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2010-06-09T00:40:00.001-07:00

Terminal World Science Fiction Book by Alastair Reynolds
Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology.
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10,000 Ways to Say I Love You - With New Updates
The small book with the biggest collection of loving ideas ever gathered in one place, now in a tenth anniversary edition
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The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy - A General Fiction Book
In THE RETURN JOURNEY, Maeve Binchy creates powerful compelling stories of love, loss, revelation, and reconciliation.
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Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

2010-03-12T05:04:00.000-08:00

Revolver, author Marcus Sedgwick’s 12^th major novel, tells the story of fifteen year old Sig Andersson, a miner’s son living in the merciless conditions of the Artic Circle. A thoroughly impressive yarn, Sedgwick’s Revolver practically bursts with suspense – a slick, well-paced thriller set amongst a crisply depicted wasteland that brims with unease, and holds the reader’s attention until the very end.

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METRO 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky - A Science Fiction Book

2009-12-31T04:12:00.000-08:00

Dmitry Glukhovsky is a Russian author and journalist. He is a Foreign Relations graduate of the HebrewUniversity in Jerusalem. He has won the Encouragement Award of the European Science Fiction Society in 2007.

METRO 2033 is a science fiction book written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, which plots the story of a young boy Artyom who goes a long way to save his world from mortal danger. The year is 2033 and the world has been reduced to rubble. The human race is getting extinct and the half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. But, there are survivors who still exist and can remember the past greatness of humankind. But the last remains of civilization have already become a distant memory, the stuff of myth and legend.

It’s been more than 20 years that have passed, since the last plane took off from the earth. A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on earth. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro, to the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.

METRO 2033

Love's Shadow by Ada Leverson - Bringing out the varieties of love

2009-10-29T06:15:00.000-07:00

Ada Leverson was a British writer, who is well-known for her work as a novelist. She began writing during the 1890s and has contributed many novels that were equally compared with great writers at her time.

Love's Shadow is part of The Bloomsbury Group -- a new library of books from the early twentieth-century. It is the first novel written by Ada Leverson in which Edith and Bruce Ottley live in a very small white flat in Knightsbridge. Even though they are considered to be one of the respectable couples in Edwardian London, Edith is beginning to feel a little bored with ghastly Bruce Ottley, who is pompous and vain.

But things started to change for Edith as excitement comes in the form of the impressive and glamorous Hyacinth Verney, who is in love with the elusive and showy Cedric Reeve. He, in his turn, is fascinated and infatuated with an enigmatic widow some ten years older than him, Mrs. Raymond, who contempt his attentions and insists him to marry Hyacinth. But, Hyacinth is loved by her guardian Lord Cannon, who is unhappily married to the redoubtable and self deluding Lady Cannon.

In the meanwhile, Lord Selsey -- uncle of Cedric, gets attracted by Mrs. Raymond and marries her. On hearing this, Cedric changes his mind and marries Hyacinth, but still has a secret feel and love over Mrs. Raymond. In the meanwhile, Bruce, who is furious at Hyacinth's marriage, is doubted by Edith, thinking that he has love over Hyacinth. Soon, things get messed up in everyone’s life for a meantime and finally end in a desired manner.

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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - An adventure novel

2009-10-28T05:56:00.000-07:00

Suzanne Collins is an American author and cartoon writer. She began her career in 1991 as a writer for children's Television shows and has worked on several television shows.

Catching Fire is the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. According to the story, every year in Panem -- a country located in modern-day North America, the Capitol holds a tournament that is broadcasted in television in which two teen tributes from each of the surrounding districts will fight a gruesome battle to the death. The game is called as Hunger Games and in this game, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark -- the tributes from poor District Twelve, threatening the Gamemakers to commit suicide at the end of the game, which permitted them both to win.

After winning the game, Katniss and Peeta planned to start a victory tour, which covers most of the districts of the company. In the meanwhile, the sinister President Snow surprises her with a visit and informs her that when she defied the Capitol, she started a chain reaction and has created talk of rebellion in the districts. He also blackmail to kill her best friend -- Gale, if she can’t prove to everyone in Panem that her act was not one of defiance, but that she was instead driven by an extreme love for Peeta.

During her campaign in the victory tour, Katniss faces more problems and blackmails, which made her to decide that she will devote herself in protecting Peeta from their competitors. Can Katniss and Peeta once again win the death game?

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Covet - Battle between the spirits (A Novel of the Fallen Angels by J. R. Ward)

2009-10-28T05:06:00.000-07:00

J. R. Ward is an American author, well-known for her contemporary romance. She began writing as a child, collecting her thoughts in diaries as well as inventing short stories.

Covet is the first novel in the 'Fallen Angels' series written by J R Ward, in which romance and redemption kick off between angels and demons as the final outcome is determined by seven battles for seven souls. The only thing that stands between those souls and damnation is Jim Heron -- a man, who has lived a life of sin and killing. As Jim is a former military killer, he has seen too much of the world.

Suddenly everything changes, when a freak accident kills him and he is brought back as a fallen angel with a mission, to save seven souls, each from one of the seven deadly sins in order to keep all that is good in the world. His first soul is Vin Di Peitro, who has spent all of his adult life working and became an incredibly successful business man, yet he never satisfied with what he has got.

On one night, Vin catches a glimpse of Marie-Terese across a crowded dance floor and from that second, Vin falls in love with Marie-Terese. Soon, Marie-Terese also experiences the same feel over Vin, which eventually ends in love. But a terrifying evil hanging over him since the Team Hell is cheating and trying to push Vin over the line and so, Vin Di Peitro must work with Jim to save his soul. Can Jim save the seven innocent souls?

In short, Covet A Novel of the Fallen Angels is all about the battle between the spirits of heaven and hell.

Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole – A Book of Magic, Sorcery & Sensuality

2009-10-19T05:45:00.000-07:00

Kresley Cole is a well-known author of paranormal and historical romance novels. Before stepping into writing profession, Kresley Cole was a competitive athlete, coach and graduate student. Now she lives with her husband in Florida.

“Kiss of a Demon King” is a thrilling romantic novel written by Kresley Cole where she plots out the tale of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her licentious purposes. Rydstrom Woede, the rage demon king has been fighting and searching for a way to kill Omort -- a deathless sorcerer that had defeated Rydstrom and taken the Castle of Tornin. Rydstrom is in search of a special sword, by which he can kill Omort and take back his rightful place on the throne.

Rydstrom takes his journey in search of the solution to kill Omort, which leads him to Sabine -- the Queen of Illusions and Omart’s sister. Sabine captures Rydstrom, since her goal is to get him to mate with her and impregnate her with his child, so that their child would be the key to unlock the Well of Souls that is housed within the Castle of Tornin as predicted by an oracle. She makes a deal that Rydstrom will get the clue about the sword only if he seduces her.

Rydstrom escapes imprisonment by tricking Sabine, stating that he would marry her and turns the tables on her. But soon, they both understand each other and take on the mission to find the sword for killing Omort. Will Rydstrom defeats Omort and take back his kingdom?

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The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse - A spooky, romantic novel

2009-10-19T05:42:00.000-07:00

Lucie Whitehouse is a British author, who lives in London. She has read classics at Oxford University.

The House at Midnight is the first novel written by Lucie Whitehouse. The plot is primarily about the relationships between tight-knit group of university friends -- Joanna (the narrator), Lucas, Danny, Michael, Martha, Rachel, and Greg. Lucas inherits Stoneborough Manor -- the mysterious old house, after the suicide of his art-dealer uncle. Soon, Lucas invites his friends (including Joanna) to Stoneborough Manor, where he decides to propose Joanna.

When Lucas proposes his love to Joanna, she showed some positive signs for his love, as she has the same feel over Lucas. Soon, Joanna finds herself in a romantic relationship with Lucas and he decides to move in with his parasitic friend Danny. In the meanwhile, Rachel, who has a job in fashion, has turned up with a hunky new boyfriend -- Greg. On one night, things get trickier when Joanna sees Rachel and Greg, lying in a compromising position on the floor and pleasuring each other.

When Joanna spends her time with Lucas in Stoneborough Manor, she discovers that the house is having a strange effect on Lucas. She also doubts that Lucas becomes haunted by the death of his uncle and got pre-occupied by cine films of his uncle's friends at Stoneborough thirty years earlier. Moreover, Joanna feels that the mocking eyes of the frescoed immortals are following her every move and suspects that the house is haunted by bad spirits or ghosts. Can Joanna save Lucas from this spooky house?

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Airman by Eoin Colfer - Born to fly

2009-10-19T05:39:00.000-07:00

Eoin Colfer is an Irish author and comedian. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series and has also achieved success with other books.

“Airman” is a historical adventure novel written by Eoin Colfer. The story is set in the 19th century. The plot begins with the Paris World’s Fair of 1878, which Declan Broekhart and his wife, who is pregnant are attending. During their ride in air balloon along with Victor Vigny, Conor Broekhart is born, flying over Paris. Conor and his family reside on the Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast, which are ruled by King Nicholas Trudeau -- progressive leader who is helping the islands adapt to the industrialized world.

Conor spends his days with his tutor -- Victor Vigny, studying the science of flight. At one stage, Conor saves Isabella (Nicholas' daughter) from a fire accident, which awarded him the appreciation from the king for his bravery. From that day, he started to explore the castle with the king's daughter, Princess Isabella. Things started to change worse, when the head of the island's guards -- Marshall Bonvilain plans to overthrow Nicholas and take control of the Saltees.

When Conor comes to know about Bonvilain evil plans, he tries to expose it to the king, but Bonvilain succeeds him by killing King Nicholas and Victor and brands Conor as a traitor for the king’s death. So, Conor is thrown into jail on the prison island of Little Saltee. Is this the end of Conor? Will Bonvilain take over the Saltees?

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All These Lonely People by Gervase Phinn - A heartwarming story

2009-10-19T05:37:00.000-07:00

Gervase Phinn is an English author and lecturer. Gervase is not only a bestselling author for Penguin, but also he is a successful children’s author published by Puffin as he has published many books for children. He lives with his family near Doncaster.

“All These Lonely People”, written by Gervase Phinn is part of the Quick Reads series, which contains exciting, short, fast-paced books. The story revolves around few characters, their life styles and their activities. Also the story reveals the ups and downs that happen in everyday life in a truly heartwarming manner. In this story, Father McKenzie still manages to see the good in everyone, even though there are huge problems for him to worry about. Not being a perfect man in all aspects, Father McKenzie carries on valiantly doing his best.

Although there are not much regular attendees for Father McKenzie in the church, Miss Rigby and a little boy -- Matthew visits the church regularly, who finds comfort in the church. Moreover, Father McKenzie is often met by a young man, who is seeking for advice since his mind is terribly disturbed right from the day he discovered that he was adoped child by a couple.

Everyday, Father McKenzie meets different people in the church who seek him for advice and blessings. But his job is made more difficult by his nosy housekeeper and the gossips from the shop down the road. What sort of problems does Father McKenzie face? Will he continue in seeing the good side of the people?

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Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries - A Thriller romance

2009-10-19T05:31:00.000-07:00

Sabrina Jeffries is one of the best-selling American authors of romance novels. At the age of twelve, she began making up her own stories. She has written many novels under many series, which has fetched a long-lasting name in her field.

