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Anne McCaffrey was one of the world's leading science-fiction writers, and won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as the Margaret A. Edwards' Lifetime Literary Achievement Award. She was deeply honoured to have been made a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 2005, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. Born and raised in the US and of Irish extraction, she moved to Ireland in 1970 where she lived in the ¿Garden of ...

When Menolly, daughter of Yanus Sea Holder, arrived at the Harper Craft Hall, she came in style, aboard a huge bronze dragon, followed by her nine fire lizards. Two things sustained her - her devoted lizards, a subject on which she was fitted to instruct her Masters - and the music...

All three parts of Dante's great poem in the recent English translation by Allen Mandelbaum, and including Botticelli's illustrations.

**OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD**How well do you know your dog?Jeffrey Masson takes us into the world of the dog, a world created by a sense of smell one hundred million times more acute than ours, and reintroduces us to man's best friend - loyal, honest, straightforward, spontaneous and almost unbelievably forgiving.

Double CD, read by Martin Jarvis. Running time: 2 hrs. Reprint.

The internationally bestselling novel set in the brutal world of the communist regime, first published in 1941. 'A remarkable book, a grimly fascinating interpretation of... all revolutionary dictatorships, ' "Times Literary Supplement

The classic work on seeking a guru"--Cover.

Now recognised as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades and ingenious escapes - including one from an aeroplane - make CATCH ME IF YOU CAN an irresistable tale of deceit.

A first foray into the world of children's publishing for Ian McEwan, with a book which should also delight adults. Bearing this in mind, Random House are producing both a Vintage >and< a Red Fox edition. This is the Vintage edition. 16 illustrations by Anthony Browne.

A troubled young man commits the perfect crime - the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. So begins one of the greatest novels ever written, a journey into the criminal mind, a police thriller, and a philosophical meditation on morality and redemption.

In a book that is part fairy tale and part thinly veiled autobiography, Dickens transmutes his life experience into a brilliant series of comic and sentimental adventures in the spirit of the great eighteenth-century novelists he so much admired. Few readers can fail to be touched by David's fate, and fewer still to be delighted by his story. The cruel Murdstone, the feckless Micawber, the unctuous and sinister Uriah Heep, and David Copperfiel...

Vintage paperback edition of this latest collection of short stories from Alice Munro, again demonstrating her masterful use of the form.

Imagine a year without Christmas. they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.

A 40th anniversary edition of the classic anonymous memoir, which charts how teenager Alice's life was turned upside down by drug abuse. Over 4 millions copies have sold worldwide.

The paperback edition of Roth's latest novel, set in 1940s New Jersey during an epidemic of polio. Roth has recently been awarded the Man Booker International Prize for his lifetime of work, and his acclaimed novels include "American Pastoral, Portnoy's Complaint" and "The Human Stain". '"Nemesis" is brief, astoundingly assured and devastating' Chris Wayell, "Time Out

A collection of short stories involving cats. Further details tbc.

Shawn Achor is a lecturer at Harvard University, where he has studied with pioneers in the field of positive psychology. He is the co-designer of Harvard's 'Happiness' course, one of the most popular in Harvard history. He is also the founder and CEO of Aspirant, a research and consulting firm that uses positive psychology to enhance individual achievement and cultivate a more productive workplace. Its clients include American Express, KPMG, M...

Featuring Jack Reacher, hero of the new blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise, in an explosive follow-up to the cliffhanger ending of 61 Hours. Has Jack Reacher finally met his match? 61 Hours ended with Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him. Was that really the end of the road for the maverick loner? Worth Dying For is the kind of explosive thriller only Lee Child could write - ...

Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh in 1946. After training as a newspaper reporter, Graham went on to edit the new British men's magazine Mayfair. At the age of 24, Graham was appointed executive editor of both Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. Graham Masterton's debut as a horror author began with the wildly popular The Manitou in 1976. Altogether Graham has written more than a hundred novels ranging from thrillers and horror, to d...

Paperback edition of Amis' latest novel, a comedy about youth, the 1970s, the sexual revolution and its aftermath. Gloriously risqué and ferociously funny. '...no one better understands the cosmic joke that is humanity.' Andrew Anthony, "Observer" *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*