Hope Delafield hasn`t always had an easy life. She has red hair and a temper to match, as her mother is constantly reminding her. She can`t wear heels, is terrified of heights and being a primary school teacher isn`t...
What is the real world? Does it exist, or is it merely a means of keeping another reality at bay? This collection offers a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world...
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such bestsellers as "The Mother Tongue" and "Made in America", decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was...
Des Moines, Iowa born writer Bryson`s first success was the travel book "The Lost Continent". After living in England for several years, he wanted to go back to the USA to find the perfect little US town of his past,...
It is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is...
Are optimists just reckless dreamers? Are pessimists miserable doom-mongers or just erring on the side of caution? Is the glass half empty or half full? Brilliantly compiled and beautifully written, this is a rich...
The book is fabulous, and I hope it sells forever. Entrancing, funny, deeply moving and wonderfully written. Please read it Upbeat and `s South London childhood was deeply the tone is sunny, and anyone who remembers...
Paris Revealed: Secret Life of a City
Paris - one of the most visited cities in the world. But do you Which is the most romantic spot to say `je`t`aime`? And the sexiest? Where to see fantastic art, away from all the crowds? Why Parisian men feel...
This is the third book in the incredible "Fallen" series. Before Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross, before they fought the Immortals, they had already lived many lives. And so Luce, desperate to unlock the curse...
Summer, 1972: In the claustrophobic heat, eleven-year-old Byron and his friend begin `Operation Perfect`, a hapless mission to rescue Byron`s mother from impending crisis. Winter, present day: As frost creeps across...
"If you care about something you have to protect it. If you`re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball...
