, heroes, and animals as he walks the mortal plane. Including an amazing encounter with William Shakespeare and an interesting take on the origin and first performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," this collection depicts the dreaming world of cats, the tragic life of forgotten super-heroes and the folly of imprisoning and torturing a former lover of the King of Dreams.

The Sandman. Fables & reflections Neil Gaiman

Morpheus, the King of Dreams, observes and interacts with an odd assortment of historical and fictional characters throughout time. Featuring tales of kings, explorers, spies, and werewolves, this book of myth and imagination delves into the dark dreams of Augustus Caesar, Marco Polo, Cain and Abel, Norton I, and Orpheus to illustrate the effects that these subconscious musings have had on the course of history and mankind.

The Sandman. Season of mists Neil Gaiman

Ten thousand years after banishing to Hell a woman who scorned him, Morpheus, the King of Dreams, has decided to free his former lover. But when the Sandman arrives in the realm of eternal damnation, Lucifer, the first fallen angel, notifies him that he is closing down Hell and he wants Morpheus to have the keys.

The Sandman. The kindly ones Neil Gaiman

Distraught by the kidnapping and presumed death of her son, and believing Morpheus to be responsible, Lyta Hall calls the ancient wrath of the Furies down upon him. A former superheroine blames Morpheus for the death of her child and summons an ancient curse of vengeance against the Lord of Dream. The "kindly ones" enter his realm and force a sacrifice that will change the Dreaming forever.

Chaos monkeys : obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley Antonio Garcia Martinez

The industry provocateur behind such companies as Twitter and a nascent Facebook presents an irreverent expose of life inside the tech bubble that traces his hedonist lifestyle against a backdrop of early social media and online marketing, sharing critical insights into how they are shaping today's world.

Fridays with the wizards Jessica Day George

Princess Celie and her companions have made it safely home from the Glorious Arkower, and now that the Eye of the Castle is where it belongs, everything is back to normal. With more magical griffins to care for, Celie, Lilah and Rolf have their hands full. But when the ancient and dangerous wizard Arkwright escapes the dungeon and goes missing within the Castle, no one can rest until he is found.

The lost gift : a Christmas story K (Kallie) George

Four animal friends-- Bird, Rabbit, Deer, and Squirrel deliver a package for Santa on Christmas Eve.

John Doe : a Rizzoli & Isles short story Tess Gerritsen

It should have been a night to remember, but Maura Isles can't recall a thing. Maura is at a party. A handsome man approaches. He's charming and sophisticated. She flirts and drinks champagne. And then nothing. Total blackness. Nothing, that is, apart from these two facts: a man is dead and her address is found in his pocket . . .

The glass palace Amitav Ghosh

A masterful novel of love, war and family and presents us with a band of memorable characters, spread across Burma, Malaya and India, and across three generations before the door to Burma closes behind them, and the glittering light of that civilisation seems extinguished.

Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons

A Virtuous Woman Kaye Gibbons

Nine folds make a paper swan Ruth Gilligan

1901. Cork can sound very similar to New York to foreign ears and tired brains, so it's no surprise that Ruth's family Jewish refugees fleeing the European pogroms mistakenly disembark from their boat to America a few stops and a few countries too soon. Still, her father can spin a story like pure silk, so surely Ireland's just a layover till he writes his great play and they can continue their journey west.

The silent cry : alone, there is nothing Kim can do as her mother's mental health spirals out of control Cathy Glass

The twelve days of Christmas Gaby Goldsack

Illustrated retelling of the Christmas folk song.

Blood from a stone : a Jack Haldean mystery Dolores Gordon-Smith

When Mrs Paxton, related to the aristocratic Leigh family of Sussex, is found poisoned in her bedroom one morning, fingers point towards her artist nephew Terence Napier, seen leaving the house earlier that previous evening after a row over her will. Months later and Napier has never been found, but curiously a dead body is discovered in a train compartment, and scattered at the dead man's feet are the famous Leigh sapphires a necklace owned by Mrs Paxton, but destined to go back to the Leighs in the event of her death.

The Chessman : a Jack Haldean mystery Dolores Gordon-Smith

The message consisted of one neatly typewritten line: I am killing you slowly. You are going to die. The Chessman. Isabelle Stanton and Sue Castradon always arranged the flowers in the village church on Fridays. But Sue was glad to escape the church that morning. She had rowed over breakfast with her husband Ned, who bitterly resented her association - however fleeting - with the handsome Simon Vardon.

Defeating Jihad Sebastian Gorka

A million worlds with you Claudia Gray

The fate of the multiverse rests in Marguerite's hands in the final installment of the Firebird trilogy by Claudia Gray. Ever since she used the Firebird, her parent's invention, to cross through alternate dimensions, Marguerite has been at the centre of a cross-dimensional feud.

The Duke of Olympia Meets His Match Juliana Gray

A Most Extraordinary Pursuit Juliana Gray

Daisy and the trouble with Christmas Kes Gray

Daisy has been extremely excited about Christmas since September. And when Daisy is excited, trouble will surely follow! Daisy loves the carols, the sparkly lights, the crackers, the snowmen, and especially the chance to be in the school Christmas play. She's got seven whole words to learn! But when Daisy and her best friend Gabby decide the dolly their teacher has chosen to play the Baby Jesus is a bit ...well, boring, Daisy comes up with a plan that will mean Trouble!

The naughtiest reindeer goes South Nicki Greenberg

Ruby the excitable reindeer is determined to have another calamitous Christmas! This time at the South Pole with penguins and seals and sharks and whales all joining in the adventure.

Rules for Others to Live By Richard Greenberg

Mum's list St John Greene

On her deathbed, Kate Greene's only concern was for her two little boys, Reef and Finn, and her loving husband, Singe. She knew she'd be leaving them behind very soon. Over her last few days, Kate created Mum's List to help the man she loved provide the best life for their boys after she was gone. It wasn't the first time Singe and Kate had faced the spectre of death. Four years earlier, doctors discovered a large lump in baby Reef's abdomen. Kate, pregnant with Finn, was so distressed that she gave birth dangerously early. Afterwards, Kate received the diagnosis that every woman dreads ...

How bizarre : Pauly Fuemana and the song that stormed the world Simon Grigg

A single song catapulted 26-year-old Pauly Fuemana from the mean streets of South Auckland to global fame, and more money than he'd ever dreamt of. But behind OMC's huge international hit "How Bizarre" and its singer lurked a darker story, fully told here for the first time. Throughout most of the soaring highs and shocking lows, Simon Grigg was at Fuemana's side as owner of his record label and his friend, adviser and sometime travelling companion. In this gripping biography he unmasks what happens when a precarious talent smacks up against a music industry rife with ambition, ruthlessness and greed.

