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Grasshopper Grasshopper Ruth Rendell Clodagh Brown loved climbing. First it was trees. Later, as a teenager, she would scale the electrical pylons that tower over the English countryside like giant grasshoppers -- and share the experien… OL12123W
Trent's Last Case Trent's Last Case E. C. Bentley Trent investigates the death of an industrialist. He solves the case three times, each time getting closer to the truth. OL1315930W
The Unspoken Truth The Unspoken Truth Angelica Garnett The Unspoken Truth is an intense, delicate and evocative quartet of autobiographical stories by one of Bloomsbury's inner circle, and one of its last survivors, the daughter of Vanessa Bell and Dunca… OL14992763W
One Day One Day David Nicholls 15th July 1988: Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year a… OL15424701W
Damp Squid Damp Squid Jeremy Butterfield When James Murray compiled the OED in the 19th century, he used a small army of volunteers--and thousands upon thousands of paper slips--to track down the English language. Today, linguists use massi… OL15498798W
How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One Stanley Fish Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language: "I am … OL15662588W
The Secret of the Nagas The Secret of the Nagas Amish Tripathi Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who … OL16091708W
A death in summer A death in summer John Banville When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspect… OL16121184W
The golden scales The golden scales Parker Bilal "The ancient city of Cairo is a feverish tangle of the old and the new, of the superrich and the desperately poor, with inequality and corruption everywhere. It's a place where grudges and long-burie… OL16142378W
Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Audrey Becker "Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays that examine the range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Togethe… OL16183875W
Principles and practices for teaching English as an international language Principles and practices for teaching English as an international language Lubna Alsagoff "What general principles should inform a socioculturally sensitive pedagogy for teaching English as an International Language and what practices would be consistent with these principles? This text e… OL16215306W
The Sins of the Father The Sins of the Father Jeffrey Archer It is only days before Britain declares war on Germany. Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of a family scandal, and realizing he can never marry Emma Barrington, has joined the Merchant… OL16342621W
Bring Up the Bodies Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning [Wolf Hall;](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thoma… OL16547664W
a week in winter a week in winter Maeve Binchy "Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller, "* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea ... S… OL16801834W
Be Careful What You Wish For Be Careful What You Wish For Jeffrey Archer "Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best fr… OL17043107W
Acting companies and their plays in Shakespeare's London Acting companies and their plays in Shakespeare's London Siobhan Keenan Renaissance Acting Companies and their Plays explores the intimate and dynamic relationship between acting companies and playwrights in this seminal era in English theatre history, considering some o… OL17077350W
A Man Without Breath A Man Without Breath Philip Kerr Bernie Gunter dances with the SS, the Gestapo, and his past. OL17516484W
The Nao Of Brown The Nao Of Brown Glyn Dillon Twenty-eight-year-old Nao Brown, who’s hafu (half Japanese, half English), is not well. She’s suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and fighting violent urges to harm other people. But t… OL17584679W
The vanishing point The vanishing point Val McDermid When a dying reality television star's child is snatched at an international airport, ghost writer and guardian Stephanie Harker assists the FBI's search while investigating the family's past to disc… OL17639754W
Sleeping funny Sleeping funny Miranda Hill "In nine stories, Miranda Hill explores the consciousness of a modern teenage girl trying to navigate an embarrassing sex ed class, a middle-aged country-village minister in the 19th century who is e… OL17758828W
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