“Don't Bargain with the Devil” is a thriller-romantic novel under the series, "School of Heiresses" written by Sabrina Jeffries where she plots out the romantic war between an energetic gorgeous-looking girl and a mysterious magician. According to the story, Lucinda Seton aka Lucy is an outspoken, energetic, kind-hearted girl who is searching for her place and trying to find where she belongs. Moreover, she has recently had her heart broken by a man, whom she thought that she could marry, but it was not so.

After this disappointment, she decides to work as a teacher in Mrs. Harris’s school, where she got graduated. But the post will only be temporary, since she has to return to London for the Season with her father -- Colonel Seton, and her stepmother -- Lady Kerr. During her service in that school, she came to know about the plans of Diego Montalvo -- a mysterious and handsome magician in buying the property next to the school as he wishes to convert it into a pleasure garden.

On hearing this, Lucy tries to defend the school, without knowing that Diego’s mission is only to find the lost granddaughter of wealthy Spanish marques for which he’ll be rewarded with Arboleda -- a family property of Don Carlos. Moreover, Diego has promised his father, that he will regain all the properties that were ravaged during the war. At one stage, Lucy gets a chance to meet Diego which kindles out an unrevealed love over each other, but both stood keen over their missions. Can Diego able to find the lost heiress? Will Lucy join hands with Diego in his mission?

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Ransom My Heart by Meg Cabot - An Enjoyable Medieval Romance Novel

2009-10-19T05:21:00.000-07:00

Meg Cabot is an American author of romantic comedies, who has written and published over fifty books. She currently resides in Key West, Florida.

Ransom My Heart is a romance novel written by Mia Thermopolis with the help from Meg Cabot. According to the story, in the year 1291, Finnula Crais -- the adventurous daughter of the village miller has five sisters, and a brother named Robert.

One day, her sister Mellana Crais, the beauty of the family is in need of money for her dowry as she is pregnant out of wedlock. So, the sisters come up with a rather unusual plan, which involves Finnula, who has to find a wealthy man, to capture him for ransom in order to obtain the money that Mellana needs. Finnula decides to kidnap Hugo Fitzstephan, a young earl who has returned from the Crusades with quite a large fortune. When Hugo is asked his name by Finnula, he hides his true identity by conveying a fake name to her.

Soon, Finnula who has decided never to marry again after her first husband died before their wedding night, finds herself fighting her attraction for Hugo. Moreover, Hugo is also attracted by Finnula’s character and charming beauty that makes him to stay with her as a hostage, even though he gets many chances to escape from her.

Soon, Finnula and Hugo falls in love with each other and when Finnula decides to marry him, things started to change as she comes to know about his true identity. Moreover, she also learns that Hugo’s father was her first husband, who was also an earl. Will Finnula marry Hugo?

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Fire by Kristin Cashore - A Book of Adventure, Intrigue and Romance

2009-10-16T00:55:00.000-07:00

Kristin Cashore is an American fantasy author, whose first book -- Graceling has been one of the best-selling books in 2008-2009. She is the winner of Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s literature.

Fire is the second book written by Kristin Cashore, which is a loosely-related companion to Graceling that has entirely new cast of characters. The plot opens with suspense, mentioning about a lady monster -- Fire, who has the ability to control the minds of everyone around her. Separated by the mountains, the kingdom of Dells, which is ruled by the King Nash, exists next to the land of Graceling, where human monsters are the inhabitants. These Human monsters look beautiful and possess some powers too.

Many human monsters in the past, especially Fire's cruel father -- Cansrel caused miseries to the people. After Cansrel's unexpected death, Fire is the only one left in her kind. She resides far out of the country where she feels safe. In the meantime, King Nash is clinging to the throne as his enemies from the north and south build armies to overthrow him. So Nash and his brother, Brigan decided to seek help from powerful human monsters in order to save their kingdom from the enemies.

Since, Fire is the last one remaining in her kind, the brothers unwillingly seek help from her as they had no choice. Initially, Nash and Brigan distrust Fire for the miseries that her father caused on the kingdom before his death, but later Nash falls in love with Fire. Can Fire save the kingdom from the enemies?

Sci Fi & Fantasy

The Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord (1940-45) by Sir Max Hastings

2009-10-16T00:44:00.000-07:00

Sir Max Hastings is a British journalist and author, who often contributes articles to some publications.He has won many awards for his journalism and now he lives in Berkshire.

“The Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord” is a biographical book written by Sir Max Hastings, which spin on Churchill’s war leadership during the Second World War. It is a well-known fact that Winston Churchill was the greatest war leader that Britain ever had. In 1940, the nation moved behind him in a remarkable fashion.

Hastings has also pointed out that there was a deep divide between what Churchill expected from the British people and their army and what they were capable of delivering. In other words, the author has stated that inspite of all the rash impulses and wild judgments, Churchill was boasting up the war spirit too often in the minds of his countrymen.

In this book, the author has also mentioned about Churchill’s crucial victory when he became prime minister in May 1940 for the first time in order to keep Britain in the war as France collapsed under the German blitzkrieg and Churchill’s popularity was felt low by the nation in 1942 as some of his closest colleagues joined a protest to put an end to his role in directing the war machine. Moreover, the author has stated about the major events and disasters that occurred in Britain during the Second World War.

In short, The Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord is a book about Churchill’s greatest leadership qualities, which played a vital role during the Second World War.

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Herta Muller - The Nobel Prize winner for Literature 2009

2009-10-09T00:03:00.000-07:00

Herta Muller - Who?

Buy The Defence of the Realm The Authorized History of MI5

2009-10-06T05:08:00.000-07:00

Christopher Andrew is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, who has published a number of previous books on intelligence history. He is also a leading historian of Britain's intelligence agencies.

The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 is a history book written by Christopher Andrew, which marks the centenary of the Security Services and their role in twentieth-century British history, right from its establishment in 1909 to the present day. Actually, MI5 stands for ‘Military Intelligence (Department) 5’, which works to figure out a range of threats including terrorism, espionage and the production of weapons for mass destruction. Basically, this MI5 is a security intelligence agency for UK, which is responsible for protecting the UK citizens and their interests at home and overseas, and acts against the major threats to national security.

This book also throws new light on many events and periods in British history, which also includes the successful mission by MI5 in turning German agents during the Second World War and also has valuable information about the Profumo affair and its aftermath, and about a list of formerly unconfirmed Soviet contacts.

This book also reveals that headquarters of MI5 is at Thames House in London and also have eight regional offices around Great Britain. Moreover, the Security Service is organized into seven branches, each with specific areas of responsibility. In short, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 is a historical book that brings out the successful achievements made by the security intelligence agency and its documentary collections over the events that occurred, relating to security threats.

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown - Filled with Puzzles, Symbols and Historical secrets

2009-09-29T06:03:00.000-07:00

Dan Brown is an American author who is well-known for his bestselling thriller fiction novels. His books have been translated into over 40 languages and also feature a common lead character Robert Langdon. His plot also follows historical themes, which is mixed along with his fictional scripts thereby gaining interests from the readers.

“The Lost Symbol” is a 2009 novel written by Dan Brown in which a conspiracy theory thriller is set inWashington DC. The plot takes place over a period of 12 hours in Washington DC, focusing on Freemasonry. Robert Langdon is a Harvard symbologist, who is summoned to give a lecture in National Statuary Hall in U.S. Capitol. Soon he discovers a disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation, which will grant a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.

In the meanwhile, Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon -- the Smithsonian secretary and a 33rd degree Freemason is brutally kidnapped by Mal'akh, who demands that Langdon should unlock the Ancient Mysteries in return for Peter's life. In order to save Peter, Langdon joins hands with Solomon's younger sister -- Dr. Katherine Solomon. The chase and the clues to the puzzles lead the duo to various places like Library of Congress, U.S. Botanical garden and many more.

In short, Brown weaves mystery, intrigue and humor in his third novel -- The Lost Symbol, as Langdon takes his journey into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, which will drag him towards a single, inconceivable truth.

50 ways to find a lover by Lucy-Anne Holmes - An Excellent Romantic Novel

2009-09-26T02:44:00.000-07:00

Lucy-Anne Holmes is one of the talented authors in writing observational humor. 50 ways to find a lover is a romance book written by Lucy-Anne Holmes in which a playful insight into the life of a modern woman is brought out in a hilarious manner.

According to the plot, Sarah Sargeant is out of work actress who has a hilarious and charming character and is looking for a man as she felt her loneliness to be a carnal drought due to the fact that she was not having sex for the past 351 days. Sarah has been single for three years and nine months. She also tried for a date with a barman in her local pub, but her proposal was rejected. She knew it very well that her pride has not just been bruised, but it's been disemboweled.

Due to the disappointments and frustrations, Sarah decides that she will never approach out to a member of the opposite sex. Knowing this, her family and friends helped her out by suggesting other ideas. As per the suggestions, she starts a blog to register her search for a man, which will surely force her to actually search for a man. Fortunately, due to blogging she finds that men seem to be falling over themselves to get to know about her. As things go on to her expectations, she suddenly decides to go on a mission in exploring 50 ways to find a lover. But will this mission help Sarah to find a new guy for her desires?

Three Hundred Hours by Roderick Craig Low - A Beautifully-described Melancholic Journey

2009-09-26T02:39:00.000-07:00

Roderick Low has resided in France with his wife and allocates his time in working as a business analyst and technical author in the UK and Ireland.

“Three Hundred Hours” is the first novel written by Roderick Low in which a chronicle of losses is masterly said with humor. The story plots over the events that happen in the life of a couple -- David Grant and his beautiful French wife Elodie, who leads a prosperous, happy living in an idyllic village in the Ardcehe. David Grant is a middle-class, middle-aged British settler in rural France.

On one summer, Elodie decides to go on a Buddhist retreat in Paris, leaving her husband, who thinks that it will be a short trip for her. Moreover, David is slightly bustle about the details of daily life, but ultimately decides to take a trip on uncharacteristic impulse, hoping that he will be back easily in no time and carry out the household tasks that he has promised to do during Elodie’s absence.

As per his decision, David Grant starts his journey across France and back to the UK. Unfortunately due to humorous and melancholy situations, David gets subjected to a fitful odyssey that leads him eventually to his home town of Edinburgh. In his home town, his present life begins to fall as he is dragged back to his past by his memories, which leads his life to move out of his control, powerless to prevent the unavoidable ending. What problem did David face in his hometown? Is there anyone to help him out?

Science Fiction

London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins - A thrilling city novel

2009-09-26T02:33:00.000-07:00

Norman Collins was a British writer, and later a radio and television executive, who was born in 1907. He began his career as a novelist, publishing several successful works. He has written nearly 16 novels and 2 plays. He also worked as a local government correspondent for Private Eye magazine.

“London Belongs to Me” is one of the great city novels written by Norman Collins in which the plot is concerned about the tenants of a large terraced house during the pre-WWII London. The prospect of the war hangs over every inhabitant of London in 1938. The story begins at a lodging-house at 10 Dulcimer Street, owned by the widowed Mrs. Vizzard and occupied by a various tenants -- the recently retired clerk Mr. Josser and his wife, Mrs. Boon and her son -- Percy, the Pooterish Mr. Puddy and Connie -- a washed-up actress.