The one man Andrew Gross

Auschwitz, 1944. Alfred Mendl's days are numbered. But he has little left to live for: his family were torn away from him, his life's work burned in front of his eyes until a glimmer of hope arises as he watches a game of chess.

Wrath John Gwynne

Homegoing Yaa Gyasi

The girl who saved Christmas Matt Haig

It is Christmas Eve 1842 and all is not well. Goodwill is decidedly lacking from Victorian London. Father Christmas's magic powers are fading. And one very special girl has gone missing. Kindness might just win. Magic might just triumph. Christmas might just be saved.

Inside Jihad : how radical Islam works, why it should terrify us, how to defeat it Tawfik Hamid

A quarter-century ago, Tawfik Hamid was recruited by Jamaa Islamiya, an Islamic terror group led by Dr. Aimon al-Zawahiri, the man who replaced Osama bin Laden to become the leader of al-Qaeda. Eventually, Dr. Hamid recognized the insidious nature of violent jihad and rejected its distortions of the Qur'an, the holy book of the Muslim faith.

The Abyss Beyond Dreams Peter F Hamilton

A night without stars Peter F Hamilton

After centuries trapped inside the Void, the planet Bienvenido along with its inhabitants, both human and Faller has been expelled into normal space. But the survivors are millions of light-years from the Commonwealth, which knows nothing of their existence.

Between sisters Kristin Hannah

With her wedding day approaching, Claire Cavenaugh prepares to confront her estranged older sister and self-absorbed mother after more than twenty years apart and find out how to transform themselves into a family.

Fatal Judgment Irene Hannon

Good Time Coming C S Harris

A brighter dawn Rosie Harris

'One last word of warning, my girl. Keep well away from that Hadyn Jenkins'. In spite of her father's words of warning, Sharon Pritchard decides to give up everything to follow her heart.

A dream of love Rosie Harris

Her life was full of hardship and despair. When Molly's father returns from the war a broken man, the whole family is forced to move into the slums of Liverpool.

A mother's love Rosie Harris

A gripping and heart-tugging saga set in Liverpool. When the truth lies buried in the past...Finding herself pregnant, Julia Winter is forced to leave home rather than bring shame on her family. Reduced to living in the slums of Liverpool, she eventually finds work in a respectable hotel where Eunice Hawkins, the manager's wife, is also expecting.

Test drive Marie Harte

The first in Harte's Body Shop Bad Boys series features a romance between heartbreaker Johnny Devlin, a mechanic son of a strip-club owner, and Lara Valley, a waitress in the local watering hole who is working to pay her way through nursing school.

Life on the Edge : radio star reveals all : a memoir Jay-Jay Harvey

Jay-Jay Harvey has been at The Edge radio station since it started 22 years ago, helping it to become New Zealand's most popular radio station with nearly 700,000 listeners. She has been paint balled, pierced, shaved bald, hypnotised, and whatever else was required - all to entertain her listeners. She has married complete strangers (who are all still together), fundraised while sleeping in a shopping mall, interviewed huge stars like Tom Cruise, Lady Gaga & Oprah, danced her way to fourth place on Dancing with the Stars, and been naked in public too many times to count!

A handful of streamers : letters from Africa in the sixties Lorraine Harvey

The Wedding Shop Rachel Hauck

The Pretty Delicious Cafe Danielle Hawkins

The Viscount and the Vixen Lorraine Heath

Dune. The machine crusade Brian Herbert

As the struggle against the thinking robots continues, Serena Butler's forces continue their battle and Selim Wormrider and his Fremen outlaws take the first step into becoming the fighters who would change history.

Navigators of Dune Brian Herbert

In a story set 10,000 years before the classic Dune, we discover the origins of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood and its breeding program, the human-computer Mentats, and the Navigators (the Spacing Guild). Roderick Corrino is forced to take the throne after the assassination of his brother. He knows that the Navigators are the key to charting a glorious future for humanity ... or the end of civilization.

The Widow of the South Robert Hicks

Fearless Fiona Higgins

The last enemy Richard Hillary

This is the true story of Second World War fighter pilot, Richard Hillary. After being shot down in September 1940, Hillary spent several months in hospital, undergoing numerous operations; a member of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club'.

How to master the art of selling Tom Hopkins

You're in sales. Whether you call it persuasion or sharing, it all boils down to the same thing. Your aim is to get other people to accept you, your product or your idea. Within these pages are hundreds of ideas for doing just that. Not only are the ideas here, but the words and phrases that make them work are here as well.

Splintered A G (Anita G) Howard

A descendant of the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sixteen-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may save her family from their curse.

Midnight rainbow Linda Howard

Grant Sullivan is the best agent the US government has ever had, and he has one mission: rescue the wealthy socialite Jane Hamilton Greer from captivity. But is Jane just a society girl in over her head, or is she really engaged in espionage that could compromise US interests for years to come? Only one thing is certain: when Grant finds Jane, questions of guilt and innocence begin to fade against the undeniable attraction between this fiery couple.

Mr Perfect Linda Howard

When four female colleagues at a Michigan corporation compile a list of qualities that would make up the perfect man, they unwittingly unleash a murderer who targets them for the perfect murder -- one at a time.

All the Queen's Men Linda Howard

Overload Linda Howard

The beauty of the end Debbie Howells

Living aimlessly in a cottage in the English countryside, Noah, an ex-lawyer who dabbles in armchair criminal psychology, is haunted by the memory of a former fiancee he has loved since childhood, whose name he endeavours to clear in the wake of a drug overdose and murder accusations.

Pretty Iconic Sali Hughes

Cinnamon Gardens Anna Jacobs

In Search of Hope Anna Jacobs

Tomorrow's Path Anna Jacobs

Stick or Twist Diane Janes

The Heiress and the Hothead Sabrina Jeffries

Hidden huntress Danielle L Jensen

Beneath the mountain, the king's reign of tyranny is absolute; the one troll with the capacity to challenge him is imprisoned for treason. Cecile has escaped the darkness of Trollus, but she learns all too quickly that she is not beyond the reach of the king's power.

An Autumn Crush Milly Johnson

The Barn on Half Moon Hill Milly Johnson

Here Come the Girls Milly Johnson

A Spring Affair Milly Johnson

A Summer Fling Milly Johnson

The Yorkshire Pudding Club Milly Johnson

A small thing but big Tony Johnston

Lizzie meets an elderly man and his companion, Cecile, at the park, but Lizzie is afraid of dogs, so she relies on her new friend to help her take things one step at a time.

Love Illuminated Daniel Jones

The Art of Taming a Rake Nicole Jordan

Secrets of Seduction Nicole Jordan

While the Duke Was Sleeping Sophie Jordan

Netball dreams! Thalia Kalkipsakis

Another great title in the best-selling Go Girl series. Alex is excited to be playing on a netball team with her friends. But she's no sports star. Would the team be better off without her?

