1979, Val McDermidHailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for more than thirty years. Now, in 1979, she returns to the past with the story of Allie Burns, an investigative journalist whose stories lead her into world a corruption, terror, and murder. She's on the hunt for a killer story . . . 1979. It's the winter of discontent, and Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. One of

Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through The Americas New introduction by the author (Penguin Classics)

Is success simply a matter of money and talent

The People Elsewhere is a vivid tableau of time and place

Set in England and France during the darkest days of World War II

Body Language - people's body movements can contradict or confirm what they are saying

and ambition

a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi Patel

the object remains a mystery to the others

among them Daniel Kahneman

while they're all ablaze

A Doll's House (Norwegian: Et dukkehjem