A sensitive and intelligent foundling boy orphan who is casteless and without religion and Bakul, the motherless granddaughter of the house, grow up together. But as he and Bakul grow, they become aware that their intense closeness is becoming something else, and Bakul's father is warned to separate them. He banishes him to a school in Calcutta.

Written by a criminology expert, this is a wonderfully readable history of a great British institution: from Sir Robert Peel's creation of the Metropolitan Police in 1829 through to the present day, taking in the massive economic, social and political changes along the way.

Sebastian Zollner, a failing art critic, has pinned his hopes of advancement on writing the biography of the artist Kaminski, a former pupil of Matisse, now an ailing recluse. Inept and charmless, Zollner's efforts to unlock the secrets of Kaminski's life lead him to embark on a series of increasingly desperate measures.

As Raimon and Aimery set off to re-gain the flame and the heart of the Occitan, Hugh prepares to lay siege to the Cathar stronghold where the flame burns. Unbeknown to him, his wife Yolanda flees his castle and into the freezing snow...

Renowned attorney Paul Riley has built a lucrative career based on his famous prosecution of Terry Burgos, a serial killer who followed the lyrics of a violent song to gruesomely murder six girls. Now, fifteen years later, the police are confronted with a new series of murders and mutilations.

The incredible untold story of Queen Cleopatra and Marc Antony's orphaned children, taken to Rome to be raised as hostages in the palace of their father's greatest rival.

It's 1977 in West Yorkshire: Bob Fraser is a half-way decent copper in a corrupt police force, and Jack Whitehead is a burned out hack in perpetual self-torment. Fraser begins to suspect that the Yorkshire Ripper isn't the only killer in town and Whitehead is the only other man who even cares.

A selection of 100 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. It includes emperors and queens, soldiers and statesmen, religious leaders and philosophers, composers and poets, scientists and explorers, artists and storytellers from three millennia. It is illustrated throughout with maps, diagrams, paintings and photographs.

Here are twenty of the year's stand-out crime and mystery short stories, showcasing not only the very best of the genre, but also the very best American writing full stop.

Elizabeth Moynihan, a young journalist, has hit the jackpot. It's 1992 and a chance remark has sent her to a small farm in the middle of nowhere in Colorado. There resides Russia's most notorious sniper-turned-spy, the one-time beautiful assassin, Tat'yana Levchenko, and she's ready to tell her story.

A moving and powerful study of love, rivalry and friendship in a remote radio station in the furthest reaches of the Canadian North.

Contains over 50 momentous speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. This book includes biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result. Black and white photography illustrates these key figures and moments in history.

Conn should have dropped dead the day he stole a wizard's locus stone, but miraculously he survives. Becoming the wizard's apprentice, Conn becomes embroiled in his master's plan to save the city, whose magic is slowly dying. Meanwhile, the Wizard, Nevery, is secretly beginning to question Conn's past: why did the thief survive in the Twilight?

A record of the final 100 years in naval history before wooden hulls and canvas sails gave way to iron and steam. This work is a collection of over 170 large-format colour illustrations including paintings of ships at sea, in action, in convoy, and in siege; architectural drawings; battle diagrams; and sea charts and signals.

It's the year 1260 and far below the soaring spires of Cologne's great cathedral an assassin of unnatural talent surveys his new hunting ground.

A tour of the cosmos, beginning on Earth and ending at the edge of the Universe and the dawn of time. This book leads us into a celestial panorama that extends for 130 billion trillion kilometres in every direction, and allows us to explore nearly 200 of the astronomical views. It includes descriptions of the planets, stars, nebulae and others.

Littered with fouls, sendings-off, and more than a handful of off-the-ball incidents, Don't Mention the Score is a hilarious and often exasperating journey through England's 135-year history of footballing underachievement.

Aims to demystify various aspects of money and money management. This book covers such topics as bank accounts, living on a budget, the dangers of credit cards, and how to cope with money at university. It addresses money matters for the teenager and young adult. It is useful for teenagers as well as their parents.

In 1980, two-year-old Audrey was snatched from her bedroom and never seen again. 26 years later, her brother, Sammy, crosses paths with the man the police failed to convict for her abduction and murder. A few weeks later, that man is dead, murdered. Private attorney Jason Kolarich is engaged to defend Sammy but something's not right...