Milk and honey Rupi Kaur

The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

Scrappy little nobody Anna Kendrick

A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect. I'm excited to publish my first book, and because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I'd like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude, pettiness, and the frequency with which I embarrass myself. today. Expanding upon the witty and ironic dispatches for which she is known, Anna Kendrick's essays offer her one-of-a-kind commentary on the absurdities she's experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture.

Who Stole My Spandex? Life in the Hot Flash Lane Marcia Kester Doyle

Rachel's holiday Marian Keyes

Here's Rachel Walsh, twenty-seven and the miserable owner of size 8 feet. She has regular congress with Luke Costello, a man who wears his leather trousers tight. And she's fond - some might say too fond - of recreational drugs. Until she finds herself being frogmarched to the Cloisters - Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She's outraged. Surely she's not thin enough to be an addict? Heartsick and Luke-sick, she seeks redemption in the shape of Chris, a Man with a Past. A man who might be more trouble than he's worth.

White Line Fever Lemmy Kilmister

Batman. Volume 1, I am Gotham Tom King

A part of DC Universe: Rebirth!: I am Gotham. The Caped Crusader has never been stopped. Not by the Joker. Not by Two-Face. Not even by the entire Justice League. But now, in the wake of DC Universe Rebirth!, Batman must face his most challenging foe ever--a hero who wants to save Gotham...from the Batman!

Wedding Night Sophie Kinsella

The Walking Dead. Volume 1 Robert Kirkman

The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill Julie Klassen

Back Lash Chris Knopf

Black Swan Chris Knopf

I Hate the Internet Jarett Kobek

Brother Odd Dean Koontz

Saint Odd Dean Koontz

Manitou Canyon William Kent Krueger

Closer to the Chest Mercedes Lackey

McKettrick's Pride Linda Lael Miller

Montana Creeds, Volume 2 Linda Lael Miller

American Monsters Derek Landy

Third Time Lucky Karly Lane

The couple next door Shari Lapena

How well do you know the couple next door? Or your husband? Or even yourself? People are capable of almost anything. A domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbours a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives. Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora.

Assassin's silence Ward Larsen

When it comes to disappearing, David Slaton has few equals. Police in three countries have written off trying to find him. His old employer, Mossad, keeps no forwarding address. Even his wife and son are convinced he is dead. So when an assault team strikes, Slaton is taken by surprise. He kills one man and manages to escape. Half a world away, in the baleful heat of the Amazon, an obscure air cargo company purchases a derelict airliner.

King Raven Steve Lawhead

For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves has captivated the imagination. Now the familiar tale takes on new life as it boldly relocates the setting to the Welsh countryside and its dark forests. Hunted like an animal by Norman invaders, Bran ap Brychan, heir to the throne of Elfael, has abandoned his father's kingdom and fled to the greenwood.

The Liar's Key Mark Lawrence

Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns, Emperor of Thorns Mark Lawrence

The Wheel of Osheim Mark Lawrence

Nigella Bites Nigella Lawson

Nigella Christmas Nigella Lawson

How I became a North Korean Krys Lee

Yongju is a student from one of North Korea's most prominent families. Jangmi, on the other hand, has had to fend for herself since childhood, most recently by smuggling goods across the border. Danny is a Chinese-American teenager of Korean descent whose parents left China when he was nine, and he yearns for the China of his youth.

Summerfall Claire Legrand

Go! Laura Ljungkvist

Women of straw Carole Llewellyn

In 1865, Luton in Bedfordshire is famous for manufacturing straw boaters worn everywhere, although times and fashions are changing. Kate Devlin, the eldest of three children, helps her mother, Rose,run the Devlin plait-school at 10 Plaiters Way. The plait produced there is sold to the Stratton Hat Company, and Kate's ambition is to become a hat-maker. Kate is befriended by her brother's employer who has recently purchased Heaven Scent lavender farm.

Death Comes to the Fair Catherine Lloyd

Wild at Whiskey Creek Julie Anne Long

The debutante is mine Vivienne Lorret

Lilah Appleton's prospects are looking dim. With one last chance to find a titled husband before she's forced to wed her wretched cousin, she must make this Season count. Plain, forgettable Lilah must become the Season's Original.

Good vibrations : my life as a Beach Boy Mike Love

Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations."

No safe harbor Elizabeth Ludwig

Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, to find him. Her search leads her to the house of a man who claims to be a friend, Rourke Walsh. She's then thrust into a world of subterfuge. Her questions guide her ever nearer to locating her brother, but they also bring her closer to destruction as those who want to kill him track her footsteps.

Any minute now Eric Van Lustbader

Red Rover is broken, finished, dead. The blackest of black ops teams is betrayed on a mission to capture and interrogate a mysterious Saudi. One of their own is killed, the remaining two barely get home alive.

Monster! Alan MacDonald

Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie, the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits, is back for another helping of comic chaos!

Storm D J Machale

The Queen's Accomplice Susan Elia MacNeal

Denim and diamonds Debbie Macomber

Letty Ellison left her small town and her high-school sweetheart behind to chase her dreams - but music never worked out. When she returns nine years later, nothing's changed in Red Springs, Wyoming, except for her. Letty's a little more humble, she's a single mom to a beautiful daughter, and she has a secret: she needs surgery for a potentially fatal heart condition. On top of everything, seeing Chase Brown again makes her realize that what she really wants may have been right here all along.

The sheriff takes a wife Debbie Macomber

A people pleaser through and through, Christy Manning takes time off work to drive from Seattle to Cougar Point, Montana, for the birth of her sister's first child. But when the blessed event arrives early, her brother-in-law is M.I.A. and her sister refuses to leave without him.

Fracture Me Tahereh Mafi

Ash Island Barry Maitland

Bright Air Barry Maitland

Crucifixion Creek Barry Maitland

The devil's kingdom Scott Mariani

Ex-SAS major Ben Hope is in the most desperate situation of his life... Held hostage by a despicable tyrant in the heart of Africa, it's not looking good for Ben Hope.

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra

Reacher said nothing : Lee Child and the making of Make Me Andrew Martin

Fans of Lee Child know well that the muscular star of his bestselling novels, Jack Reacher, is a man of few words--and a lot of action. In Reacher Said Nothing, Andy Martin shadows Child like a literary private eye in a year-long investigation of what it takes to make fiction's hottest hero hit the page running. The result is a fascinating, up-close-and-personal look into the world and ways of an expert storyteller's creative process as he undertakes the writing of the much anticipated twentieth Jack Reacher novel, Make Me.

