Catálogo de novedades Fondo Inglés. Curso 2012/2013 Literatura. The Ghost / Robert Harris Arrow Books Britain's former prime minister is holed up in a remote, ocean-front house in America, struggling to finish his memoirs, when his long-term assistant drowns. A professional ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project - a man more used to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities than ex-world leaders. The ghost soon discovers that his distinguished new client has secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him - secrets with the power to kill.
Full dark, no stars / Stephen King Hodder & Stoughton For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell of the family homestead. A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Harry Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness – if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival. And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband’s dark and terrifying secrets- he’s not just the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins. And now he’s heading home… My single friend / Jane Costello. Pocket Books Lucy Tyler and Henry Fox have been best friends since primary school. So when he enlists her help to embark on an image makeover, she and her friends Dominique and Erin approach the project with relish. As well as the haircut and fashion overhaul, there are master classes in flirting and seduction. But none of the girls imagine at the start of “Project Henry” quite how successful it’s going to be. After a shaky start, Henry’s transformation from Lucy’s terminally single friend to an irresistible sex god takes on a life of its own. An Lucy isnt’t at all sure she likes it. The family tree / Barbara Delinsky Harper Collins. Dana Clarke has it all – a husband, Hugh, whom she adores, a beautiful home and a baby on the way. But, when her daughter, Lizzie, is born, what should be the happiest day of her life turns out to be the moment that her world falls apart. As a family is divided by bitter mistrust, all their beliefs in each other, in their family background, are challenged. Will the birth of their first child destroy their marriage or can the overcome the repercussions of a secret told years ago?
Skin and other stories / Roald Dahl Puffin Books How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out the tattoo on your back was worth over a million pounds? You will discover that just about anything is possible in a Roald Dahl story, and here are eleven of his very best
When we were bad / Charlotte Mendelson Picador. Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother, rabbi and sometime moral voice of the nation, everyone wants to be with her at her older son’s glorious February wedding. Until Leo becomes a bolter and the heyday of the Rubin family begins to unravel‌
The hunt: a dark touch novel / Amy Meredith. Red Fox. Something is hunting. Something that will kill to get what it wants. And it isn't human. Eve knows that her supernatural powers are called for, but she'd rather focus on dating than demons and gorgeous Luke is, frankly, pretty distracting. He's already a friend - but could he be something more? Do Luke and Eve really have a future? And with demons on the hunt, will either of them live long enough to find out?
The death instinct / Jed Rubenfeld Headline Review. September 16, 1920. Under a clear blue September sky, a quarter ton of explosives is detonated in a deadly attack on Wall Street. Fear comes to the streets of New York. Witnessing the blast are war veteran Stratham Younger, his friend James Littlemore of the NY Police Department, and beautiful French radiochemist Colette Rousseau. A series of inexplicable attacks on Colette, a secret buried in her past, and a mysterious trail of evidence lead Younger, Littlemore, and Rousseau on a thrilling international and psychological journey - from Paris to Prague, from the Vienna home of Freud to the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and ultimately to the hidden depths of our most savage instincts. As the seemingly disjointed pieces of Younger and Littlemore's investigations come together, the two uncover the shocking truth about the bombing - a truth that threatens to shake their world to its foundations.
Walking the lions / Stephen Burgen Constable & Robinson. When Alex Nadal unexpectedly inherits his aunt's farm near Barcelona he has two problems, the first being that he is a piano player from New York with no knowledge of matters agricultural, and secondly, his aunt appears to have died twice.
The lost relic / Scott Mariani Avon. Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy, a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy – and unwittingly walks into his deadliest mission yet. Ben’s involvement with the boy’s family runs deeper as he witnesses their brutal murder at a gallery robbery. A seemingly worthless Goya sketch was the principal target in the bloodbath heist. Now it’s up to Ben to find out the truth behind the elusive painting. Wrongly accused of murder and forced to go on the run, he must get to the heart of the conspiracy while he still has the chance. . .
Just a little disco on an open – top bus / Candy Guard Penguin Books. Welcome to the world of Edie Dudman, girl in a rut, circa 1985. Edie's life would be great if it weren't for the fact that everything always goes a bit wrong. She's the girl whose tights go twisty at the crotch. She's the girl whose mum has bits of crisp permanently glued to her teeth, whose boyfriend is a two-timing bastard and whose rabbit, Flopsie, is always swiping at her nastily with its paw. Still, at least she has a perfect ex-best friend to highlight her flaws even more intensely and a mean old onelegged neighbour to make her life hell. Throw in a dull job selling cream horns at Crustie's the Bakery and appreciate that it's a miracle Edie ever drags herself out of bed in the morning. But Edie needs a sharp kick up the backside - and maybe a sprinkling of good fortune and a Bach Flower Remedy or two - to make it off the Estate and into the Big Wide World. "Just a Little Disco on an Open-Top Bus" is a sheer delight with characters who will, almost literally, spring off the page and show you their faces with glee.
I’m not scared / Niccolò Ammaniti Walter Books It’s a blistering hot summer and nine – year- old Michele and hs gang are exploring the scorched wheatfields that surround their village. When they find an abandoned farmhouse, they play a game of forfeits and Michele makes a terrifying discovery.
