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To the shock of his family and community, George Woodbury, an affable teacher and beloved husband and father, is arrested for sexual assault at a prestigious prep school in Connecticut.

At the centre of this epic tale are enigmatic Sparrow, a genius composer who wishes desperately to create music yet can find truth only in silence; his mother and aunt, Big Mother Knife and Swirl,

Catherine Leroux’s The Party Wall shifts between and ties together stories about pairs joined in surprising ways.

Most of the things Pillow really liked to do were obviously morally wrong. He wasn't an idiot; clearly it was wrong to punch people in the face for money.

Set in the years around 1492, Yiddish for Pirates recounts the compelling story of Moishe, a Bar Mitzvah boy who leaves home to join a ship's crew, where he meets Aaron, the polyglot parrot who bec

Critically acclaimed for his international bestseller, A Case of Curiosities, Allen Kurzweil has been called one of today's most gifted new voices in fiction.

To escape an unhappy home situation, fourteen-year-old Rod McKenzie, six feet tall and more than eleven stone, enlists in the army during World War Two, claiming to be nineteen.

Íso, a young Guatemalan woman, works at a fertility clinic at Ixchel, in the highlands of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.

Working as secretary to the formidable Comte was going to be challenging to April because of her attraction to him. It was no use expecting him to return the feeling - because of Francoise...

The author uses the metaphor of Mars and Venus to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women.

"Legendary war photographer Vivienne Pink has five days to photograph servicemen about to deploy for active combat.

When 'Wild' Bill Barnaby drops off the face of the earth, big sister Alex heads for Miami to save her brother.

Minerva is accused of cheating and is banned from the school computer-room.

A high interest-low vocabulary book, adapted from a story by David Bateson.

Aux belles heures de sa bibliothèque, le Mont-Saint-Michel était connu comme la Cité des livres.