The pretty crook Percy is in love with the Jossers' daughter, and turns to crime to raise money so that he can impress her through his wealth. Unfortunately, he bungles a car theft and finds himself accused of murder. So Mr. Josser digs into his retirement fund for a lawyer in order to save his son. In the meanwhile, a fake psychic -- Mr. Squales joins the lodge as a new tenant and testifies against Percy, but his fakery gets exposed to his now-fiancee, Mrs. Vizzard during the process.

Even though Percy is found guilty, his neighbors support to his defence. With the assistance of the Jossers' loyal socialist -- Uncle Henry, the neighbors gather thousands of signatures in a petition to gain him a remit. Will Percy be punished for his crime?

Fiction Books

Psychology First - A 3rd Edition OCR Psychology for GCSE by Barbara Woods

2009-09-23T04:56:00.000-07:00

It’s a well-known fact that Psychology is an applied and academic science that analyzes the human mind and behavior. Barbara Woods is an experienced teacher of Psychology GCSE, and author of many Psychology textbooks. Karon Oliver is a senior educationalist and experienced teacher. Phil Banyard is a widely respected author, lecturer and researcher in Psychology. These three experienced authors have jointly written the book, OCR Psychology for GCSE: Psychology First 3^rd Edition -- a new resource from the

's most trusted name in GCSE Psychology.

“OCR Psychology for GCSE: Psychology First” brings the Psychology alive and is packed with colour engaging features, activities and assessment help for students. The authors have shared their knowledge and have deeply discussed about the psychological concepts to aid and consolidate students. This book covers all research methods topics and uses applications and real life examples thereby helping students to plan, do and carry out an investigation. This book is ideal for those who undergo courses in the fields of psychology and also helpful for those people who simply wish to learn more about Psychology.

The categories in this book include Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Individual Differences and Research in Psychology. This book is considered as the core textbook that matches to new OCR Specification. In short, OCR Psychology for GCSE: Psychology First gives an accessible and fascinating introduction to Psychological research and it provides an excellent introduction to key topics and draws on studies by names that are easily recognizable for students, thereby representing it as a student friendly book.

To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning - A Paranormal Romantic Tale

2009-09-23T04:50:00.000-07:00

Karen Marie Moning, who was born in 1964, is an American author of romance novels. Being the author of the Highlander series, Karen’s novels have received many awards. Now she lives inCincinnati, Ohio.

“To Tame a Highland Warrior” is the sequel to the first book in the highlander series -- “Beyond the Highland Mist”. The story begins in 1499, narrating the tale of Gavrael McIllioch also known as Grimm -- the son of a powerful Highland laird and Hawk’s best friend. He also believes that his father had killed his mother because of a hereditary madness and he too has the same illness.

Since Grimm has no one to look after him, he seeks as a refuge with the St Clair family. After some years, when Grimm realizes that he is in love with the beautiful daughter of St. Clair family -- Jillian, he leaves the family fearing that he may harm her like his father killed his mother. Gibraltar and Elizabeth are at their wits’ ends with the problem of trying to find a husband for Jillian. But, Jillian vowed never to wed anyone except Grimm, since she too loved him a lot. Knowing this, Jillian’s parents also want her to marry for love and so she gets a chance to opt between numerous suitors, in which Grimm is also one of the suitors.

Even though Jillian is unaware of the hidden mysteries in the life of Grimm, she believes that she is the only woman to tame the beast that is raged within him. Will Grimm destroy his enemies before starting a new life with Jillian?

Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer - A Real-life story

2009-09-23T04:42:00.000-07:00

Jeffrey Archer was born in 1940 and he is an English author, playwright and an actor. Being a former Member of Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, Archer lives in London.

“Paths of Glory” is a history-based novel written by Archer, which exposes the story of a real-life mountaineer, George Mallory. The author has attempted to fictionalize the life story of Mallory and his dream of being the first man to climb to the top of Mt. Everest. Unfortunately, Mallory's body was found on Mt. Everest in 1999, and it is considered that he may have been the first man to reach the highest point.

The story describes Mallory’s thirty-two year period covering from his childhood days to his third attempt to climb Mt. Everest in 1924, at age thirty-seven. From the young age, Mallory showed a lot of interests in mountain climbing, but failed in his first two attempts due to many reasons. This aim in climbing mountains was pulling away lots of his quality time and money, which was disliked by his wife.

After the two failed attempts, he decides to make a last attempt in climbing up the Mt. Everest, stating that he will place his wife’s photo on the top and return back home, and promise to make no more attempts after this. But on the way to the mountains, he was found dead and his wife’s photo was missing from his wallet. Was he killed during his mission in climbing Mt. Everest? Or did he die due to worst weather conditions?

Highland Scandal by Julia London - A Sinful Romance

2009-09-23T04:35:00.000-07:00

Julia London is the penname of Dinah Dinwiddie, who was born and grew up on a ranch in Texas. She is a well-known American writer of romantic novels, who has worked as a public administrator before she came into her writing profession.

“Highland Scandal” is a sinful romantic novel written by Julia London, in which she plots out the life of a fugitive nobleman having a meaningless relationship with a lovely young lady. Jack Haines -- the Earl of Lambourne has been accused of adultery with the Princess of Wales, Caroline. Even though, Jack is innocent, falsely been named to such activities, he packs his bags and heads to his nativeScotland since the Prince of Wales wanted him to be punished for his adultery. So Jack rushes to his native, very keen that he shouldn’t get caught by the men sent by the Princess of Wales. Jack’s sister has already left the message to him that he will be hang to death if he is been found guilty.

During his risky journey, Jack is perceived by two Scots bounty hunters in the remote corner of the Highlands. After knowing his problem, these two hunters offer him a deal which would save him from his charges. Instead he has to help them out from their family problem. These hunters need Jack to get engaged with their sister, Lizzie Beal in order to ward-off a suitor from a powerful rival clan -- intending to control their land. Instead of getting hanged in London for his false charges, he wisely accepts to marry Lizzie, who is not interested to marry this fugitive nobleman. Is jack safe in marrying Lizzie? Will Lizzie fall in love over Jack?

Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison

2009-09-17T03:38:00.000-07:00

Harry Harrison is an award-winning American and Irish novelist for his bestselling science-fiction novels which often revolves around the contrast between the thinking man and the man of force.

“Make Room! Make Room!” is a 1966 Sci-fi novel written by Harry Harrison that plots out the unrestricted population growth set in New York City. Grieving under the burden of 35 million inhabitants in this city, detective Andy Rusch is engaged in a desperate and lonely hunt for a murderer who has killed a very wealthy man, apparently the victim of an attempted robbery that went wrong. Andy lives in half a room where his roommate Sol -- a retired ex-army engineer lives along with him.

Andy is now on the desperate heat since he has to trace out the killer in this huge population. Only help that he can get in this case from this over-populated society is the victim’s girlfriend who lives one of the few functioning high rise apartments left in New York City. Soon Andy and the victim’s girlfriend get closer and moves in to his apartment. In the meantime, the killer returns back to the city after a couple of days. In the meanwhile, Andy gets depressed for the death of his friend and roommate -- Sol, who was injured severely during the protest against the revision of a legislative bill supporting family planning.

Soon, things get revealed for Andy, that the victim’s girlfriend seems likely to be the mistress of the killer. She used to go with rich people and satisfy them for money. Can Andy trap the Killer?

Rosie Harris's Interesting Page-turner 'Love Changes Everything'

2009-09-17T03:32:00.000-07:00

Rosie Harris was born in 1925 in Cardiff, who has resided there and in the West Country for a while. She is a well-known author of romantic fiction. In 1975, her first novel was published, followed by eight other novels all under the name Marion Harris. Now she lives in Buckinghamshire and writes full time.

“Love Changes Everything” is one of the excellent novels written by Rosie Harris which revolves around the miseries, life and love of a young girl. Trixie Jackson is a fourteen year old beautiful girl, moving her days with good hopes. She has lot of plans for her future, but her present days get worse day by day, filling up with disappointments. Since she gets sacked from the local factory, she is been forced to serve as a housekeeper for one of her father’s friends -- a man whom she doesn’t like at all.

Trixie is now been kept behind the doors, working as a housekeeper and burning out her desires. Since she is from the poor status, she is in urgent need for money in order to take care of her little sister, Cilla and her mother. Being a housekeeper, her days soon become a living hell. Soon she tries to escape quickly from her workplace, willing to lead her life as her wish. But she injures herself and gets admitted in hospital.

However, Trixie’s troubles are not yet over since her mother meets with a tragic accident and dies. Unfortunately, Trixie and her younger sister Cilla are now placed at the mercy of their threatening father, who soon brings his mistress -- Daisy into the family. Now this step mother will stop at nothing to push the girls’ lives to terrifying miseries. Can Trixie face her problems and take care of her sister? Will anyone help Trixie from her problems?

The Reading Room by Ruth Hamilton - Love! Life! Courage!

2009-09-17T03:29:00.000-07:00

Ruth Hamilton was born in Bolton and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. She is a well-known writer in the north-west of England. Being the bestselling author of nineteen novels, Ruth Hamilton now lives in Liverpool.

“The Reading Room” is a rich, compelling novel of love and courage written by Ruth Hamilton displaying her unique warmth and humor. The story revolves around the miseries of a courageous lady -- Leanne Chalmers, who decides to move to Lancashire with her friend and her daughter, hoping that she could start a new life and hide her identity. She has already made a successful career in displaying her own style of home decoration and design on the nation's screens.

When Leanne moves to her new place, she changed her name as Lily -- very keen to hide her identities so that her husband, Clive -- who is been sent to prison for his crimes can’t able to find her. Soon Leanne and her companion make friends with Mike -- the Catholic priest, Eve -- a Liverpudlian, Paul and Maurice -- the hairdressers, and Dave and his love -- Philly. Everyone thinks that Lily, with her best friend and a small child has come up from the South West.

As the days go on, Lily's new life gets filled with peace as she joins Dave's reading room, a shop come cafe and library where she begins to relax. But things started to change worse, when one of her friend -- Eve is wounded badly in a burglary, which made Lily to get afraid that her husband has found her hide out, getting closer to her living place for killing her. Will Lily be saved from her terrifying husband?

The Kissing Game by the Award winning author Suzanne Brockmann

2009-09-17T03:26:00.000-07:00

Suzanne Brockmann is an award winning American romantic fiction novelist who is born in 1960. She resides outside Boston with her husband and two children.

“The Kissing Game” is a thrilling romantic novel written by Suzanne Brockmann under the Sunrise Key series. As the story begins, aspiring private investigator Frankie Paresky finds herself committed to abona fide case -- needs to track down the missing heir of her wealthy client, who used to vacation on the island. Joining in this assignment with Frankie is Simon Hunt, her best friend's brother and a notorious heartbreaker whom she's loved forever. Simon Hunt and Frankie have already met each other during their teenage. Frankie knows very well that Simon is a bed jumping commitment guy, but even then couldn’t stop herself in admiring at him.

But for Simon, he wishes to prove things wrong about Frankie’s opinion about his character, since he’s been dreaming about her as they were teenagers. As the story moves, the duo gets into the act of finding the missing heir of her client. During their investigation, the clues direct them to mysterious journeys which made Frankie to feel safe as long as her partner is with her.

Moreover Frankie also stands between pleasure and panic and so she needs to solve this case as soon as possible so that she can keep herself away from her love and desires over Simon. Completely seductive and irresistibly inventive, “The Kissing Game” is a thrilling tale of secrets, mysteries and romance.

Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - Discover the World of Werewolves

2009-09-17T03:21:00.000-07:00

Patricia Briggs, an award-winning fantasy author was born in 1965 at Montana and now lives inWashington State. She has resided in various cities in the Pacific Northwest. The tendency to share her discoveries with the rest of the world led her to writing.

“Cry Wolf” is another novel in Mercy Thompson series, which stars a very different heroine. Mercy is subjected to paranormal affairs as she steps down to earth mechanic. The story begins with Charles Cornick -- an Alpha who is the son of Bran -- the Marrok and leader of all alpha werewolves, is investigating about a rogue werewolf who turned out Anna Latham into a werewolf, against her will and she was beaten down and brutalized. When Charles meets Anna, he identifies that she has been changed into a rare and precious Omega wolf with the ability to calm wolves and keep their violence in check. During investigation, Charles is shot by silver bullets which have subjected him to bad wounds while he was helping Anna.

It is brought to the notice of Bran that similar attacks are held near Marrok’s own territory in Aspen Creek, which made him to suspect that someone in his Alpha werewolf is out of mind and have decided to attack the public. But, Bran always wants to present a friendly opinion of the wolves to the world when they discover that werewolves inhabit this planet, too. So, Bran assigns next assignment to Charles who is still recovering from injuries and Anna insists on accompanying him on their journey in search of the evil-minded werewolf. Soon Charles and Anna are joined by Asil, an ancient werewolf and Walter -- an ex-soldier/werewolf and they team up together against the forces of evil and black-magic. Who is behind these brutal attacks? Can this Marrok’s team succeed in this battle?

Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada - A Page-turning Moral Thriller

2009-09-17T03:18:00.000-07:00

Hans Fallada was born in 1893 in Greifswald in north-east Germany and he was one of the most famous German writers of 20th century who lived a chaotic life.

“Alone in Berlin” is a 1947 novel by Hans Fallada, which outlines about German resistance to the Nazis. It is based on the true story middle-aged couple who committed acts of civil disobedience in Berlin during World War II. The story begins in June 1940 in a Berlin apartment, where the old Persicke -- a drunkard retired publican, and his ambitious Nazi sons celebrate the fall of France. At that time postwoman Eva Kluge delivers a devastating letter to a quiet and self-contained couple -- Otto and Anna Quangels in that apartment, the couple learns that their only son has been killed in the war.

The apartment was occupied by an elderly Jewish woman Frau Rosenthal on the top floor whose husband is dragged off by the Gestapo, and seeks some help from Judge Fromm, the retired intellectual. While in the rear tenement, Evil-minded Emil Borkhausen -- a blackmailer and pimp who sniffs around for a chance to earn a quick profit is living with wife Otti who has five children by various men, and entertains her clients. The Quangels couple gets frustrated over their son’s death and decides to begin a campaign of resistance by dropping hundreds of anonymous postcards attacking Hitler in stairwells and offices all over the city, hoping that these postcards will instigate a wider revolt against the Party.

Soon, these cards come to the notice of the ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich who tries to trace out the people behind this act. Knowing about the postcards issue, Borkhausen, along with little Enno Kluge -- the postwoman's estranged husband who is a pathetic gambler and womanizer gets themselves involved in this act, so that they can earn money through their blackmail and betrayal acts which will tighten the Quangels’ neck. Will the couple get caught?

The Secret War by M. F. W. Curran - Mankind vs. Daemon

2009-09-17T03:11:00.000-07:00

Matt FW Curran was born in 1974 in Essex and now he lives in Sheffield with his wife.

“The Secret War”, written by M.F.W.Curran is a historical fantasy novel that plots out the secret battle fought between Heaven and Hell. Angles and Daemons, knights and vampires fight for the future of mankind, and as the two sides continue their war across the world, innocent people are caught up in the clash.

As the story begins, Napoleon has lost and so the battle of Waterloo comes to an end. The newly promoted Captain William Saxon and his closest friend Lieutenant Kieran Harte are survivors of the Battle of Waterloo along with their few men. William is much disappointed as he lost many men under his command. Also his buddy, Kieran has been injured and is exhausting in the Belgian town of Gembloux where he falls in love with a neighborhood lady. Soon he decides to leave the army once his colleagues return home, willing to start a new life with his lover.

But things started to change, when a mysterious artefact is stolen from the body of a dead French soldier, which has the power to raise a daemon. Soon this daemon plunders the town of Gembloux, killing soldiers and civilians alike, including Kieran's lover. Subjected to emotions and anger, Kieran and William join hands to fight against this monster, in order to kill it once in for all. During this mission, they meet a man named Engrin who leads them to Rome and introduces them to a fading secret organization in the Catholic Church that is fighting against these daemons and worse. Also they get a chance to meet an enigmatic warrior, who is believed to have the key for the fate of mankind. Will the daemon be killed? Or is this the end of mankind?

The Two Pearls of Wisdom by Alison Goodman - Brings out the ancient lores of Chinese Astrology

2009-09-17T03:08:00.000-07:00

Alison Goodman is an Australian author, who is well-known for her award-winning science fiction novel, “Singing the Dogstar Blues”. She has given lecture in creative writing programs at several Victorian universities. She is good at writing fictional stories.

“The Two Pearls of Wisdom”, written by Alison Goodman is a 2008 Aurealis Award-winning Novel under the Best Fantasy category, which is based on the ancient lores of Feng Shui and Chinese astrology. The story is all about Eon, who is been trained to become a Dragoneye -- one of the most powerful people in the whole of the empire who can able to control wind and water to protect the land. But there is a dark secret that hides behind his past. Eon is actually Eona, a young woman living a dangerous pretence that, if discovered, will mean certain death.

When Eona was young, he was found by a power-hungry master of the Dragon Magic, who was in a search for the new Dragoneye. Since females are not allowed in practicing arts, Eona undergoes years of study to mask or pretend as a boy. So Eona becomes Eon, and a dangerous risk is put into play. Soon, Eon's ultimate display of skill at the Dragoneye ceremony draws attention of the Emperor himself and summoned to the wealthy court, which places him in the centre of a power struggle between the Emperor and his High Lord brother.

Subjected to the treacherous court politics, Eon tries to escape form the responsibilities given to him, since he gets deviated from his mission in capturing the imperial throne. Soon Eona must learn to believe her powers and find the strength to face a spiteful enemy who would take away her magic and her life.

The Horror Book Kingdom by Tom Martin

2009-09-10T03:35:00.001-07:00

Tom Martin is a fictitious name and he lives in Oxford. His first novel, Pyramid gained good impacts and responses from the people all over the world.

“Kingdom” is a suspense / religious thriller book written by Tom Martin, which eyes on one of the most enduring historic stories of the East -- the legend of Shangri-La. The plot revolves around the discoveries made by a female journalist regarding the hidden truths in Tibet. Nancy Kelly, a female journalist has been sent to Delhi to replace a man called Anton Herzog, her predecessor.

As soon as Nancy arrives in Delhi, things started to change, as Herzog went missing in Tibet and soNancy is arrested on the suspicion of espionage. Some how, Nancy frees herself from this suspicion and decided to go in search of Herzog. At this time, she discovers that Herzog has a real sinister past. Soon she receives a parcel having a mysterious trumpet made of bone that looks like a cult. She learns that the weird cult is associated with the Nazis and also she is been indicated that some one is trying to penetrate into a hidden kingdom in Tibet.

These clues draw her on a dangerous journey into an ancient land of myth and legend, where she teams up with an American antiques dealer named Jack Adams and together they march towards Tibet in search of the missing man, Herzog and in search of the mystery that he has been involved in. Will Nancy find out the mystery behind the hidden kingdom?

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Tempted All Night by Liz Carlyle - A Romance

2009-09-10T03:29:00.000-07:00

Liz Carlyle is an American author, well known for her historical romance novels.

“Tempted All Night” is a romantic, thriller story book that revolves around the two main characters who try to find out the mystery behind the death of a Russian and the missing woman. Miss Phaedra Northampton and Miss Zoe Armstrong are best friends who couldn't be more distinct from each other. Phaedra is a good English lady, who has a sharp wit, but never showed it out. But Zoe is a kind of girl who lives for her satisfaction and never bothers about the wrong way she chooses to achieve her happiness. Moreover, she uses Phaedra for correcting her faults, which sometimes brings out trouble to both of them.

Phaedra tries to keep a secret away form her family that she is trying to help her maid look for the maid’s sister, Millie. When she is on the quest to locate Millie, she witnesses a mysterious Russian, Gorsky falls dead at her feet, a knife stabbed at his back. Handsome rake Tristan Talbot, son of the marquess of Hauxton, goes on the search for the killer since his father insisted to do so, and Phaedra insists on helping him to investigate this death since she suspects there is a link between Gorsky’s death and Millie's disappearance.

In the meanwhile, Tristan and Phaedra fall in love with each other, but they both try to avoid it as much as they can. As the danger surrounding the investigation develops, so does the feelings between Tristan and Phaedra, causing unexpected problems to arise. Will the duo find out the killer?

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Identity by G.M.Ford - Search of the memories

2009-09-10T03:26:00.000-07:00

G.M.Ford, an excellent writer of thriller novels is born in 1945 and lives in Seattle. He is the author of the applauded Frank Corso series and Leo Waterman series.

Identity by G. M. Ford, his first stand-alone novel in which a suspense story is wrapped up with a mystery along with riddles over certain death. As the story begins, Paul Hardy survived an accident when he was seen near dead in a railroad car behind western station seven years ago. Since his body was damaged severely, he spent past seven years living in a group home for disabled adults -- Harmony House in Washington State.

Although, Paul lost contacts with the outside world, since he can’t remember his identity, he developed a close relationship with one of the physically-challenged patients -- Shirley, whom he seemed to understand. One day Shirley´s wheelchair rolled out of control and Paul ran after it, trying to save her from tumbling over. Unfortunately during the rescue, a car hit him. Paul is taken to the hospital in a critical condition, with less chances to survive. The Director of the Harmony House, Helen, knew she had to stay at the hospital because Paul had no one else.

During the treatment, the doctor did a face surgery to Paul that got damaged during his first accident. After a while, Paul gained the consciousness, but came up with a problem that his name is not Paul Hardy. When he looked in the mirror, he couldn’t even recognize himself due to the reconstructive surgery. Slowly, Paul was able to regain some memories that took him on a cross-country quest to find out who he really is.

As Paul begins his search, some people are not comfortable -- from the DA's office to the highest levels of government. So, he begins to face more threats to his life. Will Paul finds his identity?

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Shadow of the Scorpion by Neal Asher - A Novel of War

2009-09-10T03:24:00.000-07:00

Neal Asher is an English science fiction writer. He is born in Essex, England and began writing Science Fiction and Fantasy at the age of sixteen. His novels are occupied by fast paced action and violent encounters.

“Shadow of the Scorpion” is Neal’s sixth Ian Cormac title in Polity series in which the adventures of Ian Cormac, an agent of Earth Central Security (ECS), in his ongoing battles against a rigidly hierarchical, scorpion-shaped species called the Prador to secure the future of the Polity is plotted out neatly in an insane war story with full of giant explosions on alien worlds.

