The Plague by Albert Camus is an extraordinary odyssey into the darkness and absurdity of human existence. ''''On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing.'''' It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in their ...
Jack Ryan returns to take on Irish terrorists in Clancy''s third No 1 bestselling thriller -- now reissued with a new cover. When Ryan foils an Ulster Liberation Army terrorist attack on the Prince of Wales and his family, his courageous actions not only win him the admiration of an entire nation, they ...
With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and balanced good sense against ...
A father and daughter discover the joys of his crazy hair in this brilliant picture book. Bonnie tries to tame her father''''s hair, but to no avail, as birds and beasts of every type jostle for space amongst the curls and tresses of this hirsute book. A warm and funny conversational text combine beautifully ...
‘Why can\''t people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.’ Just before the First World War, two young couples meet in Germany. The seemingly perfect yet brittle relationship of the Ashburnhams soon gives way to unhappiness and betrayal, ...
This Book is Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006. Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, The History of Love explores the lasting power of the written word and the lasting power of love. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. ''When I was born my mother named ...
When Hanna "Ziggy" Bergstrom moves to New York City for graduate school, Will Sumner thinks his responsibilities to his best friend\''s nerdy little sister will be limited to the occasional dinner and check-in. Little does he know that Ziggy is ready to break out of her bookworm academic shell and move ...
Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She''''s quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn''''t get out much - not because she''''s not pretty - she''''s a very cute bubbly blonde - or not interested in a social life. She really is.but Sookie''''s got a bit of a disability. ...
Introduces animals to toddlers. Packed with colourful images and clear word-labels to encourage early learning, this book helps your toddler learn all about animals. From tiny minibeasts and sea creat.
The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has changed after the war, the blunt Yorkshire clients and menagerie ...
