Magic is not simply a matter of the occult arts but a whole way of thinking of dreaming the impossible. The supreme fiction of magical thinking is the Arabian Nights" with its flying carpets hidden treasure & sudden revelations. As part of her exploration into the prophetic enchantments of the Nights Marina Warner retells some of the most wonderful & lesser-known stories. She explores the figure of the dark magician or magus from Solomon to the wicked uncle in " Aladdin"; the complex vitality of the genies or jinn; & animal metamorphoses. With startling originality & impeccable research this groundbreaking book shows how magic in the deepest sense helped to create the modern world & how profoundly it is still inscribed in the way we think today." ...

He meets women. He gains their trust. He kills them. That's all Maeve Kerrigan knows about the man she is hunting. Three women have been strangled in their homes by the same sadistic killer. With no sign of a break-in every indication shows that they let in their attacker. But the evidence is pointing at a shocking suspect: DCI Josh Derwent Maeve's colleague. Maeve refuses to believe he could be involved but how well does she really know her partner? After all this is hardly the first time Derwent's been accused of murder... ...

DARE TO BREAK THE RULES When Morwenna Morgan defies her brothers orders & rescues a shipwreck victim from a Cornish beach she doesnt expect an instant attraction to the injured stranger. This is the kind of man Morwenna can imagine falling for
- not the unpleasant suitor her brothers forcing on her! Except the stranger is Lord Rupert Melford
- a government agent sent to entrap the Morgan family! He has to believe that Morwenna is part of a smuggling plot but her sweet nature & devotion to nursing him speak only of her innocence...

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In the late summer of 1913 George Sawle brings the charming aristocratic young poet Cecil Valance to his family's modest home. The shared intimacies of this weekend link the Sawle & Valance families irrevocably becoming legendary events in a larger story told & interpreted in different ways over the coming century. Throughout this richly comic history of sexual mores & literary reputation we follow the two families in a series of widely spaced episodes through startling changes in fortune & circumstance. An impeccably nuanced exploration of changing taste class & social etiquette The Strange's Child written in deliciously witty & observant prose is an enthralling novel from one of the finest writers in the English language. ' With The Stranger's Child an already remarkable talent unfurls into something spectacular' Sunday Times 'A remarkable unmissable achievement.. . One leaves the novel with a sense of the truly extraordinary' Independent ' Elegant seductive & extremely enjoyable to read.. . The Stranger's Child will no doubt be one of the best novels published this year' Guardian ...

Once she had got over the initial shock of the young man's nudity Claudia allowed herself to breathe properly again... When Claudia finds a sexy stranger near her home she discovers that he has lost his memory along with his clothes. Having turned her back on relationships since the death of her husband Claudia finds herself scandalising her friends by inviting the stranger into her home & into her bed... From the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep ...

Technology may be different in 2060 New York yet the city is still a place of many cultures & great divides. But as ever some murders receive more attention than others
- especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman found in his Park Avenue apartment tied to the bed
- & strangled
- with cords of black velvet. It doesnt surprise Lieutenant Eve Dallas that Thomas Anders scandalous death is a source of titillation & speculation to the public
- & of humiliation to his family. But while all those in the city are talking about it people close to Anders arent so anxious to do the same. With some help from her billionaire husband Roarke Eve is soon knocking on doors- or barging through them
- to find answers. But the facts dont add up. Physical evidence suggests that the victim didnt struggle. The security breach in the apartment indicates that the killer was someone connected to the family but everyones alibi checks out. Was this a kinky sex game that turned into a crime of passion
- or a meticulously planned execution? Its up to Dallas to solve a case in which strangers may be connected in unexpected & deadly ways.





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Murder harboured no bigotry no bias. It subscribed to no class system. In its gleeful deadly way murder turned a blind eye. Scandalous death sells papers. But as the media frenzy feeds on the wealthy Thomas Anders strangled to death with black velvet in his plush Park Avenue apartment Lieutenant Eve Dallas grapples with just one question: a crime of passion or a cold extermination? Things don't add up. The victim didn't struggle & everyone has an alibi. & when a throwaway comment opens up a horrifying secret Eve is fighting for far more than justice. ' Keeps you guessing to the end' Sun Book Twenty-Six in the New York Times number one bestselling series ...

The Psychologists would call it folie a deux... Bruno slammed his palms together. Hey! Cheeses what an idea! I kill your wife & you kill my father! We meet on a train see & nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch? From this moment almost against his conscious will Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt & an insidious merging of personalities. ...

Award-winning author Graham Robb explores the story -- & history --of male & female homosexuality in the UK & US uncovering elements from legislature literature medicine & day-to-day life that point to a particularly self-aware & sophisticated culture of Victorian homosexuality. Drawing on famous cases such as the Wilde trials as well as a wide variety of previously neglected sources Robb recreates this era with great insight humour & aplomb exploding modern myths & restoring the real & vibrant truth of homosexual love to todays readers: Strangers tells a tale that is in part familiar & in part extremely surprising -- a story of oppression & secrecy but also of unexpected tolerance & familiarity. ...

Harry Clarke (1889 to 1931) was undoubtedly Irelands greatest stained glass artist. During his short life Harry created stained glass windows for churches private dwellings & commercial venues throughout Ireland & England & as far a field as the USA & Australia. Also an illustrator of books for Harrap & Co. in London Harry illustrated five books that show his undoubted genius in the area of graphic art. In total 174 windows & a small number of panels were created by Harry Clarke. This book is unique in that it contains the entire stained glass collection of Harry Clarke including those windows now in art galleries. This collection has never before been photographed or published in its entirety. This publication will give those who are unfamiliar with the brilliance & originality of Clarkes stained glass windows the opportunity to view images of his greatest creations & perhaps in time to travel to see these wonders for themselves.. ...