When the curtain falls on Puccini’s opera, Cho-Cho-San – Madame Butterfly – hands over her only child to his American father, and kills herself.Taking this searing moment as its springboard, Butterfly’s Shadow sends its characters spinning into a future undreamed of in the original.At the centre of it all is the child, Joey, carried away by his father and new step-mother to a brighter future in America. But it’s not that simple. Each is haunted in different ways by memories of what really happened that day – Joey thinks he heard sc... read more
At Harvard, social acceptance and success with the opposite sex had to be applied for. In the absence of family money or innate charisma, misfit and maths prodigy Eduardo Saverin dreamed of joining one of Harvard's elite Final clubs. His best friend, painfully shy computer genius Mark Zuckerberg, turned instead to his natural talents, hacking into the university's computer system to create a rateable database of every female student on campus. Narrowly escaping expulsion after 80% of Harvarda's population voted in just two hours, c... read more
Serena Williams has captured every major title in tennis. Her accomplishments have not been won without struggle. She has been derailed by injury, criticised for her unorthodox approach to tennis, and was devastated by the tragic shooting of her sister. In this compelling memoir, Serena looks at her extraordinary life and what is still to come.
On they went singing 'Eternal Memory', and whenever they stopped, the sound of their feet, the horses and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing... Doctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told. Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, wrestles with the new order and confronts the changes cruel experience has made in him and the anguish of being torn between the love of two women. (Preceeding text courtesy www.randomhouse.co.uk) Paperback (B-Format)
Jack doesn't know what he's got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were up in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie's dad (and Jack was having to listen to Charlie shouting at his dad for leaving his mum) - then next minute they were in a mysterious room above a theatre, with some of the strangest characters they'd ever encountered. And they were about to take The Test. . . and something very very weird was about to begin. The Test transformed Charlie - leaving him with the distinctive markings of the Bla... read more
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An inside account of a shocking act of murder, when Russia's war with itself spilled over onto the streets of London and made the world take notice.
Jordan Hadlock seems to have it all: a great job and Helmut Eckherdt, a rich industrialist intent on marrying her - even though she hasn't said yes. What more could she want? A clap of thunder and a pounding on her door soon give her an answer. Reeves Grant appears seeking shelter from a sudden downpour, but the real storm is inside Jordan and the passion they share. He disappears the next morning and then Jordan receives two more shocks. Helmut publicly announces they're to be wed at the very same moment she spies Reeves snapping ... read more
Spring 1543. As London's Bishop Bonner prepares a purge of Protestants Matthew Shardlake, together with his assistant, Jack Barak, and his friend, Guy Malton, investigate a series of horrific murders which are already bringing frenzied talk of witchcraft and demonic possession - for what else would the Tudor mind make of a serial killer ...?
Armed with the latest in their arsenal of seagoing weaponry, the SEAL unit known as Brannigan's Brigands plunges into a do-or-die showdown with the terrorist group al-Mimkhalif.
In fall 1916, Americans debate whether to enter the European war. "Preparedness parades" march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium. For all, time stands still. Prisoners of routine and yearning for absent families, the patients, including the newly arrived Leo Marburg, take solace in gossip, rumor, and
After two high-risk missions, CIA special agent John Wells is a man living on the edge, his nights filled with disturbing dreams. But he knows he has no time for that. He has made many enemies, and the world won't stay quiet for long. Sure enough, Wells and Jennifer Exley, his fiancee and colleague, soon find themselves targeted by assassins sent by a psychotic arms dealer out for revenge. Meanwhile, a plan of almost unimaginable consequences has been set in motion - two nuclear warheads have been stolen from a secure Russian base ... read more
Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau is summoned by an official of the Party to lead a highly charged corruption investigation. The tentacles have spread through the police force, the civil service, the vice trade and deep into the criminal underworld. The principle figure and his family have long since fled to the United States, beyond the reach of the Chinese government. But the network is still intact and it is only a matter of time before it becomes stronger than before. Chen is chargedâÂÂand it is a job he canno... read more
City of Glory, the eagerly-awaited sequel to the much loved City of Dreams, is the epic tale of the next generation of Turners and Devreys set against the backdrop of the War of 1812. As a fledgling nation defends itself against invaders, New York
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This is the next searing adventure from the bestselling author of The Last Legion.The 4th century BC, a village in Syria: A woman, dressed in rags and covered in blisters and sores, is seen approaching on the road coming from the north. Suspicious of her, the villagers shout and throw rocks at her. She is struck and falls. She seems dead. Her story encompasses one of the great collective acts of heroism of the ancient world. She was the mistress of Xenophon, a general in the vast army of ten thousand Greek mercenaries from virtuall... read more
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This is a fast-paced and thrilling account of Chris Hunter's career working as a counter-terrorist bomb disposal operator in numerous operational theatres, including the Balkans, Northern Ireland, Colombia and Afghanistan.
