"Diary" takes the form of a "coma diary" kept by one Misty Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. Once, she was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after marrying...
A breathtaking feat of scholarship` The Times. `I can do no more than praise, recommend, insist that you buy and read this book. It supersedes all other Dickens biographies` Anthony Burgess, Independent. In Peter...
This dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino`s unique perspective and narrative gifts. As well as the eleven tales from his...
And Grimma said, We have two choices. We can run, or we hide. And they said, Which shall we do? She said, We shall Fight. A Bright New Dawn is just around the corner for thousands of tiny nomes when they move into the...
Friday August 15th, 1997 - The night the girls arrived, two tiny Korean babies are delivered to Baltimore to two families who have no more in common than this. First there are the Donaldsons, decent Brad and homespun,...
When the NSA`s invincible code-breaking machine - encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers...
After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before...
John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son. But something is wrong. His family no longer interests him, his infidelities are leading...
Doctor Who: Sick Building (HB) ***
Tiermann`s World: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by sabre-toothed tigers and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn Professor Tiermann, his wife and their son that a terrible danger is on its...
Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes (Quick Reads)
"I blame those new Brainy Crisps. Since he started eating them, he`s been too clever by half". Can eating a bag of crisps really make you more clever? The company that makes the crisps says so, and they seem to be...
When the TARDIS materialises in medieval Worcester, the Doctor finds the city seemingly deserted. He soon discovers its population are living in a state of terror, afraid to leave their homes after dark, for fear of...
Doctor Who: Made of Steel (Quick Reads)
A deadly night attack on an army base. Vehicles are destroyed, buildings burned, soldiers killed. The attackers vanish as swiftly as they came, taking highly advanced equipment with them. Metal figures attack a...
Doctor Who: Slitheen Excursion HB
1500 BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome gods who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they`re not gods...
Doctor Who: The Tardis Handbook: The Official Guide to the Best Ship in the Universe
As the Eleventh Doctor and Amy embark on all-new adventures in time and space, "The TARDIS Handbook" gives you the inside scoop on 900 years of travel aboard the Doctor`s famous time machine. Everything you need to...
Doctor Who: Sontaran Games (Quick Reads)
Every time the lights go out, someone The TARDIS lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming Globe Games. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The Doctor...
