Books published by Transworld Publishers Ltd

A stunning debut novel about the intertwined destinies of two friends brought together by childhood tragedy.

And then Yana - pregnant with her first child - was kidnapped by the infamous and enigmatic pirate, Onidi Louchard - and Yana's ransom was to be the world of Petaybee itself. Power Play is the third in the sequence of novels about the world of Petaybee, the first two volumes being Powers That Be and Power Lines.

Genetically speaking, the big difference between men and women is that where women have two X chromosomes, men have one X and one Y.

the warrior queen Boudicca will lead the tribes to war. The Roman Tribune, Gaius Valerius Verrens must lead the veteran legions at Colonia in a last stand against the rising tide of rebellion and the unstoppable horde of Boudicca's rebel army. Can he defend his honour and the Empire he represents?

One of the most enduring images of the Ethiopian famine that shocked the world in 1984 was that of the young International Red Cross nurse who, surrounded by thousands of starving people and with limited supplies, had the terrible task of choosing which children to feed, knowing that those she turned away might not last the night.

SNAKE HIPS follows an Arab-American woman's life as she shimmies her way from getting dumped by her tattoo-artist boyfriend to coming to grips with being single, ample, and 30.

For many of us, the word 'power' conjures up disturbing feelings of control and dominance, of winning at all costs - and often at the expense of others. This book reveals the basis of a different kind of power - a power that does not rely on winners or losers, but on a love that feeds our soul and a faith that frees us from the need to control.

At first, everyone agrees on the basic principles of this new world - how lucky they are to have survived, how they're all in this together, how they should look out for each other, learn from the past and build a better world... But inevitably, as more sleepers are roused, there are some who disagree.

A guide for older mothers who want information and practical advice about pregnancy, birth and parenthood. Describing the experience through the eyes of the mothers themselves and covering the many different perspectives of older mothers, it gives information about pregnancy, birth and the early weeks afterwards, as they affect older mothers.

A story of what it was like to grow up in Liverpool in the 1950s and '60s as the youngest child in a large and somewhat eccentric Anglo-Irish family.

Colin is in many ways an ideal citizen. He holds down a responsible job for the council. He visits his aged mother Nora, and listens to her grumbles. He also keeps in touch with his sister Dilys, in a vain attempt to maintain family ties. But neither Dilys, Norah nor Colin's colleagues know about his secret...

Her own daughter, Sarah, is truly dispossessed and, through promiscuous sex, seeks the affection denied to her as a child. Though disparate, their lives have a curious symmetry: four generations of women who have all been touched by a legacy of madness which they must, in one way or another, confront if they are to achieve fulfilment.

You wake up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood. Your girlfriend. The phone rings, and a voice tells you to press play on the room's DVD machine. The film shows you killing your girlfriend. If you're to survive the next 24 hours, you must find out who killed your girlfriend, and why.

When Lydia celebrated her coming of age, the whole village celebrated with her. Two men attracted her interest that night: Gus Pascoe, and Wesley Peters. Wesley wanted to protect and cherish Lydia, but when his sister was forced to marry Lydia's brother, Alan, a bitterness grew between the two families which threatened to keep them apart forever.

It is 1946, and with the war at last at an end, members of the Adams family who had been serving with the forces begin to come home.

But by the time the 20s came, Edgar was on the dole, and Opal was pregnant for the second time. She started with a 'house shop', just sweets and cotton reels sold from the top of her sideboard, and from then on she didn't stop - for Opal's dream was her own department store and a grand life for all of them...

Scientists have concluded that 90 percent of men shave at least once a day. Shaving shouldn't be a chore, but a pleasure, and Sharp Practice will tell you how. Rich in the (sometimes strange) history of shaving, full of anecdotes and packed with tips and advice, Sharp Practice will revolutionize your morning ritual.

In the dead of winter, Polly Evans ventures to the remote Yukon Territory in Canada's far northwest, where temperatures plunge to minus forty and the sun rises for just a few hours each day.

SEE EVILJournalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes.But what he sees when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island forces him to question everything he thought he knew.

Grey is certain that it does, and that it lies hidden - somewhere in Tokyo. Alone in an alien city, Grey becomes a hostess in an exclusive club catering for Japanese businessmen - and gangsters.

We read him for his exuberant salmagundi of old jokes, myths, urban and otherwise, catchphrases, liberatingly crazy ideas, running gags, recurring characters and locations, unreliable authobiographical anecdotes, and not forgetting the now legendary 'load of old toot'.

In this, the fifth book in the Tower and the Hive series, the children of Damia and Afra Lyon take up new and demanding responsibilities - trying to discover the whereabouts of all the Hiver-occupied worlds.

Shanni is a spirited, lively girl, but her tragic life has given her little chance to enjoy herself. Then, at a moment of despair, she is given protection by lovely, wealthy Llinos, and goes to live with her at the famous pottery in Swansea. But when they both meet the dashing Dafydd, Shanni begins to regard her employer as her rival in love.

As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. What a terrible burden it is to know - or to think you know - your future, or worse, the future of someone you love.

If you were free, completely free with no ties or commitments: you could go anywhere, do anything - what would you choose?In 1971, Terry Tarnoff, fed up with a government he couldn't trust and wanting no part of a war he didn't believe in, packed a bag, picked up his guitar and sixteen harmonicas and headed out into the world.

A must read for fans of Cecelia Ahern, Fiona Valpy and Katie Flynn - this is an enthralling and gripping romantic adventure from the multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. READERS ARE LOVING NATASHA'S DREAM!

The son of affluent parents - a distant, dandified impresario father he revered; a beautiful, mindless 'Gaiety Girl' mother he came to regret loathing - Richard Wollheim grew up in the English suburbia of the 1920s and 1930s. a remarkable exploration of childhood by one of the English-speaking world's most distinguished postwar thinkers.

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them.

"All round fantastic book" - 5 STARS"Loved this book, well written" - 5 STARS"A very enjoyable read" - 5 STARS"Just finished this book, and I really liked it!