Contemporary fiction titles are those which focus on the present or near past. Stories rooted in the current cultural, social, and political landscape which feature characters we can all recognise.
Contemporary Fiction Books
Methuen Publishing Ltd Turmoil Tifat Adventure
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Methuen Publishing Ltd Hemingways Chair
Book SynopsisMichael Palin's hilarious novel, a New York Times Notable Book, is a tale of a man learning to stand up for what he believes in--just like Ernest Hemingway.Trade Review*"An intricate plot with some grand, Pythonesque moments." The Independent * "A beautifully constructed thoughtful novel." Scotland on Sunday * "Hemingway's Chair is padded with the charm and humanity that typifies Palin's work." Independent on Sunday * "Comic dialogue that leaps off the page." Literary Review * "A beguiling comedy." The Times
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Methuen Publishing Ltd Retribution A TIFAT Adventure
Book SynopsisThe further adventures of Nick Hunter and his TIFAT team.
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Methuen Publishing Ltd Me Then
Book SynopsisME, THEN - a debut novel from MIA KIMTrade ReviewIn ME, THEN Mia Kim effectively guides the reader through more harrowing twists and turns in her protagonist's life as hardships continue, right up to the final pages. This suspenseful and moving work sparkles with figurative language, which is the work's primary strength, and it creates a vivid picture - an affecting and well-crafted historical tale, Kirkus Reviews, December 2021..............................; ME, THEN is a gem of a novel. A modest stone, but engagingly faceted, and beautifully set. It does what all great literature hopes to do, and transports the reader to an unfamiliar world, effortlessly enticing them to live in it awhile, to the gentle benefit of their own humanity. Its prose is Hemingway lean, yet carries a McCullers' charge. It speaks with clarity the words unspoken by its young protagonist, and page by page reveals an aspirant heart and a determined mind that one will never care to forget. It is a divinely empathetic read; a sipping cup of shared experience. I highly recommend it. TERRY JOHNSON, Olivier Award winning dramatist..............................; ME, THEN is an amazing accomplishment. Although set in Korea in the 1960's, the story is at once universal and timeless. It is like something from Charles Dickens in the best possible sense-an epic chronicle of a child's suffering and passage through a crazy but thoroughly human mess of a family. My hat is off to Mia Kim for creating a saga that is wholly authentic and real and that conveys emotions and story power with eloquent simplicity. It's a gift of empathy and courage to anyone who reads it. STEVEN PRESSFIELD, New York Times bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance and Gates of Fire..............................; Deftly paced and beautifully written, ME, THEN is an emotionally gripping cultural immersion. Su-Young, the brave and compelling young Korean protagonist, seems reminiscent of characters from Dickens or the Brontes, facing the same relentless childhood adversity: poverty, abandonment, isolation. A captivating story that lingers far beyond the final pages. BRUNONIA BARRY, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader..............................; Written in powerful, gripping, lyrical prose, ME, THEN is an immersive, heart-wrenching dive into a young girl's quest for a better life. An utterly unforgettable read, Su-young's story resonates long after the final page. ALYSON NOEL, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortals..............................; As a crime author, normally I would have little interest in a story about a vulnerable, young Korean girl growing up in Seoul. But from the first page of Mia Kim's ME, THEN I was hooked. This novel evoked all my emotions, a rollercoaster ride only possible when an author brings believability and authenticity to a narrative set in an unfamiliar world. An incredible story that haunts you until its final scene. LOWELL CAUFFIEL, New York Times bestselling author of House of Secrets
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Methuen Publishing Ltd Me Then
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Methuen Publishing Ltd Vendetta
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Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. Where All Light Tends to Go
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Random House USA Inc Bendigo Shafter A Novel Louis LAmours Lost
Book SynopsisAt what point does a group of strangers become a community? When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man. But when he travels to New York to reclaim the love of Ninon, his childhood sweetheart, Bendigo is faced with new challenges. Will hard-edged instincts, honed from years in the mountains, serve him in the big city? Does Ninon’s heart belong to the lights and glamour of the theater? And if his destiny deems it so, will he be willing to leave the community he toiled so long and hard to build? Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some o
