DeDaumier-Smith\'s Blue Period,\" \"Teddy,\" and \"A Perfect Day for Bananafish\" are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger\'s perceptive and realistic short stories.\"

SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestseller Ian Rankin returns with his gripping new Rebus novel. Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus\'s team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer, are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus

Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year award in 1994, The Art Book has been an outstanding success and has become a well-known landmark in the art book world. Now published in over twenty different languages and in a miniature edition, it has received rave reviews from numerous newspapers and magazines and has made many appearances on the bestseller lists. Complemented by The 20th Century Art Book

Get ready for more brilliant page-turning fantasy from master, Garth Nix. On the fourth day there was war! Pick up with Arthur Penhaligon as his Keys to the Kingdom adventures continue in the mysterious House. Following their adventures in the Border Sea, Arthur and Leaf head for home. But only Leaf gets through the Front Door. Arthur is blocked because someone -- or something -- has assumed his identity

After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved Camp Half-Blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own: Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, To storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. Now, in a brand-new series from blockbuster

A wind of change was blowing in the Eighties, by the end of the decade the Cold War was history. But what really moved a whole generation in these thrilling years was the solution of Rubik\'s cube! The magic cube is not the only object which intrinsically linked to the Eighties. The technical progress in form of computers, videogames and walkmans became part of every day life.

FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is the first novel to explore the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border. Described as \'A Grapes of Wrath for our times\' (Don Winslow) it is a story that will leave you utterly changed. Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist. Yesterday,

Precocious and shocking when first published in 1956, Chocolates for Breakfast is a candid coming-of-age story of a young girl\'s sudden awakening to love and desire written by 18-year-old Pamela Moore. Disaffected, sexually precocious 15-year-old Courtney Farrell splits her time between her parents\' homes in New York and Los Angeles. When a crush on a female teacher in boarding school ends badly,

Over 40 years ago, a group of five Englishmen - and one wayward American - rewrote the rules of comedy. MONTY PYTHON\'S FLYING CIRCUS, an unheralded, previously unseen half-hour show of sketches, hilarities, inanities and animations, first appeared on the BBC late one night in 1969. Its impact has been felt on the world ever since. From its humble beginnings, it blossomed into the most influential

Right from the start he is dressed in his best - his blacks and his whites. Little Fauntleroy - quiffed and glossy,A Sunday suit, a wedding natty get-up,Standing in dunged strawFor older readers than the first two volumes of Collected Animal Poems, animal life is seen afresh through the diversity and imaginative energy of this collected volume.

Stunning three-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who’s who and chronology. The three volumes contained in this slipcase, written by two of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien, comprise the definitive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the

For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n\' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn\'t met Monica he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab. But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so instead of burning out, his star just burned brighter than ever. Rich, pampered and successful, Jimmy, Monica

Amazing things for you to make with activity expert Jane Bull- and then decorate them with over 100 Christmas stickers! Whether you want to create your own special Christmas stocking or serve up treats from Santa\'s Sweet Factory, this activity book packed with stickers will show you all you need to know about making Christmas gifts and decorations. The hardest part is choosing which of the fun activities

Yoshio thinks Tokyo sounds like a symphony hall! He delights in everyday sounds--shoes squishing through puddles, raindrops pattering down, and lots of giggles! But one day he meets a musician who tells Yoshio that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for the sound of silence. Yoshio must hear this! But how can he find it amid the hustle and bustle of the city? In the vein of Wabi Sabi, this

La Russie est en danger et le tsar charge Michel Strogoff d\'une mission secrte : porter une lettre son frre, le grand-duc, qui se trouve dans la lointaine Sibérie. Pour aller de Moscou Irkoutsk, Michel Strogoff change de nom et devient le marchand Nicolas Korpanoff, car personne ne doit savoir qui il est réellement : ni Nadia, une jeune fille qu\'il rencontre au début de son voyage et qui ne le quittera

Probably the first full-length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, The Law and the Lady (1875) is a fascinating example of Collins\' later fiction. Valeria Valerie Woodville\'s first act as a married woman is to sign her name incorrectly in the marriage register, this slip is followed by a gradual disclosure of secrets about her husband\'s earlier life, each of which leads to another set of

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest fictional detective in the world. The hero of 56 short stories and four novels, he is so convincing that letters still arrive at 221b Baker Street seeking his help, and when it was thought that he had died in his clash with the evil Professor Moriarty (\'The Napoleon of Crime\') young men in London wore black armbands. This handsome edition, quarter bound in real cloth,

Die Szene ist Jerusalem zur Zeit der Kreuzzüge. Spannungsreich treffen die drei Weltreligionen Christentum, Judentum und Islam aufeinander. Inmitten eines dramatischen Geschehens um die Rettung seiner Tochter durch einen christlichen Ordensritter, den seinerseits der Sultan vor dem Tod bewahrt hat, steht Nathan der Weise als ruhender Pol der Vernunft, Aufklärung und Toleranz. In der berühmten Ringparabel