Books from Random House
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Like Water for Chocolate
By Laura EsquivelThe Number One Bestseller In Mexico And America For Almost Two Years, And Subsequently A Bestseller Around The World, Like Water For Chocolate Is A Romantic, Poignant Tale, Touched With Moments Of Magic, Graphic Earthiness, Bittersweet Wit ...
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The Conservatives - A History
By Robin HarrisFor a somewhat less critical view see Dennis Kavanagh and Philip Cowley, The British General Elmiun 14/2010 (London: h'lacmillan, 2010). pp 33-1-9. The results of the 2010 General Election were: Conservative 306. Labour 258.
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The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scottish Legends
By Jennifer Westwood, Sophia KingshillMore than simply retelling these stories, "The Lore of Scotland" explores their origins, showing how and when they arose and investigating what basis - if any - they have in historical fact.
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The Weight of Blood
By Laura McHughTreated like an outsider by Ozark Mountain neighbors who regard her mother's disappearance years earlier with suspicion, sixteen-year-old Lucy is further haunted by a friend's murder, which compels her to investigate family secrets and ...
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What's Done in Darkness: A Novel
By Laura McHughSeventeen-year-old Sarabeth had become increasingly rebellious since her parents found God.
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Arrowood: A Novel
By Laura McHughIncludes reader's guide and an excerpt from The weight of blood.
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The Weight of Blood: A Novel
By Laura McHugh“In this clever, multilayered debut, McHugh deftly explores the past of an Ozark Mountain family. ... with plenty to hide and the ruthlessness to keep their secrets hidden. . . . This is an outstanding first novel, replete with suspense ...
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Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
By Sara WheelerRhodes House; Alexander Maitland; David Marx for gun lessons; Douglas Matthews for another index; Reginald Piggott for maps; Brian Rice; Caspar and Sue Tiarks; John Richens at University College Hospital in London for syphilis tuition; ...
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Precious: A Novel
By Sandra NovackBONUS: This edition contains a Precious discussion guide and an excerpt from Sandra Novack's Everyone but You. The summer of 1978, ten-year-old Vicki Anderson rides her bike to the local...
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Eliza's Child
By Maggie Hope'Gee up, she snapped at Dolly and the pony started to amble away in a slow walk. Gee up, I said, she snapped again and flapped the reins hard on Dolly's back and the walk turned into a trot. It wasn't just because of the lost chance for ...
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A Daughter's Gift
By Maggie Hope'Gee up,' said Jack and the pony trotted on. away from the pit head and the pit rows. past the turnoff for the Manor and up the rise beyond. leaving the houses behind until they were out among fields. ploughed fields, ready for the ...
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A Daughter's Duty
By Maggie Hope... of sparkling small coal, ponies standing by patiently as the men shovelled it into bags and on to the cart, seeming to know just when it was time to move on, a split second before the men clicked their tongues and called, 'Gee up!
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Rags to Riches
By Maggie FordHe would gee them along to his own rhythm, clocking up the hours of overtime which every one of them needed, whether they could stay the course or not. Enthused by him, they often did, going home better off than they might have been ...
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An Orphan's Secret
By Maggie HopeSurely if she had seen him before she would have remembered him? It was a puzzle . . . 'Gee up!” The carrier was setting off again and Meg was still 292 Maggie Hope.
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An Echo of Scandal
By Laura MadeleineIn the dead of night, with blood on her hands, she made her escape.
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Where The Wild Cherries Grow: A timeless love story full of drama and intrigue
By Laura MadeleineIt was love and it could not be hidden. What really happened to Emeline all those years ago? Includes a sumptuous recipe inspired by the author's research for the book.
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Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure: 100 recipes from our journey
By Ching-He Huang, Ken HomCh airman Wang had previously been teaching at a traditional cookery school. with written exams and no practical elements, Jen Lin Liu. the owner of the school. didn't like thisscholarly approach. soset up a school based on hands-on ...
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Good Wives
By Louisa May Alcott''As they sat together in the twilight, talking over their small plans, the future always grew so beautiful and bright' Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have grown up together in Orchard House with their friend Laurie next door, and now it's time for ...
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The Essays of Virginia Woolf, Volume 5: 1929 - 1932
By Virginia Woolf' Rebecca West) This collection shows Woolf's genius as a critic and essayist: as well as displaying her perceptive understanding of writers and their work, it also offers us an important insight into her creative mind.
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The Common Reader
By Virginia WoolfWhat she produced is an eccentric and unofficial literary and social history from the fourteenth to the twentieth century, with an excursion to ancient Greece thrown in. she investigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan ...