One of the finest living writers in the English language, V. S. Naipaul gives us a tale as wholly un- expected as it is affecting, his first novel since the exultantly acclaimed A Way in the World, published seven years ago. Half a Life is the story of Willie Chandran, whose father, heeding the call of Mahatma Gandhi, turned his back on his brahmin heritage and married a woman of low caste--a disastrous union he would live to regret, as he would the children that issued from it. When Willie reaches manhood, his flight from the travails of his mixed birth takes him from India to London, where, in the shabby haunts of immigrants and literary bohemians of the 1950s, he contrives a new identity. This is what happens as he tries to defeat self-doubt in sexual adventures and in the struggle to become a writer--strivings that bring him to the brink of exhaustion, from which he is rescued, to his amazement, only by the love of a good woman. And this is what happens when he returns with her--carried along, really--to her home in Africa, to live, until the last doomed days of colonialism, yet another life not his own. In a luminous narrative that takes us across three continents, Naipaul explores his great theme of inheritance with an intimacy and directness unsurpassed in his extraordinary body of work. And even as he lays bare the bitter comical ironies of assumed identities, he gives us a poignant spectacle of the enervation peculiar to a borrowed life. In one man's determined refusal of what he has been given to be, Naipaul reveals the way of all our experience. As Willie comes to see, Everything goes on a bias. The world should stop, but it goes on. A masterpiece of economy and emotional nuance, Half a Life is an indelible feat of the imagination. From the Hardcover edition.

THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY affirms the powers of instinct and intuition in their struggle against the constraints of civilisation and anticipates LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER in its theme. in it Lawrence tells the reverent tale of a young girl's emnotionalawakening in the elemental presence of a gypsy. First published 1930.

Kassandra is disappointed in love, and then meets a strange Englishman on a Greek island.Kassandra is disappointed in love, but is happy enough living the single life. Then on holiday, she meets a strange Englishman named James on a Greek island.

Will a pediatric heart surgeon finally be able to overcome his family problems and accept love in his life again? Find out what happens in the final book of this multigenerational duet by Alison Roberts.The family they share......brings them together! Pediatric heart surgeon Anthony Morgan is used to fixing tiny hearts yet can't mend his own after being estranged from his son. When he meets nurse Elsie, he learns some shocking news—they share a grandson! Having been alone for so long, Elsie welcomes Anthony's friendship and is delighted that it develops into something more... But when his family problems seem insurmountable, can Elsie rescue Anthony's heart and heal her own, too?From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine.Morgan Family Medics Book 1: Secret Son to Change His LifeBook 2: How to Rescue the Heart Doctor

When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there’s nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You’ve done this before. But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror. What happens then? Ghost-hunter Perry Palomino doesn’t have much time to find out. Now, the evil she used to hunt is a lot closer to home. It’s inside of her, taking over her life bit-by-terrifying bit, and there’s only one person who can help her. If part of her doesn’t kill him first.

The greatest gift he could give her?A family...After losing her baby, and sacrificing her pediatric career, Emma spends every Christmas as an emergency locum—and this year she'll be covering A&E consultant Max Cunningham. Their one kiss years ago was unforgettable, and now that this ex-playboy is daddy to three orphaned children, he's dangerously tempting! But as Max welcomes Emma into his home, she soon wishes her family for Christmas could be forever..."I read this in one sitting. This was such a heart-felt story. I loved the characters. The author really did a fantastic job.... I highly recommend this story to anyone. It was a real treat to read."—Goodreads on Pregnant with Her Best Friend's Baby"This book is Alison Roberts at the top of her game: a deeply emotional romance.... I'm not particularly generous with five-stars for romances...the book has to be exceptional. I thought this one...