A secret alchemy / Emma Darwin Headline. Two murdered princes; a powerful queen betrayed; a nobleman riding towards his certain death! Everyone thinks they know about the Princes in the Tower: one of the most fascinating, and most brutal, murder mysteries in British history. But the real story of the suspicious deaths of the young Edward V and his brother, and the involvement of the man who would become Richard III, remains unknown, over five hundred years since the boys were taken from their mother, Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV. Now, in a brilliant feat of historical daring, Emma Darwin has recreated their world and their terrible, exhilarating story: the power struggles and passion that lay behind their birth; the danger into which they fell; the profoundly moving days before their imprisonment; and the betrayal of innocence.
One life / Rebecca Frayn Simon & Schuster Rose and Johnny have enjoyed carefree lives until suddenly – unexpectedlyJohnny’s desire for commitment and a child brings them to an abrupt crossroads. To save their relationship Rose reluctantly concedes – only to discover that achieving parenthood is far harder than either of them had bargained for.
The Paris vendetta / Steve Berry Hodder & Stoughton 12.40 a.m. Copenhagen. Cotton Malone wakes up to find a stranger in his house, bearing bad news: Malone's closest and most dangerous friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen, is in serious trouble -- and the men who want to kill him are on Malone's doorstep. Thorvaldsen has been tracking a shadowy group called the Paris Club. Not only does he believe that they are about to trigger a global financial meltdown, but also that one of the club's members murdered his son, Cai, two years ago. Thorvaldsen won't rest until he has avenged his boy's death. Dragged into his friend's schemes and secretly under pressure from the US government to stop both Thorvaldsen and the Paris Club, Malone soon discovers that the key to defeating the conspiracy and saving his friend's life -- and his own -- lies in the past, and an astounding treasure that Napoleon took to his grave.
Fame / Tilly Bagshawe Harper The raw, sexual beauty of Sabrina Leon demands the attention of all who come into contact with her. Plucked from obscurity at the age of seventeen she's the new darling of the film scene, bagging lead roles in the hottest blockbusters. But Sabrina Leon has a problem. There's a youtube sensation on the web that's set to destroy everything she's fought for... Hotshot movie producer Dorian Razmirez has struggles of his own. A bitter feud with rival producer and playboy, Harry Greene, has resulted in the plug being pulled on every project he goes near. Casting the disgraced Hollywood diva Sabrina Leon in Wuthering Heights is a risk that might cost him what remains of his career.
Frankenstein 04: Lost souls / Dean Koontz Harper Dr. Frankenstein lives on, seemingly indestructible, more sinister than ever. Terrifyingly, with each new incarnation the technology he can use to build a new human race – which he will control- ins vastly improved. His first monster, Deucalion, has spent two hundred years trying to kill his evil creator. When the new Frankenstein clone, Victor Helios, starts work on some grotesque new creations, financed by an enigmatic billionaire, Deucalion is drawn to a small Montana town. A spectacularly advanced race of monsters is about to be unleashed on the world. Even if Deucalion can bring Helios down, it may be too late…
Grace Williams says it loud / Emma Henderson Sceptre This isn't an ordinary love story. But then Grace isn't an ordinary girl. 'Disgusting,' said the nurse. And when no more could be done, they put her away, aged eleven. On her first day at the Briar Mental Institute, Grace meets Daniel. He sees a different Grace: someone to share secrets and canoodle with, someone to fight for. Debonair Daniel, who can type with his feet, fills Grace's head with tales from Paris and the world beyond. This is Grace's story: her life, its betrayals and triumphs, disappointment and loss, the taste of freedom; roses, music and tiny scraps of paper. Most of all, it is about the love of a lifetime.
After the rain / Thomas Christopher Greene Arrow In the lush green countryside of Vermont, Charlie has built a life for himself. He is happy enough running the small family restaurant and his only regret is the absence of his brother, Owen. Once close, Owen and Charlie have not seen each other for many years - the ties of brotherhood torn apart by their father's legacy - and a trail of postcards is all that is left. Charlie's is a solitary existence until he hires Claire to assist him in the restaurant and suddenly life feels complete. In Claire, Charlie feels he has found his reason for living. But when Owen returns it seems that the past is destined to threaten both brothers' future...
Paranormalcy / Kiersten White HarperCollins Children’s Evie’s always thought of herself as normal. Sure, her best friend is a mermaid, her ex- boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shapeshifter and she’s the only person who can see through paranormal’s glamours, but still. Normal. Only now paranormals are dying and Evie’s dreams are filled with haunting voices and mysterious prophecies. She begins to suspect there is a link between her abilities and the sudden rash of deaths, and even worse, that she it at the centre of a dark prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.
Intervention / Robin Cook Pan McMillan I t's been more than thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton's college graduation and almost as long since he'd been in touch with former classmates Shawn Doherty and Kevin Murray. Once a highly regarded ophthalmologist, Jack's career took a dramatic turn after a tragic accident that destroyed his family. But that, too, is very much in the past: Jack has remarried-to longtime colleague and fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery-and is the father of a young child. But his renegade, activist personality can't rest, and after performing a postmortem on a young college student who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, Jack decides to explore alternative medicine. What makes some people step outside the medical establishment to seek care from practitioners of Eastern philosophies and even faith healers? Romeo & Juliet & vampires / Adapted from William Shakespeare by Claudia Gabel.
