Hailed everywhere as a masterpiece of suspense, John le Carre's return to Africa is the story of Bruno Salvador (aka Salvo), the 25-year-old orphaned love child of an Irish missionary and a Congolese woman. Quickly rising to the top of his profession as an interpreter, Salvo is dispatched by British[...]
The earthshaking decade of the 1960s comes to a sweeping and dangerous close, as William Shaw's detective duo battle the most powerful members of London society.
After being wounded in the line of duty, Detective Sergeant Breen recuperates on the family farm of his former partner, Helen Tozer. To[...]
The bestselling series from author TappeiNagatsuki continues in this spin-off where some of your favorite characterscapture the spotlight!Long ago, in the kingdom of Lugunica, therewas a great war between the royal military forces and the demihumans. A hero wasborn on that battlefield--the Sword Dem[...]
In the brilliantly engaging style that characterised The Genius of Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate has written a series of compelling pieces on the link between literature and the environment and why poetry matters in the new millennium. In fascinating detail, Bate explains how words like 'culture' and '[...]
When Ellen Carr abandons grey, dreary London to become housekeeper at an experimental school in Austria, she finds her destiny. Swept into an idyllic world of mountains, music, eccentric teachers and wayward children, Ellen brings order and joy to all around her. But it's the handsome, mysterious ga[...]
The Gruffalo returns with his very own song to introduce a truly monster music session! As well as being the UK's most successful picture book author, Julia Donaldson is a gifted songwriter for children. This volume contains nine of her best-loved songs, including "The Gruffalo", "A Squash and a Squ[...]
Peter Robinson's psychological thriller Caedmon's Song follows two characters and their mysterious connection.On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is viciously attacked. When she awakes [...]
The first things to shift were the doll's eyes, the beautiful grey-green glass eyes. Slowly they swivelled, until their gaze was resting on Triss's face. Then the tiny mouth moved, opened to speak. 'What are you doing here?' It was uttered in tones of outrage and surprise, and in a voice as cold and[...]
The rangers closed in, firing steadily. Within minutes all the adult animals were down. Only the calves still raced in bewildered circles, stumbling over the bodies of the dead and dying. Six minutes after the first shot, a silence fell over the killing ground on Long Vlei ...In the blinding light o[...]
Bruno Salvador has worked on clandestine missions before. A highly skilled interpreter, he is not stranger to the Official Secrts Act. But this is the first time he has been asked to change his identity - and, worse still, his clothes - in service of his country. Whisked to a remote island to interp[...]
In this epic, original novel in which Hawaii's fierce, sweeping past springs to life, Kiana Davenport, author of the acclaimed Shark Dialogues, draws upon the remarkable stories of her people to create a timeless, passionate tale of love and survival, tragedy and triumph, survival and transcende[...]
The beloved Eddings writing team, coauthors of the bestselling Belgariad and Malloreon fantasy series, now turn their creative storytelling skills to one of real lifes most mysterious occurrences: the shared biology of twins and the uncanny bonds that arise from it. Part murder mystery, ghost story,[...]
From the author of "Serving Crazy with Curry" comes an ambitious, moving tale of one woman's search for a meaningful life in post-independence India.[...]
George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy. Martinâdubbed the âAmerican Tolkienâ by Time magazineâhas created a world that is as rich and vital as any piece of historical fiction, set in an age of knight[...]
Fans around the world are obsessed with George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, the epic that inspired HBO's "Game of Thrones. "They relish the acclaimed series not only for its rich settings and unforgettable characters, but its surprising plot twists and turns. This 2013 calendar captures tw[...]
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A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK TWO
In this thrilling sequel to "A Game of Thrones, "George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. "A Clash of Kings "transports us to a[...]
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THE HIT ORIGINAL SERIES FROM HBO
#1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
Includes
GAME OF THRONES
A CLASH OF KINGS
A STORM OF SWORDS
A FEAST FOR CROWS
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS[...]
Conservationist and naturalist John Lister-Kaye, founder of the Aigas Field Centre, writes about his life in the glens, the wildlife that surrounds him and the primeval magical exchange that takes place between man and nature once so central to ancient civilisations. He describes finding the ruined[...]
The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in [...]
Dinah is a tough-talking bisexual dominatrix with a weakness for redheads. So when she meets Grace, a beautiful hotel receptionist looking for excitement, she can't resist converting her to a life of lesbian submission. But Grace is forced to overcome her timidity and take up the whip herself when e[...]