Most of the pages in this book reveals out the flashbacks of Cormac, where readers get a chance to read more about his early days, spending time with is father, mother and his brother. While his father and brother were off world fighting the Prador, he had a series of bitter experiences that involved a giant, scorpion-shaped war robot which seems to follow him and disturbs his life as it did for his family.

While dealing with the monstrous Prador in a crashed spaceship, things suddenly change further when a colleague is revealed as a Separatist traitor and captures a warhead to be used against the ECS, making the situation to get more complicated. As Cormac's heroic actions get him quickly promoted to an elite fighting unit called the Sparkind, his childhood memories lead him to question what exactly happened to his father, since he believes that his dad died during the war. As he gets deeper into the case, he finds out the hidden truths behind the death of his father.

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New Romance book by Louise Douglas - The Love of My Life

2009-09-10T03:17:00.000-07:00

“The Love of My Life” is a brilliant, gripping and heart-wrenching debut novel by Louise Douglas and she has achieved something very accomplished. This is a romantic novel that brings out the innocence of childhood and the dynamics of love and loss with dexterous and sensitivity.

This novel brings out the love story between two teenagers -- Olivia and Luca Felicone. They had known each other since childhood and their friendship grows out as a secret teenage romance, which eloped to London since their families opposed their relationship. Luca's parents own Marinella's restaurant, the colorful hub of life in the north-eastern seaside town of Watersford. Their marriage life was running smoothly, filled up with love and romance, until the day came to mess up the things suddenly.

On a cold January night Olivia's life is shattered, when she learns that Luca dies in a car accident, which has made Olivia to panic. She is left with nothing. After suffering from weeks of overwhelming grief, she quits her job and returns north where Luca has been buried in Watersford. Luca’s mother, Angela has never forgiven Olivia for causing such a break in her family. So, Luca’s family didn’t treat Olivia kindly, during the funeral.

Soon, Olivia meets Marc, Luca's married twin and she realizes that he is experiencing a loss almost as painful as her own. Their grief draws them into an affair to help each other through the weeks after Luca's death. Even tough they knew this relationship has no meaning and future, but fills the space where Luca should be. Will this affair bring Olivia into Luca’s family?

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick - Reveals out the Dark History

2009-08-05T05:17:00.000-07:00

Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist and a short story writer. He was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California.

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip Dick, is a Sci-fi novel that helped to define the alternative history genre and has won the Hugo Award for the best novel in 1962. The story is about the daily life of the winners and the vanquished under the fascist rule. The base is set in West-Coast America in the 1960s, when the Axis powers won the Second World War.

It’s a well-known fact that the former U.S president, Franklin Roosevelt was assassinated that had some effect on American preparations for the war. The US entered the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. New York and San Francisco were badly damaged, during the war that lasted until 1947. In the consequences, the United States has been partitioned, with Nazi-run Eastern and Japanese-run Western portions. Only the strip of Rocky Mountain States was left free, as it is a buffer zone.

In this neutral buffer zone lives the man in the high castle, the author of an underground bestseller, “The Grasshopper Lies Heavy,” a work of fiction that offers an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis lost the Second World War. The message is very simple that, both Japanese and Germans didn’t win the war in a fair manner, even though history says they won.

In short, this book is about the connection between history, facts and creativity, which is carefully adjusted and controlled. Moreover, this book is one of the widely published books with more than 28 editions, remaining as the finest alternative world novel ever written.

Two Little Miracles by Caroline Anderson - A Medical Romance

2009-08-05T05:05:00.000-07:00

Caroline Anderson is a popular British writer of romantic novels and she is specialized in medical romances. She has lived in England.

“Two Little Miracles” is a romantic novel written by Caroline Anderson, in which she plots out the love and departure between a pair, which took their paths to different situations.

As the story begins, it’s Mr. Gallagher who is working for Max, comes with the information about Max’s departed wife, Julia. Gallagher stated that he has found Julia in Suffolk, England. When Max hears this, he freezes out in happiness. But this happiness was not so long, until he came to know that Julia is staying in a cottage that belongs to John Blake and she too got babies -- Twin girls.

Now, Max doubts whether she has been having affairs with John, since the day he left her. When Gallagher moves out, Max looses his temper, thinking of his wife, throws away a paperweight in frustration which hits the window and shattered, the pieces jumping off the glass and falling harmlessly to the floor. On hearing this, Andrea, PA for Max rushes in and reads out the situation. She understood the things that is troubling Max.

Andrea soon tries to cool him off and offers him a cup of tea before he moves to see his wife, Julia. Now the story moves to Suffolk, where Julia is taking care of her babies, expecting her aunt Jane. Max finds her cottage and sees a woman walking near the window with a baby in her hand. When Julia saw Max, she stuns out and feels the blood drain from her face.

At this heart-breaking situation, this couple is running out of words as they stare at each other. Both were having anger over each, but didn’t express out, since love overtakes their anger for a while. But, will this pair reunite to lead a peaceful life? Are the babies belonging to Max?

Mother of Pearl by Maureen Lee - Love, Romance and Tragedy fills the story

2009-08-05T05:03:00.000-07:00

Maureen was born in Bootle, Liverpool and had published numerous short stories and a play professionally staged before her first novel was published. Now she lives in Colchester, Essex and her latest novel, “The Leaving of Liverpool”, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller.

“Mother of Pearl” is a great tale written by Maureen Lee, which brings out the story of a women who passes through war years and beyond. The story begins at Southport pier in 1939, where the eighteen years old gorgeous looking girl -- Pretty Amy Curran is in love with Barney Patterson, a charming man and their romantic, passionate marriage was made in heaven, according to their belief.

From the day they married each other, their life was filled purely with love and care over each other. But their happy days were not lasting long, since Britain declared war on Germany and Barney immediately volunteered to fight, and the couple was eventually separated for five long years. As the days pass away, blowing out love in air, Amy is eagerly waiting for her husband’s return. But things suddenly started to change when Barney returned to Liverpool after VE Day. It seems he wasn't the same person when he left her.

It seems the couple lost their love due to some reasons. One day Amy was arrested for killing her beloved husband. By 1971 Amy has spent nearly twenty years in prison for Barney's murder. Now she is about to be released. At this point, many queries rise in readers’ mind like what happened to Amy’s little daughter, Pearl who was just five years old at the time her mother left? Can Amy find her little girl? What would be the reason for Amy to kill her beloved?

In short, Maureen Lee is a excellent story teller who will gently guide readers through every emotion known.

Not Untrue and Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughlin - A gripping story of friendship, rivalry and betrayal

2009-08-05T04:57:00.000-07:00

Ed O’Loughlin has lived much of his professional life as a correspondent in Africa. He leaves a deep impression in his novels through his fine, darkly authoritative.

Not Untrue and Not Unkind is a fictional debut about journalist reporting from the continent, trying toprotect the port of Dublin from the chaotic African conflict on a journey of private discovery. The story begins at Dublin, where a newspaper editor called Cartwright commits suicide. His colleague, Owen Simmons, working as foreign editor of a Dublin newspaper, gets the post of Cartwright who has left behind a dossier.

One day, Owen discovers the dossier, which has some pictures and clippings that remind Owen of his own memories as a roving correspondent and take his thoughts to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved in Africa during the 1990s. It was a hard time in that continent, with the genocide in Rwanda, outbreaks in Nigeria and disruptions in the Congo. Due to such mess and outbreaks, Owen is forced to make compromises. Departing away from the women he loved and from the place he never wants to miss, Owen stepped into Dublin leaving behind the wonderful times he spent in his native.

Soon, Owen steps out from his memories and tries to figure out the relation between the photos and his late colleague. In this book, the author has brought out a gripping tale of friendship, rivalry and betrayal that prevails among the group of journalists and photographers covering Africa’s wars. Will Owen finds the reason behind his colleague’s suicide?

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child - Another crime thriller title in Reacher’s series

2009-08-05T04:45:00.000-07:00

Lee Child is a British thriller novelist who lives in New York State. He spends his spare time with music, reading and likes to travel for vacations, especially on promotion tours so that he can meet his readers, to whom he is eternally thankful.

“Gone Tomorrow” is the 13th novel in the strangely appealing Jack Reacher series, which is one of the most successful thriller series in the world. The story begins at on a New York subway in the early hours of the morning, where Reacher notices a woman, Susan Mark who looks suspicious in a way that makes Reacher conclude that she is a suicide bomber on a mission. But Reacher can't help Susan since she commits suicide, instead of setting off a bomb.

Soon, Reacher realizes she is not the suicide bomber and so he invites the interest of the Police Department. However, he senses out danger ahead since there is something mysterious about the dead woman’s individuality that puts larger forces into play. Once the people started to scatter, due to fear, Reacher who is just a witness for Susan’s death, notices an innocent bystander, being chased by the FBI, the Department of Defense, NYPD and a strange group of terrorists.

In this story, Reacher is quite slow off the mark, at first working things out wrong as usual and finally rethink his options. Due to Reacher’s interference, he has become a centre target for secretive foreign agents, federal officials and persons from the Pentagon who have some part behind the pre-planned tragedies that is expected to commence soon. Will Reacher figures out the disasters waiting ahead?

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Death Wore White by Jim Kelly - A Crime Story

2009-07-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

Jim Kelly, the winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library Award, lives inCambridgeshire, England. He is the author of The Fire Baby, The Moon Tunnel, The Coldest Blood, The Skeleton Man and The Water Clock that was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award.

“Death Wore White by Jim Kelly” is a horror, thriller and crime story written by Jim where he gives detailed entry to the snowy fens along England’s Norfolk coast. This new series, set in Norfolk, features a duo of cops, unwillingly partnered. DI Peter Shaw is the son of a previous partner of DS George Valentine. They have history and it's not looking good for the partnership. Shaw thinks Valentine is past it, and Valentine thinks Shaw is a stuck-up fast tracked college graduate who has got too big for his boots.

The main story is about Harvey Ellis who sits in a line of traffic on an isolated road along the Norfolk coast, trapped by a fallen tree in a snowstorm. At 8:15 p. m., he is discovered stabbed to death, despite having been in full view of the other drivers the whole time, and the fact that no footprints are seen the snow around his vehicle. From this point, the crime gets into effect.

The detectives involve in this case on the same night they find the dead body of another man washed up on a nearby beach. Before they can get to the depth of either mystery, the dead bodies increases up in number and the case becomes more puzzling. Shaw and Valentine are experiencing the untold tension between them resulting from a twelve-year-old case involving a murdered boy which Valentine worked with Shaw’s father, Jack. Valentine and the senior Shaw were accused of planting evidence in that case and Jack eventually died of heartbreak from disappointment.

While handling with all the murders happening on his watch, Peter is re-investigating the cold case that may clear his father’s name and bring the things back to normal. Now the queries arise like Did Peter finds the culprit? Or did he fail to remove the knots?

In short, the author is taking the readers to thrilling stages at the middle of the story and makes them to walk along with the characters involved in the story.

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The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly - A Writer traps the Criminal

2009-07-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

In this story, three issues weave their ways linking to each other. The main plot centers on the murders committed by someone who comes to be known as the Scarecrow. He has a special way of killing, of course, but the police have not threaded the knots as they have settled for the expedient solution. Computers figure heavily into the crimes as they provide a means of identifying potential victims. A major part of the story revolves around the decline of newspaper business and the difficulties it is raising in real life of the hero, Jack McEvoy who had won a Pulitzer for his reporting on The Poet.

Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels who is among that select few authors who seem to always spin gold. The Scarecrow is a 2009 novel written by Michael in which he introduces us to a killer right up front.

Jack is focused on writing about Alonzo Winslow -a 16 year old teen who is being convicted of murdering a Hollywood dancer, but when he discovers that the story is bigger than he thought, and Jack discovers that Alonzo might actually be innocent. Things start to turn as his further investigation brings him back in touch with Rachel, his former lover, whom the FBI had relegated to a backwater office. She has just rehabilitated herself and is now backing in the mainstream of the agency. However, her participation with Jack creates new problems, resulting in her suspension and resignation. While Jack is looking for the killer, the killer is not looking for him because he knows he is coming and is waiting for his kill.

Now the queries arise in the minds of the readers. Did Jack save his job? Will Rachel save hers? Will the Scarecrow be caught?

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Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac - A Teenager’s Love Story

2009-07-17T06:22:00.000-07:00

Jack Kerouac, the youngest of three children in a French-Canadian family was born in 1922 in Lowell,Massachusetts. Having left college, he joined the merchant marines and began the restless wanderings that were to continue for the greater part of his life. He is one of the most controversial and best-known writers of his time. His first novel, The Town and the City, followed by his many other books like The Subterraneans, Doctor Sax and Desolation Angels, and more made him more popular. Jack Kerouac died in St. Petersburg, Florida at the age of forty-seven.

"Maggie Cassidy" is the love interest of a teenage boy growing up in Lowell, MA. The base is a basic adolescent love story in a New England mill town. The young narrator is active in sports, hangs out with his friends, and daydreams of being with Maggie -- his love interest.

At the beginning of the story, Young and loveable, Jack Dulouz experiences all the trembling of fear, anxiety and delight as he dreams of making it -- as a football star, and with Maggie Cassidy, his high school sweetheart. He met her at the New Year's Eve Dance at the Rex Ballroom, which makes him crazy about her. But at eighteen, a year older than him, she's giving him a lot of trouble with her capricious sexuality.

In short, this book unfolds the story of Jack and Maggie, in love with the idea of being in love, looking ahead to marriage with hope and anxiety, is told with touching simplicity. It skillfully captures both the intensity and the ordinariness of adolescent life, with its torments and complications and is a beautiful evocation of growing up in America. So did the Romeo fulfill his dreams as a football star? And did he thread himself with his love?

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Constable in Love by Martin Gayford - Exhibiting a Painter’s Love Story

2009-07-17T06:16:00.000-07:00

Martin Gayford has been art critic of the Spectator and the Sunday Telegraph. He is currently chief European art critic for Bloomberg and lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.

“Constable in Love” is a romantic story about John Constable -- one of the grand masters of English painting, fell in love with Maria Bicknell, granddaughter of a Suffolk country neighbour, Dr. Rhudde. The story begins with the description of Constable -- his achievements and his family background is also plotted well. In 1800, when he was 24, he met a 12-year-old with a sweet and winsome face, who was visiting her grandfather, the wealthy, rector of the parish. From 1809 onwards, his childhood friendship with Maria Bicknell developed into a deep, mutual love. They soon fell in love and immediately found their plans for future happiness beset with problems since their engagement in 1816 was opposed by Maria's grandfather, who considered the Constables his social inferiors and threatened Maria with disinheritance.

Maria Bicknell was intelligent, attractive, refined and delicate, as befitted the daughter of a well-known and successful London lawyer, Charles. But one of the most important things about her was that she and Constable knew one another from East Bergholt. From Constable’s point of view, she was thus a natural muse, the embodiment of the landscape which was always at the centre of his art. After the rejection of his marriage proposal by Maria’s grandpa, Maria herself pointed out that a penniless marriage would detract from any chances John had of making a career in painting.

Now its upto the hero of this story to bring out himself as a successful individual and to stay connected with his love interest, Maria after such a worse disappointment in his marriage plans. Did he triumphs in his love and career?

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Tropic of Capricorn by Simon Reeve - Insight into the Fascinating Journey

2009-07-17T06:06:00.000-07:00

Simon Reeve is a British author and TV anchor. Based in London, he is skilled in international terrorism, conflict resolution, and making travel documentaries in little-known areas of the world.

“Tropic of Capricorn” is a travel categorized book by Simon Reeve that takes the readers on a journey along the tropic of Capricorn line starting in Africa & finishing in Australia. Simon journey doesn't visit only the big well known towns and cities, but also visited most of the places that are well off the beaten track.

In the first part of his journey, Simon travels though Africa and finds out that some countries economies are developing due to trade from China but others are still suffering from murderous omnipotentants and chronic lack of food and good medical facilities. On the journey though Western Australia and the Northern territory, Simon finds out that the Australian farmers and people living in the outback are suffering the most dramatic change in the climate like the chronic shortness of rain and very hot temperatures.

Some of his experiences in meeting different people were also said neatly through out the book. In his journey, the author met miners scrabbling for gems in dark, dangerous tunnels and a British anthropologist who is fighting to save forest communities in South America. He also went hunting with a tribe of former cannibals, traveled the equivalent of half-way up the giant Everest, ate dried caterpillars, and searched for wild honey in the forests of northern Argentina.

Through different experiences that reveal out the traditions of mankind and availability of resources, this book is taking the readers to different places and subjects them the experiences that the author has felt during his journey.

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1000 Things for Kids to do in the Holidays by Ronnie Haydon - A perfect Guide for Children

2009-07-17T06:02:00.000-07:00

Ronnie Haydon hails in London and has three children. She has modified Time Out’s annual guideLondon for children since its launch in 2003.

“1000 Things for Kids to Do in the Holidays” is a new guide from Ronnie Haydon that is packed full of ideas for children to keep themselves busy when schooling is temporarily out in vacation. This book is crammed with sights, excursions and events, as well as activities that can be done at home thereby it covers all categories, from the adventurous to the educational, from the eco-friendly to just plain fun.

In this book, the author neatly describes a large variety of diverse events providing when, where and how long they last as well as contact information, cost and whether the event is child-friendly. Also this is a concise guide comprising nine main regions of Britain covering a fantastic variety of local festivals. Moreover the author has suggested some activities like swimming in Loch Ness, watching monkeys in Dorset, building a hedgehog shelter, sleeping in a windmill, viewing the circus shows, learning to drive off-road and more.

Aside of short day-trips and even some overnight ventures, this book has a detailed listings include addresses, websites, admission prices, and payment options for outings. In short, this book is a useful source for parents who can vanish out the boring times of their children by offering hundreds of activities that can be undertaken on weekends, school vacations, or rainy afternoons. So this book gains good credits among the people since it offers tips to keep their children engaged in useful activities thereby teaching them perfect mannerisms.

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Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer - A Detective’s Story

2009-07-17T05:57:00.000-07:00

Eoin Colfer is an Irish author and comedian. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also achieved success with other books.

Half Moon Investigations is a children's crime/comedy drama television series created by the BBC and based upon the novel of the same name by the author Eoin Colfer. It frames out a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St. Jeromes. He is also known around school as "Half-Moon" due to his size, has qualified as a private eye after taking Internet classes. He graduated top of his class and received a gold plated detective's shield for his effort. Armed with his prized shield, Fletcher takes on various petty crime cases in his school.

Things were going well, until April Devereux hires him to find a lock of celebrity hair that was stolen from her playhouse. While working on the case, Fletcher gets attacked, and then accused of being an arsonist. One thing leads to another, and he finds himself holding up with Red Sharkey -- son of a local gangster and well-known for his family's criminal reputation. Fletcher Moon knows that this still does not solve the mysteries that included his assault.

Meanwhile, he finds that the link between the crimes was the school, Saint Jerome's. Having looked at information held within Saint Jerome's, it turns out that the affected victims were directly and indirectly linked to the school talent show. Now there is only a short period of time to clear their names and to find the guilty party. Will the thief just be one of the usual suspects? Or Will Fletcher will be declared to be a guilty one?

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Dead Man's Footsteps by Peter James - A Master Piece

2009-07-08T06:00:00.000-07:00

Peter James, one of most successful authors in unleashing thriller novels, has released yet another crime novel -- Dead Man's Footsteps, the fourth Roy Grace thriller.

Superintendent Roy Grace is the protagonist, the story takes precedence in Dead Man’s Footsteps, with Roy's personal life taking a back seat apart from a few hints that the relationship with Cleo might be on the way out. Brighton is the base, but this time the action moves around the world. At the start of the book, the body of a young woman, long dead, is found in a storm drain in Brighton. Roy is one of the team called in to investigate, and finds himself increasingly tense as the circumstances seem to fit rather too well to the body being that of his long-missing wife, Sandy.

The second tale is about a failed businessman and perennial loser, Ronnie Wilson is in New York on a last ditch mission to secure funding for his latest venture. It’s 11th September 2001 and he’s heading to an early appointment in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. The third tale is about Abby Dawson who has just returned home after some years in Australia. She has moved into a luxury flat in Brighton in dread of an unknown threat. She's obsessively careful about making any sort of move into the outside world, but she doesn't think to check the lift. Its cable breaks, and she's trapped - the alarm doesn't work either.

Now the final tale is occurring across the other side of the world, in Australia, where another woman’s body is found decomposing in the boot of a car resting on the bottom of a river near Melbourne. She was apparently strangled. As this brilliantly complex tale moves between Brighton, New York and Melbourne, the threads binding these tales together become more and more tightly woven. Now it’s up to Roy to solve the mysteries.

Peter James is masterly, not just at keeping all the pages to move in mystery path, but also links his description to the World Trade Center tragedy, involving the reader in those events and their aftermath in a realistic and exciting way, as befits that awful day.

Until it's Over by Nicci French - Suspense floats in Air

2009-07-08T05:10:00.001-07:00

The team of Nicci Gerard and Sean French provide a predictably involving and tense London-based thriller in “Until its over”. Nicci Gerrard was born in June 1958 in Worcestershire. After graduating with a first class honors degree in English Literature from Oxford University she began her first job -- working with emotionally disturbed children in Sheffield. Sean French was born in May 1959 in Bristol, to a British father and Swedish mother. He studied English Literature at Oxford University at the same time as Nicci, also graduating with a first class degree, but their paths didn't cross until 1990.

The first half is told from the point of view of Astrid Bell, a Young and athletic, London cycle courier who can't decide what to do with her life since graduating from university, so she has become a bike messenger until she can decide. She's happy in her lifestyle, living in a shared house with Pippa, an old university friend. Miles, the owner of the house and assorted other tenants. The action begins when Astrid has an accident on her bike, caused by an inattentive neighbour opening her car door without looking.

Shaken but not seriously hurt, Astrid is looked after by her housemates -- but shocked to discover later that the woman who caused the accident has been found dead by the dustbins outside her house. Then a few days later, Astrid is asked to pick up a package from a millionaire's house in Hampstead, only to find that the woman from whom she's to collect the packet is lying dead in the hallway. For the police it's more than coincidence.

