It's the Discworld's last continent & it's going to die in a few days except... Who is this hero striding across the red desert? Sheep shearer beer drinker bush ranger & someone who'll even eat a Meat Pie Floater when he's sober. A man in a hat whose luggage follows him on little legs. Yes it's Rincewind the inept wizard who can't even spell wizard. He's the only hero left. Still...no worries eh? ...

Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now & it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.' There's nothing like the issue of evolution to get under the skin of academics. Especially when those same academics are by chance or bad judgement deposited at a critical evolutionary turning point when one wrong move could have catastrophic results for the future. Unfortunately in the hands of such an inept & cussed group of individuals the sensitive issue of causality is sadly only likely to receive the same scant respect that they show to one another... ...

LAPD detective Harry Bosch is down on his luck
- his house is condemned in the aftermath of the earthquake his girlfriend has left
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The Last Crusade puts the reader on da Gamas ships in the midst of a perplexing terrifying yet exciting new world & in doing so traces the ancestry of antagonism between the worlds two dominant faiths Christianity & Islam. In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal circumnavigated Africa crossed the Indian Ocean & discovered the sea route to the Indies opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were pushed to their limits their crews were racked by storms & devastated by disease. However the greatest enemy was neither nature nor the fear of venturing into unknown worlds. With blood-red Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East at a time when the old hostilities between Christianity & Islam had intensified. In two voyages that spanned six years Vasco da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents. The Last Crusade is an epic tale of spies intrigue & treachery; of bravado brinkmanship & confused
- often comical collisions
- between cultures encountering one another for the first time. With the world once again tipping back East The Last Crusade offers a key to understanding age-old religious & cultural rivalries resurgent today.

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The Last Crusaders is about the titanic contest between Hadsburg-led Christendom & the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth & sixteenth centuries the last great conflict between East & West
- the battles that were fought & the men who led the armies that fought them. It was in its way the first world war.
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Three of these stories were previously published in Victoria Hislop's ebook collection One Cretan Evening. In ten powerful stories Victoria Hislop takes us through the streets of Athens & into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As she evokes their distinct atmosphere she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters from a lonesome priest to battling brothers & from an unwanted stranger to a groom troubled by music & memory. These bittersweet tales of love & loyalty of separation & reconciliation captured in Victoria Hislop's unique voice will stay with you long after you reach the end. ...

Three of these stories were previously published in Victoria Hislop's ebook collection One Cretan Evening. In ten powerful stories Victoria Hislop takes us through the streets of Athens & into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As she evokes their distinct atmosphere she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters from a lonesome priest to battling brothers & from an unwanted stranger to a groom troubled by music & memory. These bittersweet tales of love & loyalty of separation & reconciliation captured in Victoria Hislop's unique voice will stay with you long after you reach the end. ...

Glasgow 1971. The old way of life is under threat for the tight-knit community in Dalbeattie Street Maryhill. The shadow of the wrecker's ball looms large over their homes & they must face the choice of moving to a new estate or dispersing throughout the city. But powerful friendships refuse to be broken. These characters have gone through too much together to be destroyed by some measly planning scheme. They'll face this with the same inimitable Scottish humour & strength of spirit that have carried them through other tough times. Douglas' vivid portrait of Seventies Glasgow recreates in glorious detail a particular time & place but at its heart are the universal themes of love friendship & community. ...

Glasgow 1971. The old way of life is under threat for the tight-knit community in Dalbeattie Street Maryhill. The shadow of the wrecker's ball looms large over their homes & they must face the choice of moving to a new estate or dispersing throughout the city. But powerful friendships refuse to be broken. These characters have gone through too much together to be destroyed by some measly planning scheme. They'll face this with the same inimitable Scottish humour & strength of spirit that have carried them through other tough times. Douglas' vivid portrait of Seventies Glasgow recreates in glorious detail a particular time & place but at its heart are the universal themes of love friendship & community. ...

If you like The Artist youll love Daisy Waughs Last Dance with Valentino. One night. One dance. One love to last a lifetime. 1916. Leaving war-ravaged London Jenny Doyle sets sail for New York where she is to work for the de Saulles family. Their home Gatsby-like in elegance is rife with intrigue & madness. Only Jennys friendship with dancer Rodolfo offers escape! until one tragic day the household is changed forever. 1926. America booms prohibition rules & Rodolfo has taken his place on the silver screen as Rudolph Valentino. Will the worlds most desired film star & his lost love have their Hollywood happy ending or will the tragic echoes from their time with the de Saulles thwart them one last time? ...