Drawing closely on Bulgakov`s personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, ” The White Guard” takes place in Kiev, 1918, a time of turmoil & suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists & Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian family, as they are forced to come to terms with revolution & a new regime. ...

A beautifully written coming-of-age novel from an acclaimed literary voice. A lost boy. A dead girl, & one who is left behind. A village full of whispers & secrets. When the white hare appears, magical & fleet in the silvery moonlight, she leads them all into a legend, a chase. But who is the hunter & who the hunted? ...

A thrilling collection of myths, legends & ghost stories from War Horse author & former Children`s Laureate Michael Morpurgo. Since the beginning of time, strange & mysterious things have happened here... At the furthest edge of Britain, where the sea gently washes over the land & myths brush against reality, lies Zennor. Set in a church town where men become beats & ghosts roam freely, these are haunting & unforgettable tales where magic lies around every corner. Morpurgo is the master storyteller of such modern classic children`s books as An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Private Peaceful, & An Elephant in the Garden. He has written more than one hundred books for children & won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children`s Book Award & has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. ...

The extraordinary history of the Mediterranean`s capital of hedonism
- Ibiza Received wisdom has it that Ibiza is an island of
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It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, New York, in 1961
- Two Princeton graduates
- John Hopkins & Joe

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Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the tumult & intrigue of The Wars of the Roses to vivid life through the women of the House of Lancaster & the House of York, beginning with the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen. A woman who won the love of a king & ascended to royalty by virtue of her beauty, Elizabeth fought tenaciously for the success of her family -- her daughter who would one day unite the warring dynasties, & her two sons whose eventual fate has confounded historians for centuries: the Princes in the Tower. An active player in the power struggles that surrounded her, she made hard & courageous choices, always trying to protect those whom she loved. Informed by impeccable research & framed by her inimitable storytelling skills, Philippa Gregory gives an unforgettable voice to an extraordinary woman at the heart of a devastating conflict. ...

From the author of The Three, coming soon to your screen as a major BBC adaptation by Golden Globe winner Peter Straughan Adrenaline-junky Simon Newman sneaks onto private land to explore a dangerous cave in Wales with a strange man he`s met online. But Simon gets more than he bargained for when the expedition goes horribly wrong. Simon emerges, the only survivor, after a rainstorm trap the two in the cave. Simon thinks he`s had a lucky escape. But his video of his near-death experience has just gone viral. Suddenly Simon finds himself more famous than he could ever have imagined. Now he`s faced with an impossible task: he`s got to defy death once again, & film the entire thing. The whole world will be watching. There`s only on place on earth for him to pit himself against the elements: Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. But Everest is also one of the deadliest spots on the planet. Two hundred & eighty people have died trying to reach its peak. And Simon`s luck is about to run out.` An incredibly creepy & effective standalone novel that I read through in one sitting... A chillingly effective & haunting tale`
- Sci-Fi Bulletin` The White Road is a roller-coaster ride with intriguing psychological depth`
- Crime Fiction Lover` Lotz knows how to develop suspense & horror... Dark & unsettling, Lotz`s latest taps into, & exploits, our deepest fears`
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The White Rock describes Hugh Thomson’s quest for the lost cities of the Amazonian Inca heartl&, following in the footsteps of previous explorers & making new discoveries about the ancient Inca Empire. While working in London Hugh Thomson hears an extraordinary story about an Inca ruin which had been discovered, only to be unbelievably lost again. Gripped, he sets off into the cloud-forest on foot to find the forgotten site. This is the starting point of a remarkable journey into the Eastern Andes of Peru, bringing to life the culture of the Incas & their strange & often hostile world. On the way we hear tales of some of the men who preceded him
- Hiram Bingham, Robert Nichols & Gene Savoy
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From the author of Midnight in St Petersburg, a novel of love, art, music & family secrets set amongst the Russian emigre community of Paris in 1937. Evie, a rebellious young American leaves New York in search of art & adventure in jazz-age Paris, where her grandmother lives. But on arrival, her grandmother`s sudden death leaves Evie compelled to carry out her dying wish: to find a man from her past called Zhenya. The quest leads Evie deep into the heart of the Russian emigre community of Paris. With the world on the brink of war, she becomes embroiled in murder plots, conspiracies & illicit love affairs as White faces Red Russian & nothing is as it seems. With Jean, a liberal Russian writer by her side, Evie finally seems to have found the passion & excitement she`s yearned for. But is she any nearer to discovering the identity of the mysterious Zhenya, or the heartbreak of her grandmother`s past? ...