Guy Martin Guy Martin

Into the fury Kat Martin

Ethan's learned the hard way that beauty is no substitute for character. So even though Valentine Hart is one of the most breathtaking women he's ever seen, he's keeping his hands off and his eyes open. Or that's what he tells himself.

The Truth About Burnout Christina Maslach

The Return Hisham Matar

Grand Prix John L Matthews

The Infiltrator Robert Mazur

Behold the dreamers Imbolo Mbue

2007. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son.

Music mad! Rowan McAuley

Iris is so excited -- she gets to spend four whole days at music camp! But then she discovers she's the only one who plays the saxophone. Will she still fit in?

Sleep-over! Rowan McAuley

Olivia is uncomfortable during her first sleepover because her friend Ching Ching lives with both parents and three brothers in a large home, where the rules are very different from those in the apartment Olivia and her mother share.

Colorado Carolyn (Carolyn Marie) McCarthy

Lonely Planet Colorado is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Admire the near-constant blue skies of Denver, hike through Rocky Mountain National Park, or climb the ice walls in Aspen while listening to live music; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Colorado and begin your journey now.

Declared Brendon McCullum

Brendon McCullum is known as an explosive wicketkeeper, then batsman, who went on to captain the New Zealand cricket team to glory. The holder of many records, 'Baz' is known for speaking his mind. He talks about growing up loving sport more than anything, getting better and better at cricket (although he was a good enough rugby player to keep Dan Carter out of the South Island Schoolboy rugby team) and his uncertain transition to international cricketer.

Sapphire falls Fleur McDonald

Fiona Forrest is devastated when her husband Charlie commits suicide after the accidental shooting of his mate, Eddie. Though Fiona decides to keep farming their successful property, rumours that she intends to sell keep circulating...When Detective Dave Burrows arrives to sign off on the investigation into Eddie's death his suspicions are aroused by some strange anomalies at the scene. As Dave becomes increasingly convinced that something sinister is going on, Fiona finds herself dealing with a series of disasters on the farm...

Queens of the Stone Age Joel McIver

52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone-Obsessed Kid Jonathan McKee

Island of Dragons Lisa McMann

Who Asked You? Terry McMillan

The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry McMurtry

Traces the rich and varied friendship of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday from the town of Long Grass to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Denver, then to Mobetie, Texas, and finally to Tombstone, Arizona, culminating with the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Gather : everyday seasonal recipes from a year in our landscapes Gill Meller

Gather is the first book from River Cottage chef Gill Meller, celebrating his unique style of simple cooking with seasonal ingredients at heart. Gill showcases 120 recipes inspired by the landscape in which he lives and works.

Lodestar Shannon Messenger

Sophie Foster is back in the Lost Cities--but the Lost Cities have changed. The threat of war hangs heavy over her glittering world, and the Neverseen are wreaking havoc. The lines between friend and enemy have blurred, and Sophie is unsure whom to trust.

Amazing Grace Eric Metaxas

Cress Marissa Meyer

Heartless Marissa Meyer

Once Upon a Time in Russia Ben Mezrich

Fancy dancer Fern Michaels

On his thirty-fifth birthday, Jake St. Cloud inherits a fortune - and learns the whereabouts of his mysterious half-brother. On her deathbed, Selma St. Cloud revealed that Jake had a sibling, a product of his father's affair. At last, Jake is in a position to track down Alex Rosario and make amends for their father's past neglect. At least, that's the plan. When their initial meeting goes badly, a distraught Jake crashes his car and is sentenced to community work - with Alex as his parole officer.

Ketogenic Diet Samantha Michaels

The Deep End of the Ocean Jacquelyn Mitchard

Batman. Knightfall. Volume one Doug Moench

The villainous Bane breaks the Bat in one of the most popular and well-known Batman tales! The inmates of Arkham Asylum have broken free, and Batman must push himself to the limits to re-apprehend the Joker, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Killer Croc, and more. Pushed to the limits, he comes face-to-face with the monstrosity known as Bane, who delivers a crippling blow destined to change the Caped Crusader forever.

Daughters of Castle Deverill Santa Montefiore

The night before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore

Presents Clement Moore's classic poem about a man who catches Santa going about his work on Christmas Eve.

Lexiland Suzi Moore

A year ago ten-year-old Emma's twin sister Laura choked to death on a slice of birthday cake. Or did she? Since then life has not been the same, her parents are always arguing, her Mum is over protective and her little brother Rory seems to get all the attention.

Song of Solomon Toni Morrison

A distant journey Di Morrissey

In 1962 Cindy drops out of college to impulsively marry Australian grazier Murray Parnell, moving from the glamorous world of Palm Springs, California, to an isolated sheep station on the sweeping plains of the Riverina in New South Wales.

Rain Music Di Morrissey

Ghosts of Havana Todd Moss

When four American sport fishermen stray into Cuban waters and are promptly arrested by Castro's navy, State Department crisis manager Judd Ryker finds himself called in to negotiate their release.

Gemini Sonya Mukherjee

Conjoined twins Clara and Hailey have lived in the same small town their entire lives. But there are cracks in their quiet existence and they're slowly becoming more apparent. Clara wants to stay close to home, avoid all attention, and study the night sky. Hailey wants to travel the world, learn from great artists, and dance with mysterious boys. As high school graduation approaches, each twin must untangle her dreams from her sister's and figure out what it means to be her own person.

The biggest smallest Christmas present Harriet Muncaster

Clementine is a teeny-tiny girl who lives with her average-sized family. It's mostly fun being the smallest, but Christmas can be tricky. Santa brings beautiful toys, but they are too big for this little girl. Every year, Clementine tries to tell Santa she's small.

Dewey's nine lives : the legacy of the small-town library cat who inspired millions Vicki Myron

Dewey's Nine Lives continues the formula that made Dewey so successful: inspiring, funny, and heart-warming stories about cats told from the perspective of 'Dewey's Mum,' librarian Vicki Myron.

Angels of music Kim Newman

Deep in the shadows under the Paris Opera House resides Erik the Phantom, mysteriously enduring through the decades as the mastermind behind a strange and secret agency.

Maple & Willow's christmas tree Lori Nichols

Sisters Maple and Willow get their first real Christmas tree, only to discover that Maple is allergic to it.

A House Full of Daughters Juliet Nicolson

Worth fighting for Mary-Anne O'Connor

Eighteen-year-old Junie Wallace is a smart girl and, with her two brothers away at war and her third brother just killed in action, she knows there is only one way to save the family farm for her grieving parents. Unfortunately, that solution involves marrying the unscrupulous Ernest, and breaking the heart of the young drover she loves, Michael.

My name is Mary Sutter Robin Oliveira

Travelling to Civil War-era Washington, D.C., to tend wounded soldiers and pursue her dream of becoming a surgeon, headstrong midwife Mary receives guidance from two smitten doctors and resists her mother's pleas for her to return home.

