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The sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. Kingsbridge, 1327: two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge - and this time the descendants of Aliena and Jack, and others find themselves at the crossroads of new ideas - medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice - and there are those who are determined to cling fiercely to the old ways.On the day after Hallowe'en, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. In the forest, they witness the murder of two men. As adults, their lives become intertwined by desire, determination, avarice and retribution. They will experience the worst natural disaster to befall mankind - the Black Death - and they will also experience prosperity, famine and war. Yet they will always live under the shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day... -
Faith: Len Deighton
$15.00The first of a trilogy that takes up where Hook, Line and Sinker ended. Bernard's wife Fiona cannot reconcile herself to his affair with the youthful Gloria, who now works alongside them both. Bernard must fly to the grim streets of Magdeburg and the closely guarded sanctum of the secret police and within hours, finds himself in a shoot out with Stasi agents. His best friend Werner is in disgrace and in exile, and Werner's father-in-law has seized his children. Caught between protocols and two women with his job on the line, the Cold War turns to ice.
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Beowulf is one of the most important and complete poems in old English. It is not a relic of savage bygones nor simply a document of historical importance. It is the only native English heroic epic and one of the finest products of what is called the Dark Ages. -
The Naked Sun: Ted Willis
$15.00At 2.00 a.m. on August 5, 1944, over one thousand Japanese prisoners stormed the barbed wire barricades of the POW camp near Cowra in New South Wales. Two hundred and thirty one were killed, most of them cut own by Australian bullets - and many died by their own hand. Over three hundred escaped into the bush and were gradually rounded up by the Australian Army, assisted by police and local citizens. This historic and true event is the background for this novel. Waiting in Cowra for the break to come is Tom Boyd, who was taken by surprise when the Japanese invaded Papua New Guinea and has his own motives for revenge and hatred. Among the Japanese who escape is Kantaro Tomochika, a soldier who has been brought up to live by the code of the samuri. Through these central characters, a deeper understanding is offered of the nature of revenge and a sympathetic picture of the Japanese mindset of death and dishonour. -
Angels And Demons: Dan Brown
$12.00When world-renowned symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyse a mysterious symbol - seared into the chest of a murdered physicist - he discovers evidence of the resurgence of the Illuminati, an ancient and powerful secret organisation. The Illuminati is now ready to carry out the final phase of its vendetta against the Catholic Church. Langdon's worst fears are confirmed when, on the eve of the Vatican's holy enclave, an Illuminati messenger announces there is an unstoppable time bomb hidden in the heart of Vatican City. With the beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra, Langdon embarks on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs and deserted cathedrals following a 400 year-old trail of symbols toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair, which holds the only hope for Vatican salvation.
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Haughty Bengals, faithful Maine coons, and feral strays: These are the haunting familiars that animate Nina de Gramont's superbly imagined debut collection of short fiction. Prowling through every story, these enigmatic creatures expose the truth that lies beneath the surface of every encounter between women and the men they love. A young woman finds two dark surprises in her home: a magpie dismembered by her mischievous cat, and an unsettling glimpse of her fiancé's secret inclinations...A pregnant housewife quietly suffers a visit from her troubled brother-in-law while her hidden anger comes to life in the suddenly hostile behavior of her docile house cat... A frustrated newlywed clings to the last vestige of her well-appointed upbringing - a pampered Himalayan high point - until a rangy stray cat shows her the true meaning of marriage... Ten stories in all. -
It is the summer of 1939. A young Oxford don, Richard Myles and his wife Frances are about to leave for their usual long vacation on the continent. At the request of a Foreign Office friend of Richard's they agree to serve as messengers to a man who has been involved in rescue work and anti-Nazi espionage, a man who now seems to have gone missing. Their qualifications? Next to nothing except for Richard's superb memory and the fact that they look so very innocent. Across a continent on the brink of war from Paris to Innsbruck and beyond, Richard and Francis travel ever deeper into danger. Made into a film in 1943 starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray. -
O'Grady sez: Before we start...The enemies of man are not always visible, and this is a good thing. Because we are told we should love our enemies. Some of our enemies love us so much, they like to move in with us - permanently. They like to organise us. They like to see we get plenty of exercise. Doctors help us defeat these enemies. Doctors are our friends. Although you wouldn't always think so. Sometimes they cart you away and the friendship becomes a bit strained...by the things they do to you. A tropical illness landed O'Grady in hospital, and this is a record of the friends and enemas he encountered there. Illustrated by the wonderful 'Wep'. -
In this omnibus volume: Part I, The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal In Bohemia; A Case Of Identity; The Red-Headed League; The Boscombe Valley Mystery; The Five Orange Pips; The Man With The Twisted Lip; The Blue Carbuncle; The Speckled Band; The Engineer's Thumb; The Noble Bachelor; The Beryl Coronet; The Copper Beeches. Part II, The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze; The Yellow Face; The Stockbroker's Clerk; The 'Gloria Scott'; The Musgrave Ritual; The Riegate Squires; The Crooked Man; The Resident Patient; The Greek Interpreter; The Naval Treaty; The Final Problem. Introduction by Iain Pears; notes by Ed Glinert.
