There was always an audience for murder. Opening night at New York's New Globe Theatre turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death right on centre stage. Now Eve Dallas has a high profile celebrity homicide on her hands. Not only is she primary detective she's also a witness
- & when the press discovers that her husband Roarke owns the theatre there's more media interest than either can handle. The only way out is to move fast. Question everyone
- & everything. & in the meantime try to tell the difference between the truth
- & really good acting...


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In a small town in the heart of India a young girl barely alive is found in a sprawling house where thirteen people lie dead. The girl has been beaten & abused & the house still smoulders from the fire that raked through it. The girl now awaits her trial for the murders that the local police believe she has committed. But an unconventional social worker Simran Singh is convinced of her innocence. As Simran begins to examine the circumstances around the case she encounters a terrifying web of prejudice & deceit in which lives of women are endangered from birth. Brilliantly descriptive of tradition-bound Punjab Kishwar Desai's debut novel introduces the feisty & independent Simran whose determination to seek out the truth places her at odds with her environment. What she discovers will change her forever. ...

Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident overbearing conversationalist a man who famously asserted that Women have all the liberty they should wish to have. But in this revealing book Kate Chisholm argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life not just what he said. She proposes that the heart of the man the truth of his character can more clearly be seen via his many
- close generous equal
- relationships with women. At one end of the spectrum were Johnsons mother Sarah; his painted poppet wife Tetty; & the women like the prostitute Poll Carmichael & the blind poetess Anna Williams he took in when they had nowhere else to go. At the other end were Mary Wollstonecraft who refers to Johnson in Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Hester Thrale renowned wit & Johnsons dear mistress; & Elizabeth Carter whose translation of Epictetus was an instant bestseller. In between were the poet & critic Charlotte Lennox who invented the serialised novel; the accomplished portraitist Frances Reynolds sister of Sir Joshua; the Derbyshire gentlewoman & Johnsons spiritual guide Hill Boothby"; & the writer & abolitionist Hannah More. By looking again at this controversial figure through the eyes of this extraordinary cast of female characters we can discover the essential & unexpected Johnson. Kate Chisholm also brilliantly brings to life an exceptional moment in the history of women when for a short period talent wit & independence were not only possible but rewarded."

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This book contains more than 5 000 super"ations from all sorts of people from many eras. From the funniest phrases by famous comedians to the deepest philosophy from the greatest thinkers of all time passing by some highly amusing & downright dumb celebrity observations Wittypedia" has it all: insults declarations of love & other feelings comments on others & general observations on the state of the world..." ...

Essentially a domestic biography whose main concern is the tragicomedy of manners enacted by a closely knit group of friends & lovers Wives & Stunners tells the story of Janey Morris Georgie Burne-Jones Lizzie Siddall Effie Gray & less well-known Marie Spartali Aglaia Coronio & Mary Zambacco. These women were the wives mistresses andmuses of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood the inspiration behind the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti William Holman Hunt William Morris Edward Burne-Jones & John Millais. Set against the background of mid-Victorian bohemian England Henrietta Garnett vividly evokes the world they inhabited & the lives they lived. She recounts the romances & friendships between the artists & the stunners in a lively & original way & her book will appeal to anyone interested in Victorian England the history of the Pre-Raphaelites & significantly to everyone who wants to read a spellbinding story of a bygone era. ...

Stanley Matthews taught us the way football should be played". (Pele). "I couldn't believe he was just a man. He was the best player in the world". (Bobby Charlton). " He told me that he used to play for just twenty pounds a week. Today he would be worth all the money in the Bank of England". (Gianfranco Zola). Stanley Matthews is one of the most famous footballers ever to play the beautiful game. Nicknamed ' The Wizard of Dribble' for his deadly skills he made fools of defenders around the world. He played 84 matches for England in a career that spanned an extraordinary 33 years & such was his popularity that attendance for his club teams Stoke City & Blackpool more than doubled when he played. He was a global superstar decades before Beckham Ronaldo or Messi yet what do we really know about this legendary man? This first full & objective biography looks beyond the public face of the 'first gentleman of soccer' to explore a life not without controversy. This was a player who clashed with his managers who felt undervalued in the age of the maximum wage
- leading to a charge of blackmarketeering
- & who was criticised for his showmanship & perceived lack of team spirit. There were private dramas too
- an unhappy first marriage that produced two beloved children & a second to the love of his life a Czech with a dark secret even Matthews never knew & which acclaimed biographer Jon Henderson reveals for the first time. Recreating the magic on the pitch & analyzing the key moments that made Matthews great this is a meticulously researched story of a national hero & a fascinating insight into English football in the 20th century."