HarperCollins Children’s The Capulets and the Montagues have some deep and essential differences. Blood differences. Of course, the Capulets can escape their vampire fate and the Montagues can try not to kill their undead enemies, but ultimately their blood feud is unstoppable. So it’s really quite a problem when Juliet, a vampire-to-be, and Romeo, the human who should be hunting her, fall desperately in love. What they don’t realise is how deadly their love will turn out to be – or what it will mean for their afterlives… This riotous twist on the ultimate tale of forbidden romance is simply to die for.
Buttercup mash / Joanna Nadin Oxford Buttercup Jones is 14 years old and she has issues! Her family is completely dysfunctional, her best friend lives life as though it's one big soap, and she has no idea who her father is, but the shortlist reads like a who's who of complete mentalists! And, as if things couldn't get worse, she's now the star of the glee club.
Honeycote / Veronica Henry Penguin Mickey Liddiard adores his wife, Lucy. So why is he cheating on her with Kay? He knows it’s wrong but he can’t help himself. Meanwhile James, Mickey’s brother, has been in love with Lucy since the day he met her. He can’t betray his brother but he’s not going to stop the truth of Mickey’s affair coming out. And as for Kay, she only married Lawrence Oakley for his money- and he knows it. But does Mickey hold the key to her happiness? For each of Mickey’s misdemeanours, somewhere in the seemingly peaceful village of Honeycote there is a knife being sharpened. Ambition, greed and good oldfashioned revenge all conspire to bring about his downfall… but will true love save the day?
Shadow man / Cody McFadyen Hodder & Stoughton They took three days to find the girl: bound to her mother's mutilated corpse, shocked beyond speech. FBI agent smoky barret, still reeling from a horrific tragedy of her own, knows tht if there's one case she has to take, it's this. Because the girl's mother wasn't just another victim. She was Smoky's best friend. The killer's first mistake? Or the first move in a sickening, deadly game?
The adultery club / Tess Stimson Pan McMillan Nicholas Lyon is the perfect husband—a handsome divorce attorney who dotes on his family. Sara Kaplan is the perfect seductress—a vivacious young lawyer unburdened by sexual scruples. And Malinche Lyon is the perfect wife—a beautiful cookbook writer and mother to three darling daughters. Now, in this smart, wickedly sexy novel, Nick, Sara, and Malinche are all about to join…The Adultery Club Suddenly Nicholas—a man totally in love with his wife—is fantasizing about Sara. Sara is toying with Nick. And Malinche is facing temptations of her own. While appetites are whetted and sated from London to the English countryside, one heretofore happily married man and two very different women are about to discover the difference between fulfilling your wildest desires—and getting your just deserts.
The kraken wakes / John Wyandham Penguin Below the thunders of the upper deep; far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, his ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep the kraken sleepeth... Until the latter fire shall heat the deep; then once by men and angels to be seen, in roaring he shall rise....
Handbags & gladrags / Sally Worboyes Orion From a young age, the beautiful Charlotte longed to put on her gladrags and join the glamorous social scene of the 1960’s East End. But her parents had other plans- and the whole family moved to the tranquillity of the countryside outside London. So, when an old childhood friend comes back into her life, Charlie seizes the chance to return to the buzzing city with its familiar streets and friendly faces. But when shocking brutality strikes close to home, Charlie is force to realise that London has a dark side too, and the East End hides as many sinners as saints.
The Ex- boyfriend’s handbook / Matt Dunn Pocket Books When Edward hears it’s not you, it's me from Jane, his girlfriend of 10 years; he knows he's in trouble. Determined to get her back, Edward realizes he must learn how to make women want him again. But one thing is certain: if he's to be Jane's Mr. Right, he needs to turn himself around.
Martin Misunderstood / Karin Slaughter Arrow Martin Misunderstood tells the story of Martin Reed, an average man who wonders how he has wound up with such an abysmally empty existence. Working as a senior accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his nagging mother, his sole source of excitement is the crime novels he cherishes. So immersed is Martin in these escapes he fails to notice the crimes going on all around him. When first one, then another, of his co-workers is brutally murdered, Martin steps in to help the investigation, bringing his amateur detecting skills to bear. But Martin realizes too late that what he has mistaken for the glow of the spotlight is actually the harsh glare of interrogation.
Bud, not Buddy / Christopher Paul Curtis Corgi Bud (like a plant, not short for "Buddy", as he tells everyone) is a motherless boy on the run. He's determined to find his father but doesn't know where to start. The only clue he has is a bunch of flyers about Herman E Calloway and his jazz band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression. Bud is on a journey. He has hit the road with one idea in mind - he wants to discover his father. He's not got a lot to go on - just a flyer for a jazz band and his very own Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. Despite encounters with a car-driving vampire, a monster-infested woodshed and even a real live girl, Bud presses on towards a surprising discovery. Readers will be instantly engaged by Bud's heartwarming, funny and fast-moving story in this award-winning novel set in 1930s America.