Super Food Family Classics Jamie Oliver

Five Stories High Jonathan Oliver

A deadly affection Cuyler Overholt

One of the first women practicing in the advanced new field of psychology, Dr. Genevieve Summerford is used to forging her own path. But when one of her patients is arrested for murder--a murder Genevieve fears she may have unwittingly provoked--she is forced to seek help to solve the crime and clear her patient's name ... and her own.

Boy, snow, bird Helen Oyeyemi

The fifth novel from award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, who was named in 2013 as one of Granta's best of young British novelists, Boy, Snow, Bird is a deeply moving novel about three women and an unbreakable bond.

The Slaughter Man Tony Parsons

Get Me Out of Here! James Patterson

How I Got Lost in London James Patterson

How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill James Patterson

Just My Rotten Luck James Patterson

Middle School Rafe's Aussie Adventure James Patterson

Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life James Patterson

My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar James Patterson

Save Rafe! James Patterson

Titus Groan Mervyn Peake

As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born, he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.

Dead to me Lesley Pearse

Spring 1935. Two girls meet by chance on Hampstead Heath. To an outsider, they could not appear more different. Verity is well-mannered and smartly dressed, living with her parents in a beautiful house close to the heath.

Big Nate: Revenge of the Cream Puffs Lincoln Peirce

Big Nate. Say good-bye to Dork City Lincoln Peirce

Can Nate Wright get any cooler? Not according to Nate himself. He's already P.S. 38's rockin'est drummer, finest poet (check out his haiku about Brazil nuts), and deepest thinker--in his own mind. But does Nate have what it takes to hang with Marcus, leader of the school's most notorious posse? Or will he decide that being cool isn't all it's cracked up to be?

Big Nate. Thunka, thunka, thunka Lincoln Peirce

Sixth grade can be a tension convention for Nate Wright. His baseball team's just been given the lamest name in Little League history; he's on the verge of becoming know-it-all Gina's personal servant for a day; and Spitsy, the closest thing he has to a dog of his own, is in love with a CAT.

Big Nate. Welcome to my world Lincoln Peirce

Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is eleven years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth-grade Renaissance Man who lives with his dad and older sister and enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.

The complete Big Nate. Volume 3 Lincoln Peirce

The Complete Big Nate collects every daily and Sunday cartoon ever syndicated. Presented in a numbered series of e-books, each containing one year's worth of strips, this is a goldmine for all Big Nate fans to see many cartoons that have never been published in books.

The complete Big Nate. Volume 6 Lincoln Peirce

The Complete Big Nate collects every daily and Sunday cartoon ever syndicated. Presented in a numbered series of e-books, each containing one year's worth of strips, this is a goldmine for all Big Nate fans to see many cartoons that have never been published in books. Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate.

This Present Darkness Frank Peretti

Perfect For The Beach Kayla Perrin

Sand in My Sandwich Sarah Parshall Perry

I don't like pink John Petersen

"Just because I am a girl does not mean I like the colour pink," so declares the fashion-forward, independent-minded young lady in I Don't Like Pink--a story about about a well-dressed little girl who does not fit the norm.

First star I see tonight Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired by him, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.

Dog man Dav Pilkey

When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. But can he resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty?

Marbeck and the Gunpowder Plot John Pilkington

Government spy Marbeck uncovers a deadly conspiracy against Parliament and the King of England 1605: With the new King James on the throne, England is still fiercely divided between Catholic and Protestant. Ordered to keep watch on well-known Papist Thomas Percy, cousin of the Earl of Northumberland, Marbeck's assignment takes on a greater urgency when rumours reach him of a terrible danger aimed at the King.

The heavenly table Donald Ray Pollock

It is 1917, in that sliver of border land that divides Georgia from Alabama. Dispossessed farmer Pearl Jewett ekes out a hardscrabble existence with his three young sons: Cane (the eldest; handsome; intelligent); Cob (short; heavy set; a bit slow); and Chimney (the youngest; thin; ill-tempered).

Ramage Dudley Pope

In a daring foray, under the very nose of the French Mediterranean fleet, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is to sail his tiny cutter close in to the Italian shore and rescue a party of stranded aristocrats from Napoleon's fast-advancing army.

A blink of the screen : collected shorter fiction Terry Pratchett

In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world's best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for the first time are his short stories and other short form fiction collected into one volume.

The long cosmos Terry Pratchett

2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valiente, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls.

Chasing the dragon Jackie Pullinger

Read the amazing story of transformation inside Hong Kong's infamous Walled City when twenty-year-old Jackie Pullinger heeded God's call to ministry. Brutal hoodlums were converted, prostitutes retired, and addicts found freedom. Hundreds discovered new life in Christ.

Madeleine's Christmas wish Ella Quinn

A French spy, Georges, Marquis Cruzy-le-Chatel, has lived in England for years, sacrificing his life for his country--but not his heart. For he's never been able to forget his childhood friend, Madeleine.

Three weeks to wed Ella Quinn

1815. Lady Grace Carpenter is ready to seize the day--or rather, the night--with the most compelling man she's ever known. Marriage would mean losing guardianship of her beloved siblings, and surely no sane gentleman will take on seven children not his own.

When a Marquis Chooses a Bride Ella Quinn

No God but one, Allah or Jesus? Nabeel Qureshi

An in-depth look at the critical differences between Christianity and Islam. Sharing personal stories from converts and followers of both religions, the author addresses controversial topics including jihad, the Crusades, the Trinity, and shari'a law while unveiling fundamental and enduring doctrinal distinctions.

The bell tower Sarah Rayne

When Nell West starts extending her Oxford antiques shop, she is not expecting to uncover strange fragments of its past: fragments that include a frightened message scribbled on old plasterwork, dated 1850 and referring to someone called Thaisa.

The sin eater Sarah Rayne

The sins of the past break through to the present in this chilling tale of supernatural suspense. When Benedict Doyle finds himself the owner of his great-grandfather's North London house, it stirs memories of his time there as a frightened eight-year-old and the strange glimpses that revealed the darkness in his family's past, through which runs the grisly thread of an old legend about a chess set believed to possess a dark power.

A portrait of Emily Price Katherine Reay

Art restorer Emily Price has never encountered anything she can't fix--until she meets Ben, an Italian chef, who seems just right. When Emily follows Ben home to Italy, she learns that his family, however, is another matter...Emily Price--fix-it girl extraordinaire and would-be artist--finds herself in Atlanta, repairing objects damaged in a house fire.