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If you know what you want I'll get it for you. If you don't know what you want I'll do it for you. Todd Rundgren. Few record producers possess the musical facility to back up such a bold promise but in over forty-plus years behind the glass Todd Rundgren has willed himself into becoming a not only a rock guitar virtuoso an accomplished lead vocalist & a serviceable drummer vocal arranger & keyboard player but also a master of perhaps his greatest instrument of all the recording studio. Throughout his career Rundgren has ping-ponged between the worlds of producer & recording artist with varying degrees of critical & commercial success. After learning his craft as a songwriter & arranger with Nazz Rundgren gained attention for engineering recordings by The B&. His reputation was cemented by a string of noteworthy productions beginning in 1971 with Sparks & continuing with classic albums for Grand Funk The New York Dolls Badfinger Hall & Oates Meat Loaf Patti Smith Group Psychedelic Furs & XTC. All of this alongside his own solo albums
- such as Something/ Anything" "A Wizard A True Star" & " Hermit Of Mink Hollow"
- on which he played & sang virtually everything & a series of albums by his band Utopia. Researched & written with the participation & cooperation of Rundgren himself " Todd Rundgren: Sounds Of The Studio" is a fascinating & authoritative trip through the land of flickering red lights inhabited by a studio wizard
- & true star
- who has rarely enjoyed a proper victory lap along the many trails that he has blazed. It draws upon exclusive new interviews with Robbie Robertson Patti Smith XTC Sparks Daryl Hall & John Oates Meat Loaf Jim Steinman Cheap Trick Grand Funk The Psychedelic Furs The Tubes Steve Hillage all members of Rundgren's legendary band Utopia & many other key Rundgren associates."



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Ben Holiday the High Lord of Landover is back in his rightful place. The evil wizard Meeks has finally been dealt with & all seems well with the world. But even in a Magic Kingdom peace never lasts long. It was all Questor Thews fault really
- whether the inept Court Wizard would like to admit it or not. His bumbling attempt to return Abernathy from the body of a dog to his original human form resulted in the Court Scribe being transported to Earth to be replaced by a multi-coloured bottle. Furthermore Abernathy was wearing the High Lords medallion at the time without which Bens powers are drastically reduced. Ben & Willow set out to find Abernathy which means following him to Earth. Which means leaving Questor in charge. & thats when things start to go horribly wrong...
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Seph Mc Cauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of one exclusive private school after another. & its not his attitude thats the problem: its the trail of magical accidents
- lately disasters
- that follow in his wake. Seph is a wizard orphaned & untrained & his powers are escalating out of control. Worse as the magical accidents that plague him grow in intensity Seph makes a discovery: the stories hes been told about his parents life & death are fabrications. The people he most trusted have been lying to him. After causing a tragic fire at an after-hours party Seph is sent to the Havens a secluded boys school on the coast of Maine. Gregory Leicester the headmaster promises to train Seph in magic & initiate him into his mysterious order of wizards. Maybe here he will find a community he can trust? But Sephs enthusiasm dampens when he learns that the training comes at a steep cost. Who can he trust when everyone around him is keeping secrets? & where can he turn when he finds himself at the centre of a war he may well not survive?

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The first book of Earthsea" is a tale of wizards dragons & terrifying shadows. The island of Gont is a land famous for wizards. Of these some say the greatest
- & surely the greatest voyager
- is the man called Sparrowhawk. As a reckless awkward boy he discovered the great power that was in him
- with terrifying consequences. Tempted by pride to try spells beyond his means Sparrowhawk lets loose an evil shadow-beast in his l&. Only he can destroy it & the quest leads him to the farthest corner of Earthsea."


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