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Believers in the theory of nominalism have set some Cambridge colleges at the throats of those who believe them to…
be heretics and Michael, the Senior Proctor, has his work cut out to keep the peace. When a nominalist is murdered during a riot Michael is certain he will easily find the killer amongst the Dominicans, but before he can get any sense out of them his junior proctor, Walcote, is found hanged and he discovers that his trusted ally had arranged secret meetings at the St Ragelund Convent between men who would not normally be seen together - and the nuns of St Ragelund are renowned for behaviour entirely inappropriate to their calling. Meanwhile Matthew Bartholomew learns that Michael, his lifelong friend, is in all probability the thief who relieved one of the anti-nominalist colleges of some of their most precious papers. If that charge were proved it would put paid to Michael's long term plans to become Master of Michaelhouse - but would he kill to protect himself? Unable to believe his colleague would be capable of such acts, Bartholomew knows the only way he can quiet his own conscience is to solve the murders himself.The Ghost in the Third Row
By Bruce Coville. 1987
Nina learns that fifty years ago, a beautiful actress was murdered -- on this very stage! According to legend, she…
has haunted the theater ever since.... Strange things begin to happen -- scripts are ripped up, sets are knocked down, a costume is torn to pieces -- and everyone thinks that the ghost wants to stop the show from going on. Everyone, that is, except for Nina and her best friend, Chris, who decide to do some ghost hunting of their own. But only the Woman in White can lead them to the answer!Viking Fire
By Justin Hill. 2016
A Times Book of the Year 'A literary, intelligent read from a masterful storyteller'In 1035, a young fifteen year old…
Viking is dragged wounded from the battle. Left for dead, for the next twenty years his adventures lead him over mountains, down the length of Russia and ultimately to Constantinople and the Holy City of Jerusalem.Drawn into political intrigue he will be the lover of Empresses, the murderer of an emperor; he will hold the balance of power in the Byzantine Empire in his hands, and then give it all up for a Russian princess and the chance to return home and lead his own people, where he must fight the demons of his past, his family and his countrymen in a long and bitter war for revenge and power.Told in his own voice, this is the astonishing true story of the most famous warrior in all Christendom: Harald Hardrada, the last Viking.The Machine Gunners
By Robert Westall. 1975
With Nazi planes raining bombs on England night after night, every boy in Garmouth has a collection of shrapnel, bullet…
casings, and other war souvenirs. But nothing comes close to the working machine gun Chas McGill pulls out of a downed bomber. Soon Chas realizes that he's found more than just a souvenir. While police search frantically for the missing gun, Chas and his friends build a secret fortress to fight the Germans themselves.Laura's Handmade Life
By Amanda Addison. 2011
Laura Lovegrove is leaving behind her seamless life in London. Architect husband Adi has been relocated to rural Norfolk, a…
far cry from ultra-urban Ealing.Though Laura knew village life would be different, she didn't foresee a pokey cottage, nosey neighbours, errant poodles, and even an ex turning up. Chris had been her big love at art college and seeing him again is utterly confusing. Is she really so different from the impulsive student who once trawled charity shops for vintage treasures?When a fire all but destroys Laura's collection of vintage clothes, she's heartbroken. And seriously lacking in outfits. But, salvaging what she can, Laura makes do and mends - sewing purses, bags, even dog leads (which should solve the poodle problem). Soon, she's inundated with orders. But Adi is becoming more and more distant; it's like there's something he's not telling her. Can Laura make a stitch in time and pull her family back together again?The Dominatrix
By Emma Allan. 2000
Karen Masters has never been very interested in sex. But when she sees a video of her friend Barbara engaging…
in some very outre sex games with her husband Dan, she begins to realise what she has been missing.Beautiful redhead Pamela Stern is a dominatrix and is more than willing to show Karen exactly what this means. As she wields the whip Karen's sexuality comes alive, and when she discovers that one of Pamela's clients is her own boss Malcolm Travers, she agrees to become his personal dominatrix. Now Karen can fully explore the limits of her own desires, at least until Malcolm's wife finds out . . .Mask Appeal (Cinderella Cleaners)
By Maya Gold. 2010
Diana can't believe it when she's invited to a fancy masquerade ball. Luckily, she has the great resource of the…
No-Pickup rack at Cinderella Cleaners, where she can find the perfect ball gown--and mask! On the night of the ball, however, she meets her movie-star crush--and has to decide if she should hide behind her disguise, or reveal the real Diana.Treasure Fever! (Schooling Around #1)
By Andy Griffiths. 2008
Meet Henry McThrottle, a fifth-grader with an extremely active imagination. His flights of fancy lead to adventures of the sort…
only Andy Griffiths could dream up, in the first entry of a hilarious new series.The Game: Number 1 in series
By Krystyna Kuhn. 2011
The famous Grace College, located in a remote valley in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, is an elite school for the…
highly gifted. To Julia and her brother, it's the perfect place to hide.But when Robert finds a dead body in their first week they'll learn they can only run so far from their past. And that the valley has secrets of its own. . .French Secrets
By Roisin McAuley. 2010
