David has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. What might lead an Ethiopian schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece...
Great Britain
- Author:Adam, DavidSummary:
- Author:Etherege, GeorgeSummary:
- Author:Hadley, TessaSummary:
Paul leaves his family to search for Pia, his daughter from his first marriage. He finds her pregnant and living in less than ideal conditions--but with an outlook on life that's strangely compelling. Paul decides to start a new...
- Author:FONTEYN, MargaretSummary:
The famous dancer of the Royal Ballet has been everywhere, she emerges as a charming person, in this, her autobiography.
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
No English monarch had a greater influence on his or her people than Queen Elizabeth I. Yet despite her extremely public life, she closely guarded her secrets, which are finally revealed in this epic biography. The Life of Elizabeth I...
- Author:Marston, EdwardSummary:
Jonas Applegarth is a brilliant but belligerent playwright. When his play, "The Misfortunes of Marriage," is performed by Lord Westfield's Men, it causes an uproar. All of Applegarth's enemies attack the company. Nicholas Bracewell...
- Author:Starr, DavidSummary:
"This novel for young readers or young adults is about Duncan Scott, who is also the protagonist in David Starr's earlier novel, The Nor'Wester. In this new novel, set in 1810, Duncan returns to England to search for his sister, and...
- Author:Plaidy, JeanSummary:
The twelve-year marriage of Henry and Katharine has declined from an idyllic union into an uneasy stalemate. The king's love for his aging queen has grown cold, and he is angry with her failure to give him the heir to the throne he...
- Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary:
Alan Lewrie, midshipman aboard the frigate Desperate, has helped defeat the French Capricieuse off St. Kitts, but has an even greater cause for celebration: His commission as lieutenant and posting to the brig o' war Shrike, which...
- Author:Savage, AlanSummary:
Spring 1943 and the Nazis determine to make an all-out effort to exterminate General Tito's partisans. Arch enemy of Tito's lieutenant, Tony Davis, Wassermann is determined to avenge past defeats and captures Tony's...
- Author:Stross, CharlesSummary:
Bob Howard is a special operative for the British agency called The Laundry, and his task is to stop a rogue billionaire from using an artifact, known as Gravedust, with the power to reanimate the dead. The U.S. Black Agency sends the...
- Author:Equiano, OlaudahSummary:
- Author:Cochet, CharlieSummary:
Sequel to The Auspicious Troubles of Chance The Auspicious Troubles of Love: Book Two Eight years after leaving the deserts of Africa and the French Foreign Legion behind, Jonathan Wolfe has settled into life at Hawthorne Manor in the...
- Author:Challen, PaulSummary:
At the centre of the critically acclaimed Fox drama House, British actor Hugh Laurie has become the focus of fans across North America, Britain, and Australia. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series,...
- Author:Freemantle, BrianSummary:
- Author:Rose, SimonSummary:
While exploring a medieval archaeological site containing the ruins of an ancient abbey, Annie discovers the long-forgotten tomb of Lady Isabella Devereaux, who had been condemned to death as a heretic. When Annie picks up a mysterious...
- Author:Holly, Bob, Williams, RossSummary:
Long before he became “Hardcore Holly,” Robert Howard was a fighter. From humble beginnings — a boy dominated by his disciplinarian stepfather but fueled by an unquenchable passion for pro wrestling — Bob grew up struggling to make ends...
- Author:GRAHAM, WinstonSummary:
"Maughan Killigrew, illegitimate son of John Kiligrew, of Cornwell", tells the story of his adventurous life, his service under Sir Walter Raleigh, his capture by the Spanish, and, at long last, his marriage to his boyhood...
- Author:Robson, JenniferSummary:
Jennifer Robson takes us inside the workrooms where one of the most famous wedding gowns in history was created. Balancing behind-the-scenes details with a sweeping portrait of a society left reeling by the calamitous costs of victory,...
- Author:RAPHAEL, FredericSummary:
Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Barbara Ransome and the others leave Cambridge University to discover varying degrees of satisfaction, success and material comfort. But over all of them lies the common memory of...