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Cornerstone The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. A Trilogy
Book SynopsisFirst a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, now a blockbuser movie, the immensely successful Hitch Hiker''s Guide to the Galaxy needs no introduction. Reissued to coincide with the film''s release, this hardback omnibus edition include all five parts of the trilogy, incorporating for the first time, Mostly Harmless, along with a guide to the guide and essential notes on how to leave the planet.This single hardback edition is indispensable for any would-be galactic traveller and for old and new fans of Douglas Adams, Doctor Who and bestselling science fiction books.Trade ReviewIt's science fiction and it's extremely funny...inspired lunacy that leaves hardly a science fiction cliche alive. * Washington Post *The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes, and his travels afford a wild satire of present institutions. * Chicago Tribune *Very simply, the book is one of the funniest SF spoofs ever written, with hyperbolic ideas folding in on themselves. * School Library Journal *A sci-fi book, packed full of adventure and humour * The Guardian *
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Cornerstone The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
Book SynopsisDOUGLAS ADAMS was born in Cambridge in March 1952 and died unexpectedly in May 2001. He is best known as the creator of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992) and many more. He has sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49.Trade ReviewIt is funny and funny in every way * Daily Telegraph *Indispensable reading for mental hitchhikers who want to thumb a lift out of the ruts of orthodox thought * Daily Mail *One of the world’s sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices * Independent on Sunday *
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Vintage Publishing A Clergymans Daughter
Book SynopsisVolume 3 of The Complete Works of George OrwellNo one has ever been as severe as George Orwell himself as to the merits of A Clergyman's Daughter. He didn't want this, his second novel, reprinted and he had, he once said, made a muck of it'. Orwell's disenchantment may in part stem from the way the book was to use his favourite word for this process garbled' during its passage from the typescript to print. Thus A Clergyman's Daughter became for him a deformed child: others also made a muck of it'.Although it is generally agreed that Orwell did not effectively reconcile the sections of this novel, the development of the narrative was greatly hindered by the effects of censorship. This arose from the publisher's understandable fears at the time that the book as submitted would lead to actions for libel, defamation and obscenity. In consequence, many pages were toned down' (again, Orwell's words), what was specific was made vague and unloca
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Random House Publishing Group Burned A Fever Novel 7
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Mac is back and badder than ever!”—J. R. WardMacKayla Lane and Jericho Barrons return in the blockbuster Fever series from Karen Marie Moning. It’s easy to walk away from lies. Power is another thing. MacKayla Lane would do anything to save the home she loves. A gifted sidhe-seer, she’s already fought and defeated the deadly Sinsar Dubh—an ancient book of terrible evil—yet its hold on her has never been stronger. When the wall that protected humans from the seductive, insatiable Fae was destroyed on Halloween, long-imprisoned immortals ravaged the planet. Now Dublin is a war zone with factions battling for control. As the city heats up and the ice left by the Hoar Frost King melts, tempers flare, passions run red-hot, and dangerous lines get crossed. Seelie and Unseelie vie for power against nine ancient immortals who have governed Dublin
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Little, Brown & Company Thug Lovin
Book SynopsisThe hood''s favorite power couple moves to LA and finds big money -- and major temptation -- in the fourth book of Wahida Clark''s thrilling series perfect for fans of Love & Hip Hop. Tasha and Trae, the hood''s favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony. Even with their relocation to sunny Los Angeles, the drama of New York cannot be escaped. From running a nightclub to dealing with models, shady lawyers, big money, new kinds of temptations, seductions, and drugs-not to mention new love interests-can this infamous couple weather all the storms and keep it together?
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Penguin Putnam Inc When We Left Cuba
Book SynopsisIn 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life - and heart - to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel.
