The place is Riverside, California, the Mission Inn. For Toby O'Dare, it is his place of solace; he can be there without disguise. This time, he's been sent on an assignment to kill. Into his nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions, comes a mysterious stranger, a seraph, who offers him a chance to save lives, rather than destroy them.

Julia and Valentina Poole are normal American teenagers - normal, at least, for identical 'mirror' twins who have no interest in college or jobs or possibly anything outside their cozy suburban home. But everything changes when they receive notice that an aunt whom they didn't know existed has died and left them her flat in an apartment block.

Knife-edge decisions, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, bitter rivalries, heart-stopping races - they are all in a day's work for the author. He has won successive golds in the Olympics, making him a British hero and our greatest Olympic sailor ever. This work aims to reveal the truth behind his awesome achievement.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone ...

In the peaceful cathedral city of Lafferton, a gunman is terrorising young women. Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler is in charge of the case, but he is also struggling to deal with a tragedy at the heart of his own family. Two events - a local fair and the cathedral wedding of Lord Lieutenant's daughter - only add to the pressure.

This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty.

Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist. He is one of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, he has lost his magic, his talent and his assurance. Into this shattering account of inexplicable and terrifying self-evacuation bursts a counterplot of unusual erotic desire.

One freezing night in Oslo Christmas shoppers gather to listen to a Salvation Army street concert. An explosion cuts through the music, and a man in uniform falls to the ground, shot in the head at point-blank range. Harry Hole and his team have little to work with: no immediate suspect, no weapon and no motive.

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood , Bluebeard , Puss in Boots , Beauty and the Beast , vampires and werewolves - the author has created a collection of stories.

Tackles logarithms, unlocks the secrets of semantics, and explores the Agrarian Revolution. This book covers: Music, Modern Languages, Economics, Politics, Philosophy and Psychology, as well as Design and Drama. It includes fun practical excercises and examination papers.

Presents stories of a vanished England. This title discusses people who are worth remembering, whose lives are worth celebrating, and who would otherwise have been forgotten.

Set before and during the great war, this work captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.

For Jeremy Whittle, there isn't much in life as spectacular as the Tour de France. This title presents the story of Whittle's journey from unquestioning fan to Tour de France insider and confirmed sceptic. It discusses about broken friendships and a sport divided and about having to choose sides in the war against doping.

Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices.

Featuring fast foods, short cuts, time-saving ideas, effortless entertaining and easy, meals, this title offers a solution to eating well when time is short. It includes tips on how to keep your store cupboard stocked, freezer and fridge stacked.

Features a selection of weekly 'pen-pal' letters written between 1949 and 1961 from an unmarried woman working at the Pier Approach Baths in Bournemouth, to a wealthy American widower, living on Long Island, New York.

Do you know how to change a tyre? Give a speech? Or shave without leaving a nasty rash? How about ironing a shirt? Urinal etiquette? Or how to know if you are falling in love? This work covers topics ranging from stubborn spots to slow dancing dos and don'ts, and the perfect fry-up to putting on a condom in less than ten seconds.

Featuring fast foods, ingenious short cuts, terrific time-saving ideas, effortless entertaining and easy, delicious meals, this title offers solution to eating well when time is short.

The author has found himself at the centre of the most interesting circles wherever he is - at parties, opening nights, royal weddings. This title offers a look at our culture.

Explains what life was like in the most immediate way, through taking readers, to the middle ages, and showing various things from the horrors of leprosy and war to the ridiculous excesses of roasted larks and haute couture.