Most widely held works by
Jack Davenport
Bellman & black by Diane Setterfield
(
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2013
in
English
and held by
362
libraries
worldwide
As a boy, William Bellman commits one small, cruel act: killing a bird with his slingshot. Little does he know the unforeseen and terrible consequences of the deed, which is soon forgotten amidst the riot of boyhood games. By the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, William seems to be a man blessed by fortune, until tragedy strikes and the stranger in black comes. Then he starts to wonder if all his happiness is about to be eclipsed
Black dogs by Ian McEwan
(
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
between
2006
and
2010
in
English
and held by
96
libraries
worldwide
'Black Dogs' is built around a brilliant short story, a mesmerically slow-motion encounter with two terrifying dogs by an English couple who are honeymooning just after the war in a French mountain village
Candide by Voltaire
(
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
between
2004
and
2010
in
English
and held by
71
libraries
worldwide
Voltaire's preoccupations with evil and with the various kinds of human folly and intolerance found a perfect vehicle in the philosopphical tale. A master storyteller, he combined often wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional chivalric and Oriental tales with which his public was more familiar
Henceforward-- by Alan Ayckbourn
(
file
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
21
libraries
worldwide
Starring Anne Heche and Jared Harris, the hilarious Henceforward ... is one of Alan Ayckbourn's most unusual works. In the near-future, a composer with creative block tries to re-unite with his estranged wife and daughter, hoping their reconciliation will free his mind to create his greatest musical masterpiece. But his own erratic impulses hinder his journey to creative freedom
The body in the library by Agatha Christie
(
visu
)
1
edition published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
20
libraries
worldwide
The Body in the Library is set in the deceptively sleepy English Village of St. Mary Mead during the late 1940s. When the corpse of an unknown platinum blonde is discovered Miss Marple comes at once to investigate
H.I.V.E. : escape velocity by Mark Walden
(
file
)
7
editions published
between
2008
and
2010
in
English
and held by
17
libraries
worldwide
The Higher Institute of Villainous Education (H.I.V.E.) is in grave danger: Dr Nero, its leader, has been captured by the world's most ruthless security force. It's up to Otto to save him, but first he must escape Nero's sinister replacement and H.I.V.E. itself. Then Otto faces the ultimate challenge - to break into MI6. Something no villain has ever succeeded in doing
H.I.V.E. : [higher institute of villainous education] by Mark Walden
(
file
)
3
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
15
libraries
worldwide
Swept away to a hidden academy for training budding evil geniuses, Otto, a brilliant orphan, Wing, a sensitive warrior, Laura, a shy computer specialist, and Shelby, an infamous jewel thief, plot to beat the odds and escape the prison known as H.I.V.E
The Overlord protocol by Mark Walden
(
file
)
4
editions published
between
2009
and
2010
in
English
and held by
8
libraries
worldwide
Still trapped at the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, or H.I.V.E., evil-genius-in-training Otto Malpense is nearly assassinated and must now not only try to escape, but also find out who murdered his best friend--and save himself