With Book Two of the Experiment in Terror Series, Perry Palomino and Dex Foray trade in the stormy Oregon coast for the unforgiving deserts of New Mexico. In the for­got­ten town of Red Fox, New Mex­ico, a Navajo cou­ple is tor­tured by things unseen and by motives unknown. Wild ani­mals slink through their house in the dark, a bar­rage of stones pound their roof nightly, and muti­lated sheep car­casses are turn­ing up on their prop­erty. Armed with a cam­era and just enough to go on, Perry and Dex travel to the des­o­late locale, hop­ing to film the super­nat­ural occur­rences and add cred­i­bil­ity to their flail­ing web­cast. Only their show has a lot more work­ing against them than just grow­ing pains. Tested by dubi­ous ranch hands, a ghost from Dex’s past, and shapeshift­ing decep­tion, the ama­teur ghost hunters must learn to trust each other in order to fight the most ancient of myths…or die trying.

Hidden away at Hopewell Elementary School is a magical locker that always delivers a solution to your problems—just not quite in the way you might expect. This highly illustrated series is a fun and accessible read, perfect for reluctant readers looking for a little magic!In the fourth book in the Locker 37 series, it's Halloween at Hopewell Elementary, but when fourth-grader Bryce Dodd shows up in a costume, he's told it's too distracting. All Bryce wants to do is express himself (and maybe also to impress Keisha James...), and luckily, the magical Locker 37 has a solution to Bryce's costume conundrum - interdimensional fish sticks! Each time he eats one, he's transported to a different parallel universe, and each time he travels to a new one, things get weird, weirder, to off-the-walls weird. Will Bryce be able to make it back to his home dimension and Keisha, or will he be stuck in an alternate universe forever?

The Two Destinies is a sensation novel written by Wilkie Collins that is set in the mid to late 19th century. The action centers around two inseparable children, the son of a nobleman and the daughter of the nobleman's bailiff. The nobleman strongly disapproves of the potential marriage but can he stop it? Wilkie Collins was a prominent English writer in the 19th century. Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens and his books were often featured in Dickens' journals All the Year Round and Household Words. Collins' books still enjoy wide popularity, especially mystery and detective novels such as The Woman in White, The Moonstone, and Armadale.

Stewart Edward White was an American writer, novelist, and spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White.Collection of 23 Works of Stewart Edward White________________________________________African Camp FiresArizona NightsBlazed Trail StoriesCamp and TrailConjuror\'s HouseGoldThe Adventures of Bobby OrdeThe Blazed TrailThe Call of the NorthThe Claim JumpersThe ForestThe Forty-NinersThe Gray DawnThe KillerThe Land of FootprintsThe Leopard WomanThe MountainsThe RivermanThe MysteryThe Rules of the GameThe Sign at SixThe Silent PlacesThe Westerners

VOLUME 4The D'Arblay Mystery (1926)When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case.A Certain Dr Thorndyke (1927) A winding adventure that begins in an exotic, teasing location. Richard Austin Freeman introduces the reader to the delights of an extraordinary jewel heist. Hollis is a retired soap manufacturer, richer than Croesus and some say mad. Obsessed with amassing wondrous jewels, precious stones and bullion, Hollis chooses a strong room to deposit his dazzling hoard. But when he discovers that he's the victim of an elaborate and enigmatic robbery, even though the room was never broken into, Dr Thorndyke is summoned to bring his unrivalled knowledge to bear on a remarkable mystery. The Magic Casket (1927)On a misty November night in London, Dr Thorndyke comes across an abandoned handbag in an old church. From examining the contents an address is found and so begins a mysterious trail leading to the owner and a violent murder. Enter into the world of Mr Ponting's Alibi where threats are made when a will is made known, and meet the gang of cosmopolitan revolutionaries who harbour and explosive truth at The Golomite Works. This delightful collection of crime stories has been written to amuse and perplex the most ardent of crime aficionados.     The Magic Casket    The Contents of a Mare's Nest    The Stalking Horse    The Naturalist at Law    Mr. Ponting's Alibi    Pandora's Box    The Trail of Behemoth    The Pathologist to the Rescue    Gleanings From the WreckageThe Puzzle Lock (1927)Another collection of short stories.    The Puzzle Lock    The Green Check Jacket    The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar    Phyllis Annesley's Peril    A Sower of Pestilence    Rex v. Burnaby    A Mystery of the Sand-Hills    The Apparition of Burling Court    The Mysterious Visitor