The Final Testament of the Holy Bible (James Frey)

The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

James Frey

Blurb: He's been called a liar. A cheat.

A revolutionary. A genius.

He's been sued by readers.

Dropped by publishers.

He's also a bestselling phenomenon.

Beloved by readers around the world.

Now James Frey has written his greatest work, his most revolutionary, his most controversial.

They say the Messiah is alive.

He is living in New York.

Sleeping with men.

Impregnating women.

Euthanising the dying,

healing the sick.

Defying the government and

condemning the holy.

If you met him and he changed

your life, would you believe?

Be moved, be enraged, be enthralled by this extraordinary masterpiece.

ISBN: 9781848543188 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: John Murray Publishers

Pages: 398 (Fiction)

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Collins Street Whores (Peter Ralph)

Collins Street Whores

Peter Ralph

Blurb: Someone has plans for Carmen Minelli...

Attaining a senior position with eminent stockbrokers K.D. Ford and Co. is a major coup for the bright, ambitious and beautiful Carmen Minelli.

Carmen soon discovers the firm has a client with a dubious background and seeks to end the relationship. Surprisingly, the partners of J.D. Ford do not support her.

Someone powerful and ruthless is trying to manipulate her and perpetrate a gigantic fraud. Carmen begins to fear for her life after her predecessor disappears in mysterious circumstances.

Slowly she uncovers a world of secrets, lies and breathtaking greed, and realises she is in great danger.

ISBN: 1877059552 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Sid Harta Publishers

Pages: 401 (Fiction)

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The Fourth Estate (Jeffrey Archer)

The Fourth Estate

Jeffrey Archer

Blurb: Jeffrey Archer's magnificent new novel tells the story of the two most extraordinary men of our time, lives to which only 'the greatest storyteller of our age' (Mail on Sunday) could do justice.

At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Townsend seemed to have little in common. One was the son of an illiterate peasant, who emerged from the most backward corner of Europe ravaged by a bitter war. The other was raised in a mansion on the far side of the world while the war was just another piece of news.

One was a hustler, a thief, ready to change his story, even his identity, if it would gain him a momentary advantage. The other was the scion of a well-known family, groomed for a public role from his earliest years, a rebel who didn't care if anyone approved of what he got up to.

One craved wealth, recognition, status. The other quickly discovered that real power comes from anonymity. But they did have on thins in common. Both of them were gamblers. Both were prepared to risk everything in their battle to control the biggest newspaper empire in the world.

ISBN: 9780007848874 (Paperback)

Year: 1996

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 551 (Fiction)

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The Taking (Dean Koontz)

The Taking

Dean Koontz

Blurb: On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known...

Molly and Neil Sloan wake to find and eerily luminous downpour drenching their small Californian mountain town. As the rain continues to fall, TV pictures relay disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe.

With the evening comes a ghostly fog. Their sense of isolation is complete when first TV and radio, then the internet and phone lines go dead. Molly and Neil gather with neighbours, sensing an awful danger approaching with the night..It's like a scary movie made real. But what is really happening? Is it science gone wrong or a technology beyond human understanding?

Or something deeper, more fundamental. Something to do with fate and purpose.

Something that won't have a Hollywood ending.

ISBN: 9780007841479 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 410 (Fiction)

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The Face (Dean Koontz)

The Face

Dean Koontz

Blurb: The Face. As Hollywood's most dazzling star he has the love of millions - but the hatred of one deeply twisted soul. Just before Christmas, the star has received six messages promising a very nasty surprise.

The Face's security chief is Ethan Truman, an ex-cop with a troubled past. He's found the messenger but not the source of the threat, and he's worried. But not half as worried as he would be if he knew that Fric, the Face's ten-year-old-son, was home alone and getting calls from 'Moloch, devourer of children'. The terrified boy is planning to go into hiding in his father's vast mansion - putting himself beyond Ethan's protection.

And Ethan may be all that stands between Fric and an almost unimaginable evil...

ISBN: 9780007843763 (Paperback)

Year: 2003

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 672 (Fiction)

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Odd Thomas (Dean Koontz)

Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz

Blurb: He's Odd. Odd Thomas, to be precise. Genius fry-cook at the Pico Mundo Grill; boyfriend to the gorgeous Stormy Llewellyn - and possibly the only person with a chance of stopping one of the worst crimes in the bloody history of murder...

Something evil has come to the desert town that Odd and Stormy call home. It comes in the form of a mysterious man with a macabre appetite, a filing cabinet full of information on the world's worst killers, and strange, hyena-like shadows following him wherever he goes. Odd is worried. He knows things, see things - about the living, the dead and the soon to be dead. Things that he has to act on. Now he's terrified for Stormy, himself and Pico Mundo. Because he knows that on Wednesday August 15, a savage, blood-soaked whirlwind of violence and murder will devastate the town.

Today is August 14.

And Odd is far from sure he can stop the coming storm...

ISBN: 9780007849130 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 420 (Fiction)

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To Cut a Long Story Short (Jeffrey Archer)

To Cut a Long Story Short

Jeffrey Archer

Blurb: The latest short-story collection from the master storyteller. The fourteen - all new - stories show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tail.

Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service - but for a good cause. The last story, 'The Grass is Always Greener', is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will haunt you for the rest of your life.

ISBN: 9780007841936 (Paperback)

Year: 2000

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 419 (Fiction)

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The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke)

The Sentinel

Arthur C. Clarke

Blurb: The most celebrated collection of science fiction stories ever published. The Sentinel is a book that must be read, re-read, then treasured. This magnificent showcase of short fiction by one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time contains:

The story that inspired 2001 A Space Odyssey: THE SENTINEL

The real prequel to 2010 Odyssey Two: A MEETING WITH MEDUSA

The story that gave birth to Childhood's End: GUARDIAN ANGEL

The original version of THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH

The story originally published as '?': REFUGEE

A story of human chauvinism told by the tentacled Lords of the Universe: RESCUE PARTY

A tale of murder abroad the Star Queen: BREAKING STRAIN

A tale of theft en route to JUPITER V

A story of sailing THE WIND FROM THE SUN

ISBN: 9780586212042 (Paperback)

Year: 1983

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 319 (Fiction)

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5. E-notes on the short story 'The Sentinel'

Heretic: The Grail Quest Series #3 (Bernard Cornwell)

Heretic: The Grail Quest Series #3

Bernard Cornwell

Blurb: When the English capture Calais, the war with France is suspended by a truce. But Thomas of Hookton still has to pursue the grail and confront his deadliest enemy: his cousin, Guy Vexille.

Thomas and his men become raiders, but when he releases a girl condemned to burn as a heretic, his campaign is attacked by the church and Thomas himself becomes the hunted.

Thomas goes to the valley of Astarac, where he believes that the grail may still be concealed, but there are many others apart from Thomas who are searching for it. The prize will guarantee victory in battle and the games of hide and seek are deadly.

When Thomas finally succeeds in meeting his enemy, fate takes an unexpected hand. What had been a landscape of castles, monasteries, vineyards and villages, becomes death's kingdom and the need for the grail, as a sign of God's favour, is more urgent than ever.

ISBN: 9780007869978 (Paperback)

Year: 2003

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 435 (Fiction)

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