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At home in San Francisco, between research trips to Africa, renowned primatologist Suzanne Albrecht finds herself suffering from an unexplained fever. Dr. Tony Miller, one of the sharpest diagnosticians in San Francisco, is determined to uncover the cause. But Suzanne doesn't have time for hospitals ...

Kit and Alice are happy, in love and enjoying a luxurious weekend break abroad when the unthinkable happens. Their car spins off a mountain road and into an empty desert valley. Their lives are changed in an instant.

O what a ploughman I could be! How deep the furrows I would trace, If while I toiled, I might but see My mistress' smiling face!

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Charming inspirational tale of a young woman who is different from those around her and we follow her as she fumbles to find her own understanding in a world of sameness.Being Human is about difference and the boldness is takes to stand out from the sea of similarity.

On a cold winter morning in Paris in 1893, Marie, a farmer's daughter from the Midi is helped across a bustling street by a diffident young artist named Pierre Bonnard.

A satirical novel about the downfall of a narcissistic lothario. Jules Feiffer's first satirical novel follows the humorous, existential rise and fall of a narcissistic lothario, Harry, from influential high-society hanger-on to suicidal cipher. Harry is "blessed" by his family's endless bounty of love ...

A firebomb attack at a Plummer property thrusts Innes into the spotlight as he saves a child from the burning building. But when Plummer enlists his help to track down the arsonists, Innes finds himself dealing with more than the ENS and his rapidly overwhelming codeine addiction. Manchester needs a hero and Callum Innes is the closest it has.

The protagonists of Sana Krasikova's indelible stories are mostly women - some of them are new to America; some still live in the former Soviet Union, in Georgia or Russia; and some have returned to Russia to find a country they barely recognize and people they no longer understand. Mothers leave children ...

Twenty three year old Sophie Farrier has everything a girl would want, not to mention a family who are always on hand to lend her that extra bit of cash to secretly pay for the next pair of perfect stilettos.

Keely McCree needs to escape a painful memory, so she traces her family back to Ireland. Her idea of relaxation and going on lots of walks around the park with her dog Tina are unexpectedly shattered as she tumbles head first into a world unknown.

Presents the story of a young Greek girl, growing up in 1970's England, as she struggles to come to terms with the traditional Greek culture imposed on her by her father, whilst surrounded by the English way of life.

'... Emotionally and mentally i am still coated in dried blood, scars, bruises and cuts that will never, ever go away. They are my tux for all occasions, are you glad to hear i dressed smart for you?' Leo Casona has always been abused for other people's pleasure, now he is finally taking control... it's Playtime.

If someone told you, you were destined to save the Universe, could you rise to the challenge? Teenagers Seth, Con and Zelda must do just that. Brought together by the seer, X, a man with his own cross to bear, they are The Triangle of Alliance. And it falls to them to prevent the takeover of the Universe by arch nemesis the Insidious Force.

How would you like a six-figure marketing job at the hallowed record label that signed everyone who counts in the last fifty years of pop music? With cameos by ageing rock stars, dinosaur music-biz kingpins, hip-hop thugs and Iggy Pop, Rock On is an achingly funny tale of rock and roll, office life, and what happens when the suits take control.

Once a great falconer and environmentalist, Malone has entered middle age a broken man, devoid of the passion and promise of his youth. And now the developers are threatening to build condominiums on his beloved Brendan prairie.