The moth diaries / Rachel Klein Faber and Faber At an exclusive boarding school, a sixteen-year-old girl records her most intimate thoughts in a diary. The object of her growing obsession is her roommate, Lucy Blake, and Lucy’s friendship with their new and disturbing classmate. Ernessa is a mysterious, moody presence with pale skin and hypnotic eyes. Around her swirl dark rumours, suspicious and secrets as well as a series of ominous disasters. As fear spreads through the school, what is true and what is dreamed bleed together into a waking nightmare of gothic menace, fuelled by the anxieties, lusts and fears of adolescence.
Shadow Project / Scott Mariani Avon Ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope is enjoying life at Le Val, the facility in Northern France where he trains others in the dangerous art of hostage rescue, until a chance incident forces him to take on the role of bodyguard to the Swiss billionaire Maximilian Steiner. The victim of a recent abduction attempt, Steiner believes that a neo-Nazi terror group are bent on seizing a prized document from his personal collection - one that could support claims that the Holocaust never happened. But what initially seemed like a straightforward VIP protection job is turned upsidedown by the appearance of a mystery woman from Ben's past. Could he be right about her, or is he losing his edge? On a quest across Europe, Ben finds himself embroiled in a deadly kidnap intrigue and a sinister project that has lain dormant since 1944. The stakes are global - and this time Ben is also fighting to protect the people closest to him‌
Pure dead magic / Debi Gliori Corgi Things are not right at the Strega-Borgia castle. Signor Luciano Strega-Borgia has been kidnapped. Signora Baci Strega-Borgia is struggling with her spells at the Advanced Witchcraft Institute. Titus and Pandora don't like their suspiciously cheerful and fearless new nanny. Baby Damp has been accidentally shrunk, emailed, and lost on the World Wide Web. And to top it off, there's a gangster in a bunny suit lurking about. . . . This seriously over-the-top, gothic romp is sure to have readers clamouring for the next Strega-Borgia adventure.
Amy & Isabelle / Elizabeth Strout Pocket Books Amy Goodrow wants a new mother. Isabelle Goodrow never expected to be one, but has struggled for the last sixteen years to do it properly. When Amy is discovered in the throes of an intense affair with her maths teacher, mother and daughter engage in a battle of wills that threatens to break down the brittle construct of their existence in Shirley Falls, and reveal to all the shame and hidden grief that dominates their lives.
The death and life of Charlie St. Cloud Picador When he was a boy, Charlie St. Cloud almost perished in a car crash that killed his little brother, Sam. Years later, Charlie is still trying to atone for his loss. It is only when he meets Tess Carroll, a captivating, adventurous yachtswoman, that he is faced with a choice – between death and life, the past and the present, holding on and letting go. The death and life of Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic and exhilarating novel about second chances and the liberating power of love.
Set in stone / Catherine Dunne Pan Books Lynda Graham has been fortunate in life. She is happily married, with two wonderful children, Ciarán and Katie. She has a beautiful home and garden in one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin. Her world feels safe and uncomplicated, one she now takes for granted. That is until Jon, a friend of Ciarán's from university - handsome, charming and clever - inveigles his way into their lives. There's something about Jon that Lynda finds unnerving - he is almost too perfect. And her instinct is right: Jon's arrival sets in motion a spiral of events that contributes to the gradual disintegration of all she holds dear. When Jon leaves, his disappearance is even more destructive than his presence. Lynda's quest to track him down reveals unpalatable truths about his past and the reason for his existence in their lives. Lynda knows that Jon is out there somewhere watching, waiting, malevolent. And she also knows that she must do whatever it takes to protect the most precious thing she has - her family
The red tent / Anita Diamant Pan Books Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah--the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate connection with the past. Deeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new view of biblical women's society
Force 10 from Navarone / Alistair McLean Harper The Guns of Navarone have been silenced. But the heroic survivors are form still. They are ready for action again – and are heading for even more excitement and danger. Their mission: to free an entire partisan army trapped in the rugged mountains of Yugoslavia. It begins with a parachute drop behind enemy lines and a deliberate walk into a German camp. Six men against the might of two armoured divisions. They couldn’t fight them. So they had to join them. And then somehow destroy them!
The rapture / Liz Jensen Bloomsbury In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is to rebuild her career as a psychologist after a shattering car accident. But when she is assigned Bethany Krall — violent, delusional and insistent that she can foresee natural disasters - she begins to fear she has made a terrible mistake. When catastrophes begin to occur on the very dates Bethany has predicted, the apocalyptic puzzle intensifies and the stakes multiply. A haunting story of human passion and burning faith, The Rapture is an electrifying psychological thriller that explores the dark extremes of mankind's self-destruction in a world on the brink.