£12.59
Alfred A. Knopf Playhouse
Book SynopsisFrom the prize-winning fiction writer Richard Bausch (“A master of the novel as well as the story . . . Effortlessly engaging” —Sven Birkerts, The New York Times), a sharp, affecting, masterly new novel about a close-knit theater community in Memphis and one turbulent, transformative production of King Lear.As renovations begin at the Shakespeare Theater of Memphis, life for the core members of the company seems to be falling into disarray. Their trusted director has just retired, and theater manager Thaddeus Deerforth—staring down forty and sensing a rift growing slowly between himself and his wife, Gina—dreads the arrival of an imperious, inscrutable visiting director. Claudette, struggling to make ends meet as an actor and destabilized by family troubles, is getting frequent calls from her ex-boyfriend—and also the narcissistic, lecherous television actor who has been recruited to play King Lear in their fall productio
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Basic Books The Spinoza Problem
Book SynopsisA haunting portrait of Arthur Rosenberg, one of Nazism''s chief architects, and his obsession with one of history''s most influential Jewish thinkersIn The Spinoza Problem, Irvin Yalom spins fact and fiction into an unforgettable psycho-philosophical drama. Yalom tells the story of the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza, whose philosophy led to his own excommunication from the Jewish community, alongside that of the rise and fall of the Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg, who two hundred years later during World War II ordered his task force to plunder Spinoza''s ancient library in an effort to deal with the Nazis'' Spinoza Problem. Seamlessly alternating between Golden Age Amsterdam and Nazi Germany, Yalom investigates the inner lives of these two enigmatic men in a tale of influence and anxiety, the origins of good and evil, and the philosophy of freedom and the tyranny of terror.Trade ReviewSir Anthony Hopkins, actor "This is the most intriguing novel I've read in many a year. Irvin Yalom has created a taut, deeply informative page turner. I enthusiastically recommend The Spinoza Problem." Jay Parini, author of The Last Station and The Passages of H.M. "Spinoza had no 'real life' outside his reading and writing: he lived in his brilliant mind. So how do you write about a philosopher--a writer beloved of Goethe, Schopenhauer, and so many other thinkers--who spent most of his time in thought? And how do you regard Spinoza--a Jew whose work helped to usher in the Enlightenment--if, indeed, you're a Nazi? Irvin Yalom is just the writer to take on such a problem, and he solves it, with his own novelistic brilliance, in this vibrant book. In my view, Yalom is one of the most eclectic, wide-ranging, and dazzling writers of our time." Martin E. P. Seligman, author of Flourish "Irvin Yalom is the most significant writer of psychological fiction in the world today. I didn't think he could top When Nietzsche Wept or The Schopenhauer Cure, but he has. The Spinoza Problem is a masterpiece." Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry & Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego "Irvin Yalom's The Spinoza Problem is an amazing novel that combines fact and fiction in a spell-binding manner. Little is known about the psyche of either Baruch Spinoza or Alfred Rosenberg, yet using his extraordinary ability to peer into the minds of his patients, Dr. Yalom has produced a rare gem in existing literature. Only an incomparably gifted author could write such a fascinating and thought-provoking novel. A real page-turner." Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of -Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity "The great-souled psychiatrist has written a novel about the great-souled philosopher. Ambitious, erudite, and engaging, The Spinoza Problem's interweaving tale forces a reader to confront the fundamental question: can reason exert its force for good?" Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone "Irvin Yalom does a masterful job in bringing to life Spinoza and his philosophy and connecting it to the apocalyptic history of Nazi Germany and the persona of Alfred Rosenberg. It's the sort of temporal alchemy and alchemy of science and fiction that Yalom does so well. The Spinoza Problem is engrossing, enlightening, disturbing and ultimately deeply satisfying." Lou Marinoff, Professor of Philosophy, City College of New York, and President, American Philosophical Practitioners Association "The Spinoza Problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras: one governed by medieval superstition; the other, by totalitarian racism. The novel is a masterpiece, depicting the ultimate triumph of clear and compassionate reason over religious dogma and political pathology alike. I think it's Yalom's greatest yet." Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D., Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, and Past-President, American Psychiatric Association "In The Spinoza Problem, Irvin Yalom has given us a suspenseful and meaningful novel spanning nearly three centuries and depicting how philosophy and wisdom can spur evil counter-responses that can continue for centuries. This book is another tour de force from a leading psychiatrist psychotherapist who has truly created a genre of fiction and whose novels engross and enlighten us as we anticipate turning the next page. The Spinoza Problem is another not to be missed work from one of the great contributors to the scientific and fictional literature of psychotherapy." Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Imaginative and erudite" The Washington Post "[A]s an accessible introduction to Spinoza's complex philosophy, Yalom's method has much to recommend it. Like a good teacher, he presents only a few ideas at a time and moves carefully from one to the next with frequent recapitulation...The conversations he creates give a lovely sense of the philosopher's character and provide a lucid explanation of the man's major ideas about nature, free will, and reason." Tucson Citizen "In this highly intriguing novel, Irvin D. Yalom...builds a plot around the obsession that the infamously anti-Semitic Rosenberg had with Spinoza, a Jew. Yalom seamlessly parallels the intellectual and personal lives of these two very different men in this engaging, erudite tale. Yalom's ability to make complex ideas and theories accessible is what makes his novels so popular. The Spinoza Problem gives readers a penetrating look at the perils inherent in seeking wisdom, and the dangers incumbent on anyone brave or foolish enough to attempt a philosophical life." San Francisco Book Review "Powerful." Jewish Book World "Beautifully written, remarkably ambitious, filled with vivid descriptions of place, and bursting with brilliant insights, The Spinoza Problem carefully develops its personalities and issues so that they come alive in a highly original and absorbing way." San Jose Mercury News "What links renowned 17th-century Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza with the Nazi party ideologue whose 'master race' theory led to Hitler's 'final solution? That question is brilliantly explored in the new novel The Spinoza Problem... As in his earlier novel When Nietzsche Wept, Yalom again dramatizes a great thinker's ideas." Jewish Journal "Yalom's latest novel, The Spinoza Problem, is yet another example of how a psychiatrist's stock in trade -- the secrets spoken only in the therapist's office -- can be spun into gold by a gifted storyteller... The Spinoza Problem consists of two compelling narratives... The two tales amount to a mystery novel, although it is a mystery of a very cerebral kind." City Book Review "Yalom delivers a powerful philosophical and psychological novel." Shelf Awareness "[Yalom] is the perfect author to bring together Spinoza and Rosenberg in a novel... [The Spinoza Problem is a] highly intriguing exploration of the connections between a Jewish philosopher and a Nazi ideologue." Philosophical Practice "Yalom has artfully pulled off a feat that could easily backfire in the hands of a less-gifted novelist... Dramatically pleasing, and wonderfully crafted... [Yalom] seeks to plumb the depths of the human mind and its myriad workings." Baltimore Jewish Times "Yalom...does a skillful job of weaving together the stories of these two men... The novel is gripping and informative, a brilliant work of psychological fiction."
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Dover Publications Inc. Italian Stories
Book SynopsisEleven great stories in original Italian with vivid, accurate English translations on facing pages, teaching and practice aids, Italian-English vocabulary, more. Chronologically arranged stories by Boccaccio, Machiavelli, d''Annunzio, Pirandello and Moravia, plus significant works by lesser-knowns.
£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. French Stories
Book SynopsisTen unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: Micromégas by Voltaire; The Atheist''s Mass by Balzac; The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler by Flaubert; Spleen of Paris by Baudelaire; Minuet by de Maupassant; The Guest by Camus; and more. Accurate English translations appear on facing pages.
£15.29
Dover Publications Inc. Heart of Darkness
Book SynopsisDark allegory describes the narrator''s journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. Masterly blend of adventure, character development, psychological penetration. Considered by many Conrad''s finest, most enigmatic story.
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Dover Publications Inc. Eleven Short Stories
Book SynopsisMasterly stories include Little Hut, With Other Eyes, A Voice, Citrons from Sicily, A Character's Tragedy, six more. English translations.
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Dover Publications Inc. Song of Myself Dover Thrift Editions
Book SynopsisIt was with this first version of "Song of Myself," from the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, that Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers of revised editions will find this version surprising, and often superior. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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Dover Publications Inc. Great American Short Stories Dover Thrift
Book SynopsisFeatures 19 gems in the American short-story tradition, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herman Melville, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, plus stories by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, Twain, others.
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Dover Publications Inc. Pre Raphaelite Poetry
Book SynopsisPoetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti crowns this outstanding collection: highlights include The Blessed Damozel, My Sister''s Sleep, and selections from The House of Life. Christina Rossetti is represented by Remember, Cousin Kate, and Song; Swinburne''s The Garden of Proserpine, Morris'' The Haystack in the Floods, and Meredith''s Lucifer by Starlight.
