| A Writer's World: Travels 1950-2000 | | Jan Morris | Some of the author's finest articles are brought together here. Age might now restrict her travels, but her memories of travel are a delight. Her wonderful descriptions evoke the spirit of so many places. For example, Delhi is: the capital of the losing streak, the metropolis of the crossed wire, the missing appointment, the puncture, the wrong number.
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| H.R.H. | | Danielle Steel | The conflict between the old world and the new... responsibility and freedom... duty and love... Princess Christianna leaves university to travel to East Africa as a volunteer for the Red Cross. But as the pressures of her royal life beckon her home, her struggle for freedom takes an extraordinary turn. Christianna's life is changed for ever - in ways she could never have foreseen.
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| The Long Way Round | | Peter Apps | | Stuart is a high school drop-out destined to spend the rest of his life laying carpets until he stumbles across Brian's project. Suddenly, he finds himself with a new job – working on a space station and exploring a distant galaxy. Will his adventures saving an alien race give him the weapon he really needs – the courage to overcome his inhibitions... and tell Brian how he really feels about him? |  | |
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| Tomorrow's Children | | J. T. Wheeling | A rare find, this is a page-turner of continuous action and surprising ideas that opens young reader's minds in an imaginative modern story. Young protagonist, Yani, experiences the magic and wizardry of Harry Potter, the suspense and awe of the James Bond era, and the odd touch of humour. The first book in a new trilogy.
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