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In Delta of Venus Anais Nin conjures up a glittering cascade of sexual encounters. Creating her own language of the senses, she explores an area that was previously the domain of male writers and brings to it her own unique perceptions. Her vibrant...

Vivienne Michel is in trouble. Trying to escape her tangled past, she has run away to the American backwoods, winding up at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court. A far cry from the privileged world she was born to, the motel is also the destination of...

Blofeld - leader of the terror organization SPECTRE - is holding the world to ransom. He has stolen two powerful atomic weapons and will destroy a major city if his demands for L100000000 are not met. Given one week to find the missing bombs Bond...

Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest...

When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the real India, they seek the guidance of the charming...

Barry Hines`s acclaimed novel continues to reach new generations of teenagers and adults with its powerful story of survival in a tough, joyless world. Billy Casper is a troubled teenager growing up in a Yorkshire mining town. Treated as a failure...

A British Secret Service agent and his secretary have gone missing from their base in Kingston. M thinks this will be an easy case for 007, still recovering from his near fatal encounter with a Russian agent. Arriving in Jamaica to investigate,...

Lola has every reason to be interested in who Paddys marrying - because although shes his girlfriend, she definitely isnt the bride-to-be. Heartbroken, she flees the city for a cottage by the sea. But will Lolas retreat prove as idyllic as she hopes...

Diane Johnson, a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and three-time National Book Award finalist (most recently in 1997 for Le Divorce) is the author of thirteen previous books. She divides her time between San Francisco and...

The Oregon is a high-tech spy ship, captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo, manned by an array of former military and spy personnel and available to any government agency who can afford it. Its latest mission is set in the dangerous waters...

On the world of Kuf, the Macht are a mystery, a seldom-seen people of extraordinary ferocity and discipline whose prowess on the battlefield is the stuff of legend. For centuries they have remained within the remote fastnesses of the Harukush...

Lost in Austen is a labyrinth of love and lies, scandals and scoundrels, misfortunes and marriages that will delight and challenge any Austen lover. Will Elizabeth succeed in her mission Its all up to...

Born into a spiritually ambiguous family (his parents are nonpracticing Jews who follow the Infinite Way ), Gartenstein-Ross grew up in the 1980s, in Ashland, Ore., a bucolic, posthippie paradise with a live-and-let-live ethic. Spiritually...

1906: For two years, the western states of America have been suffering an extraordinary crime spree: a string of bank robberies by a single man who cold-bloodedly murders any and all witnesses and...

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Cabrillo takes action, saving the beautiful...

Young and athletic, London cycle courier Astrid Bell is bad luck - for other people. First Astrids neighbour Peggy Farrell accidentally knocks her off her bike - and not long after is found bludgeoned to death in an alley.Then a few days later,...

Thomas Hardys novels are loved by millions of readers, but he was first and foremost a poet. He wrote around one thousand moving and deeply personal poems during his lifetime, tracing his experiences of life and love. This collection, selected...

In this wildly funny debut from former ad man Ferris, a group of copywriters and designers at a Chicago ad agency face layoffs at the end of the 90s boom. Indignation rises over the rightful owner of a particularly coveted chair ( We felt deceived...

In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, three best friends who share the same birthday sneak off into the woods for a sleepover the evening before turning 10. But a night of celebration turns into a night of horror as their blood brother oath...

Krentzs latest fast-paced, well-plotted romantic thriller takes place in the tiny Napa Valley village of Dunster—perhaps named after the Amanda Quick heroine Emma Dunster. A mysterious e-mail from a childhood friend, Pamela Webb, draws...