Clare: 1448 books

IT was early on a bright June morning of the year 1599. The household of Christopher Mountjoy, the wig-maker, at the corner of Silver Street in Cripplegate, was already up and astir. Mountjoy, his wife and daughter, and his apprentice, Stephen Bellott, were each refreshing themselves with a hasty mouthful—one...

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2014 First Exam: Summer 2015 The perfect practice book for multiple choice and matching exercises that make up 20% of the final CfE Higher exam paper. This book offers ideal material for either classroom or homework...

A SUSPICIOUS FALL Nineteen-year-old Shazia Johar has everything to live for. But when she is found critically injured after plunging from a hotel balcony, DI Robyn Bailley must determine why she fell. Was Shazia pushed or did she jump? A BROKEN WOMAN When Robyn’s team investigate the events...

Taking its title from a description of Peter Pan's Neverland, Astonishing Splashes of Colour follows the life of Kitty, a woman who, in a sense, has never grown up. As her moods swing dramatically from high to low, they are illuminated by an unusual ability to interpret people and emotions through...

Reena Valeris was a warrior, a Captain in the forces of Irulan despite her chequered past, and she was one of the best. But not even she could get away with striking a magistrate, much as she had good reason for her action. Taken to the dungeons of the Riverwake Tower in chains, her future did not...

The Riverwake Tower is a wicked prison in the City of Irulan, where women are incarcerated and punished for their crimes, real or imagined, languishing in chains day after day, week after week, month after month. Yet in that evil place there are both heroes and villains, among the guards as...

Still trapped on the strange world of Zirith, Anya remains chained and is now compelled to work on a desert sandship as one of the women pushing the spokes of wheels on deck, driving the massive gears that connect to the huge wheels below. Worse, in the heat of the desert sun, as a punishment for...

Anya was tough. She was a security expert, an ex-marine familiar with working in a war zone, under fire, whether in a combat role or, as was more common for her these days, protecting or rescuing civilians who had had the misfortune to become embroiled in the conflict. And she was very good at it.Surely...

How to redeem the world’s richest playboy? Marry a Cinderella! Fantastically wealthy Thanos Stathakis almost has it all. He requires just one last company to complete his empire. But to acquire it, he must counter his scandalous reputation—with a wife! His executive assistant, Alice,...

Ein regnerischer Abend in Bristol. Der 5-jährige Jacob ist mit seiner Mutter auf dem Weg nach Hause, plötzlich reißt er sich los und stürmt auf die Straße. Das Auto, das wie aus dem Nichts erscheint und ihn erfasst, ist ebenso schnell wieder verschwunden. Für den kleinen Jungen kommt jede Hilfe...

Told from the point of view of five contrasting narrators, The Hole in The Wall is a funny, touching and satirical tale of suburban disharmony.

Apprentice healer Lassair uncovers the secrets of the mysterious City of Pearl in the compelling new Aelf Fen medieval mystery. October, 1093. At her mentor's urgent request, Lassair is accompanying Gurdyman across the sea to Spain. But why is he so insistent on embarking on this difficult...

This is a story about finding purpose, leadership, and true friendship. You will embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and join the eagles and their friends as they overcome difficult situations and challenges. You will see yourself in the characters, and you will laugh and cry as you get to...

A traumatised bank teller from the East End, a US postal worker with itchy feet, an Australian fleeing a crime, a Kiwi obsessed with body parts, a student yearning for his heritage and a closet poet who has been stuck on the same three lines since 1973:Oh! to be an insect that was not in any...