A collection of 100 of author's finest stories; it describes life south of the Rio Grande and chronicles the activities and concerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of-the-century New York.
Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, this work explores with humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties.
A chance DNA test proves without doubt what DS Mike Fielding has always known - that the man tried for the barbaric murder of local Devon girl Angela Philips twenty years before, the man who walked free, was the Beast of Dartmoor.
A Mesopotamian horror story. The landscape of this dark and powerful story is the ancient world of Assyria some 3000 years ago, a time when writing was in the world's oldest script, cuneiform, and the domination of unseen forces firmly in the hands of the state's leading Exorcist.
A collection that brings together a host of writings from across different regions and cultures of the Middle Ages, from the ninth to the fifteenth century. It is arranged to follow the life stages of a Medieval woman living a secular existence, from infancy and girlhood, through marriage and motherhood, to widowhood and old age.
Folk Tales for Health and Wellbeing draws upon Buddhist and Taoist stories from Vietnam, China and Japan, as well as other wisdom stories from countries and religions around the world. They are not only meant to entertain, but also help establish a sense of calm.
Including tales of ghosts, mermaids, crafty witches, mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends and more, these stories span centuries, styles, tones, and types of narrator, making them perfect for bedtimes, reading by torchlight, telling to the fairies at the bottom of the garden, or curling up on the sofa to enjoy with a mug of something hot.