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Slade House Slade House David Mitchell "Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House: a surreal place where visitors s… OL17801648W
Four letter word Four letter word Rosalind Porter,Joshua Knelman An collection of new fiction from some of today's most celebrated writers, exploring the charm, potency and seductive powers of a classic genre... the love letter. OL17924336W
A Woman's Eye A Woman's Eye Sara Paretsky Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the m… OL18028W
The English novel in history, 1700-1780 The English novel in history, 1700-1780 John J. Richetti The English Novel in History 1700-1780 provides students with specific contexts for the early novel in response to a new understanding of eighteenth-century Britain. It traces the social and moral re… OL1830261W
World Without End World Without End Ken Follett En 1327, quatre enfants sont les témoins d'une poursuite meurtrière dans les bois : un chevalier tue deux soldats au service de la reine, avant d'enfouir dans le sol une lettre mystérieuse, dont le s… OL1914079W
A literature of their own A literature of their own Elaine Showalter A LITERATURE OF THEIR OWN quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation,… OL2041593W
Quelque chose à te dire Quelque chose à te dire Hanif Kureishi Jamal, psychanalyste d'une cinquantaine d'années, connaît un certain succès. Suivant le rythme de ses consultations, professionnelles et amicales, sa vie est marquée par la régularité et l'écoute. Ce… OL24446207W
The love light of Apollo The love light of Apollo Barbara Cartland As a cousin of Queen Victoria, the beautiful Princess Marigold is obliged to yield to the Queen’s wishes when it comes to marriage – and the Monarch is most reluctant to allow her to marry the man sh… OL29242304W
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon,Haddon Mark,Mark Haddon This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. O… OL2965102W
Victorian women's fiction Victorian women's fiction Shirley Foster Critical interest in women's fiction has grown enormously in recent years, in particular focusing on the ways in which female novelists have, in their creative work, challenged or scrutinized contemp… OL3531688W
Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Ma… OL38663W
Tangled Shadows Tangled Shadows Flora Kidd It was eighteen months since Kathryn had separated from her husband Cesare, but now she had received some worrying news. It appeared he had been injured and lost his memory in an accident, and his fa… OL4084689W
A Sheltering Tree A Sheltering Tree Iris Bromige At one stroke a car crash robs Jennifer Barbury (Mirabel Rainwood's grand-daughter) of two close friends and puts an end to her own promising musical career. To escape from the constant solicitude of… OL5138196W
The Shining Falcon The Shining Falcon Josepha Sherman Synopsis – Storm- Torn and ragged, the shining falcon falls to earth – plummeting into a vast and dangerous woodland inhabited by magical beings as old as the world. Now the life of Finist, shape-sh… OL742484W