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Dover Publications Inc. Ulysses
Book SynopsisOriginally damned as obscure and obscene, Joyce''s masterpiece now stands as one of the great literary achievements of the 20th century. Loosely based on the Odyssey, it follows Leopold Bloom and other Dubliners through a seemingly ordinary summer day and night in 1904 a typical day, transformed by Joyce''s narrative powers into an epic celebration of life.
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Dover Publications Inc. The Nutcracker
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Dover Publications Inc. Weeds
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Alfred A. Knopf Bad Man
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Random House USA Inc Full Bloom
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Alfred A. Knopf Elsey Come Home
Book SynopsisONE OF THE “BEST WOMEN’S FICTION OF 2019 (SO FAR)”—MARIE CLAIRE ONE OF THE “61 BOOKS WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO READING IN 2019”—THE HUFFINGTON POST ONE OF THE “16 FICTION RELEASES TO WATCH FOR”—WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKSONE OF THE “BEST NEW BOOKS COMING OUT WINTER 2019”—SOUTHERN LIVING ONE OF THE “10 NEWLY-RELEASED BOOKS THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN EXCUSE TO STAY INDOORS THIS WINTER”—O MAGAZINE “I loved, loved this novel” —Lily King “What more can I say—perfect” —Judy Blume“In this intricate, delicate-as-rice-paper novel, an American painter living in Beijing and trying to clean up her act at a yoga retreat makes gains in fits and starts, ‘a butterfly, fli
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Penguin Putnam Inc Verge
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Penguin Putnam Inc Naamah
Book SynopsisA wildly imaginative novel of the reluctant heroine who rescued life on earth
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Penguin Putnam Inc Leda and the Swan
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Story Of O
Book SynopsisThe classic French erotic bestseller that preceded Fifty Shades of GreyA beautiful young French woman, known only as O', is taken by her lover René to a splendid mansion near Paris. Here, she is initiated into an elite secret society, where she must learn to serve the sexual fantasies of René and his fellow members. But she must also explore the nature of her own darkest desires and confront just how far she is willing to go for loveTrade Review"'A rare thing, a pornographic book well written and without a trace of obscenity' * Graham Greene *‘A remarkable piece of work’ * Harold Pinter *A highly literary and imaginative work, the brilliance of whose style leaves one in no doubt whatever of the author's genius...a profoundly disturbing book, as well as a black tour-de-force * Spectator *Here all kinds of terrors await us, but like a baby taking its mother's milk all pains are assuaged. Touched by the magic of love, everything is transformed. Story of O is a deeply moral homily * J.G. Ballard *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Message from Nam
Book SynopsisHow do you tell someone what it's like to kill a man hand to hand, run a bayonet through his guts, or shoot a sniper in the face who turns out to be a woman? Or about the sunsets on the mountains or the green of Viet Nam, or the sounds and the smells, and the people, and the girl who can't even say your name, but you know you love her.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Vanished
Book SynopsisAn intriguing tale of guilt, desire and suspense from the bestselling author of Finding Ashley.In the late 1930s in New York, Marielle Patterson shares her life with her husband Malcolm and their little boy Teddy. But their lives are filled with secrets. Haunted by a past she has kept secret even from her husband, Marielle secretly lights a candle each year for a child who died in a tragic accident when he was scarcely more than a baby. Then Marielle runs into her first love, American expatriate Charles Delauney. And when her little Teddy is kidnapped Charles is first blamed, then arrested, as the Pattersons, the New York Police and the FBI turn the country upside down, looking for Teddy.A terrifying court drama seeks to put Charles Delauney behind bars, as a series of revelations begin to unravel the truth about Marielle, Charles, and Malcolm. Piece by piece the uncovering of their pasts creates a complex mosaic of the motives and passions controlling
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Accident
Book SynopsisAlthough frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after their seven-year-old son, Andy, and their teenage daughter, Allyson.Allyson, at fifteen, is trying her wings and one weekend, instead of an evening with her friend Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another.At the hospital, Page finds Chloe''s divorced father, Trygve, and, unable to locate Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not liveTrade ReviewDon't tackle this book without a large packet of Mom-sized tissues -- Georgia Metcalfe * Daily Mail *Steel is one of the best! * Los Angeles Times *The plot of Danielle Steel's novels twist and weave as incredible stories unfold to the glee and delight of her enormous reading public * United Press International *Ms. Steel's fans won't be disappointed! * The New York Times Book Review *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Lightning
