The far north of Engl&, several decades into the future, the Gulf stream has ceased: Quinn has been appointed by the government to conduct an audit on a remote area of land designated for a brand new model town. As Quinn arrives to greet the local developer, the surveillance cameras spin into overdrive, & soon he is immersed in a quagmire of corruption that will put his integrity to the ultimate test.

He meets Owen, a suicidal farmer whose every last pig, chicken, & sheep has been culled. & Winston, a former journalist & alcoholic with a gallery of incriminating photos of rising water below the site; & Pollard, the local Man of God whose faith is for sale. But it is Anna, Quinn

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At 44 Susan Duncan appeared to have it all. Editor of two top-selling women's magazines, a happy marriage, a jetsetting lifestyle covering stories from New York to Greenl&, the world was her oyster. But when her beloved husband & brother die within three days of each other, her glittering life shatters. In shock, she zips on her work face, climbs back into her high heels & soldiers on
- until one morning eighteen months later, when she simply can't get out of bed. Heartbreaking, funny & searingly honest, Salvation Creek is the story of a woman who found the courage not only to begin again but to beat the odds in her own battle for survival & find a new life
- & love
- in a tiny waterside idyll cut off from the outside world.

Combining all the sweeping, rollercoaster style of a bestselling novel with the very best
- & most inspiring
- human interest story, Salvation Creek is a tour-de-force that will stay with the reader long after she has turned the last page.






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An enchanting adventure tale which shows by analogy how positive thoughts can enrich & actively change all of our lives. The main character, a boy called Joseph, struggles with life & feelings of being unloved, when lo & behold Sam the magic genie appears to take him on a journey of his mind! Flying around Joseph's mind on a magic carpet, Sam teaches Joseph about positive thinking & how negative thoughts lead to negative consequences. Joseph learns how to achieve happiness & well being even in the face of fear & doubt. Sam the Magic Genie is clear & concise in its teachings & practical in application. It offers a brand new approach to positive thinking helping adults & children alike to create & steer change within their lives through the power of thought.' Think about what you want, not what you fear' ...

Not-so-fresh off the tramp steamer from America, Sam Shotter settles in the sleepy suburb of Valley Fields. His pastoral peace is short-lived, however, when Soapy Molloy, Dolly the Dip, & Chimp Twist arrive on the scene looking for two million dollars they seem to have mislaid in the vicinity. Not only does Sam discover he's living right bang next door to the girl of his dreams, but he's sitting, rather embarrassingly, on a goldmine. Some rather superior sleuthing will be required. ...

When Gerard Houllier took over as manager of Liverpool FC in 1999, his quest was to bring glory back to Anfield. His prime concern lay with strengthening his defence & to this end he made what is arguably one of his finest signings. Houllier targeted Sami Hyypia, a relatively unknown player who was at the time captain of the Dutch team Willem II. This candid biography focuses on Hyypia's eventful journey from the Finnish village of Voikkaa to the heights of the English Premiership, where he has become the inspirational leader of the Liverpool team. It charts his life from childhood & documents his astonishing rise in the game, from youth teams to Finnish senior sides Pallo-Peikot, KUMU & My Pa
- as well as his international career
- before moving on to his years in Holland & England playing for Willem II & Liverpool respectively. Hyypia reflects on past games in which he competed against the likes of Batistuta, Rivaldo, Van Nistelrooy & Henry, & recalls the Liverpool derbies in which he's played. He also shares his thoughts on the Reds' 2001 UEFA Cup campaign, in which they defeated the mighty Barcelona in the semi-finals before going on the defeat Deportivo Alaves 5-4 in the final to clinch the coveted trophy. In 2001-02 season, during which the team had to contend with the serious illness of their manager, Hyypia led them to the quarter-finals of the Champions League & second place in the Premiership. Then, in season 2002-03, Liverpool won the Worthington Cup & narrowly missed out on a Champions League place. Featuring exclusive contributions from numerous former & current.......

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With her bestseller, Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep, Siba Shakib drew attention to the distressing situation of Afghan women. Taking up this theme again, she now tells a wonderful story of love & courage, & of a remarkable woman who finds her own path in life. When the young girl, Samira, is born, her father
- a brave commander fighting in the mountainous land of Afghanistan
- decides to bring her up as a boy known as Samir. Soon the fact that Samir is really a girl has been forgotten. Samir learns to fight, ride & shoot, & when her father is killed, she becomes head of the family. However, as an adult, Samir's love for the friend of her youth forces her to confess the truth. She wants to live as Bashir's wife but in return she must reveal her female identity &, in so doing, give up her freedom. Samira follows her heart but she hates wearing the veil. Eventually the torment is too great & Samira realises there has to be a third way for her
- the way of a self-confident woman who bravely takes charge of her own life...


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On the surface, Samantha Joyce is a hard-working, idealistic political aide trying to make a difference in the world as part of the healthcare team of her boss, a Senator from Ohio. Beneath this highly professional veneer hides Sammy Joyce, daydreamer extraordinaire. Between practising the art of living without limbs, defending herself from bear attacks & begging her Japanese Fighting Fish not to commit hara kiri, Sammy meets Aaron Driver, a smooth speechwriter working for a rival Senator. Balancing seventy-hour working weeks, an exciting love affair & an over-active imagination fuelled by coffee & cosmopolitans would keep anyone busy. But Sammy's also trying to run a national political campaign whilst battling against journalists, treachery & a tendency to sabotage herself-Praise for Sammy's Hill' Gore's narrator, 26-year-old healthcare analyst Samantha Joyce, is an utterly modern tumble of contradictions-Sammy's Washington [is] an electric town full of Machiavellian schemers, principled idealists, backstabbing diplomats, determined romantics, & one intuitive telemarketer. Gore is a child of the Hill, & she knows her town; the result of her light & juicy tale is, for better or worse, an absurd & convincing rendering of everyday life in the political jungle.' O, the Oprah Magazine' Sammy's Hill is a laugh-out-loud literary debut, certain to draw comparisons to Bridget Jones's Diary.' Newsweek' It shouldn't come as a great surprise that the first novel by Kristin Gore, daughter of Al Gore, is laugh-out-loud funny.' San Francisco Chronicle ...

Meet Samantha Joyce. Bright, articulate & hard-working, Sammy is a political aide to die for. Seventy-hour working weeks? No problem. Conniving hacks? Handled. The very model of efficiency, Sammy takes the cut-throat world of Washington in her stride.

But lurking beneath this highly-professional veneer is another Sammy. A caffeine & cosmopolitan fuelled Sammy who

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