How to crack an egg with one hand / Francesca Beauman Bloomsbury Within these pages you will find all you need to know (and a few things you don't) in order to embark on the mindboggling journey that is modern motherhood. Discover humorous yet pertinent advice on everything from what a new mother ought to wear on the red carpet to the best books to read while feeding a baby, and marvel at what Mark Twain had to say on teething, Vladimir Nabokov on prams, Mrs Gaskell on six-month-olds and Mrs Beeton on breastfeeding. From the totally frivolous --to the deeply serious, from the cultural to the historical, from the history of the Caesarean to celebrity baby names, this is an intelligent, classy and eclectic guide for every twenty-first-century mother or mother-to-be. For it is important to acknowledge that, even though they may have a basketball in their stomachs, they still have a brain in their heads. It is a book to give to friends, daughters and sisters - and to cherish for yourself. True, you may not ever need to know what year the epidural was invented, how to write your child's name in Chinese, or what the gestation period of an anteater is, but isn't it fabulous to know that you do?
The slaughter pavilion / Catherine Sampson Pan Books In the heart of Beijing’s commercial district, a desperate father climbs to the top of a skyscraper with the dead body of his child strapped to his back… Deep in the Chinese countryside, two young sisters flee unseen horror through torrential rain… In London, an abandoned slum holds a terrible secret… Private detective Song Ren cannot forget the image of the man and his child. When he starts to investigate, he and his team uncover a web of evil where power and corruption overshadow the search for truth and justice.
Skeleton Key / Anthony Horowitz Walker Books Skeleton Key is the third book in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Reluctant teenage superspy Alex Rider is useful to the national security services in ways an adult could never be. Now they require his help once again: for a routine reconnaissance mission at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. But before long, Alex finds himself caught up in a terrifying chain of events that leads from the Chinese Triad gangs in London to an undercover assignment on Cayo Esqueleto Skeleton Key - Cuba. There, Alex begins to make chilling links between several suspicious deaths, an illegal nuclear weapons deal and the plans of his host, Russian General Sarov, for the future of the world. Alex faces his most dangerous challenge yet. Alone, equipped only with a handful of cleverly concealed devices, he must outwit the coldly insane Sarov...or die.
The good bride guide / Matt Dunn Pocket Books Ben Grant is fed up with always meeting the wrong girl. Having just celebrated his 29th birthday by being dumped by his 29th girlfriend, he decides he can't go on like this. Why can't he be as blissfully happy as his best friend Ashif, about to marry the beautiful Prithi, a bride chosen for him by his parents? Suddenly Ben has a great idea: why not ask his own parents to do the same for him? But while Ben's parents see this as the perfect opportunity to set their son on the right path to matrimonial bliss, it soon becomes clear that Ben's idea of the kind of woman he wants to settle down with is quite different from that of his somewhat traditional mum and dad. Following a series of disastrous dates, Ben starts to realize that he wouldn't let his parents pick him out a shirt to wear, let alone a woman to marry. But when Ben finally meets the girl he thinks might be 'the one', he realizes that maybe he does have something to learn from his mum and dad after all. Can he learn the art of romance from his parents and land the girl of his dreams?
Hombre / Elmore Leonard Orion John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he's on his way to live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who he is, they want nothing to do with him -- until outlaws ride down on them and they must rely on Russell's guns and his ability to lead them out of the desert. He can't ride with them, but they must walk with him or die.
The Atlantis Revelation / Thomas Greanias Pocket Beneath the City of God, a centuries-old secret awaits. And every power on earth wants it. The adventure begins with the discovery of the wreckage of a sunken Nazi submarine - and a shocking legacy of Hitler's quest to find Atlantis. Archaeologist Conrad Yeats discovers in the ruins of the Third Reich the key to an ancient conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of every major government. Suddenly Yeats is plunged into a deadly race across the Mediterranean, hunted by the assassins of an international organization that will stop at nothing to ignite global Armageddon and revive an empire.
Fight for freedom / Mark keating Hodder As the great powers of Europe fight over the spoils of slavery, corruption and greed, the golden age of piracy is born. Sold by his father as a child for four guineas, captain's servant Patrick Devlin knows how cheap a man's life can be. But his instinct for survival is strong, and when his master's ship is sunk by pirates, Devlin makes his choice -- to trade his servile existence for a life of dangerous liberty. As he learns to adapt to his brutal new world, he watches men who would once have been his masters fall dead at his feet. Eventually, he finds himself captain of the very ship that took down the vessel of the man he once served -- Captain John Coxon -- who, disgraced and dissatisfied, hungers to return to the sea and take his revenge. And when His Majesty's Government and the East India Company hear of the Pirate Devlin, and that he is in pursuit of a secret French cargo of gold bullion, it is Coxon they send to bring his former dog to heel.
Airhead / Meg Cabot McMillan Emerson and Nikki have absolutely nothing in common. Emerson's tomboysuperbrain who couldn't care less about her looks. Nikki's a supermodel sensation, and the world's most famous airhead. But a freak accident causes the girls' lives to collide in the most extraordinary way...
Caught in the crossfire / Alan Gibbons Dolphin Set in a northern town where right-wingers are determined to stir up hatred and racial prejudice, six teenagers' lives are woven together by a series of shocking and tragic events. A British Muslim brother and sister, two Irish brothers who take different sides, and two lads out looking for trouble: all of them get caught in the crossfire. Inspired by the Oldham riots and the events of September 11th, this is a chilling account of current events in Britain, but written with humor and understanding.