Love and fine wine go together, but in both cases it's important to recognise the real thing.Will HONOR BRADY find…
true love with wine merchant HUGO LANCASTER, who sweeps her off to his chateau in France?Her friend DIARMUID KEENAN doesn't think so. But then, he can't find the real thing himself.Is winemaker DIDIER ROUSSEAU really interested in Honor - or in Hugo's chateau?And will young American MELANIE MILLAR find roots in the same chateau through a wartime secret in her family past?Shut Your Mouth (The Midnight Library #6)
By Damien Graves. 2006
1. Louise learns that too many trips to the local candy shop can be bad for her health -- in…
more ways than one. 2. Greg and Sam press their luck with a roll of some dice. Devious dice. 3. Rory and April couldn't be more excited about their family's dazzling new car, but they'd be better off walking.Juliet Dove, Queen of Love
By Bruce Coville. 2003
The Circus of Ghosts: Number 2 in series
By Barbara Ewing. 2011
New York, late 1840s, and in the wild, noisy, brash and beautiful circus of Silas P. Swift a shadowy, mesmeric…
woman entrances crowds because she can unlock the secrets of troubled minds. Above them all her daughter sweeps and soars: acrobat and tightrope-walker. People cannot take their eyes from the mysterious woman in the Big Top who can help so many others - but she cannot unlock dark, literally unspeakable, memories of her own. In London memories fester in the mind of an old and venomous duke of the realm. He plots, with an unscrupulous lawyer (and a huge financial reward) against the mother and the daughter: to kill one, and to abduct the other and bring her across the Atlantic to him: She is mine. The actress and mesmerist Cordelia Preston and her daughter Gwenlliam live with their unusual family in the exciting new city among exciting new ideas: the telegraph, the daguerrotype, anaesthesia, table-tapping. And among the dangerous street-gangs of New York also, whose raw violence meets Cordelia and Gwenlliam and those that they love, with unexpected results.The Crash: Number 2 in series
By Krystyna Kuhn. 2012
Mount Ghost looms high above Grace College, and holds as many secrets as The Valley itself. Secrets of missing students,…
lies and betrayal.Julia has barely scratched the surface of The Valley's secrets and she's determined to discover what connects her father to the mysterious Grace College. The answer, she's sure, lies on Mount Ghost, so when Katie suggests that they investigate the students who went missing there forty years ago, Julia jumps at the chance. But Julia can no longer hide from her past in The Valley. And she's not the only one. . .Twins for the Texan
By Charlene Sands. 2016
Twins...and another baby on the way for this cowboy from USA TODAY bestselling author Charlene Sands! After Wyatt Brandt rescues…
Brooke McKay en route to a Texas wedding, they spend one hot night together before going their separate ways. Now Brooke's back with news she isn't sure the wealthy rancher is ready to hear-especially when she discovers he's already a father...of twins! Being a single dad is a full-time job Wyatt can't do alone. He doesn't expect the ideal nanny to be the beauty who briefly shared his bed. But he accepts her help gladly-not knowing her little secret will change his family forever...The Empty Nesters
By Nina Bell. 2011
Clover Jones and Laura Dangerfield have been best friends since their children were born. Along with Clover's stylish, powerful friend,…
Alice, they share holidays, sleepovers, school runs and childcare. They're like one big family.But all families have their secrets. When the children leave home, Clover and Laura's lives and marriages change forever, and the old rules on love and loyalty no longer apply. And when Alice decides she wants what they've got, Clover and Laura have to find out who they really are. Without the children, can their marriages - and friendship - survive?Dead and Gone (Mike and Riel #3)
By Norah Mcclintock. 2004
The Hijack: Number 2 in series
By Duncan Falconer. 2004
Two hundred miles south of the Devon coastline, Palestinian freedom fighter Abed Abu Omar and twenty men prepare for their…
most daring mission yet - the hijack of a supertanker, a five-storey superstructure laden with oil. Meanwhile, in an Elizabethan country house, SBS operative Stratton has been seconded to bodyguard work and is bored by the lack of challenge. Not for long.With the helter-skelter pace that defined Duncan Falconer's brilliant debut THE HOSTAGE, Stratton has been whisked away by helicopter to assist in a daring rescue. THE HIJACK ranges from London to the Gaza Strip, from Riga in Latvia to Jerusalem.With a rich cast of characters from Russian secret service operatives to Al Qaeda terrorists and the Israeli military, the authentic detail and heartstopping narrative will propel Duncan Falconer to the highest class of adventure writers.Partisans
By Peter Matthiessen. 1983
Cougars: You're as young as the man you feel
By Claire Irvin. 2011
Caroline Walker has it all. At 42, her immaculately groomed looks and toned body belie her age. She's wife to…
City trading sensation Les Walker, mother to their teenage daughter, Zoe, and a successful international entrepreneur with a string of luxury accessory boutiques. But when Caroline learns that Les has been having an affair, her perfect world falls apart.Now divorced, Caroline is unexpectedly single - something she hasn't been in a very long time. With the help of Maryanne, her outgoing and ex-Hollywood starlet friend, she is introduced to a hectic social life and Caroline discovers her missing twenties . . . and the young men she should have been dating then, too - including the beautiful, sensitive male model, Adam, who is almost the same age as her daughter.But when she finds herself in a situation she thought she'd never have to worry about, Caroline has to answer some big questions about her life - again.