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During the hazardous years of the Depression, Christine Winter, with the indefinable appeal that drives men to the brink of obsession, meets a stranger and finds her life changed beyond recall.

E il racconto della vita di un giovane che diventa adulto in una piccola, ristretta communita mineraria inglese.

At eighteen, Laura Templeton's future looks utterly perfect - heiress to the vast hotel empire, and her ideal of a happy loving marriage.

This is the story of a successful business man faced with the death of his wife from cancer, a custody suit for her child, and the adjustment to his life this causes.

In 1990, destruction rains from the sky in the form of deadly fireballs. What are they? Scientist Andrew Benson deduces the incredible truth but can he avert a nuclear war in time?

He was due to hang for a crime he did not commit, so he went hunting for Barlow and his gang...just him and his gun.

Law student Mitch finds his dreams coming true; a house, car and great job are all his.

First of a series about the Roman Republic, centering on the figure of Gaius Marius, an upstart from the conquered Roman colonies, who marries Julius Caesar's aunt, thus becoming a noble and w

Major Martin, an SAS man, is sent into Kuwait to report on Iraqi strength and help the resistance.

Contemporary novel of two people from different worlds whose lives are changed by 'five days in Paris'.

If only Flashman had got on with his dinner and ignored the handkerchief dropped by a flirtatious hussy in a Calcutta hotel ...

The eighth memoir of the arch-cad, toady and bully of "Tom Brown's Schooldays", now grown to glorious manhood and currently involved in scenes in China's opium wars.

Australian novelist, playwright and Nobel Prize winner, Patrick White writes about his life, his homosexuality and his views on a variety of topics.

The author tells of his own experiences aboard 'H.M.A.S. Nepal' in 1944 and the actions in which he was involved.

The narrator and his wife Denise are rescued by the Cold Harbour lifeboat. Curiously, Zec Acland, the old lifeboat man, recognises their antique flying mascot.