Book SynopsisIn Lightning, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel tells the story of a woman whose life is changed by one swift, unexpected stroke of fate.As a partner in one of New York''s most prestigious law firms, Alexandra Parker barely manages to juggle husband, career, and the three-year-old child she gave birth to at forty. Then lightning strikes - a routine medical check-up turns her world upside down when tests reveal shattering news. Her husband Sam, a Wall Street whiz-kid, is as proud of his long-time marriage to Alex as he is of his successful career - until he is caught off guard by Alex''s illness. Terrified of losing his wife and family, Sam fails to provide any kind of emotional support.Almost overnight, Sam takes his distance from Alex, and they become strangers. As lightning strikes them yet again, Sam''s promising career suddenly explodes into disaster, and his very life and identity are challenged. With his future hanging in the balance, Alex must decide wh
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Great Flying Stories
Book SynopsisFormer RAF pilot and investigative journalist, Frederick Forsyth defined the modern thriller when he wrote The Day of The Jackal, described by Lee Child as the book that broke the mould', with its lightning-paced storytelling, effortlessly cool reality and unique insider information. Since then he has written twelve novels which have been bestsellers around the world: The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fourth Protocol, The Negotiator, The Deceiver, The Fist of God, Icon, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and, most recently, The Kill List. He lives in Buckinghamshire, England.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Night Listener
Book SynopsisArmistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C. in 1944 but was brought up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in Vietnam before moving to California in 1971 as a reporter for the Associated Press. In 1976 he launched his daily newspaper serial, Tales of the City, in the San Francisco Chronicle. The first fiction to appear in an American daily for decades, Tales grew into an international sensation when compiled and rewritten as novels. Maupin's six-volume Tales of the City sequence - Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, and Sure of You - are now multi-million bestsellers published in eleven languages. The first three of these novels were adapted into widely acclaimed television mini-series. Maupin's 1992 novel, Maybe the Moon, chronicling the adventures of the world's shortest woman, was a number one bestseller. The Night Listener was made into a featurTrade Review'A tremendous, hugely satisfying read' * Time Out *'Absorbing, sophisticated, funny and touching' * The Sunday Times *'Elegantly conceived and executed, The Night Listener marks a long overdue return to fiction by one of America's best-loved writers...a real page-turner' * Sunday Telegraph *'His most mature, mellow and moving novel yet' * Independent *'A mystery studded with elegant twists and turns' * The New York Times Book Review *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Five Days In Paris
Book SynopsisPeter Haskell, president of a major pharmaceutical company, has everything: power, position, and a family which mean everything to him. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband''s ambitions and career until her soul is bone-dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows; when her son died, a piece of Olivia died too.On the night of a bomb threat, Olivia and Peter meet accidentally in Paris. Their lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, and in a café in Montmartre their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so sure of his marriage and success, is faced with his professional career in jeopardy - Olivia, no longer sure of anything, knows that she cannot go on any more. When Olivia disappears, only Peter suspects that it may not be foul play, and he has to find her again. But where will they go from there? Five days in Paris is all they have.Home ag
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Ghost
Book SynopsisWith a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston''s life seems in perfect balance. Nothing in his comfortable existence prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage - or his unwanted transfer to his firm''s New York office. With nothing left to lose, Charlie takes a leave of absence from his job to drive through New England, hoping to make peace with himself. Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden, blinding snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There, as if by chance, Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her most precious possession: a remote, exquisite lakeside chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived and died there two centuries before. Her name was Sarah Ferguson. And from the moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau''s graceful depths, he feels her presence, and longs to know more about the life she led
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Irresistible Forces
