Danny Buchanan is a top Washington lobbyist who once earned a vast fortune serving the interests of giant corporations. Appalled by the desperate poverty he witnessed on his global travels he decided to use his political genius to help the worlds poor. With the loyal aid of his assistant the attractive & committed Faith Lockhart Danny works tirelessly & in secret to redress the balance of power. But Robert Thornhill has rather different ideas of public service. A ruthless top-ranking veteran of covert CIA activity he discovers the secret of Dannys political influence & is determined to destroy him.. . He is able to deliver eloquently what the public wants GUARDIAN ...

The highly anticipated novel from the bestselling author of ' The Joy Luck Club' & ' The Bonesetter's Daughter'. On an ill-fated art expedition of the Southern Shan State in Burma eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas morning tour
- & disappear. Through the twists of fate curses & just plain human error they find themselves deep in the Burma jungle where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader & the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages & destruction of the Myanmar military regime. Filled with Amy Tan's signature 'idiosyncratic sympathetic characters haunting images historical complexity significant contemporary themes & suspenseful mystery' (Los Angeles Times) ' Saving Fish from Drowning' seduces the reader with a facade of Buddhist illusions magical tricks & light comedy even as the absurd & picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions
- both good & bad
- & of the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.


...

It all started with a bottle of Baileys that was a year out of date but I drank it anyway.. . One minute well Friday night youre in a long-term if long-distance relationship with the perfect Shane. The next Saturday morning youre waking up in bed with the mother of all hangovers.. .and Bernard OMalley newest member of the I.T. department. Another entry on the list of things you cant forgive yourself for. The worst is Spain. What you did there. & what happened to your brother. Ever since then life has slowly spiralled out of control. You dust yourself down have a cigarette & pull on your stiletto boots. But you know that somethings got to give. You just hope its not the zip on your skinny jeans.. . ...

On the eve of the 1943 invasion of Italy just weeks before Allied bombs nearly destroyed Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper in Milan General Dwight Eisenhower empowered a new kind of soldier to protect mankind's greatest cultural treasures. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes
- an artist & a scholar
- embarked from Naples on the treasure hunt of a lifetime tracking billions of dollars of stolen art including works by Donatello Titian Caravaggio & Botticelli. As the Germans blew up the historic bridges of Florence & Allied air raids threatened Michelangelo's David a heretofore-unknown SS general held the art hostage while negotiating a secret Nazi surrender with American spies. A gripping narrative that will appeal to fans of history art travel & adventure Saving Italy takes us from the battlefields of Monte Cassino to the Vatican & behind closed doors with the great Allied & Axis leaders: Roosevelt Eisenhower & Churchill; Hitler Goring & Himmler.

...

When Jon Katz hears about Izzy a three-year-old Border collie kept alone in a field on an abandoned farm his heart speaks louder than his head & he agrees to take him in. Once again Jon finds himself challenged by a difficult dog. Having found his human Izzy wants to go with Jon wherever he may be & jumps fences & chews through locks to do so. Jon has been through this before with his dog Orson & isn't sure he can cope with the responsibility & potential heartache again. But Jon's motley collection of animals
- from Jesus the baby donkey to Elvis the surprisingly sociable steer as well of course as farm manager & Border collie Rose
- form an ideal refuge for Izzy. & as Jon & Izzy decide they are perfect companions Jon realises just how much life on the farm has taught him about patience perseverance & love. Please note Saving Izzy is the UK title for the book published in the US as Dog Days.

...

Set in the imagined aftermath of the Spanish Civil War Saving Picasso is a spy story quite unlike any other. Barcelona 1940. Franco is dead. The communists have emerged victorious from the Spanish Civil War & an uneasy peace resides over Europe. International Brigade veteran Richard Clare returns to Spain to cover the Barcelona Olympic games for The London Evening News. Broke restless & adrift since the end of the war Clare is intent on finding his former girlfriend Montse from whom he was acrimoniously parted two years previously. But soon Clare finds himself at the heart of a more sensational story
- a plot by Picasso to defect to the west... Pitched somewhere between Robert Harris' Fatherland & Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest Saving Picasso is an intelligent gripping read that will appeal to fans of spy thrillers & historical fiction.
...

If you had to choose between your wife or your lover who would you save? Sam Case is in trouble. He is hiding over nine billion dollars for the worlds criminals
- drug lords cartel bosses even the mafia. & now someone wants to take it all from him. With Sams world about to be turned on its head enter Donovan Creed (working under an assumed identity of course) former CIA assassin. To show Sam he means business he kidnaps the women Sam loves & then gives him a choice: save his wife or save his mistress.
...

Childhood friends Mackensie Parker Laurel & Emmaline have formed a very successful wedding-planning business together but despite helping thousands of happy couples organise the biggest day of their lives all four women are unlucky in love. Chef Laurel Mc Bane has worked hard all her life to secure her dream
- to be an award-winning baker. Now her wedding cakes are as close as anyone can get to edible perfection
- stunning creations that complement Mac's beautiful photographs & Emmaline's floral bouquets. Because Laurel has worked so hard to overcome her tough upbringing she is wary about letting anything or anyone get in the way of her work. But a slowly simmering chemistry with Parker's brother Del has suddenly become too hot to ignore.. .

...

Synonymous with style elegance & sophistication the Savoy is unsurprisingly also the birthplace of some of the most famous cocktails in the world. During the 1920s & '30s prohibition-dodging Americans visiting London for tea-dances & mixed drinks" (cocktails) made the bar at the Savoy their home. Here they were entertained by legendary American barman Harry Craddock inventor of the White Lady & populariser of the Dry Martini. Originally published in 1930 the Savoy Cocktail Book features 750 of Harry's most popular recipes. It is a fascinating record of the cocktails that set London alight at the time
- & which are just as popular today. Taking you from Slings to Smashes Fizzes to Flips & featuring art deco illustrations this book is the perfect gift for any budding mixologist or fan of 1930s-style decadence & sophistication. Updated with a new introduction & recipes from The Savoy."
...

A serial killer is on the loose in America kidnapping girls off the street & torturing them to death. But this time hes chosen the wrong victim
- a mobsters daughter
- & her dad will do anything to get her back. A gritty & violent crime story from the bestelling author of Logan Mc Rae books. Also suitable for emergent adult readers.

...