Black night falling Rod Reynolds

Having left Texarkana for the safety of the West Coast, reporter Charlie Yates finds himself drawn back to the South, to Hot Springs, Arkansas, as an old acquaintance asks for his help. This time it's less of a story Charlie's chasing, more of a desperate attempt to do the right thing before it's too late.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians : the complete series Rick Riordan

Presents the five volumes of the popular series featuring the adventures of demigod Percy Jackson and his friends from Camp Half-Blood.

Things I've Said to My Children Nathan Ripperger

The bully buster Sally Rippin

There is a bully at Billie's school who is being mean to everyone. What can Billie do about it?

The cutest pet ever Sally Rippin

Billie has found the most adorable guinea pig in the pet shop. She is going to love it forever! If only she can convince her Mum and Dad.

A promise between friends Carol Rivers

1953: Pretty, ambitious, 19-year-old Ruby Payne and her lifelong friend Kath Rigler are eager to enjoy their post-war independence. Moving away from home to a flat in the East End of London is a chance to break free for them both: Kath from her abusive family and Ruby to escape the unhappy memories of her brother's suicide two years before. Ruby finds work immediately at a fashionable new dog grooming parlour close to the city.

The Acid Reflux Solution Jorge E Rodriguez

Secrets of a scandalous heiress Theresa Romain

Heiress Augusta Meredith can't help herself she stirs up gossip wherever she goes. A stranger to Bath society, she pretends to be a charming young widow, until sardonic, darkly handsome Joss Everett arrives from London and uncovers her charade.

Fantastic beasts and where to find them : the original screenplay J K Rowling

When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone.

Tyrant of the mind Priscilla Royal

On a remote East Anglian coast stands Tyndal Priory, which belongs to the Order of Fontevraud where monks and nuns live and work in close proximity. Prioress Eleanor of Wynethorpe, young and inexperienced, has just been controversially appointed by King Henry III.

Wine of violence Priscilla Royal

1270 AD: the priory of Tyndal is dedicated to love and peace. But Eleanor of Wynethorpe, the new prioress, will find little of either. AD 1270. On a remote East Anglian coast stands Tyndal Priory, which belongs to the Order of Fontevraud where monks and nuns live and work in close proximity.

Lily Robbins, M.D Nancy N Rue

After witnessing a car accident and helping a little boy who was hurt, Lily embarks on a mission to become a "great doctor"--And no one's going to stop her! Lily starts watching medical shows on TV, checks out health books at the library, and signs up for a Taking Care of Your Body class for girls. As usual, Lily goes overboard, and it's not long before she's trying to change the Girlz Only Club into a health class-fitness plans, label reading, exercise, and more. However, her friends aren't too thrilled about her newfound passion, and when they stop wanting to be around her, Lily has to choose. In the end, Lily learns and important lesson about friendship that she'll never forget.

Frenemies forever Rachel Renee Russell

Nikki is spending a week at North Hampton Hills as part of the school transfer programme. The good news is that NHH is super-cool and preppy. The bad news is that Nikki's nemesis MacKenzie started there two weeks ago! But, faced with NHH queen bee Tiffany, who takes meanness to a whole new level, Nikki might need to work WITH Mackenzie if she's going to survive the week! Can Nikki and MacKenzie overcome their differences and become BFFS ... Best Frenemies Forever?!

Rat-catcher Chris Ryan

The story of five students who form an elite team to battle injustice in the world. They join a covert SAS operation in South America in an attempt to catch a drugs baron.

SandRider Angie Sage

Alice TodHunter Moon, now apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Septimus Heap, must locate the Egg of the Orm--a source of great Magyk--before the baby Orm hatches and imprints on the evil sorcerer Oraton-Marr.

The little prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.

Only Love Can Break Your Heart David Samuels

Perfect state : a novella Brandon Sanderson

An action-filled novella about privilege, culture clash, and expectations. God-Emperor Kairominas is lord of all he surveys. He has defeated all foes, has united the entire world beneath his rule, and has mastered the arcane arts.

Richard Scarry's the night before the night before Christmas Richard Scarry

When Mr. Frumble makes his way to the North Pole to help Santa he accidentally tears off a calendar page, causing everyone to think it is Christmas Eve already, and he has to try to set things right.

Clinton cash : the untold story of how and why foreign governments and businesses helped make Bill and Hillary rich Peter Schweizer

In 2000, Bill and Hillary Clinton owed millions of dollars in legal debt. Since then, they've earned over $130 million. Where did the money come from? Most people assume that the Clintons amassed their wealth through lucrative book deals and high-six figure fees for speaking gigs.

The soldier's scoundrel Cat Sebastian

Jack Turner grew up in the darkness of London's slums, born into a life of crime and willing to do anything to keep his belly full and his siblings safe. Now he uses the tricks and schemes of the underworld to help those who need the kind of assistance only a scoundrel can provide.

The optimistic child Martin E P Seligman

Despite the increased focus on self-esteem over the past three decades, depression in children has continued to grow, now affecting a quarter of all kids today. To combat this trend, Dr. Seligman began the Penn Depression Prevention Project, the first long term study aimed at 8 to 12 year olds. His findings were revolutionary, proving that children can be against depression by being taught how to challenge their pessimistic thoughts.

Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys

Louise's Lies Sarah R Shaber

Queen Elizabeth : the queen mother : the official biography William Shawcross

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. It might reasonably have been expected that she would lead a life of ease and privilege but few could have imagined the profound effect she would have on Britain and its people.

The White Rabbit Chronicles Gena Showalter

Article 5 Kristen Simmons

Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has perfected the art of keeping a low profile in a future society in which Moral Statutes have replaced the Bill of Rights and offences carry stiff penalties, but when Chase, the only boy she has ever loved, arrests her rebellious mother, Ember must take action.

Start with why : how great leaders inspire everyone to take action Simon Sinek

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty?

The kept woman Karin Slaughter

It's the most dangerous case of Will Trent's career. He knows this from the moment he sets foot in the abandoned Atlanta warehouse where a body lies on the floor the body of an ex-cop. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim, evidently a woman, was carried away and has vanished into thin air.

Tatiana Martin Cruz Smith

In Tatiana, Martin Cruz Smith, 'the master of the international thriller' (The New York Times) creates the most compelling heroine of his career and the most realistic, damning portrait of modern Russia in contemporary literature.

Orbs III: redemption Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Here's sabotage from within and a strange virus is infecting the last human survivors of an alien invasion. With the alien armies growing stronger, Sophie's biosphere decides to join forces with the team from NTC's submarine.

Orbs II : stranded Nicholas Sansbury Smith

When one of their own is captured, Dr. Sophie Winston and her team of survivors must exit the safety of their biosphere and fight off the growing horde of aliens. The Organics are still draining the oceans, raising temperatures worldwide, and the few remaining humans have been herded into farms, where the water in their bodies is harvested to support the growing alien army.

