Bloomsbury

The Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Against the Technicolor unreality of Florida’s finest tourist attractions, the Drummonds stumble into every illicit activity under the tropical sun-kidnapping, blackmail,...

The impacts of global warming are of concern to all of us. Thepotential responses of birds to climate change have come increasinglyto the fore, and are of particular interest to the ornithologicalcommunity. Are birds sensitive to climate change and how will theyreact to a world of global warming? These are the key issues to beexplored in this book,...

A hitherto unknown pornographic manuscript of Robert Burns is found in the effects of a dead schoolmaster of impeccable reputation.Max Arbuthnot, an Edinburgh lawyer and a rich man, who at the age of sixty has a rampant appetite for the pleasures of the flesh, takes charge of it. As the manuscript is lost, found again, stolen, and variously...

As their Uncle Rudolph threatens to deprive them of their beloved World’s End, the Fielding children - Tom, Carrie, Em and Michael - try to earn the money to buy it themselves.But money disappears as fast as it comes in, and it is not until the children are at the point of despair that their home is saved in a dramatic and exciting climax.Read...

Geno isn’t scoring goals and the team is falling apart!It’s nearly the end of Roddy’s first year at Stadium School andCharlton House have the team cup within their grasp. But with just twomatches to play, tensions are running high. Geno has hit a dry spell asstriker, Keira has lost her way as captain and Roddy is fed up.He thinks he...

In one fast-paced story, a strong and aggravated man considers the pretty woman at the bar while he fingers the knife in his pocket. But what becomes of his prey when they move to the bedroom? In another tale, a man remembers the victim of a ghastly murder who visited the same hair salon as he does. And a Don Juan of a protagonist has a hobby of...