How to be good / Nick Hornby Penguin London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as "The Angriest Man in Holloway", she figured she could put up with anything. Until, that is, David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too. A far too good person who starts committing crimes of charity like taking in the homeless and giving their kids' toys away. Suddenly Katie's feeling very bad about herself and thinking that if charity begins at home, then maybe it's time to move...
About a boy / Nick Hornby Indigo Will doesn't want children and can't see why everyone keeps recommending them. But he does see the point of single mothers, especially if they look like Julie Christie. Which is how he gets involved in a single parents’ group and invents a two year old son whose absence needs constant explanations.
Babyface / Fiona Gibson Flame When journalist Nina places a lonely hearts ad, she doesn’t expect it to lead to an unplanned baby, gossipy coffee mornings and a dull-as-ditchwater partner. Trapped at home with nappy-changing L-plates, she craves a little glamour and the odd free lunch. And that’s when her fashion editor friend spots her new talent – and baby Ben’s career as a model is launched. Nina intends to tell her partner – but the time is never quite right. And exposure of her secret is only a photographic assignment away…
The invisible ones / Stef Penney Quercus Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he's been chosen more for his blood than his investigative skills. Still, he's surprised by the intense hostility he encounters from the Jankos, who haven't had an easy past. Touched by tragedy, they're either cursed or hiding a terrible secret-whose discovery Ray can't help suspecting is connected to Rose's disappearance. . . .
The giraffe and the pelly and me / Roald Dahl Puffin Billy’s biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweetshop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside- they’re the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you’ve got a giraffe? They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all of England, there’s a chance that Billy’s scrumptious- galumptious dream just might come true…
Charlie and the great glass elevator / Roald Dahl Puffin Charlie Bucket has won Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory and is on his ay to take possession of it. In a great glass elevator! But when the elevator makes a fearful whooshing noise, Charlie and his family find themselves in splendid orbit around the Earth. A daring adventure has begun, with the one and only Mr. Willy Wonka leading the way.
Going solo / Roald Dahl Puffin Going solo tells of how, when he grew up, Roald Dahl left England for Africa and a series of daring and dangerous adventures began. From tales of plane crashes to surviving snake bites, read all about Roald Dahl’s life before becoming the world’s number-one storyteller.
The Twits / Roald Dahl Puffin Mr and Mrs Twit are really disgusting. They smell because they never wash, they fight because they play tricks on each other. And they hate children. But worst of all, they keep monkeys in their back garden. In cages. It’s time for the monkeys to get their revenge on these two most revolting creatures…
Fantastic Mr. Fox / Roald Dahl Puffin Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farm. Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They’re the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they’re concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr. Fox has a fantastic plan of his own…
George’s marvellous medicine / Roald Dahl Puffin Most grandmas are kind and helpful ladies. Not George’s grandma. She’s a grumpy and grizzly old grouch and George wants to teach her a lesson. So when it’s time for her medicine, George concocts a bubbling, frothing, marvellous mixture, which is guaranteed to send her through the roof…
Esio Trot / Roald Dahl Puffin Mr. Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs. Silver, and Mrs. Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. One day, Mrs. Silver asks Mr. Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr. Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr. Hoppy be happy at last?
The BFG / Roald Dahl Puffin Every night, when the world is sleeping, big gruesome giants guzzle up whoppsywhiffling human beans. And there’s only one giant who can’t stop them – the BFG. He’s the kindest giant there is and, with his friend Sophie in is top pocket, he sets out to rid the world of the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and all their rotsome friends forever.
Danny the champion of the world / Roald Dahl Puffin Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father a boy could wish for. Life is happy and peaceful in their gipsy caravan, until one day Danny discovers his dad has been breaking the law. What’s more, soon Danny has to join his father as they attempt to pull off a daring and devilish plot against horrible, red-faced Mr. Victor Hazell…
The magic finger / Roald Dahl Puffin The magic finger is something I’ve been able to do all my life. I can’t tell you just how I do it, because I don’t even know myself. But it always happens when I get cross… and suddenly a sort of flash comes out of me, a quick flash, like something electric. It jumps out and touches the person who has made me cross…
The secret diary of Adrian Mole: aged 13 3/4 / Sue Townsend Penguin The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 is an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into the troubled life of an adolescent. Writing candidly about his parents’ marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and “misunderstood intellectual”, teenager Adrian Mole’s painfully honest diary makes hilarious and compelling reading.
The growing pains of Adrian Mole / Sue Townsend Penguin Troubled teenager Adrian Mole continues to struggle valiantly against the slings and arrows of growing up and his own family’s attempts to scar him for life. In between the ups and downs of his relationship with the divine Pandora and worrying that his genius is going unrecognized. Adrian Mole chronicles the pains and pleasures of a misspent adolescence.
True confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Margaret Hilda Roberts and Susan Lillian Townsend / Sue Townsend Penguin Adrian Mole has grown up. At least that’s what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit “Pinky”, working as a paper pusher for de DoE and pining for the love of his life, Pandora, has proved to him that adulthood isn’t quite what he hoped it would be. Still intellectual poets can’t always have things their own way…Included here are two other less well-known diarist: Sue Townsend and Margaret Hilda Roberts, a rather ambitious grocer’s daughter from Grantham.