The Triumph of the Sun Wilbur Smith

From this day forward Lauraine Snelling

After years of not being willing to commit to Deborah MacCallister, Toby Valders watches as sparks fly between her and the new schoolteacher Anton Gendarme, leaving Toby to wonder whether it is too late to win her over.

Streams of mercy Lauraine Snelling

When widow Anji Baard Moen returns to Blessing, North Dakota, with her children, two men enter her life. As she moves forward from her loss, who will capture her heart?

Valley of Dreams Lauraine Snelling

One pan, two plates : vegetarian suppers : more than 70 satisfying vegetable-based weeknight meals for two Carla Snyder

More and more people are making the shift to a vegetable-centric diet. Yet, in a two-person household it can be challenging to find quick, easy, and satisfying recipes to cook up at the end of a busy workday (especially without leftovers). This follow-up to the successful One Pan, Two Plates provides 70 perfectly sized vegetarian entrees--think Butternut Risotto, Gnocchi with Wild Mushrooms and Edamame, and Eggplant Rollatini.

Batman. Volume 6, Graveyard shift Scott Snyder

In the wake of the death of his son Damian, Batman is in danger of losing his humanity. However, the foes of this grief-ridden Dark Knight mean to strike him when he's at his weakest. Has Batman's worst foe become. Bruce Wayne? Plus, three pivotal chapters from the epic Zero year storyline.

Her maverick M.D Teresa Southwick

I'm sure you've heard there is a new doctor in town. Sexy Jon Clifton looks more cowboy than pediatrician, he's good with kids and dogs, and what we all want to know is: Why is this man still single? Though there are plenty of ladies in Rust Creek Falls who would like to change the confirmed bachelor's status, Dawn Laramie alone seems to be immune to his charms.

Golden Hill Francis Spufford

One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat pitches up at a counting-house door in Golden Hill Street: this is Mr Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion simmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge amount, and he won't explain why, or where he comes from, or what he can be planning to do in the colonies that requires so much money.

Bittersweet Danielle Steel

India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly-maintained calendars. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she had married seventeen years before. She had chosen this life, not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had, and it was a choice she had never regretted - until she began to regret it with all her heart.

The kiss Danielle Steel

Trapped in a loveless marriage, Frenchwoman Isabelle cares for her daughter and dangerously ill son while pursuing a secret friendship with American power broker Bill Robinson, until a car accident tests their growing love.

Magic Danielle Steel

A tale set against the glamorous White Dinners in Paris traces the experiences of longtime participant Jean-Philippe Dumas, who at the sides of three couples reflects on friendship, love, and magical possibilities on a life-changing night.

Power play Danielle Steel

A high-powered CEO and mother of two, a mom who gave up a promising law career, and a struggling artist and mother with an absent husband are forced to re-evaluate their sacrifices and beliefs when they confront the realities of power and family.

Bungalow 2 Danielle Steel

Granny Dan Danielle Steel

Jewels Danielle Steel

Toxic Bachelors Danielle Steel

Pull the Dragon's Tooth! Geronimo Stilton

Thea Stilton and the Madagascar Madness Thea Stilton

Let's get this party haunted! R L (Robert Lawrence) Stine

Max's twelfth birthday party turns into a major disaster when ghosts Nicky and Tara boycott it, and sinister events spin out of control.

Unfriending My Ex Kim Stolz

A Chance of Stormy Weather Tricia Stringer

Lady Fortune Anne Stuart

101 Dog Tricks Kyra Sundance

Runaway Tui Sutherland

Mince pies and mistletoe at the Christmas market Heidi Swain

Christmas has arrived in the town of Wynbridge and it promises mince pies, mistletoe and a whole host of seasonal joy. Ruby has finished with university and is heading home for the holidays to save up for her trip around the world in January. Against her father's wishes, she takes on a stall at the local market, and sets about making it the best Christmas market stall ever. There'll be bunting and mistletoe and maybe even a bit of mulled wine.

Christmas at Tiffany's Karen Swan

Cassie settled down too young, marrying her first serious boyfriend. Now, ten years later, she is betrayed and broken. With her marriage in tatters and no career or home of her own, she needs to work out where she belongs in the world and who she really is.

Christmas in the Snow Karen Swan

Summer at Tiffany's Karen Swan

The Summer Without You Karen Swan

All waiting is long Barbara J Taylor

Violet helps her sixteen-year-old sister, Lily, travel to an infant asylum in Philadelphia so Lily can have her child in secret. They do not know the asylum's physician is experimenting on the girls with eugenics. After five years, both women are back in Scranton finding their way in marriage and engagement and grapple with their worth and virtue.

Christmas in Cold Creek RaeAnne Thayne

She claimed to be a waitress and a single mother, but Rebecca Parsons doesn't look like any hash-slinger Pine Gulch Police Chief Trace Bowman has ever seen. And she doesn't seem particularly maternal toward her little girl, either.

Hope's Crossing series. Volume one RaeAnne Thayne

Blackberry summer. Claire Bradford leads a predictable life in Hope's Crossing, Colorado. So what if she has no time for romance? At least, that's what she tells herself, especially when her best friend's sexy younger brother comes back to town as the new chief of police. But when an accident forces Claire to slow down and lean on others - especially Riley McKnight - she realizes, for the first time, that things need to change.

The Turncoat Donna Thorland

The power of now : a guide to spiritual enlightenment Eckhart Tolle

A guide to spiritual enlightenment, not allied to a particular religion, creed or guru. It demonstrates how to connect with your being and live a healthier and happier life by living in the present moment. It is about freeing yourself from your mind, and regaining your awareness of being.

Stillness Speaks Eckhart Tolle

The entitlement cure : finding success in doing hard things the right way John Sims Townsend

Today we live in a culture that says, "My life should be easy and work well for me."This attitude, called entitlement, influences our most important institutions: family, business, church, and government. Its devastating effects contribute to relational problems, work ethic issues, and emotional struggles.

The anatomy of story : 22 steps to becoming a master storyteller John Truby

John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood's most successful films, including Sleepless in Seattle, Scream, and Shrek. The Anatomy of Story is his long-awaited first book, and in it he shares all his secrets for writing a compelling script.

Bella's Backyard Bullies Samantha Turnbull

Emily's Tiara Trouble Samantha Turnbull

Out of the ice Ann Turner

When environmental scientist Laura Alvarado is sent to a remote Antarctic island to report on an abandoned whaling station, she begins to uncover more than she could ever imagine. Despite new life thriving in the icy wilderness, the whaling station is brimming with awful reminders of its bloody, violent past, and Laura is disturbed by evidence of recent human interference.

Who Watcheth Helene Tursten

Vinegar girl : the taming of the shrew retold Anne Tyler

Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she's always in trouble at work her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don't always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner. Dr. Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions.

