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Marcus Didius Falco discovers that rank brings problems, the most gruesome of which is a corpse.... |
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The day that Jerry Hunt met Charlotte Frost was the day he decided to go straight.... |
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When Venetia Aldridge QC defends young Gary Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, this for her is just one more case, one more opportunity to triumph in a distinguished career.... |
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From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns.... |
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In this volume, Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather.... |
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When Maud Marsh flings herself into George Bevan's cab in Piccadilly, he starts believing in damsels in distress.... |
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The seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce.... |
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In A Few Quick Ones, P.G. Wodehouse brings together some of his oldest friends for a party.... |
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As a preternaturally long winter approaches, good and evil battle for the kingdom of Winterfell... |
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Viscount Torrington is the hottest commodity in town as London's matchmaking season begins.... |
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From anonymous 10th-century troubadours to world-renowned 20th-century composers, this comprehensive commentary explores the roots of the most influential music genres of our time.... |
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A History of the Middle Ages is the amazing story of European man in transition.... |
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Invalided out of the army at the end of the Second World War, Matthew Wallingham wonders what place there is in a new social order for a blind man, even if he is a decorated war hero.... |
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When Mary Dinwoodie is found choked in a ditch following a night out with her boyfriend, a mysterious caller phones the local paper with a quotation from Hamlet.... |
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As betrayal and intrigue swirl around her, Lady Penelope finds herself inexorably drawn into the strong arms of the man she cannot resist.... |
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In a village on the Suffolk coast, Frank Perry waits for his past to arrive.... |
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This tale of fatherhood, alienation, and loneliness introduces readers to another set of Brown's irresistably flawed characters.... |
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Timothy West is held in high regard and great affection for his versatility and his reliability.... |
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Since the liberal revolution of the '60s and '70s, American history books have been biased toward the negative.... |
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It sends a shiver down Detective Superintendent Alan Markby's spine when he hears that a rambler has stumbled across human bones in Stovey Woods.... |
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In the wake of its 30th birthday celebrations in 2006, BBC Radio Ulster embarked on the station's most ambitious project to date, the recounting of the history of Ireland.... |
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Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken.... |
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Dickens masterfully presents the turmoil of the French Revolution, which is the backdrop for a novel of love, patience, hope, and self-sacrifice.... |
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Adrian Mole is 34 and three quarters, almost officially middle-aged, when Mr. Blair tells Parliament that Weapons of Mass Destruction can be deployed in 45 minutes and can reach Cyprus.... |
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Alan Bennett, master storyteller, reads four of his highly-acclaimed stories. Whether comical or quirky, Alan Bennett's poignant stories are rightly regarded as modern classics.... |
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Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur.... |
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When Amethyst O'Shaunasy reluctantly travels west to find her nephew, her faith is restored by a group of pioneers and their reliance on God's guidance.... |
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When the beautiful and outrageous Lady Barbara Childe meets Charles Audley, her joie de vivre knows no bounds - until the eve of the fateful Battle of Waterloo.... |
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