The third book in the 'world fiction' series after Mr Gupta's Hardware Store and The House of Rani Kapur.

Delhi, India, 1947. During the havoc of partition, orphaned fifteen-year-old, Rani Kapur, is attacked and raped before being left for dead in a ditch. Rescued by wealthy Anglo-Indian, Harish Hope, she is taken to his ‘house,’ a brothel like no other.

A hilltop village in Southwest France. The view is idyllic, and to an outsider, the lives lived there are too.

Set in the cities of Carcassonne, Toulouse and Paris, the story follows the life of fractured child, Hugo, as he becomes a man; his psyche twisted by events over which he has little control.

The hardware store is at the centre of the lives of four Indian immigrants: Vasuman ‘Mr’ Gupta, his beautiful wife, Meera, his employee, Chandu Kumar, and Chandu’s tiny wife, Babita. Set in 1970’s suburban London, the store is the apple of Mr Gupta’s eye, and he craves Englishness as much as Meera opposes it.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy has delighted millions of fans worldwide in book and movie form. With the theatrical release of the two-part film The Hobbit slated for 2012 and 2013, attention will once again turn to J. R. R. Tolkien's classic works. In a culture where truth is relative and morality is viewed as old-fashioned, we welcome the chance to view the world through hobbit eyes: we have free will, our choices matter, and living a morally heroic life is possible. In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Tolkien expert Matthew Dickerson shows how a Christian worldview and Christian themes undergird Tolkien's Middle-earth writings and how they are fundamentally important to understanding his vision. This revised and expanded edition of Following Gandalf includes new material on torture, social justice, and the importance of the body.

A debut collection exploring the experience of first love and heartbreak through poetry, from actress and artist Bella Mayo. My Greenhouse is a collection of poems inspired by the author's first romance, beginning with the seeds of infatuation, blooming for a time into real love, and then eventually dying back, making room for new growth. The pieces evoke the feelings of enchantment, uncertainty, pain, and ultimately healing that come with your first love and heartbreak.

Tales from the Seaside is an award-winning humorous collection of short stories reflecting on life by the seaside, attempts to successfully wrangle two small children and the result of being inspired by the sun, the sand and the sea. The perfect beach read, it will have you chuckling in your deckchair.

London, Autumn 1856. The Vylles are living in relative peace and harmony in a humble north London neighbourhood. However, on a given night some thieves break into their home to commit a terrible crime. From here on, the life of the Vylle siblings will be heading towards a desperate fight for survival in a 19th Century cold London Winter. Lack of work and hunger will make everything seem to be lost, until a sudden visit of a strange merchant changes it all, the price to pay could be too high, though.