Not
a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by: JEFFREY
ARCHER 0 140 816062
Henry Metcalfe is
very rich, very clever and not very honest. But this time he has stolen
money from the wrong men. Stephen Bradley knows he can get his money back,
with the help of three others who lost money. Together they think of four
clever plans to get back the $1,000,000 Harvey stole from them, without
him realizing what they have done.
Jeffrey archer’s first
blockbuster. It has sold thousand of copies all over the world and was
made into a television film in 1990.
The
Portrait of a Lady by: HENRY
JAMES 0 140
816267
Isabel Archer is an
independent, intelligent young woman without much money. When her father
dies, her rich aunt takes her to Europe where Isabel has to make important
decisions about money, love and happiness. A film of The Portrait
of a Lady has been made starring Nicole Kidman.
Princes
Diana by: CHERRY GILCHRIST
0 140 816879
Princess Diana - the
most famous, most photographed woman in the world. This Reader is about
her life, her role in the Royal family, About Prince Charles and her two
sons, William and Harry, about her glamorous life-style, beautiful clothes
and celebrity friends. But most importantly, it is also a look at her devoted
work among the poor and sick of the world that led her to become known
as the ‘Queen of Hearts’.
This sensitive portrait
of the “People’s Princess’ is illustrated with full colour photographs
throughout .
Psycho
by: ROBERT BLOCH
0140 816798
Marion is lost on
a dark and lonely road, she’s tired and hungry and afraid. She thinks she’s
dreaming when she sees a motel sign shining in the darkness - Bates Motel.
But for Marion the nightmare is just beginning...
Psycho is on of the
most famous horror films of all time and a spine-chilling story.
Rain
Man by: LEONORE FLEISCHER
0 140 815449
Charlie Babbit thinks
he will get a lot of money when his father dies. However, the money goes
to someone he does not know - a man who lives in hospital and is the brother
Charlie never knew. The two men meet; this is the start of a surprising
new life for them.
A deeply emotional
story - and also released as a major film.
The
Reluctant Queen by: JEAN
PLAIDY
0 140 814701
Anne, the beautiful
daughter of the Earl of Warwick, wants to marry Richard, the Duke
of Gloucester. But Anne lives in a dangerous world where money is
more important than love. Her father tells her to marry Edward, Prince
of France.
Intrigue, love and
betrayal at a royal court - absorbing from the first page to the last.
Ring
of Bright Water by: GAVIN
MAXWELL 0 140 816720
This is the story
of the author’s life in a wild and remote area of Schotland called Camusfearna,
and of three otters, Chahala, Mijbil and Edal, who become his constant
companions.
Beautiful, moving,
and often funny as well, Gavin Maxwell’s book is a classic tale of a man’s
relationship with the natural world around him. It is also an enchanting
film.
The
Road Ahead by: BILL GATES
0 140 816518
What is the information
highway? How will the new technology change our lives?
The Road Ahead is
Bill Gates’ vision of the future. In it he describes how he thinks the
revolution of the information age will change the way we buy, work, learn
and communicate with each other.
Santorini
by: ALISTAIR MACLEAN
0 140 81583X
A British warship
in the Mediterranean watches an American plane crash into the sea. Minutes
later a Greek sailing boat, on fire, starts to sink. Captain Talbot, on
the warship is soon to find out that these two accidents are part of a
terrible plan and that he is the only person who will be able to save the
world. Brilliant entertainment from a muster of storyteller.
Alistair MacLean wrote twenty-nine world bestsellers.
The
Secret Agent by: JOSEPH
CONRAD 0 140 816690
Mr. Verloc is an anarchist
and wants to see a revolution in Britain. But he also wants to live a quiet
life looking after his shop. Then Mr. Vladimir orders him to bomb the Greenwich
Observatory in London. Will Mr. Verloc do the job - and what will happen
if it all goes wrong? Joseph Conrad’s classic political tale has
been made into a powerful film starring Patricia Arquette and Gerard Depardieu.
Sense
and Sensibility by: JANE
AUSTEN
0 140 816348
Mrs. Dashwood and
her two daughters must leave their family home and move to a small house
in another part of the country. They don’t have much money now and must
live quietly. Marianne and Elinor fall in love and learn some terrible
secrets before they find happiness. Sense
and Sensibility is now an Oscar-winning film starring Emma Thompson.
Sherlock
Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool by: ARTHUR
CONAN DOYLE
0 140 815120
Who killed Charles
McCarthy? and why? Was it really his son? Sherlock Holmes, the famous English
detective, must answer these questions. His friend, Dr. Watson, helps.
An intriguing story about Sherlock Holmes, the best-known and most eccentric
detective in English literature.
St.
Agnes’ Stand by: THOMAS
EIDSON 0 140
81633X
Swanson has killed
a man and is on the run from the dead man’s friends. His plans of escape
are ruined by a nun called Sister St. Agnes who needs his help to save
her and group of children from Apache Indians. This is a hauntingly beautiful
story about the American West. Thomas Eidson’s first
novel.
StarGate
by: D. DEVLIN, R. EMMERICH & S. BLACK
0 140 815813
In 1928 archaeologists
found a mysterious stone with the inscription: ‘A Million years into the
sky is Ra, Sun God.’ Sixty years later, in the USA, a young archaeologist,
Daniel Jackson, finds a way to open the StarGate. What is on the other
side?
StarGate is a successful
film by Roland Emmerich.
Summer
of My German Soldier by: BETTE
GREEN
0 140 815538
During the
Second World War, a group of German prisoners are sent to work in the small
town of Jenkinsville, USA. Here, Patty Bergen, a young
Jewish girl, befriends one of the prisoners, Anton. When he escapes from
prison, she
decides to help him - and put herself in danger.
'Many people will
hear this story about a Jewish girl and a German prisoner. It shows that
people can be friends, after all ...'
The
Thirty-Nine Steps by: JOHN
BUCHAN
0 140 815287
A man is killed in
Richard Hannay’s apartment, The police think Hannay is the murderer. Can
Hannay find the real killers? And what is the secret of the thirty-nine
steps? A classic, world-famous adventure story written
in 1915 - it has been made into a film four times.
Thunder
Point by: JACK HIGGINS
0 140 815945
Sean Dillon likes
a good adventure, but this time he’s in trouble - in the beautiful but
dangerous water of the Caribbean. Somewhere in that German submarine is
a dead man’s secret, a secret that people will kill for. But can Dillon
get to it first?
Adventure and excitement
from the world’s number one storyteller. His novels have sold over 150
million copies and have been translated into 39 languages.
Time
Bird by: JOHN ESCOTT
0 140 815406
Mia is on holiday
with her mother and grandfather in a small town by the sea. She sees a
mysterious bird again and again. She knows she has to follow it, but why?
Where will the bird take her? What will she have to do? This is a
gripping mystery story.
The
Turn of the Screw by: HENRY
JAMES
0 140 815694
A young lady comes
to a big country house to teach two young children. Strange things begin
to happen. The children are very beautiful but are they really good? And
how did the last governess die? A terrible story of ghosts and danger
begins. Can the new
governess help the
children? Many people say it is the best ghost story in the world.
Twice
Shy by: DICK FRANCIS
0 140 815015
Two brothers, two
stories. A thief wants something he thinks the brothers have
got - a computer program that tells you which horse is going to win a race.
And the thief is ready to kill for the program .....
An action - packed
thriller by one of Britain’s top-selling contemporary
crime novelists.
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