The big four British banks

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Joël Houssin

"En cette sinistre fin de XXIe siècle, où l'alcoolisme chronique est devenu l'unique rempart aux innombrables virus contaminant l'atmosphère, l'avenir se conjugue au passé. Aussi, pour son seizième anniversaire, Antonin Hofa a-t-il prévu deux choses : goûter - enfin ! - aux joies du sexe, et se suicider. Dans l'ordre. Ses amis du club des taudis y vont de leurs cadeaux, mais c'est d'un loup-garou fan de Led Zeppelin qu'il reçoit le plus inattendu : une Buick Electra à voyager dans le temps, qui entraîne toute la bande dans le Londres des années 70. Du moins en apparence, car dans ce Londres livré à des hippies sanguinaires et aux virus de la Nouvelle Église, le grand Led Zeppelin ne semble pas promis à son fabuleux destin..."--cover. "In this sinister end of the twenty-first century, when chronic alcoholism became the sole bulwark against the countless viruses contaminating the atmosphere, the future becomes the past. Also, for his sixteenth birthday, Antonin Hofa has two things planned: sex and suicide, in that order. His friends gather with gifts, but it's a werewolf fan of Led Zeppelin who gives him the most unexpected: a time-traveling Buick Electra that takes the whole group to 1970s London. Or at least so it appears, for in a London free of bloodthirsty hippies and the virus of the New Church, the great Led Zeppelin does not seem to be what was promised..."--cataloger's summary

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Virginia Baker

For Inspector Jonas Robb, each night brings new terror. But this night is different. It's brought two strangers-David and Sara-who have arrived in London seemingly with no past. What they do have is incredible knowledge about the Whitechapel fiend known as Jack the Ripper. Because David and Sara do have a past. It just happens to be in the future.Sent back in time, they're in pursuit of a 21st-century madman whose purpose is to change history. As the body count rises, Sara and David realize that their quarry and Robb's have become linked in a way that threatens not only Victorian London, but the very fabric of time.

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Sheila Hancock

"Well now, prove it, Sheila. As John would say, 'Put your money where your mouth is'. Be a depressed widow boring the arse off everyone, or get on with life. Your choice. In "The Two of Us", Sheila relived her life with John Thaw - years packed with love and family, delight and despair. And then she looked ahead."--Jacket.

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introductions and notes by Robert E. Spiller

Emerson traveled broadly in England and Scotland in 1833 and again on lecture tour fifteen years later. Drawing on his experiences there as well as his wide reading in British history, he set forth in English Traits his view of the English as a nation. English Traits is a searching and distinctive portrayal of English culture that today offers a revealing perspective on American viewpoints and preoccupations in the mid-nineteenth century. It is notable, too, for revealing an interesting side of Emerson's complex character; here we find Emerson the practical Yankee, analyzing English power, resourcefulness, determination, and materialism.