Adrian Mole: the wilderness years / Sue Townsend Penguin Adrian Mole has at last reached physical maturity, but he can’t help roaming the pages of his diary like an untamed adolescent. Finally given the heave ho by Pandora, he seeks solace in the arms of Bianca, a qualified hydraulic engineer masquerading as a waitress. Between his dishwashing job and completing his epic novel, Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland, Adrian hopes that fame and fortune will not keep him waiting much longer.
Adrian Mole: the cappuccino years / Sue Townsend Penguin Now in his thirties, Adrian’s still worrying: can he be a good father? Is Viagra cheating? Why won’t the BBC produce The White Van, his serial-killer comedy? Will he find the fulfilment he seeks as celebrity official chef, single parent and celibate novelist? Is there a place for Adrian Mole in Blair’s Brave New Britain?
Adrian Mole and the weapons of mass destruction / Sue Townsend Penguin Adrian Mole’s scribbling for the twenty-first century. Working as a bookseller and living in Leicester’s Rat Wharf; finding time to write letters of advice to Tim Henman and Tony Blair; locked in mortal combat with a vicious swan called Gielgud; measuring his expanding bald spot; and trying to escape the clutches of Marigold and win over her voluptuous sister Daisy… Adrian still yearns for a better more meaningful world. And he’s not ready to surrender his pen yet…
The lost diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 / Sue Townsend Penguin Confiscated for seven years by HM police – in the mistaken belief that they might incriminate the author – these diaries tell of Adrian Mole’s lost years on the cusp of the second millennium. The “same age as Jesus when he died”, Adrian has become a martyr: a single father bringing up tow young boys alone in an uncaring world. With the ever unattainable Pandora pursuing her ambition to become Labour’s first female PM; his over-achieving half-brother, Brett, sponging off him; and literary success as elusive as ever. Adrian tries to make ends meet. But little does he realize that his own modest life is about to come to the attention of those charged with policing The War Against Terror…
More than love letters / Rosy Thornton Headline Review When Richard Slater receives a letter of complaint from one of his constituents, a Margaret Hayton, he merely responds with his standard letter of empty promises. Clearly, this woman is insane and must be avoided at all costs. But she will not be dismissed so easily, and when Richard finally sets eyes on the "twenty-something vision in stone-washed denim," he risks losing his heart, his head, and quite possibly his political career.
The courier / Ava McCarthy Harper Approached to crack a safe by the owner's suspicious wife, reformed hacker Henrietta 'Harry' Martinez can't resist the challenge. Now her client's absconded with a fortune in diamonds, leaving Harry sole witness to a brutal murder. And next in line for a ruthless assassin who doesn't like loose ends. The police are unconvinced, suspicious of Harry's past, and not even an attempt on her life can sway them. It's up to Harry to track down her mystery client. The trail leads from a top racing yard to a smuggling operation in the illegal South Africa world of conflict diamonds. To get to the truth requires all her secret skills. But in a business populated by bloodthirsty mercenaries and financed by ruthless exploitation, how can Harry, alone and abroad, pull off her most audacious heist ever?
Blood from a stone / Donna Leon Arrow On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venice’s Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the event are tourist who had been browsing the man’s wares before his death – fake handbags of every designer label- but they have seen nothing that might be of much help to the police. When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene, he finds it hard to understand why anyone would murder an illegal immigrant. They have few social connections and little money; in-fighting among them is the obvious answer. But once Brunetti begins to investigate this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake in the immigrant community
The shadow of your smile / Mary Higgins Clark Simon & Schuster At age eighty-three and in failing health, Olivia Morrow knows she has little time left. The last of her line, she faces a momentous choice: expose a long-held family secret, or take it with her to her grave. Olivia has in her possession letters from her deceased cousin Catherine, a nun, now being considered for beatification by the Catholic Church. These letters reveal that, at the age of seventeen, Catherine gave birth to a son and gave him up for adoption and they identify the father as Alex Gannon, a world-famous doctor, scientist and inventor of medical patents. Now, two generations later, thirtyone year old paediatrician, Dr. Monica Farrell, Catherine’s granddaughter, stands as the rightful heir to what remains of the Gannon family fortune. But in telling Monica who she really is and getting what is lawfully hers, Olivia would have to betray Catherine’s wishes and reveal the story behind Monica’s ancestry. As the pressure of Olivia’s impending choice weighs down on her, little does she realize that Alex Gannon’s grand-nephews - who are currently exploiting the Gannon inheritance to fund their profligate lifestyles - will stop at nothing to silence Olivia and prevent Monica from learning the secret, even murder.