At the same time, the previously companionable atmosphere in the shared house has been shattered by Miles's girlfriend Leah, who has induced him to evict the tenants so that she and Miles can live alone in the house. Tensions mount, and enmities are increasingly brought into the open as the tenants negotiate with Miles for money to move out, while at the same time needing the emotional security of their home base. The story moves fast, climaxing in a third death which directly affects the whole cast of characters. However, as the pages turn, the tension begins to build again, particularly in the last couple of chapters.

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - A Spooky Story

2009-07-03T05:20:00.000-07:00

Sarah Waters was born in

Wales

in 1966. She has a PhD in English Literature and has taught at the Open University. She has been shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange prizes and three of her four novels have been adapted for television.

The Little Stranger, by Sarah is a pondering and evocative narrative set in Warwickshire, England in the late 1940s. Privation still continues even after World War II. Dr. Faraday is a country physician, inclined to all manner of disorders among the local, mostly working-class or poor residents. There had always been estates in Warwickshire. Hundreds Hall is a house that stands on the edge of financial ruin. Dr. Faraday visited once as a boy, when his mother worked as a nanny at the grand home of the Colonel and Mrs. Ayres.

Thirty years later, the Colonel is long dead. His son Roderick, who was severely injured during the war, is trying to manage the remaining farm and house. His sister Caroline had come back to take care of Roderick and their mother. Together they are holding on, with just enough to live on and afford one daytime housekeeper and one live-in maid.

One day, Dr. Faraday is called to the Hundreds Hall to cure the maid, Betty, a 14 yr old girl. He finds Betty only pretending to be ill. she is unhappy since she feels there is "something bad" in the house. Dr. Faraday offers to treat Roderick's injuries and begins to make regular trips to the Hundreds, and becomes a friend of the Ayres'. When a new family moves into a nearby estate, Mrs. Ayres decides to have a party to welcome them. The house is moving with great anticipation, but the night ends in tragedy.

From this stage, mysterious things happen at the hall, affecting one by one, becoming spookier as time goes on. Betty is convinced the house is haunted, perhaps by the spirit of the first Ayres child, a daughter who died in childhood of diphtheria; Roderick feels there is something in the house that he must be kept away and Caroline feels the house itself to be spookier. Dr. Faraday, irritated with all the superstition, tries to demonstrate there are rational explanations for everything. He thinks that it is a kind of emotion or rumor started by Betty and spread among the Ayres.

Inspite of Hopeless efforts, he shares the whole events to a fellow physician, who claims some kind of psychic force constituted in those living there. Is the house haunted? If so, Why and by What? These queries are raised to the reader when they are nearer to the conclusion of the story.

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Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett - The Wizards’ Play

2009-07-03T05:17:00.000-07:00

Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie.

Unseen Academicals is a forthcoming novel in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. The story unbinds about the football game that has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. It is not football with the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go going when you drop them. The story will introduce several new characters, including a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr. Nutt.

The main theme of the story is about the football match in which wizards of Unseen University have to win without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin who seems to be a poor lady, making good pies and the mysterious Mr. Nutt who is unknown to the wizard team. Even he himself doesn’t know whether he can play football well. This is how the story moves out. Did wizards win the match? If so did they win it without using the magic? And what sort of contribution is been made by the Urchin and Mr. Nutt? These are the queries that arise in the minds of the readers when they are at the middle of the story.

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The Host by Stephenie Meyer - A Sci-fi, Romantic, Thrilling Story

2009-07-02T02:42:00.000-07:00

Stephenie Meyer is an American author, known for her vampire romance series Twilight.

The Host is a Sci-fi romantic novel by Stephenie Meyer. The novel introduces an alien race, called souls, who take over Earth and its inhabitants. The book describes one soul's predicament when the mind of the host body refuses to cooperate with her takeover.

The Host is about a species invading earth and taking over the minds of their hosts-the humans. This book brings out the situation that arises if these little 'souls' are inserted into their hosts and the humans essentially are supposed to be gone although the soul has their memories. The story is all about such two combinations of a human and a soul i.e. Melanie-the human and the Wanderer-the soul. Melanie is one of few "wild" humans - rebels who have evaded the alien souls that have taken over the Earth. With her younger brother Jamie and the man she loves -- Jared Howe, She is on the run from souls who hunt down host bodies for use.

Souls are creatures that rely upon host bodies to survive. After insertion, they erase any mental presence of the being there prior and establish a claim over the body and mind. Earth is Wanderer's ninth planet, and Melanie is her ninth host body. The Wanderer goes crazy at first trying to get rid of her but eventually they find they like each other and develop a bond together. Wanderer started having more and more of Melanie's memories and feelings and they came to a sort of understanding with each other. She wanted her to feel all of the feelings and emotions she did so that she would not be destroyed.

When Melanie wants to know where the people she left behind are and when she and the Wanderer set out to do just that, the story becomes a struggle for survival and learning to live in a different world. Did the souls continued to occupy the minds and bodies of the humans? Was there any solution given by Melanie and the Wanderer?

In simple terms, the story delivers a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake for the readers.

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D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor - The Dark Historical Anecdote

2009-07-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

Antony Beevor is the renowned author of Stalingrad, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature, and Berlin, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees’ Award. Antony is also known as a master of narrative, expertly blending the grand sweep with the telling anecdote.

“D-Day: The Battle for Normandy” is another historical narration of the War by the author Antony where the Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever is been brought out in a dramatic, exciting, well-paced and lucid manner. The very scale of the undertaking and the meticulous planning were unparallel, but although the beachheads were established, it soon became clear that the next stage of the battle would be far more difficult than anyone had imagined.

The thick hedgerows of Normandy were ideal for the defender and the Germans, especially the Waffen-SS divisions, fought with cunning and a desperate ferocity. Making use of overlooked or new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, Beevor shows how the British, Canadian and American forces became involved in battles whose savagery was often comparable to the Eastern Front. Casualties began to mount and so did the tension between the principal commanders on both sides. French civilians, caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing, endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe.

In this book, the writer’s gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war. He brings back the true story of that war and also reveals the heroism of the soldiers who fought bravely to save their country from the invasion.

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206 Bones by Kathy Reichs - Death ties up with Forensic mysteries

2009-06-29T02:16:00.000-07:00

Kathy Reichs, number one New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television returns firmly, establishing her dominant talent in forensic mystery writing in her striking new novel --206 Bones that features an

America

's favorite forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan.

The story begins with Tempe, who is regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, dark and cold enclosed space that appears to be an underground tomb. Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct back her memory. From here, the storylines move back to a flashback which reveals that Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had escorted the recently discovered remains of missing women who are entitled to high rank from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Unexpectedly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the post-mortem of Canadian heiress Rose Jurmain, thereby made to stay away from the case.

Within hours, Tempe joins with another mysterious death case of an unknown person who made an incriminating phone call to her for informing related clues to the heiress’s trafficking. Back in Montreal, the dead body of a second elderly woman was found in the woods, and then a third. As the story moves over continues death tragedies, Tempe finds herself to be helpless over these incidents but soon realizes that not only is Jurmain's death is possibly linked to the brutal murders of other elderly women, but also about those whoever is out to tarnish her reputation refuses to back off. Also the story contours the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague spoiled the work in the lab.

Back to the present situation, Tempe just tries to move out from the unknown place. The author will make readers to get stuck with several queries at the middle of the story like, what did Tempe find in the case of trafficking? Did Tempe rescue herself from the danger after being brought to an unknown place? And who is behind these illegal acts?

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When Fate Comes Calling by Sean Doyle - Fate’s Play over a Romantic Couple

2009-06-29T02:13:00.000-07:00

Sean Doyle has worked as an Investment Manager since gaining a degree in economics. He spent two years living in

Bahrain

and traveled throughout the Middle East. When comes to romantic and non-fictional subjects, Sean is at his best.

“When Fate Comes Calling”, a romantic story book written by Sean is the story about two young lovers who got departed due to darker forces. Jack, the hero of this story is a carefree student who meets and falls in love with a beautiful French girl, Abrielle on holiday in the Catalan resort of Rosas. Abrielle is a sweet, gorgeous young girl who is bit mysterious but enigmatic in nature. These couples loved each other to an extreme end which surprised out everyone, but not lasting for long due to the spectre of terrorism that overshadows their dwindling days together. The swift intensity of their relationship is brought to a sudden and devastating end, before their youthful affair.

From here, the author takes the story to continue from almost two decades later, the couple meets again by chance while on business in Beirut. They are now very different people holding different positions. Jack is a successful businessman who was living with a troubled marriage, while Abrielle is a committed political journalist, entirely wedded - or so it seems - to her career. As they meet each other, they reveal those golden days, when they were in love with each other. This reminisce made Jack to realize that old feelings are being awakened and sleeping fires rekindled. Also this raises question within them that, Is this should be their second chance?

Soon they come to know that life is more complicated this time around thereby their brief reunion comes towards its end symbolizing that fate yet again threatens to intervene. Credits go to the author for providing such an impressive story that unbinds the experience in real-time life, which would have been felt by many people in this world.

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The Lost Symbol (Hardcover) by Dan Brown

2009-06-25T23:47:00.000-07:00

The Lost Symbol is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's No. 1 international phenomenon with 81 million copies in print worldwide and the UK's biggest selling paperback novel of all time, and it will once again feature Dan Brown's unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. This book's narrative takes place in a 12-hour period, and from the first page, Dan's readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape.The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown's prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book.

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Eastenders Annual 2009 by Tim - Get all the Gossip behind the Scenes

2009-06-23T00:22:00.000-07:00

The brand new Eastenders Annual is based entirely in the fictional world of Walford that takes a glittery, gossip-magazine-style approach to the Square, with a focus on Roxy’s cocktail recipes. It looks in depth at key themes, such as adultery and doomed romances.

Eastenders is a BBC show which has been airing continuously on our screens since February 1985. Eastenders 2009 annual is written in its traditional black lettering, standing out above a picture of Bradley and Stacey (Charlie Clements, Lacey Turner). There are various other small images dotted around to lure you in with brief captions too. There is a contents page briefly outlining what is in store throughout the 128 pages of the book, split into four headings: Your Favorite Faces, Fun Stuff, Fabulous Fashion and Games & Quizzes.

Packed with exclusive features, Love is quite a popular hot topic on the Square, so there was no surprise to find a few pages dedicated to the romantics in Walford. There is a wedding exclusive section, taking the readers through various weddings from Walford. The quite upsetting part of the annual is the cemetery of Walford, Where readers can read about all the deaths that have occurred to their beloved characters. The A-Z of Eastenders is quite an interesting feature of this annual where some new comers pick up the hot spot. Also containing fun quizzes and games including the 'Queen Vic Challenge', this annual is a riotous board game for all the family.

In short, Eastenders Annual 2009 is all about the gossips behind the scene, news and some exclusive pictures of the cast on and off the set.

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Oceans by Paul Rose & Anne Laking - A Journey to the Underwater World

2009-06-22T23:45:00.000-07:00

Paul Rose, an expedition leader and co-presenter of the BBC television series Oceans, is a professional diver, polar guide, and mountaineer. He was the base commander of the British Antarctic Survey and ran the U.S. Navy's diver training program. Rose has presented several other BBC television series, including Voyages of Discovery, Climate Change, and Take One Museum. Anne Laking has worked in science programming at the BBC for 20 years and has been an executive producer in science programming for eight years.

