Felicity Clairet, more commonly known as Flick, is English, and the beautiful wife of Michel, the leader of the Reims-based Resistance circuit, codenamed Bollinger. By day, Flick is a first-aider, by night, she plays a vital role in the Resistance.
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Felicity Clairet, more commonly known as Flick, is English, and the beautiful wife of Michel, the leader of the Reims-based Resistance circuit, codenamed Bollinger. By day, Flick is a first-aider, by night, she plays a vital role in the Resistance.
Is a loved one missing body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Has a human already cross-bred with a monkey? We live in a GENETIC WORLD. Fast, frightening - and potentially VERY lucrative. There are designer pets; a genetic cure for drug …
story which presents a child's view of a pivotal event in British and Irish history. A young Dublin boy is caught up in the rising of 1916 on O'Connell Street. Surrounded by danger and starving families, how can he make sense of all the conflict?
picture of Anglo-Irish life at the troublesome time of 1920. The family at the big house are in an equivocal position. Interest and tradition should make them support the British but affection ties them to the now-resistant people of the …
Aborting an officially-sanctioned assassination attempt at the Houses of Parliament when he realises who the target is, Secret Intelligence Service 'deniable operator' Nick Stone is given a chilling ultimatum by his bosses: fly to Panama and …
Many a hardcase had died trying to take the bank in Obaro. Considine aimed to break the bank and settle an old score at the same time. But he never counted on meeting a beautiful woman and her trail-savvy but reckless father, headed straight for …
'This new anthology is as entrancing as the lost gardens of Heligan - I cannot imagine an anthology anyone would enjoy more.' Ruth Padel, The Independent This beautifully compiled and designed anthology brings together over 250 poems about …
Meredith Gentry #3: Seduced by Moonlight
To some I am Meredith Gentry, P.I. To others I am Princess Merry, heir to the throne of Faerie. And there are those who whisper that I am both of these and more. My aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, no long distracted by her sadistic pastimes, …
On a lake deep in the Minnesota woods, Kathy Wade comforts her husband John, a rising political star, after a devastating electoral defeat. But it is clear that something is horribly wrong between them - too much has been hidden. Then Kathy …
companion volume to Weelly Wisdom, this is another fresh 'take' on the current trend for small, but attractively packaged, gift books with international appeal. Many of the successful gift books in this genre to date have had an underlying …
Silas Marner, a simple, religious man, angrily retreats from his community and church when he is unjustly accused of theft. In an isolated cottage, Silas spends his days weaving cloth and his nights sifting through the piles of gold he …
Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements: The Essential Guide for Improving Your Health Naturally
People of the nineties "want empowerment over illness. And they've got it—if they know the facts! In his new book, "Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements, naturopathic physician Michael T. Murray guides readers through the often complex, …
Following the bizarre accidental death of his wife, an Israeli secret agent retires to the suburbs. After a lifetime of uncovering other people's secrets, he is forced to look back at the lies he has told himself. The author's other books include …
First published in 1933, the novel portrays a series of encounters in Berlin between the narrator and the camp and mildly sinister Mr. Norris. Evoking the atmosphere in Berlin during the rise of the Nazis, the novel has achieved the status of a …
Fay McLeod has fallen out of love with her husband and fallen in love with a man with three failed marriages behind him. Can Fay believe in lasting love with such a man? Carol Shields has also written Mary Swann and Happenstance.
For twenty years, Anna Bouverie, as a priest's wife, has served God and the parish in a variety of ways. She has baked for the Brownies, delivered parish magazines, washed and ironed her husband's surplices and clothed herself and her children in …
Fortress Draconis: Book One of the Dragoncrown War Cycle
The incredible new fantasy epic that began with The Dark Glory War continues in... Fortress Draconis In an age of treachery and peril, a young thief may be the prophesied savior ... or the betrayer of the world. From Michael A. Stackpole, "New …
On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the 20th century…
All her life Reta Winters has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness with a loving family and growing success as a writer. Then her eldest daughter suddenly withdraws from the world to sit on a street corner, uncommunicative but for a sign …
Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' …
The Krays: The Final Countdown: The Ultimate Biography of Ron, Reg & Charlie Kray
The Krays were a product of their age, nurtured by a doting mother and created by their community, the East End of London. Their name alone conjures up images of power, violence, and greed-and even brother Charlie couldn't steer the twins Ron and …
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Three decades after its original bestselling publication, "Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York" is still on target as the most achingly funny book-length suicide note ever written by a single 30-year-old trying to straddle two worlds: …
"Still Life with Woodpecker is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and …
Gary Cheese is 19 and works for British Telecom as an operator. His hobbies include watching TV, walking his dog, going down to the pub, and attempting to re-animate the dead.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Perhaps Joyce's most personal work, "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man depicts the intellectual awakening of one of literature's most memorable young heroes, Stephen Dedalus. Through a series of brilliant epiphanies that parallel the …
"The Ferris Conspiracy" is one man's insight into Britain's crime world and the inextricable web of corruption. Arthur Thompson, Godfather of the crime world and senior partner of the Krays, recruited young Paul Ferris as a bagman, debt collector,…
story of domestic danger and mystery, set against the world of New York's fashion industry. The sudden disappearance of Ethel Lambston, a gossip writer known to many but loved by few, draws boutique-owner Neeve Kearny into a tangled drama in …
This wonderful novel tells the story of seventeen year old Cassandra and her extraordinary family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty ina ramshackle old English castle. Cassandra's eccentric father is a writer whose first book took the literary …
Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives, presents his most ambitious and multi-layered novel to date—examining wildly divisive issues in today's America with his trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill. On a balmy …
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy
Terry Brooks. David Eddings. George R. R. Martin. Robin Hobb. The top names in modern fantasy all acknowledge J. R. R. Tolkien as their role model, the author whose work inspired them to create their own epics. But what writers influenced Tolkien …