Recently recruited and trained as a special agent by MI6, the British secret service, 14-year-old West Londoner Alex Rider is sent to infiltrate an ultra-private school where the rich and powerful send their uncontrollable, rebellious...
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Author:Horowitz, AnthonySummary: - Author:King, Laurie R.Summary:
In England's budding silent-film industry, megalomaniac Randolph Fflytte is king. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell is dispatched to investigate rumors of criminal activities. At Lisbon rehearsals for "Pirate King", based on...
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Author:Kelman, StephenSummary:"Pigeon English is a triumph." -- Emma Donoghue, author of Room Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and the 2011 Guardian First Book Award Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku is the second best runner in the whole of Year 7. Harri...
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
Le dernier roman de plus connues des autrices anglaises, qui a inspiré la nouvelle série Netflix avec Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding et Cosmo Jarvis.Anne Elliot est la deuxième fille de Sir Walter Elliot et le membre le plus sensée...
- Author:GREGORY, PhilippaSummary:
A wickedly incisive contemporary satire which undermines political correctness and modern mores.
- Author:George, ElizabethSummary:
The producer of a troubled play invites the cast to spend the weekend in his remote Scottish Highlands estate to hash out the problems. When the housemaid finds the playwright murdered in bed, Thomas Lynley and his partner must unmask...
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Author:Durbridge, FrancisSummary:An aeroplane crash sends billows of fire down the cliffs of Dulworth Bay and two boys from a public school go missing, what connects these two events? Paul Temple is called onto the scene and there's one name that's causing a stir,...
- Author:GOWER, IrisSummary:
Rhiannon, proud and spirited, is alone in the world after Bill Beynon, her one time lover, marries someone else. She gains a respectable post as a housekeeper to an elderly man, but when he dies his sister throws her out on the streets...
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Author:Lorrimer, ClaireSummary:In a typical English country lane, ten households form a peaceful, if mundane little community. It seems like the perfect enviroment for newleyweds Ian and Migs Peters to settle down and raise their son. Surely a small dispute over the...
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Author:Lasky, KathrynSummary:Describes the life and work of the renowned nineteenth-century biologist who transformed conventional Western thought with his theory of natural evolution.
- Author:Putney, Mary JoSummary:
"Putney's endearing characters and warm-hearted stories never fail to inspire and delight." -Sabrina Jeffries A ROGUE REDEEMED As Washington burns, Callista Brooke is trapped in the battle between her native England and her adopted...
- Author:Putney, Mary Jo.Summary:
"He yearns to escape his past... After the death of his fiancée, Kai Ramsay left Scotland to roam distant lands. He has searched ancient ruins, collected priceless antiquities, and escaped certain death after being imprisoned as a...
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Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.
- Author:Lang, MaureenSummary:
As England's Hollingsworth Hall is poised to win the coveted Featherby, its young curator receives special attention from the noble heir to the historic estate. But while she struggles with their mutual attraction, she discovers...
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Author:Smith, ZadieSummary:Four Londoners--Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan--try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their London is a complicated place, as...
- Author:Putney, Mary Jo.Summary:
Damian Mackenzie is an incorrigible gambler just honorable enough to save Lady Kiri Lawford from dangerous smugglers. That does not, however, mean he has any desire to return her romantic interest--until he learns Kiri's not exactly the...
- Author:Crombie, DeborahSummary:
A crime of passion strikes close to home when Gemma and her best friend, Hazel Cavendish, travel to Scotland, where an unexpected meeting with Hazel's old flame yields shocking, and mortal, consequences. Hazel is the logical...
- Author:Henley, VirginiaSummary:
It is 1322, and the Marcher lords are rebelling against King Edward II. Lady Brianna de Beauchamp, daughter of a powerful Marcher, knows she should not involve herself in the battle. But when she meets dangerously handsome Wolf Mortimer...
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Author:Northcote, JaySummary:Leaving home to go to university is an exciting phase in anyone’s life. One that’s full of new places, new friends, and new experiences. But Lewis is not prepared for the sudden and intense crush he develops on his out-and-proud...
- Author:Sampson, FreyaSummary:
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Nothing brings neighbors together like someone else's secrets... At Shelley House, the walls have ears, and they're attached to a ragtag duo of busybodies ready to pry, snoop, and generally annoy their...
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