Gabriel Chevalliers delightful novel Clochemerle satirizes the titanic confrontation of secular & religious forces in a small wine-growing village in Beaujolais. The eruption begins when the socialist mayor decides that he wants to leave behind a monument to his administrations achievements. He takes as his model the ancient Romans who were famous for two things: hygiene & noble edifices. Thus he decides to unite the two concepts...by constructing a public urinal in the centre of town. There is one problem however. The chosen locale is next to the village church & this outrages the ecclesiastical party. ...

Rocco Klein veteran homicide detective has had enough of life on the edge. When a warm summer night brings yet another drug-related murder he has no sense that the case is anything special. A young black man steps forward to confess but a little digging reveals that hes never been in any kind of trouble whereas his half-brother Strike runs a crew of street-corner coke dealers clockers in a nearby housing project. Soon Rocco is sure that Strike is the real killer & suddenly Roccos appetite for the job is back. With a vengeance. ...

A typist uncovers a mans body from behind the sofa... As instructed stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three oclock. Yet the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house... ...

Mo Harete & Moth are on the run. Chased by the tyrannical forces of the Institute they follow a line of pylons towards the Other country & the hope of freedom. Winter tightens its grip & escape seems impossible. As the children weave together stories from their past present & imaginations the truth becomes harder & harder to bear. Chased by rabid dogs hounded by Marshals with guns & hiding from military helicopters only the long line of wires & the lure of another way of life pulls them towards their goal. A story of hope peril & the fight against tyranny this brilliant debut is the perfect book for adventurous young readers. ...

Tick tock tick tock! Some stories are like that. Once you've wend them up nothing will stop them.. .A tormented apprentice clock-maker a deadly mechanical knight in armour
- & the sinister Dr Kalmenius who some say is the devil.. . Wind up these characters fit them into a story on a cold winter's evening with the snow swirling down & suddenly life & the story begin to merge in a peculiarly macabre
- & unstoppable
- way. Almost like clockwork.. .


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Anthony Burgess' nightmare vision of a society overrun by nihilistic violence & governed by a menacing totalitarian state A Clockwork Orange"

Includes:: an introduction by Blake Morrison in " Penguin Modern Classics". Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence
- he also enjoys rape drugs & Beethoven's ninth. He & his gang of droogs rampage through a dystopian future hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state & subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky & the mind-altering treatment of the Ludovico Technique he discovers that fun is no longer the order of the day. The basis for Stanley Kubrick's notorious 1971 film A Clockwork Orange is both a virtuoso performance from an electrifying prose stylist & a serious exploration of the morality of free will. In his introduction Blake Morrison situates "A Clockwork Orange" within the context of Anthony Burgess' many other works explores the author's unhappiness with the Stanley Kubrick film version analyses the composition of the Nadsat argot spoken by Alex & his droogs & examines the influences on Burgess' unique eternally original style. Anthony Burgess (1917-93) was born in Manchester in 1917. From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer
- during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy. Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 1959 Burgess became a full-time writer & went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include: " The Complete Enderby" " Tremor of Intent" " The Kingdom of the Wicked" & "A Clockwork Orange". If you enjoyed "A Clockwork Orange" you might like Ken Kesey's " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". "I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language...a very funny book." (William S. Burroughs)."



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This is the fully restored fiftieth anniversary edition. It

Includes:: a foreword by Martin Amis. First published

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If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose. Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the third & final instalment of the bestselling Infernal Devices" trilogy. This book will be subject to a strict global embargo. Don't miss " The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" soon to be a major motion picture in cinemas August 2013. The " Infernal Devices" & its sequel series " The Mortal Instruments" have been sold in more than thirty countries. The books have also appeared internationally on bestseller lists including in the UK USA Germany Ireland Australia New Zealand & Canada. This is the first book in " The Infernal Devices" series " Clockwork Angel" debuted at number one on the New York Times Bestseller list & spent ten weeks in the charts. " Backlist
- The Mortal Instruments" series
Includes:: " City of Bones" (9781406307627) " City of Ashes" (9781406307634) " City of Glass" (9781406307641) " City of Fallen Angels" (9781406330335) & " City of Lost Souls" (9781406337600). " The Infernal Devices" series
Includes:: " Clockwork Angel" (9781406330342) & " Clockwork Prince" (9781406321333)."


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It's been eight years since Geniver Loxley lost her daughter Beth. Since that day Gen has been floundering. While her husband Art builds his business reputation & their fortune she can't let go of Beth. & then one day everything changes. A strange woman shows up on Gen's doorstep saying the very thing she longs to hear: that Beth is alive. That she is out there somewhere waiting for Gen to find her.. . It's insane. Unthinkable. But why would someone make up such a story? Ignoring the warnings of her husband & friends Gen begins to hope
- hope that quickly turns into fear & paranoia. With questions swirling around her head Gen is determined to uncover the truth. But who can she trust? Why is Art so reluctant to get involved? To save his wife from further hurt? Or something much more sinister? Is Beth even really out there? & if so who is responsible for taking her? What is the truth about Beth Loxley?
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