Bloomsbury

Set in the Viking world of long boats, looting and grand adventure, TheGoose Pimple Bay Sagas relate the hilarious tales of a noble family witha difference.In the final book of the quartet, a message reaches Goose PimpleBay that Chief Thunderstruck is introuble. He’s been trapped in a cave on an ice flow by a fiercepolar bear, who has a nasty...

Glenn Gould was famous for his obsessions: the scarves, sweaters and fingerless gloves that he wore even on the hottest summer days; his deep fear of germs and illness; the odd wooden "pygmy" chair that he carried with him wherever he performed; and his sudden withdrawal from the public stage at the peak of his career. But perhaps Gould’s...

With the Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion. Never one to miss out on the action, Creel throws herself headlong into an adventure that will reunite her with Shardas, the king of the dragons, pit her against a vicious...

Jake’s mobile is going wrong. It’s sending weird texts to his friends.Then they start appearing on his phone - from himself. Then the voicemessages begin. A girl is trapped in a storm drain, begging him forhelp. But the messages delete as soon as he hears them. Finally he getsa live call from her, and he knows he has to track her down....

A novel in which a young woman marries an old man and falls in love with her stepson, an excellent example of early twentieth-century psychological realism....

To understand why, you’ll need to know how ...- an Australian metals trader named Garry-with help from the CIA-inadvertently triggered the invasion of Iraq - coalition troops were killed by bombs made with explosives that, according to the White House, never existed - the United States Air Force bombed a wedding in Afghanistan by mistake - the...