19 títulos para "Bookline And Thinker Ltd"

The Partridge and the Pelican

Crowther, Rachel

In the summer of 1983, Olivia and Eve find a baby in a phone box beside a country road in Suffolk. The girls are nineteen, on holiday and staying with a young medical student, James. The events of that summer cast a long shadow over their careers, marriages and motherhood. When they meet again 25 ye...

The Half-Slave

Bloom, Trevor

The year is 476 AD - the Roman Empire is disintegrating and Germanic tribes are moving south to stake a claim in Roman Gallia. Among them are the Franks under their ruthless young Overlord, Clovis. He plans to build a new empire that will eclipse Rome's fading power, but his hope is jeopardized...

A Coin for the Hangman

Spurrier, Ralph

Booksellers never know what they might find in an estate sale. When our man finds the tools of England's last hangman, along with the diary of a condemned man he executed, he knows he has a mystery to solve. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Did the wrong man die at the noose? And just who is...

The Secret Mother

Delderfield, Victoria

Mai Ling is chasing the Chinese dream. She's escaping to the city, seeking a new life, running away from the old customs of arranged marriage and domestic drudgery. The Secret Mother puts a face to the label 'Made in China'. It tells the bittersweet story of a girl - like millions of oth...

Listen to the Child

Howard, Elizabeth

It’s 1875 and London’s East End heaves with children who work as prostitutes, hawkers, beggars and thieves. Constance rescues as many as she can but feels overwhelmed. Then a solution is offered that sounds perfect – Canada, with its wide green plains, has farmers who need help, wh...

What Lies in the Dark

Thompson, CM

One murder can make a town nervous. Two brings fear. Add three, four and even more, and watch neighbour turn on suspicious neighbour. Victoria Bullrush - or Bullface, as she is called by fellow police officers - is a stickler for rules. As she tries to maintain a faultless investigation, she can&#39...

8 Day Trips from London

Maldon, Dee

London is a wonderful city to visit, but there are many places to see outside the capital. Venturing out can be done in a day, all by public transport, and you can be back at your hotel room by evening. Stonehenge, Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Brighton, Windsor, Winchester and Canterbury all have great...

The Power of Accepting Yourself

Cohen, Michael

Are you your own worst enemy? Does fear stop you from being the person you want to be? Do you always think you can't - whether it is passing an exam, finding a new job, maintaining a healthy weight or tackling any of the problems life puts your way? The good news is that these common fears can b...

Tandem

Morgan, Alex

Paula abandons her London life and travels through the night to a Scottish village where she once spent a childhood holiday. Desperate to avoid a painful loss, she tries to hide away. However, the locals are keen to know more about their unhappy visitor and she is soon tangled in the life of 12-year...

Terms

Lyle, Ben

Twelve-year-old James hates life at his hippy boarding school where lessons are optional, homework forbidden and school rules decided by democratic vote. All he wants is an academic education with proper exams. When a strict new maths teacher strides into this world of peace, love and fringed poncho...

Once Upon a Time in the Sixties

Maddick, Peter

'If you remember the Sixties, you weren't there.' Well Peter Maddick was there and he remembers most of it - the King's Road, Chelsea; the trendy models and hip photographers; the ad men; the road to St. Tropez; the hippy trail from Kathmandu. And let's not forget what the sixtie...

A Matter of Honour

Beardsley, Martyn

The insults that drew men to duels were often petty - a splash, a scrape or a disparaging word could all lead to pistols at dawn. When Charles Hawkey watched James Seton make a play for his beautiful wife, there was only one way to respond. The two men were honour bound to meet in a duel, but only o...