Black
Beauty by: ANNA
SEWELL
0 140 815090
The life and adventures
of a beautiful horse: Black Beauty. Black Beauty works
hard for all his owners, who are sometimes cruel, sometimes
kind, sometimes rich, and sometimes poor. At first, Black beauty
is lucky. At his first home, the people know a lot about horses and look
after them well. But soon he will learn that not all people are the same.
Will he ever find true happiness ?
A deeply
moving tale which has become a children’s classic. This is the most
celebrated animal story of the nineteenth century.
The
Black Cat and other stories by: EDGAR
ALLAN POE 0 140
815139
The man who kills
his cat - and pays the price, the portrait that holds a terrible secret,
the beautiful cousin and her frightening end, and the man who tried to
shut his door against the face of death ...
Four short stories
of murder and mystery that you will not forget. Edgar Allan Poe wrote about
terrible people and who lead strange lives. If you have a black cat, be
careful!
Edgar Allan Poe (
1809-1849) - the master of macabre and terror - is one of the best-known
writers of horror stories in English.
NYPD
Blue: Blue Beginning by: M.
A. COLLINS
0 140 16445
Detective Andy Sipowicz
drinks too much. Detective John Kelly’s Marriage is in trouble. But when
an important witness is shot they have to forget their own problems and
find the killer.
Based on the successful
NYPD Blues TV series, this book takes you to the very beginning of the
story of Manhattan’s 15th Precinct.
The
Book Of Heroic Failures by: STEPHEN
PILE
0 140 817115
It is difficult to
be really bad at something, but the people in this book are. Drivers who
cannot drive, travellers who get lost all the time, and policeman who cannot
catch criminals. This book is full of funny stories about people who do
things wrong - and they're all true! Very very funny.
Braveheart
by: RANDALL WALLACE
0 140 816216
‘Sons of Scotland,
you have come here to fight as free men... if you fight perhaps you'll
die.’
Braveheart is the
true story of William Wallace who led his people to fight for the country
they loved.
Braveheart is an exhilarating
and moving film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. It won five Oscars
at the Academy awards.
Calling
All Monsters by: CHRIS WESTWOOD
0 140 815511
Joanne likes to read
horror stories and her favourite writer is Martin Wisemann. But the monsters
from his stories are suddenly getting to be very real...
A horribly good read
by this popular author.
A
Catskill Eagle by: ROBERT
B. PARKER
0 140 815740
Spenser’s girlfriends
Susan goes away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich
and dangerous criminal, Spenser and his friend, Hawk, go to find Susan.
Soon they are in the world of the CIA, guns and murder...
Channel
Runner by: JEREMY TAYLOR
0 140814930
Mary Maloney is a
great runner. She wins all her races, but she only races against other
girls. Now she wants to race against boys. Mary has to fight for this.
Will she win the fight?
A modern-day tale.
Cranford
by: ELIZABETH GASKELL
0 140 16208
‘If you want to know
what to eat or what to wear or who to have to your party, you only need
to ask one of the Cranford ladies.’
This is the story
of a small town in the north-west of England during the 1840’s and of kindness
an d friendliness between neighbours - but most of all it is about the
ladies of Cranford.
Mrs
Dalloway by: VIRGINIA WOOLF
0 140 815201
A day in the life
of Mrs Dalloway. She is having a party. She thinks about her past and the
man she loved a long time ago. He is coming to the party.
A Classic
by one of the most important and original writers of the
20th century.
The
Darling Buds of May by: HEBATES
0140 81468X
Mariette Larkin is
going to have a baby and wants to find a husband - quickly! One day a nice
young man from the tax office comes to the house... This is the heart-warming
and funny story of the Larkin family, and of Mariette and her young man.
An amusing novel.
Dubliners
by: JAMES JOYCE
0 140 814957
Six short stories
about everyday life in Ireland in the early nineteen hundreds - about families,
growing up, and love and death in the city of Dublin. James Joyce paints
a cleaver and understanding picture of the city and it's people.
Earthdark
by: MONICA HUGHES
0 140 814523
It is the future,
and Kepler and Ann live on the moon. Ann's father disappears and the try
to find him. They look for Ann’s father in the place called earthdark -
that mysterious place on the dark side f the moon...
A story of mystery
and suspense.
Eraser
by: ROBERT TINE
0 140 816496
‘He will erase your
past to protect your future.’ His name is John Kruger. His nickname
is Eraser. his job is to make government witnesses safe by changing their
identities and making their enemies disappear. Now a beautiful woman’s
life in danger from some very dangerous people and he must protect her
if he can. Eraser is a new action blockbuster
from Hollywood starring Arnold Schwarzenegger an James Caan.
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