Dorrie Oliver

Anna had a magical childhood in Shanghai as the daughter of an expatriate millionaire in the 1930s. With war looming Anna and her mother return to California, but Joseph stayed believing, mistakenly, that his connections would keep him safe. Anna grows up without her father, but many years later Joseph suddenly re-appears.

Jan Fennell has bridged the language barrier between man and his best friend and this remarkable gift has earned her the admiration of dog lovers everywhere. Here she shares her secrets and methods and explains her dog training techniques.

A gypsy girl begging on the Paris Metro, Maritsa has heard all the threats and insults before. She dreams of entering a different world and turns her back on her gypsy family when she falls in with a young couple who offer her a screen test. Far from being the start she wants, Maritsa is drawn into a dark, seedy underworld.

The girls are back - but they're not very happy! Ellie's glorious romance with Russell is teetering on the rocks. Magda's lost her pet and is desperately upset (though the others didn't even know she had a hamster!). And Nadine is fed up with the other two lecturing her about the dangers of meeting someone on the Internet - she thinks her online boyfriend sounds wonderful!

Buckets of tears are wept and hundreds of tissues are sniffled into - can the girls survive these testing times?

In the land of Ingary where seven league boots and cloaks of invisibility do exist, Sophie Hatter is cursed by the Witch of the Waste. To end the curse Sophie must travel to the castle of the feared Wizard Howl on a quest that is gripping and howlingly funny.

Meet Mathar, Katie and Lucy who are all blind. This book explores the daily lives of all three, - playing, shopping or working. We also meet Petsa, Katie's Guide Dog!

Until she left Westminster in 2001, Mo Mowlem was a much loved and respected figure in British politics. Here she tells the story of her time in government.

Convalescing at her boarding school, Flora starts to write the story of her life in North Borneo. Gradually she writes about finding an empty house and the tragic wartime events that happened there.

Manon Gaudet is unhappily married to the owner of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Whilst she misses her family in New Orleons, she most wants to be free of her domestic situation. A suffocating tension exists which revolves around Srah, a slave girl given to Manon as a wedding present. Orange/Baileys Prize.

Oswald Campbell from Chicago is given only months to live unless he moves South. He finds himself in Lost River, Alabama where the residents are friendly but eccentric. A collection of misfits, fixers and ordinary good-hearted folk are heading for a magical Christmastide.

In the Summer of 1915, local regiments are recruiting volunteers for Kitchener's Army, to fight in France. For Alex, Charlotte, Maggie, John Malcolm and Francis, the war has already started to change their lives forever.

In this, their first adventure, the seven super-sleuths are on the trail of some very strange clues. Jack hears strange noises outside his house, and then he discovers a spooky old caravan. The Secret Seven are determined to find out what's going on, and their curiosity leads them, in disguise, through the snow, to an old house, and an exciting mystery...

When Agnes fell forward and hit her head on the computer screen she saw a face staring back at her- a dream or a vision, of a girl who lived in the seventeenth century. Agnes and Mary are not only linked by blood but also by the special powers that enable them to have visions.

The townspeople of Florence in Oklahoma are dependent on the railroad, but after a dispute the owners of the Red Rock Railroad vow that trains will no longer stop. Cissy and the people of Florence decide to stop the trains by fair means or foul.