Alex Kingston
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's winter on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding. But when a crashed spaceship calls for help, the Doctor finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and hurled into a fast, frantic chase across the galaxy, pursued by River's new husband, His Infinite Majesty King Hydroflax of the Final Cluster. Will any of them make it out alive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is?
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
DS Sean Stone has an uncanny ability to identify and predict patterns of human behavior. He knows how people work, but he doesn't understand them. When no one else will work with the socially inept genius, Sean is cast out to the Missing Persons Bureau and partnered with empathetic analyst Ruth Hattersley. Despite the conflict and frustration between them, they make the perfect team as they protect the most vulnerable in society from the evil that...
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his explosive regeneration, the Eleventh Doctor awakes to discover his TARDIS is about to crash. After falling from the sky, he pulls himself out of the wreckage to come face-to-face with young Amy Pond. The Doctor promises to take Amy to the stars. But first they must divert an alien plot that could destroy the Earth. The Doctor makes good his promise, and Amy boards the regenerated TARDIS, ready to take to the stars on a series of wild adventures...
6) Hope Springs
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ex-cons Ellie, Hannah, Shoo, and Josie have done their time. Now they just want to disappear to Barbados with the money they had stolen from Ellie's gangster husband, Roy. When a twist of fate leaves them without passports, they flee to a remote village in Scotland where they buy a run-down hotel.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ever since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable powers of seduction. In between using and deceiving her besotted paramours, she is not above picking a pocket or two. All the while, though, her heart belongs to the charismatic Jemmy. Inevitably, even the most clever criminal's luck runs out and Moll is soon facing hangman's noose. Special features included.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Diana Bishop, historian and witch, calls up an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford's Bodleian Library, she knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire, and witches should never trust vampires.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the last of a trio of novels set in St Oswald's Grammar School ("Gentlemen and Players" and "Different Class"). It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. And with it, the remains of a body are discovered. Rebecca will bury the...
10) The other queen
Author
Series
Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 6
Language
English
Description
Fleeing violent rebellions in Scotland, Mary looks to Queen Elizabeth of England for sanctuary. Though promised protection, Mary, perceived as a serious threat to the English crown, is soon imprisoned by her former friend as a "guest" in the house of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick. The newly married couple welcomes the condemned queen into their home, certain that serving as her hosts and jailers will...
11) Tartuffe
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris, there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Htel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French...
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 7
Language
English
Description
Revelations from the Book of Life illuminate the long-hidden secrets of creatures.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 4
Language
English
Description
Benjamin has a proposition for Satu. Matthew finally returns home.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 1
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Diana return from Elizabethan London to find tragedy at Sept-Tours.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 5
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Diana return to Sept-Tours with the twins. Gerbert demands to examine the babies.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 6
Language
English
Description
Matthew leaves to track Benjamin down. Diana enlists Sarah's help to finally get the Book of Life.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 3
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Marcus reconnect with Marcus's children. Diana and Phoebe hunt for the missing pages.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 2
Language
English
Description
Diana and Matthew are shocked when Jack Blackfriars reappears, but their joy is short-lived.
19) Like Crazy
Author
Language
English
Description
A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
20) Essex Boys
Author
Language
English
Description
The riveting tale of a criminal underworld where seduction and betrayal are a way of life. When Jason Locke is released from prison, he returns home to find that his old cohorts have all profited from the empire he helped build. Trusting no one and attempting to restore his reputation, he sets off a chain of events that shakes up the underworld in a maniacal bid to shift the balance of power!
