Form/Genre: Large type books

No Silver Spoon is the story of one young Irish girl's struggle to better herself in Liverpool in the 1930s. Sent to Liverpool by her mother to work as a servant, Finola O'Casey meets Jimmy Ruddock, who has grown up in Liverpool's slums.

Neal Clark was in Cascade City when the Shelly gang attempted to hold up the bank. Neal fired, killing Buck Shelly and his son Luke. Buck's teenage son, Ed was holding the horses. Neal thought Ed had escaped, mortally wounded - but he was wrong.

Set in North Africa in the summer of 1942, during Rommel's campaign against the British, this is the story of a master spy who treks across the Sahara to enter the plot-ridden streets of wartime Cairo - and of the British officer sworn to destroy him.

It's the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle & Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of agony & torment. The world of Sethe is to turn to violence & death.

For Cass, the trip to Mexico was both a holiday and work. She had been unable to prevent her boss's son, Derek, from accompanying her, but when Derek became difficult, Cass no longer knew what to think.

When Robin Farrel was a child, a man drowned saving her life. 20 years later, Robin tracked down his 6 orphaned children. She couldn't help falling in love with Eric, but how could she tell him that she was the woman he blamed for his father's death.

Precious Lives is Margaret Forster's most personal and moving book. It is a remarkable, candid and intimate memoir about living and dying, and especially about the small change and odd currency of everyday life from which memories are made.

On the eve of her retirement, attorney Mikala Aulani is as vivacious as ever, eagerly anticipating a happy future with her partner. But if Kala has learned anything in 35 years of practicing law, it's that the truth can always surprise you.

Will does not want children, but he does see the point of single mothers, especially if they look like Julie Christie. When he meets Marcus, whose parents have split up and who is being persecuted by bullies, Will finds that he has a lot to learn.

Scotland in the 90's has a copy-cat serial killer, nick-named 'Johnny Bible' by the media. Rebus, investigating the murder of an oilman, travels north - pursued by a TV crew - and runs into the 'Johnny Bible' media circus head on.

It's 20 years since Julius died, but this last heroic action still affects the lives of the people he left behind. Throughout one disastrous and revelatory weekend in Sussex, the influence of the dead Julius slowly emerges.

From the author of Whirlpool, Terminal and Double Jeopardy comes the reissue of The Janus Man. Each of Colin Forbes' books have been published worldwide and translated into 30 languages.

Randy Disher has been living with Monk's old assistant Sharona in Summit, NJ, working as the Chief of Police. But when the mayor, the city manager and the majority of city council are arrested for fraud, Disher finds himself acting as mayor.

Josie Giancola has become one of the country's leading experts on buttons. Her reputation draws a Hollywood starlet to her shop, but after the actress is murdered, Josie's cosy world is thrown into chaos.

Peter Crosby required a cheerful and competent female to take charge of three children and help to run a farm in Swaziland. Jean applied for the job - and found that the crocodiles were the least of her worries.

Iggy is excited as he sets off with Dad on his first hunting trip. Soon they find a set of footprints too large even for a mammoth. Alongside are a heap of bones and a pool of slime. Iggy wants to hunt the creature, but Dad is anxious to get back.

Who's murdering vampires in Los Angeles and throwing the bodies into the Dedham's pool? Each victim has been branded with a distinct mark that is the calling card of femme fatale vampire Ann Hayes.