by Piers Paul Read (2001)
Nadat een zwangere Britse vlak voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog door haar minnaar in de steek is gelaten, vindt ze in Rusland een baan als gouvernante bij een rijke familie.
Pat Walsh
In March of 1348, the awakening of an ancient evil drives fay creatures from the woods, causes Crowfield Abbey to crumble, and haunts the dreams of the monks, but the demon seems especially drawn to Will, who is beginning to realize the significance of his Sight.
Javier Marías
«No debería contar nunca nada» empieza por decir el narrador de esta historia, Jaime o Jacobo o Jacques Deza. Y sin embargo su tarea va a ser la contraria, contarlo todo, hasta lo aún no sucedido, al ser contratado por un grupo sin nombre que durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial creó el M16, el Servicio Secreto británico, y que aún funciona hoy en día de manera tal vez degradada, o acaso ya bajo diferente auspicios. El protagonista regresa a Inglaterra, en cuya Universidad de Oxford había enseñado muchos años atrás, «por no seguir cerca de mi mujer mientras ella se me alejaba». Y allí descubre que, según Sir Peter Wheeler, viejo profesor retirado «con demasiados recuerdos» él también pertenece al reducido grupo de personas que posee un «don» o maldición: el de ver lo que la gente hará en el futuro, el de conocer hoy cómo será sus rostros mañana, el de saber quiénes nos traicionarán o nos serán leales.
Wendy Cope
In this anthology, Wendy Cope sets out to prove that misery doesn't have all the best lines. Included are works from John Dyer, Thomas Hardy, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Betjeman and Philip Larkin. Also includes the poem Londoner, by Fleur Adcock.
Peter M. Davies ... [et al
An understanding of all aspects of sexual behaviour is essential to the development of effective approaches to HIV prevention. Sex, Gay Men and AIDS reports on the largest empirical study of male homosexual behaviour in the UK since the work of Schofield in the 1960s. It contains findings from Project SIGMA - which is the major British study of this kind in the AIDS field, funded by the Department of Health and the Medical Research Council. Using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, the authors have developed important new theories about sexuality, which expose unhelpful stereotypes about male homosexuality and challenge outdated theories and assumptions about AIDS. Sex, Gay Men and AIDS presents the latest research on knowledge of HIV, attitudes to AIDS and the uptake of safer sex practices. During the research period, information from over 1000 gay and bisexual men was examined, and behavioural changes in response to HIV/AIDS was monitored over a four year period (1987-1991). Rather than translate the interviews into 'high' language, the immediacy and vitality of the men's responses is retained in robust 'street' vernacular. The result is a detailed study of the sexual lives of gay men in England and Wales, against the backdrop of the HIV epidemic, which will be a key reference text for many years.