Mike Oldfield was born without social instincts & brought up in a troubled environment but possessed an extraordinary musical talent. His first album Tubular Bells catapulted him into a stardom he was ill equipped to cope with. This book describes how he grew up with an alcoholic mother, his fame, years as a recluse & his rebirth experience. ...

Clint Eastwood directs this thriller based on true events that took place in 1920s California. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins, a mother who thinks her prayers have been answered when her kidnapped nine-year-old son is returned to her. However, she quickly realises that the boy with whom she has been reunited is not in fact her son. She must now face a corrupt police force & a seemingly immovable legal system to continue the fight to find her own son. Slandered by the press as unstable & delusional, she eventually finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (John Malkovich), who helps her take on the authorities & track down her missing son. ...

Clint Eastwood directs this thriller based on true events that took place in 1920s California. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins, a mother who thinks her prayers have been answered when her kidnapped nine-year-old son is returned to her. However, she quickly realises that the boy with whom she has been reunited is not in fact her son. She must now face a corrupt police force & a seemingly immovable legal system to continue the fight to find her own son. Slandered by the press as unstable & delusional, she eventually finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (John Malkovich), who helps her take on the authorities & track down her missing son. ...

Months after the death of his wife & child in a car accident, composer John Russell (George S. Scott) retires to an old mansion which has been unoccupied for years. But John's hopes of peace & quiet prove unfulfilled, as he finds himself regularly disturbed by a strange & uncanny presence which haunts the house. Teaming up with local historian Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), John begins to research the house's past, & soon finds secrets more terrible than he ever imagined. It is now up to John to right the injustices of the past & finally lay to rest the spirits which haunt his home. ...

Trey meets a mysterious stranger, Lucien Charron
- luminously pale, with eyes that seem flecked with fire & skin that blisters
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Clare Pollard's fourth collection is steeped in folktale & ballads, & looks at the stories we tell about ourselves. From the Pendle witch-trials in 17th-century Lancashire to the gangs of modern-day east London, Changeling takes on our myths & monsters. ...

Kenzie Macleod has spent her whole life hiding the fact that she's a werewolf. She's not about to open up to any man, even one as powerfully attractive as wildlife expert Josh Talarkoteen. But legend says that a Changeling cannot escape the call of her true mate, even in the wilderness of backcountry Alaska. ...

Jillian Descharme has always found calm in her dream of a great white wolf with haunting blue eyes. But she is startled when the visions return, & this time seem so real. Late at night he comes to her, speaks to her, touches her. It's almost as if he's alive... ...