Carolyn Seymour

1960. A stranger in a sports car offers a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl a lift. She accepts. This was the beginning of the two most bizarre years of Lynn Barber's life. For the stranger charmed his way into her family, and turned all their lives upside down.

Gerardo, a lawyer, is asked to investigate the crimes of a dictatorship, while Paulina, his wife, recognizes Roberto as her torturer.

"'Pride and Prejudice' has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges...

Ann Veronica is a New Woman novel by H.G. Wells. Ann Veronica describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty," against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Victorian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the Women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and features a chapter...

“For far too long, Afghan women have been faceless and voiceless. Until now. With The Patience Stone, Atiq Rahimi gives face and voice to one unforgettable woman–and, one could argue, offers her as a proxy for the grievances of millions…it is a rich read, part allegory, part a tale of retribution, part an exploration of honor, love, sex, marriage, war.  It is without doubt an important and courageous book.” from...

A deadly virus spreads across the world. Within weeks, most of the human race is dead. Abby Grant ventures out into a strange new England, but she cannot settle until she knows the truth. Has her son survived?

It begins with just a few people falling ill. Another flu virus that spreads around the globe. And then the reports begin that people are dying… When most of the world's population is wiped out, a handful of survivors are left to pick up the pieces. Cities become graveyards. Technology becomes largely obsolete. Mankind must start again… 1: Cabin Fever by Jonathan Morris 2: Contact by Simon Clark 3: Rescue by Andrew Smith 4: Leaving by...

It begins with just a few people falling ill. Another flu virus that spreads around the globe. And then the reports begin that people are dying… When most of the world's population is wiped out, a handful of survivors are left to pick up the pieces. Cities become graveyards. Technology becomes largely obsolete. Mankind must start again… Revelation by Matt Fitton When people begin to die of a new strain of a flu virus, newspaper journalists Helen...

After meeting with the agents representing the prospective employer, Carol travels to Japan in order to work at the White Orchid nightclub, but soon discovers that a forced prostitution ring is run through the club by the Yakuza.

Table manners: A middle class English family tries to have a pleasant weekend together in the country, but find themselves unable to cope with Norman, the bane of the family. Living together: In part two of the trilogy, the propriety of the parlor is shaken by Norman's repeated assaults on male opinions and female virtue. Round and round the garden: In the third part of The Norman conquest trilogy, Norman is back, determined to lure his sister-in-law,...