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One summer. Four strangers. A tragedy that will change their lives... A brilliant novel from the No.1 bestselling author of HEART AND SOUL.

A group of people, all looking for something more in their lives, and all they have in common is their Italian evening class...

The people of Rossmore, each with their own story, wait for the great road of progress... From the No.1 bestselling author of HEART AND SOUL.

Kate Thomas was beautiful, intelligent, witty, passionate and sexy. Now, at 99, she is trapped in a hospital ward of sad, mad and bad old women. She escapes by playing to herself the video of her life. What a life it has been. Her six marriages have ended in suicide. But, Kate's journey through the twentieth century is also a search for the truth.

Presents a collection of stories. This book talks about the New Puritans who, inspired by the "Dogme 95" group of film makers, are attempting to rediscover fiction as a discipline rather than a category.

The Lamberts - Enid and Alfred and their three grown-up children - are a troubled family living in a troubled age. Alfred is ill and as his condition worsens the whole family must face the failures, secrets and buried hurts that haunt them if they are to make the corrections that each needs.

About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace - and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust.

Follow the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of the bear. What a surprise awaits in the cave on the other side of the dark forest.

* Reissued in a new look is this richly imagined historical novel that combines mystery, history, politics and passion in a story of gripping power, from the author of SACRED HEARTS

A first novel buzzing with 'the energy and angst of contemporary urban life' (The Times)

Still a teenager Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage to a man twenty years older. Moved away from her childhood village, Nazneen is moved to London, not knowing a word of english and confined to her flat. This title exlpores the role of fate in our lives and traces the transformation of an Asian girl.

Mr Mailer's tour group are unperturbed when he goes missing in a Roman basilica, but when a corpse is discovered in an Etruscan sarcophagus, Superintendent Alleyn, already on the trail of an international drugs racket, is asked to investigate. From the author of DEATH AND THE DANCING FOOTMAN and DEATH AT THE DOLPHIN.

A new edition of one of the "The Famous Five" adventures involving Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the dog, where the five find themselves in a spot of trouble. This is part of a series of reissues to commemorate the birth of Enid Blyton. Original illustrations by Eileen Soper are reproduced.

DI Liz Graham and DS Cal Donovan are not ones to shrink from violent situations, but neither could imagine the terrifying ordeals they are about to endure when they set themselves up as decoys.

A tale that tells the story of a geisha girl, uncovering a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where a peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a geisha house. She tells her story many years later from New York.

A sequel to "Eon". It returns to Thistledown, the extraordinary asteroid starship from a future which is not quite our future; it portrays Gaia, a parallel reality where Alexander the Great's empires has persisted for 2000 years; and it continues to explore the infinite corridor through space-time.

Above our planet hangs a hollow Stone, vast as the imagination of man. The inner dimensions are at odds with the outer: there are different chambers to be breached, some containing deserted cities; the furthest chamber contains the greatest mystery ever to confront the Stone's scientists.

The epic story of the first manned mission to Mars, told by Hugo Award-winning author of science and science fiction. Ben Bova is also the author of "Cyberbooks", "Voyagers" and "Colony".

Tony Hill and Carol Jordan make a nail-biting return

Frank lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his frustrations.

A science fiction novel,in which a science advisor to the American President cannot help but feel uneasy when a dying alien announces dire news in the Californian desert.While in Australia another spaceship appears promising peace and hope. From the author of STRENGTH OF STONES, BLOOD MUSIC and EON.

The fifth of this author's novels set against the backdrop of the power and politics of the Church of England in the 20th century, which can also be read independently of the others. Set in 1968, it follows the fortunes of Nick, younger son of Jon Darrow, as he struggles against his Anglican upbringing. Follows SCANDALOUS RISKS.

This account of the events which led to Marilyn Monroe's death on 4th August 1962 contends that the Los Angeles Police Department have perpetuated a cover-up generated over 30 years ago. The story behind the conspiracy of silence is revealed.

Your life is your responsibility: the choices you made yesterday brought about the life you have today. If you don't like what you have, then get ready to act and move on. This title gives advice on shaping your life and tells you how to make dramatic changes, whether it's a bad relationship, a dead-end career, or a harmful habit.