Good as Dead, Mark Billingham'Billingham's most desperately gripping read yet' Daily Mirror Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagents on her way to work. It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but she is about to come face to face with a gunman. The hostage taker is desperate to know what happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody. By holding Helen at gunpoint, he will force a re investigation into his son's death. And

firmly believes that focusing on the good in the world helped bring her back from the brink

Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions

tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement

Rose is about to find out

includes: -The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference -Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently linked to the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading Essay by Barbara A

In A Hundred and One Days

laugh-out-loud New York Times bestseller that looks at the approaching new millennium and boldly predicts: more stupidity ahead

Be prepared for a mesmerising tale of passion

"Just over a century ago

colloquial and rhapsodic

An off-the-charts IQ

A family retreat can be derailed by a prowling panther