Batman and Robin eternal. Volume 1 James Tynion

Five years ago, Batman and Robin worked the most disturbing case of their crimefighting careers bringing down the organization of the ultimate human trafficker, the mysterious woman known only as Mother. At the time, Dick Grayson never quite understood the scope of that case, but now its darkest secrets are coming back to haunt him and everyone else who ever worked with Batman!

Reunion Fred Uhlman

I live in a mad house Kaye Umansky

Following his star turn in I am a Tree Tim is back for more comic fun. This time he's spending half term cleaning cars, and screaming toddlers have taken over his home. He's not happy. Luckily his friend Flora is on hand to help out and have a joke with. Things start to look up. Until, that is, they encounter a very angry customer and a very wet Rottweiler. But in this comedy, who will have the last laugh?

Ink and Bone Lisa Unger

My Own Country Abraham Verghese

The frozen menace Ursula Vernon

Danny Dragonbreath doesn't just have a cold. He is cold. His fire has gone out! And that's super-dangerous for a fire-breathing dragon like Danny. So, following a tip from his great-grandfather, Danny and his trusty friends Wendell and Christiana head to the farthest north to find the magical ingredient that will reignite his fire. On the way, the gang faces an extremely windy bridge, killer ice worms, and one very confused baby phoenix.

Ratpunzel Ursula Vernon

It is Princess Harriet Hamsterbone to the rescue when Heady the hydra's egg is stolen, but her search leads her to a castle accessible only by a rat with a very long tail.

Ben Hur Lew Wallace

The Midnight Gang David Walliams

Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for...the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning...When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter.

Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter

The echo Minette Walters

When Billy Blake, a homeless alcoholic, turns up dead from starvation in the garage of wealthy Amanda Powell, Amanda, obsessed with her dead visitor, joins forces with cynical reporter Michael Deacon to uncover the truth.

What the dog knows : the science and wonder of working dogs Cat Warren

Explores the world of working dogs, as well as canine intelligence and training, as the author and her German shepherd, Solo, work with forensic anthropologists, detectives, and dog handlers to find the bodies of the missing.

The Daniel plan cookbook : healthy eating for life Richard Warren

Easy, Delicious recipes to help you enjoy healthy eating for life, based on The Daniel Plan book, The Daniel Plan Cookbook: 40 Days to a Healthier Life is a beautiful full-colour cookbook filled with more than 100 delicious, Daniel Plan-approved recipes that offer an abundance of options to bring healthy cooking into your kitchen.

Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh

Miss Fortune : fresh perspectives on having it all from someone who is not okay Lauren Weedman

Lauren Weedman is not okay. She's living what should be the good life in sunny Los Angeles. After a gig as a correspondent with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO's Hung and Looking.

The liar's chair Rebecca Whitney

Rachel Teller and her husband David appear happy, prosperous and fulfilled. The big house, the successful business. They have everything. However, control, not love, fuels their relationship and David has no idea his wife indulges in drunken indiscretions. When Rachel kills a man in a hit and run, the meticulously maintained veneer over their life begins to crack.

The animals' Christmas eve Gale Wiersum

In the barn on Christmas Eve, after all the people leave, the animals, in voices low, remember Christmas long ago ... So begins a sweet rhyming story in which a group of animals recounts the events surrounding Jesus' birth in the manger, and the parts some of their ancestors played in it. This is also a counting book.

The Key Ingredient Susan Wiggs

Annie Rush's started at a food cart in a vibrant city park when she came across a charismatic chef serving up gourmet street food. Together Annie and Martin Harlow conceived The Key Ingredient, a cooking show featuring Martin as the star while Annie handles production.

The picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde

'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.' When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks.

I'm kind of a big deal : and other delusions of adequacy Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

Whether she's driving a limo for former Family Ties star Justine Bateman, dancing in the dark for a rarely seen Bob Dylan music video, or stalking a bachelor reject from TVs Love Connection, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is kind of a big deal - at least in her own mind. Smart, screwy, and scathingly funny, her tell-all essays capture every cringe-worthy moment of her kind-of famous life.

The mark of the midnight manzanilla Lauren Willig

In October of 1806, the Little Season is in full swing, and Sally Fitzhugh has had enough of the endless parties and balls. With a rampant vampire craze sparked by the novel The Convent of Orsino, it seems no one can speak of anything else. But when Sally hears a rumor that the reclusive Duke of Belliston is an actual vampire, she cannot resist the challenge of proving such nonsense false.

The passion of the purple plumeria Lauren Willig

Colonel William Reid has returned home from India to retire near his children, who are safely stowed at an academy in Bath. Upon his return to the Isles, however, he finds that one of his daughters has vanished, along with one of her classmates Gwendolyn Meadows' little sister.

The River at the Centre of the World Simon Winchester

Underground airlines Ben H Winters

It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it. Except for one thing: slavery still exists. Victor has escaped his life as a slave, but his freedom came at a high price. Striking a bargain with the government, he has to live his life working as a bounty hunter. And he is the best they've ever trained.

The calling Inger Ash Wolfe

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is making her way towards retirement after keeping the peace in the sleepy town of Port Dundas for many years. But when a local woman is found murdered - her mouth gruesomely shaped into a silent cry - Hazel and her department are faced with their biggest case yet. They soon discover that this is not the first time a body has been found in this way, and it is unlikely to be the last. The Calling is soon to be a major film starring Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace and Donald Sutherland.

The taken Inger Ash Wolfe

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is recovering from a bad year, and a traumatic back operation that has left her in the care of her ex husband and his new wife. But Hazel is lured back to work when a body is pulled from a nearby lake: a discovery that eerily mirrors a disturbing story printed in the local newspaper.

The chrysalids John Wyndham

A world paralyzed by genetic mutation: Wyndham takes the reader into the anguished heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than fifty percent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as abominations.

Molly on the Range Molly Yeh

Devotion Louisa Young

Louisa Young's Devotion is a novel of family, love, race and politics set during the electric change of the 1930s. Tom loves Nenna. Nenna loves her father. Her father loves Mussolini. Ideals and convictions are not always so clear in the murky years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second.

Faith Victoria Zackheim

Star wars. Allegiance Timothy Zahn

Mara Jade, the Emperor's Hand, is looking into the illicit financial affairs of a planetary governor, hoping to find evidence that he might be funding the Rebellion. Luke, Han, and Chewbacca are sent on a mission to help some rebel supporters. Leia is busy being a diplomat, trying to drum up support for the Rebel Alliance.

Wicked burn Rebecca Zanetti

Simone Brightston knows she can beat the rap her enemies are pinning on her. An Irish witch is nobody's fool, and she didn't get to her position on the high council without serious power.