a poignant description of Cambodia Laos & Vietnam in 1950 with all their beauty gentleness grandeur & intricate political balance intact
- Restores this lost world like a phoenix from the ashes of the Vietnam war & its aftermath
- shows the Vietnamese guerilla movement in its infancy ranged against the French colonial powers & the early affects of imported Western materialism
- a best-seller when first published & venerated by all the Saigon-based war correspondents in the '70s
- inspired Graham Greene to go to Vietnam & write The Quiet American



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A tear-off activity pad to inspire year-round creativity It means that you can draw something different every day of the year with 365 activities
- all you need is a pen It offers hints & tips to ensure satisfying results every time 376 pages full colour illustrations throughout
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Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro are tough private investigators who know the blue-collar neighbourhoods & ghettos of Boston's Dorchester section as only natives can Working out of an old church belfry Kenzie & Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician to uncover the whereabouts of Jenna Angeline a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential Statehouse documents But finding Jenna proves easy compared to staying alive The investigation escalates uncovering a web of corruption extending from bombed-out ghetto streets to the highest levels of state government With slick hip dialogue & a lyrical narrative pocked by explosions of violence A Drink Before the War confronts a city in which institutionalized bigotry & corruption are often the norm & the true nature of 'racial incidents' is rarely clear Dennis Lehane's remarkable debut is at once a pulsating crime thriller & a mirror of our world one in which the worst human horrors are found closest to home & the most vicious obscenities are committed in the name of love ...

<DIV> An extraordinary debut who shows us how powerful an act of kindness a hint of magic & a little hope can be<DIV> 320 pages Calabrese Keith ...

Fiona's on a journey to Granny's house but who's that following her through the streets of Dublin? Travel across the city with Fiona & her fantastic friends in this modern Dublin fairytale With beautiful quirky illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Nicola Colton ...

In the first years of Kenyan independence three young women return to the East African highlands where they shared a carefree childhood Hannah is struggling to preserve her heritage at Langani Farm where a series of unexplained & violent attacks threaten her security & recent marriage Sarah is studying wildlife using her work as a salve for the death of her childhood sweetheart Camilla the international fashion icon abandons her career in London & is drawn back to Kenya by her love for a charismatic hunter & safari guide But a secret hangs over Langani overshadowing the friends' efforts to establish themselves in the volatile circumstances of a new African nation This superb sequel to Blood Sisters is a breathtaking saga of friendship soaring hope & redemption ...

The world is in the midst of World War II & the Allies are preparing to liberate Europe from the Nazis Michael Tagleva must overcome personal tragedy if he's to defeat a plot that threatens to destroy not only his family's banking empire but all of Europe 288 pages 1 Maps Davis Stephen ...

WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY When murder strikes close to home Dr Ruth Galloway is determined to find justice
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Summer is here! New Mouse City is hotter than ever & Geronimo can't wait to get out of the office & relax all by himself Just Geronimo's luck the only option left is a run-down hotel with a menu of peanut butter & beetle sandwiches When his annoying assistant Pinky Pick turns up surely things can't get any worse! When will Geronimo see that friends really do have the best ideas? ...

' Everyone should read Frances Hardinge Everyone Right now' Patrick Ness A Face Like Glass is an astonishing & imaginative novel from the Costa Award winning author of The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare
- wines that can remove memories cheeses that can make you hallucinate & perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer even as they slit your throat The people of Caverna are more ordinary but for one thing their faces are as blank as untouched snow Expressions must be learned & only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show joy despair or fear
- at a price Into this dark & distrustful world comes Neverfell a little girl with no memory of her past & a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times For Neverfell's emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths though entirely genuine & that makes her very dangerous indeed

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