The accidental proposal / Matt Dunn Simon & Schuster Ed Middleton is ecstatic: he's just got engaged to his girlfriend, Sam, and he couldn't be happier. At least, he thinks he's engaged. The thing is, it was Sam who did the proposing, and the more he thinks about it, the less he's sure that she was actually asking him to marry her. She could have just been asking the question, you know...hypothetically. As the wedding day draws nearer, Ed becomes more and more uneasy. Sam keeps disappearing off for furtive meetings and private phone calls, and when he spies her going into a pub with a man he's never seen before, all his old jealousies and insecurities threaten to re-surface. It's the perfect time for Ed's unhinged ex-girlfriend, Jane, to show up on his doorstep. Meanwhile, Dan - Ed's best-friend and soon-to-bebest-man - is determined to throw him a stag night to remember. And when a severely hung-over Ed wakes up the morning after the night before to see a second dent in the pillow, it seems as if Dan has got his wish. Will Ed manage to find out the truth about his stag night as well as the identity of Sam's secret man? Or will an accidental proposal lead them both down the aisle to a wedding neither of them ever imagined?
Bed rest / Sarah Bilston Sphere Quinn Boothroyd, or Q to her friends, is a successful young English lawyer married to Tom and living in New York. Six months pregnant with her first child, she is thrown into chaos when her doctor tells her she must spend three months on bed rest. But just because Q cannot leave the apartment, it doesn’t mean the world stand still. Thanks to a constant stream of visitors, Q gradually finds herself re-examining her priorities – her marriage, relationships with family and friends, and her job, with some very surprising, funny and touching results…
Take a chance on me / Jill Mansell Headline Review Cleo Quinn doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to men, but now Will's come along. Handsome and attentive, he could be her Mr Right. Things are definitely looking up for Cleo... apart from one small problem with a rather large ego. Johnny LaVenture, sculptor extraordinaire and her personal childhood nemesis, is back in Channing's Hill and tormenting her as if he'd never been away. Meanwhile Cleo's sister Abbie has a problem of her own - husband Tom has become distant and withdrawn, and she's determined to find out why. But will the shocking truth mean the end of their idyllically happy marriage? The sisters are about to discover that the past can come back to haunt you, and that love can flourish in the unlikeliest of places...
Report for murder / Val McDermid Harper Collins Freelance journalist Lindsay Gordon is strapped for cash. Why else would she agree to cover a fund-raising gala at a girls’ public school? But when the star attraction is found garrotted with her own cello string minutes before she is due on stage, Lindsay finds herself investigating a vicious murder. Who would have wanted Lorna Smith-Couper dead? Who had the key to the locked room in which her body was found? An who could have slipped out of the hall at just the right time to commit this calculated and cold-blooded crime?
Don’t look back / Laura Lippman Avon Tucked away in a leafy suburb of Washington, Eliza Benedict cherishes her quiet family life. But her world is shattered when her terrifying past comes back to haunt her. As a naïve fifteen year-old, Eliza was abducted by serial killer Walter Bowman, who targeted young girls in a sexually motivated killing spree. Now on death row, Walter wants to atone for his sins. Reluctantly, Eliza lets Walter back into her life – first by letter, then in person. But Walter is never more dangerous than when he can’t get what he wants – and he want something badly. As Walter’s malign power takes hold, Eliza must do everything she can to stop history repeating itself as the battle of predator and prey plays out once more…
Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books / Azar Nafisi Harper Perennial In Iran in the late 90s, Azar Nafisi and seven young women, her former students, met every Thursday to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Shy and uncomfortable at first, they bean to open up –not only about the novels they were reading but also about their own dreams and disappointments. Their personal stories intertwine with those they are reading- Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, and Lolita – in this rare glimpse of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. A work of great passion and beauty, it is an uplifting account of quiet resistance in the face of repression.
Light on distant hills / Cathal O’Searcaigh Simon & Schuster In Light on distant hills, Cathal O’Searcaigh relives his colourful childhood in a remote Gaelic-speaking community in Country Donegal. His unconventional upbringing by a mother who went on wonder voyages into the otherworld and by a migrant father who did seasonal work in Scotland and loved poetry gave their one and only child a distinctive view of life and of language. Later as a teenager adrift in London and meeting the exotic and the exiled, Cathal begins to explore his sexuality and creativity.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the last straw / Jeff Kinney Puffin Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavours. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his fathers’ efforts to change him. But when Gregs dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up . . . or get shipped out.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do it yourself book / Jeff Kinney Puffin This innovative interactive journal based on Greg Heffley’s own “diary” lets kids express themselves in an exciting new way. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, kids will be asked: What was the best dream you ever had? The worst thing you ever ate? The best secret you ever heard? The most trouble you ever got in for something that wasn’t even your fault to begin with? This Do-It-Yourself Book features art throughout, along with ruled and blank pages for readers to create their own stories, keep their own diaries, and record their favourites and least fauves. Includes a bonus full-color comics section featuring the collected cartoons of Greg Heffley and his best friend, Rowley.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick rules / Jeff Kinney Puffin Whatever you do, don’t ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn’t want to talk about it. As Greg enters the new school year, he’s eager to put the past three months behind him . . . and one event in particular. Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother, Rodrick, knows all about the incident Greg wants to keep under wraps. But secrets have a way of getting out . . . especially when a diary is involved. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules chronicles Greg’s attempts to navigate the hazards of middle school, impress the girls, steer clear of the school talent show, and most important, keep his secret safe.