The second volume of William Golding`s Sea Trilogy In a wilderness of heat, stillness & sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal, fete-like atmosphere the passengers dance & flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread over the hull. The sequel to Rites of Passage, Close Quarters, the second volume in Golding`s acclaimed sea trilogy, is imbued with his extraordinary sense of menace. Half-mad with fear, with drink, with love & opium, everyone on this leaky, unsound hulk is `going to pieces`. & in a nightmarish climax the very planks seem to twist themselves alive as the ship begins to come apart at the seams. ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ' The Shipping News' comes a collection of short stories inspired by the harsh & unforgiving landscape of Wyoming. Throughout the collection, Annie Proulx invests these stories with an intelligence & black humour that transforms them into something new & surprising. In one story, a slight young man defies his mother's insults to become a rodeo star, while in another, an octogenarian finds himself drawn back to the ranch that he quit decades before
- against his better judgement. Elsewhere, Proulx demonstrates her taste for the macabre in a grisly tale of bad weather, gambling & amputation set a hundred years ago. Inventive, compassionate & wildly funny, these marvellous stories explore the unbreakable bond between a people & their l&.
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The inspiration behind ` Life of Pi` director Ang Lee`s ` Brokeback Mountain` is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales. ` Brokeback Mountain` is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. Hard, lonely lives in unforgiving country. Jack Twist & Ennis del Mar are two ranch hands, glad to have found each other`s company where none had been expected. But companionship becomes something else on Brokeback Mountain, something not looked for
- an intimacy neither can forget. ` Brokeback Mountain` was made into an Academy Award-winning film by Ang Lee, & starred Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams & Anne Hathaway.
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SOMEONE TOOK DAISY MASON... SOMEONE YOU KNOW. The RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB pick everyone is raving about, this pulse-pounding thriller about the search for a missing child is perfect for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR.` One of the best crime thrillers I have ever read` Kathryn Croft HOW CAN A CHILD GO MISSING WITHOUT A TRACE? Last night, eight-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from a family party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything
- or at least that`s what they`re saying.DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows the nine times out of ten, it`s someone the victim knew. That means someone is lying... And that Daisy`s time is running out. Introducing DI Fawley & his team of Oxford detectives, & a Richard & Judy Book Club pick for Spring 2018, CLOSE TO HOME is the new crime thriller series to get addicted to.WHAT AUTHORS & READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CLOSE TO HOME:`THE LAST TWIST WAS A GENUINE STROKE OF GENIUS` John Marrs`A MAZEY, GRIPPING READ` Ian Rankin`A 5-STAR PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER` D. Elliott Amazon Reviewer Vine Voice`COMPULSIVE, WITH AN ENDING YOU WILL NOT SEE COMING` Emma Kavanagh`AN ABSOLUTELY UNPUTDOWNABLE READ` Mrs C. Swarfield Amazon Reviewer Vine Voice`I FINISHED CLOSE TO HOME IN ONE SITTING!` Nuala Ellwood, author of My Sister`s Bones
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Ravishingly photographed, romantic beyond reason, this book devoted to the most celebrated gardens of southern Italy captures the inexhaustible lure of one of the most beautiful places on earth: Campania, the sun-kissed region that is home to Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast. Erstwhile pleasure dome to the Roman emperors, & still Italy`s most glamorous seaside getaway, this province has been a top destination for garden appassionati for decades. Bewitched by the natural splendours of the region, author & photographer Robert I.C. Fisher has created a 200-page celebration of twenty-four of southern Italy`s finest gardens. In Ravello, the rampageous roses of Villa Cimbrone once warmed the famously chilly heart of Greta Garbo, while off the coast of Positano the private Li Galli islands were the last home of Rudolf Nureyev. In Sorrento, Lord Astor`s garden is a monument to English exoticism & on Capri Graham Greene discovered his legendary retreat. Understanding that the potent allure of gardens is not only about plants & species, Fisher also tells the stories of some of the fascinating people who dedicated their lives to creating & nurturing these treasures. The gardens` special magic is captured in lush, mouth-watering photographs, whether it be of turn-of-the-century Sorrento, picture-perfect Positano, medieval Amalfi or isl&-in-the-sky Ravello. Prepare for enchantment as, through these bougainvillea-bright pages, you visit the garden Shangri-La that is Campania. ...

Deighton`s incendiary novel of the film industry back in print after 20 years. A Hollywood Babylon for our time. Marshall Stone, international superstar & charismatic member of Hollywood`s elite. Abundantly blessed with charm, genius & wealth, the one gift he most desires
- everlasting youth
- seems within his grasp when an eminent writer begins the star`s biography. But painful memories & suppressed scandals threaten to expose the fiction of his life. Dazzled by flattery & numbed by threats, the biographer is caught up in the big-daddy world where books are properties, films are investments, ratings are rigged, & stars & directors are bought & sold like slaves at an auction. The rituals, the wheeler-dealing politics, & back-stabbing tactics of the richest industry in the world have never been more effectively portrayed. & at the heart of this glittering machine, a brilliant star who will do almost anything to remain untarnished. This new reissue

Includes:: a foreword from the cover designer, Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman, & a brand new introduction by Len Deighton, which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.



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Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective & his `little grey cells`. ` What I intend to say to you will come as a shock.. .` Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will
- one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny & leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live.. . Among Lady Playford`s guests are two men she has never met
- the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, & Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited.. .until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. But why does she seem so determined to provoke, in the presence of a possible killer? When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot`s best efforts to stop it, & the victim is not who he expected it to be, will he be able to find the culprit & solve the mystery? Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders, which was published to critical acclaim following a co-ordinated international launch in September 2014, international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel. The new book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie`s world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

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Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective & his `little grey cells`.` What I intend to say to you will come as a shock... ` Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will
- one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny & leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live... Among Lady Playford`s guests are two men she has never met
- the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, & Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited... until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. But why does she seem so determined to provoke, in the presence of a possible killer? When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot`s best efforts to stop it, & the victim is not who he expected it to be, will he be able to find the culprit & solve the mystery? Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders, which was published to critical acclaim following a co-ordinated international launch in September 2014, international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel. The new book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie`s world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

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For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the small but strategic railway station in Bohemia in 1945 is full of complex preoccupations. There is the exacting business of dispatching German troop trains to & from the toppling Eastern front; the problem of ridding himself of his burdensome innocence; & the awesome scandal of Dispatcher Hubicka`s gross misuse of the station`s official stamps upon the telegraphist`s anatomy. Beside these, Milos`s part in the plan for the ammunition train seems a simple affair. Closely Observed Trains, which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the ` Prague Spring`, is a classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity & heroism which fully justifies Hrabal`s reputation as one of the best Czech writers of today. ...

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