Book SynopsisFor fourteen years, Steve and Meredith Whitman have sustained a marriage of passion and friendship, despite the demands of two all-consuming careers. Meredith is a top investment banker, Steve a gifted physician - the only thing missing in their life is children. Steve longs for them. But Meredith keeps putting off motherhood, and now she has been offered an extraordinary job opportunity in San Francisco, three thousand miles away. Steve urges her to accept, saying that he''s more than happy to uproot himself and will join her as soon as he can find a new job himself. Perhaps in California, he hopes, they can begin a family at last.Neither Steve nor Meredith had reckoned on a prolonged separation, but Steve''s job keeps him in New York for months longer than planned. Weekends together fall prey to their hectic schedules. Alone in San Francisco, Meredith is spending long hours at the office with her boss, charismatic entrepreneur Callan Dow. Steve is working late shifts at th
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Journey
Book SynopsisDanielle Steel is one of the world's most popular and highly acclaimed authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved.To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website at www.daniellesteel.comYou can also connect with Danielle on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DanielleSteelOfficial or on Twitter: @daniellesteel
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Transworld Publishers Ltd TheSilent Lady by Cookson Catherine Author ON
Book SynopsisThe woman who presented herself at the offices of the respectable firm of London solicitors was, the receptionist decided, clearly a vagrant who had been sleeping on the streets. The clothes that hung on her frail body were filthy, and she seemed unable to speak. When she asked to see the firm''s senior partner, Alexander Armstrong, she was at first shown the door - but when Mr Armstrong learned the name of his visitor, all the office staff were amazed at his reaction. For Irene Baindor was a woman with a past, and her emergence from obscurity was to signal the unravelling of a mystery that had baffled the lawyer for twenty-six years.What Irene - the silent lady of the title - had been doing, and where she had been, gradually emerged over the following weeks as Armstrong met the unlikely benefactors who had befriended her and helped her to build a useful and satisfying life in a sheltered environment. Now, at last, she was able to confront her tortured and violent past and find
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Rosas Island
Book SynopsisAn orphaned child from an island on the east coast of Yorkshire grows up to discover the secrets and tragedies of her past.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Steel D Lone Eagle
Book SynopsisIt is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the brilliant protégé of Charles Lindbergh, seems just out of her reach. As the months pass, they meet again, and although Kate goes off to university and Joe skyrockets to fame in modern aviation, he is always drawn back to her, as a moth to a flame. When the war is over Kate wants a marriage and family - while Joe wants the world. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences for the rest of their lives...Lone Eagle is a novel of extraordinary grace and compassion from a master storyteller.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Cottage
Book SynopsisOn a sunny day in Hollywood, a gleaming Rolls-Royce convertible pulls through the gates of the magnificent estate known as The Cottage. The man behind the wheel is Hollywood''s ageless wonder, Cooper Winslow, a star of the silver screen for decades, a man whose allure to women is the stuff of legend. But today Coop Winslow is in for a surprise - he''s broke. With no major roles coming his way, Coop is faced with the heartbreaking prospect of selling his beloved home.His new tenants, Mark Friedman and Jimmy O''Connor, have problems of their own. Mark''s wife of sixteen years just walked out, and Jimmy recently lost his own wife to a devastating illness. But then Mark''s teenage son and daughter move in - and everything changes. Music blasts from every corner, young starlets stream in and out, a scandal erupts and, unexpectedly, three men who never met are becoming friends... Then The Cottage welcomes a new houseguest with a secret of her own, who will change Coop''s life in u
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Answered Prayers
Book SynopsisFaith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blonde, stylish, married to a successful merchant banker and having raised two daughters, Faith has a life many would envy. But Faith has overcome a childhood marred by tragedy, and has carried within herself a secret she could divulge to no-one.The sudden death of her stepfather sets off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back - and an old friend re-enters Faith''s life. Brad, a long lanky boy from her childhood days who had teased, tormented and protected her. Now a busy lawyer in California, Brad re-enters Faith''s life just as she makes a decision that plunges her marriage into crisis. As these two childhood friends rediscover each other, Faith is finally ready to face the most painful step of all: of sharing a secret that has long been haunting her, and opening up her heart for the first time in her life.
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