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The Tender Shoot and Other Stories

by Collette Antonia White

Eleven stories illustrating the many facets of love by France's incomparable writer

A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn #1)

by Ngaio Marsh

The murder game seemed like fun at a high society house party, but when one of the guests turned up dead, Inspector Alleyn investigated.

Tied Up in Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn #27)

by Ngaio Marsh

Mrs Alleyn is painting the portrait of the host of a Christmas house-party, with a variety of interesting guests, and a staff of convicted murderers. There is trouble, and Inspector Alleyn is called in to investigate.

Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn #4)

by Ngaio Marsh

At a special monthly service of one of the strange sects in London, Cara Quayne was chosen to drink the wine of ecstasy. An Inspector Alleyn mystery.

False Scent (Roderick Alleyn #21)

by Ngaio Marsh

Inspector Alleyn investigates a bizarre gift which turned a birthday into a death-day for a popular London actress.

Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn #12)

by Ngaio Marsh

Four quarrelsome patriots get 'spy fever' and their amateurish efforts result in a murder that Inspector Alleyn investigates.

Last Ditch (Roderick Alleyn #29)

by Ngaio Marsh

Inspector Alleyn's novelist son Ricky thought he had inherited none of his father's detecting powers. Writing was his forte.

The Littles to the Rescue

by John Peterson

The Littles help Aunt Lily, for very young readers.

Sex, Death and Money

by Gore Vidal

26 articles by Vidal on a wide range of subjects - pornography, television, several fellow writers...

Selected Stories of Roald Dahl

by Roald Dahl

15 short stories by the famous author

The Paper Men

by William Golding

Locked into a lethal struggle, two men stumble half blindly across Europe, shedding wives, self-respect and illusions. By the Nobel Prize winner.

Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing

by A. S. Neill

The world's greatest experiment in bestowing unstinted love and approval on children, by applying the principles of freedom and non-repression.

Let's Have Healthy Children

by Adelle Davis

The famous food expert give the vital nutritional do's and don'ts for expectant mothers, babies and growing children.

Herzog

by Saul Bellow

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, Herzog is the story of Moses Herzog, great sufferer, joker and moaner, cuckold, charmer, a man of our time.

We the Living

by Ayn Rand

Set in the Russian Revolution, this novel shows what theories of communism mean in practice, and the men and women who have to struggle for existence behind Red banners and slogans.

Is the Bible Really the Word of God?

by Watch Tower Bible Tract Society

Examining who wrote the Bible.

On the Eve

by Ivan S. Turgenev Gilbert Gardiner

Novel about a Bulgarian hero, by the Russian author.

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships

by Eric Berne

People tend to live their lives by consistently playing out certain 'games' in their interpersonal relationships, for a variety of reasons. If not destructive, these games are desirable and necessary.

Science and the Modern World

by Alfred North Whitehead

The history of science, including mathematics, relativity, quantum mechanics, science and philosophy, science and religion.

Music in the Life of Albert Schweitzer

by Charles R. Joy

Selections from Schweitzer's writings about music, his early raptures, Bach, organs and organ-building, Africa, and an essay on Medicine, Theology and Music.

Israel: Years of Challenge

by David Ben-Gurion

The history of the Jewish homeland by the personification of Israel's robust and resolute spirit.

A History of the Arab Peoples

by Albert Hourani

From the 7th century, the rise of Islam, thru Muslim societies, the Ottoman Age, the European empires, nation-states to the current Arab unity and disunity.

The Pendragon

by Catherine Christian

The glorious life and death of Arthur, King of Britain, recounted by Belvedere, his friend since boyhood, his fellow knight and companion-im-arms.

The Oxford Companion to American Literature

by James D. Hart

Designed for students, this volume provides ready references to the authors and writings, past and present, that are included in the area of American literature.

The Molecule Men

by Fred Hoyle Geoffrey Hoyle

Two novels, The Molecule Men and The Monster of Loch Ness, by the father and son astronomer team.

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