“Oceans” is a book that draws on the stories from the fields of sub-aquatic archaeology, geology, marine biology and anthropology and also reveals a hidden world of lost cities, forgotten shipwrecks, underwater caves and submerged volcanoes. It explores the Mediterranean, the Sea of Cortez, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. This book stresses the real facts and also unveils that the oceans are the single most important feature of our planet as they shape our climate, our culture, our future.

This book also raises several questions like, what lies below the frozen Arctic ice-sheets? Or in the intriguing black holes under the Caribbean Sea? What lurks within the tannin-stained waters of the Southern Ocean? In short, "Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World" unravels the mysteries of the deep and provides light up insights into this vast undersea domain. Also it outlines that the oceans contribute more to the wellbeing of life on Earth than any other global system, providing food and oxygen and regulating the weather.

Beautifully illustrated with more than 150 color photographs, this book takes the readers to the underwater world that has an unknown history immersed in the depth.

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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - A Dark Tale

2009-06-19T06:40:00.000-07:00

The Angel’s Game is a dazzling new story about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love. The first few pages of the story just unveil out lush descriptions of Barcelona, of the characters that inhabit her, the rising crescendo of the plot. The story’s main character is David martin --a young man working in a newspaper office. This young novelist obsessed with a forbidden love, receives an offer from an enigmatic publisher to write a book like no other before -- a book for which "people will live and die. In return, he is promised a fortune and perhaps much more.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon was born in Barcelona and is the author of six novels, including “The Shadow of the Wind”, the most successful novel in Spanish publishing history. His work has been translated into more than 35 languages and has received numerous international awards.

The resulting story is a huge success and becomes David's first step on the path to a career as an author. As David's books gain certain recognition, he receives a mysterious letter from a French editor called Andreas Corelli who wants to help him achieve his aims. But the character is not all that he seems and soon David has entered an agreement that will lead him question everything he values. He is also befriended by the bookseller Sempere who introduces him to the strange world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. From here this dark, gothic tale underscores the various situations like threads of a mystery, love, and friendship.

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Understanding Morphology by Andrea Sims - A Synchronic Study of Word Structure

2009-06-18T01:12:00.000-07:00

Andrea D. Sims is Assistant Professor of Slavic Linguistics at the Ohio State University. He has successfully presented out an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning in his book -- Understanding Morphology.

“Understanding Morphology” is the fully revised new edition by the author which inline with the latest research in the field of Morphology - a study of forms of things, especially words and their structure. After a deep research and analyzes, the author has neatly described out the theories, assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the readers.

This book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interactions and boundaries between morphology and syntax and also between morphology and phonology -- the study of sounds in languages. The synchronic study of word structure is covered based on the phenomena of historical development and changes such as analogy and grammaticalization. Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in them. The author has consistently drawn on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches.

In this book, each chapter includes summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises so that readers are guided and developed wisely in a systematic manner. This is the ideal book for either beginning students of linguistics or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology.

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Modern Italy in Historical Perspective by Nick Carter - Unveils the Historical Issues

2009-06-18T01:10:00.001-07:00

Nick Carter is Visiting Fellow, School of History and Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Australia. The book, “Modern Italy in Historical Perspective” is an ideal summary and evaluation of the major debates in modern Italian history. It covers the economic and social developments as well as the political ones in recent years. The book's organization makes it easy for students and lay readers alike.

This book brings out the sense of failure that is spread throughout the Italian history. It unfolds the failure of the Liberal State after unification to democratize, mobilize and modernize Italian politics. Also the economical and social rise of Fascism is neatly analyzed and pointed out in the pages.

Stating out the problems of the post-war Republic, tainted by corruption, organized crime and terrorism, this cover-story unveils that the notion has arisen of Italy as a deviant nation, unable or unwilling to follow the normal path of state development.

The contents of this book are those perceptions that are from the stuff of historical debate and it is with the ebb and flow of interpretation that this study is principally concerned. There are three categories -- Liberal Italy, Fascist Italy and Italy from the Occupation until the end of the First Republic. In these categories, the author describes and evaluates the historiographical outlines. The politics, economic developments and society and culture of each period are completely analyzed and an overview of recent research into hitherto neglected areas of study, such as gender, popular culture, and sport, is also included.

In short, this book is an invaluable guide for those who would like to gather information about the issues in modern Italian history. For details, visit Latestchoice.com

The Man Who Sees Dead People - A Reveal of Psychic Abilities

2009-06-17T00:00:00.000-07:00

Joe Power, the author of this book --“The Man Who Sees Dead People”, has phenomenal psychic/medium ability that has peaked awareness around his society.

Joe Power’s remarkable adventurous journey through a frightening childhood crowded with dead people, teen violence, prison and alcoholism is shared in sharp honesty in his new release -- The Man Who Sees Dead People.

The story is all about Joe Power’s amazing gift of psychic abilities and insight to the spirit which was refused by him until the day his brother was found dead. But through the messages from the spirit world, he came to know the hidden truth that his brother was murdered. Then Joe realized that he could no more refuse his psychic abilities and extraordinary powers.

With the help of the spirits, Joe was able to solve his brother’s murder case, which led the detectives to hinder about his abilities. The path he took to solve this mystery was brought out in a thrilling sense. Through his storylines, he has created a vision of survival in the spirit’s world through his supernatural powers. His experience about his extra-ordinary powers and the truth behind his brother’s murder’s case is been scripted out clearly in his release -- The Man Who Sees Dead People.

In short, this book has impressed those people who love have belief over psychic abilities, can able to feel the experience shared by the author, Joe Power -- a proud teacher sharing his knowledge and skills by running courses in Oxford, the Lake District and Hafan-y-coed in Wales.

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Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman - A Book of Dreams and Wishes to a Friend’s Daughter

2009-06-16T23:55:00.000-07:00

Neil Gaiman is an English Author of imaginative short stories and novels and has been one of the top writers in modern comics, as well as writing books for readers of all ages. His notable works include ‘The Sandman Comic series’, ‘American Gods’, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Coraline’. He is also the recent Newbery Medal-winner.

“Blueberry Girl” is the creation of Neil, written originally for the then-unborn daughter of a longtime friend, the musician and singer-- Tori Amos. This creation is a wonderful and gorgeous children’s picture book, illustrated by Charles Vess that adds beauty in each pages. This book celebrates the glory of growing up, especially for girls who travel on all journeys of the life, for their parents, and for everyone who loves them.

This Poem illustrates the things to be done by the parents for their daughters thereby supporting the girls at all stages of the life. On each page, pictures of different girls are displayed as they run, swim and play around and they are guarded by animals. The lines of the author clearly brings out the preciousness of young girls and the duty of their parents to serve their best to these kids as they go through different stages of life bearing tough situations.

The artwork of Charles Vess absolutely brings the text to life in this book. In overall view, this book will be liked by those readers who seek for their daughters’ affirmation that sidesteps traditional spiritual conventions. This release is making a huge impact among the fans of Neil, through its impressive poetry lines.

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The Unravellers by Tracey Morley - An Adventurous Story Book

2009-06-16T23:46:00.000-07:00

Tracey Morley lives with her husband, Kevin, and their two children in Reigate, Surrey. She is graduated in Social Sciences and currently works in a school for children with special educational needs. She firmly believes that the more imaginative texts will make the story better. This is Tracey' first book for children. Kevin is a developer but also finds the time to work as a freelance illustrator. His artworks bring life to the text in this book.

“The Unravellers”, by Tracey Morley is an adventures story that begins with two children -- Sam and Danny who trips to their aunt’s inn in the village of Travin Cove, on a secret mission to hunt for a mysterious object discovered by their granddad, Bob many years before and in doing so somehow to bring the village back to life, carrying a puzzling letter from their granddad and the key to a dusty old cabinet at the inn.

As the story moves on, these two children at one stage misses the key, while on a trip to beach and accidentally meets Winkle, who finally loves sets him on a terrifying journey of survival to the mysterious world of the Beachcombers and prophecies. The lives of Danny, Sam and Winkle are soon fatefully interwoven as they become destined to solve the cryptic riddles and prophecies of Wiseweed, leader of the Beachcombers.

Through Sam’s inspired plans, Danny's brilliant logic and Winkle's knowledge of Weed World, the Unravellers change the fortunes of the Beachcombers and restore life in the village. Beautifully described, the storylines take the readers into an adventurous mood and the illustrator’s artwork displays the creatures of the weed world in before their eyes, thereby taking them a trip to the seaside.

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The Battle for Gullywith by Susan Hill

2009-06-16T23:43:00.000-07:00

Susan Hill was born in Scarborough, the seaside resort on the North East coast of Yorkshire, in 1942. She can turn her hand to everything. She's well known for her novels and elegant short stories for adults. Books like “I'm the King of the Castle”, “The Woman in Black” are some of her impressive and wonderful creations.

“The Battle for Gullywith” is her latest release in which the mysteries and magic things that go around an enchanted castle is expressed in a thrilling fashion. The storyline begins with the main character, Oliver Brown, in short known as Olly who along with his family was moving from the luxurious Londonhome to Gullywith, an old farmhouse in the northern countryside. Initially his family was anxious to stay in their new home but soon lose their love for it as strange things happen day by day. The roof falls down, the barley unit collapses and the whole building is always cold and damp. Oliver’s mother is worried that they will never turn the chilly farmhouse into a family home.

In Gullywith, Small spiteful stones with strange markings scratched on them appear in odd places. Oliver meets a local girl called KK, a brave, resourceful, and slightly mysterious girl. She leads him to the home of Nonny Dreever- the one person who might be able to help Olly find out what the mysterious stones are.

Nonny Dreever who lives in a house on stilts, full of strange things like a Christmas tree, looks at the mysterious angry stones and tells Olly to put them back where they once came from -- to Withern Mere. This take Olly to make a dangerous journey where he will encounter a Stone King, discover the mysteries contained within the covers of a magical book, and attend a Midwinter Revel deep within Withern Hill.

As the story moves, referring Ice caves, brave tortoises, a great Castle rising from the Mere and the Stone Army which is determined to fight to the end to get Gullywith back, Olly grabs the attention of the readers and make them to involve deeply into the story book by displaying the illustrations of the weird and mysterious environments.

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Cat's Cradle (Cat Royal) by Julia Golding - Discover the hidden truths

2009-06-16T23:39:00.000-07:00

Julia Golding is a British novelist who grew up at the edge of Epic forest. She lives in Oxford and works as a freelance writer. The Cat Royal is a series of novels written by Julia. “The Diamond of Drury Lane” is the first novel written by her in this series.

Cat’s Cradle is the sixth volume of the Cat Royal Series in which our famous feisty heroine Cat Royal plays a tale about the search for her family, weaving in friends and foes, old and new. So she takes a journey from riotous London to a revolutionary cotton mill on the River Clyde in Scotland where she meets a newcomer who is mysterious in his behavior.

As the story moves, Cat Royal discovers many hidden truths behind the lost of her family. She commits herself in high risks in order to know about the reason behind the tragedy that paved the way in losing her family. The story moves in the Industrial Age where she meet a stranger who looks to be wrapped up with mysterious behavior in her mission to find her lost parents. This highly enjoyable story that is packed full of adventure promises to take the readers to the thriller zone where they can experience the struggles of the story’s main role player, Cat Royal in digging out the truth behind the lost of her family. As the story moves, the question arises whether Cat found her family, which was kept secretly until the last pages of the book.

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