The Virgin New Adventures promised much upon their initial release. Unfortunately, while the first three books had varying degrees of success at holding the readers' interest, they hadn't done much in the way of fulfilling their back cover promise. The closest thing they'd done to being "too broad and too deep for the small screen" was (apart from having a lot of night filming) to include characters who had been played by on television by actors who were now dead. And then, on the fourth book, came TIMEWYRM: REVELATION. Instead of cleverly sidestepping the Timewyrm Arc in the way that EXODUS and APOCALYPSE had, Paul Cornell dove right into the elements and constructed the story right around the Timewyrm and her mysterious powers. Instead of having cameos of previous Doctors just for the sake of it, here we have the Doctor's past popping up to give us a different point of view. These sections are excellent. These are enduring images that capture the very essence of the Doctors that they are displaying. Apart from a few places of awkwardness at the conclusion, this whole concept works very well -- which is a relief, since in the hands of a lesser writer one could imagine this going horribly, horribly wrong. Thankfully, it works well here. The book splits its time between doing things that don't work well if you think about them too hard and doing things that work exponentially better the more you think about them. It's a strange combination, but one that ultimately succeeds. Several characters are drawn quite realistically. We really get inside the Doctor's head, of course, but we also get some excellent characterization out of Ace and a handful of the secondary characters. The Reverend Trelaw and Saul are some of the most interesting people we've seen in Who. --Andrew McCaffrey, Amazon reviews

Timewyrm: Revelation (The New Doctor Who Adventures)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Cornell, Paul

Science Fiction

Virgin Publishing

Avast, ye scurvies!\nHoist the mainbrace, splice the anchor and join the Doctor and Benny for the maiden voyage of the good ship Schirron Dream, as it ventures into the fungral dark of air spaces occupied by the Sloothes - those villainous slimy evil shapeshifting monsters of utter and unmitigated evil that have placed a system under siege!\nWatch Roslyn Forrester and Chris Cwej have a rough old time of it in durance vile! Meet the intrepid Captain Li Shao, and the beautiful if somewhat single-minded Sun Samurai Leetha t’Zhan! Roast on the dunes of Prometheus, swelter in the fetid jungles of Anea, swim with the Obi-Amphibians of Elysium and freeze off inconvenient items of anatomy on the ice wastes of Reklon in an apparently doomed search for the Eyes of the Schirron, the magickal jewels that will either save the system or destroy it utterly!\nWho will live? Who will die? Will the Doctor ever play the harmonium again? All these questions and many more will be answered within the coruscating, fibrillating pages of ... Sky Pirates!

Sky Pirates! or the Eyes of the Schirron (The New Doctor Who Adventures)

Stone, Dave

With the help of a new friend, Maeve Ruthven, Professor of Comparative Religion, Bernice has managed to blag her way on to a free sea voyage. She anticipates pure relaxation. But the Saraani, along with other factors, conspire to ruin her holiday.

Dry Pilgrimage (Doctor Who: The New Adventures)

Nick Leonard Paul & Walters

Fantasy

Aiming to provide an entertaining and informative guide, this book gives school- and college-leavers advice on how to break into the music industry. It covers each area of the music industry from pop star, press officer and manager, to journalist and roadie and includes hints, tips and interviews.

How to Make It in the Music Business (Virgin Careers Guides)

Arts & Photography

Music

A glimpse into the world of a professional footballer. The story follows Ronnie Blake, a rising young goalkeeper, in his career from apprentice through injury and rejection to making it to the first team and the thrill of running onto the pitch in front of a roaring Cup Final crowd.

Goalkeepers Are Different

Literature & Fiction

Brian Glanville

Contemporary

The Music of Silence

Andrea Bocelli

A journey into the psyches of men whose crimes have shocked the world. Canter gives a detailed profile of his 'marauders and commuters' theory - looking at killers whose confused and devious attempts to satisfy their brutal desires led to their capture. Most chillingly, the role of the victim is examined: how someone can unwittingly risk becoming etched on a murderer's map, without realizing the journey they are taking could be their last.

Mapping Murder : The Secrets of Geographical Profiling

Biographies & Memoirs

David Canter

True Crime

The must have companion to Rick Gallop's bestselling The Gi Diet and Living the Gi Diet has now been completely revised and updated to make shopping and eating out the Gi Diet way even easier. Comprehensive Gi food listings are neatly organised by supermarket aisle and sorted into Rock Gallop's familiar, easy-to-use, unique GI red, amber and green lists - so you can make informed choices as you fill you basket. And with invaluable section on eating out - both at luchtime and in the evening, whether your choice is fast food, take-away or Italion, Indian, Greek or Chinese - you can enjoy life without compromising your diet. Packed with sound advice that you would expect from Rick Gallop's internationally bestselling and critically aclaimed GI Diet series, The Gi Diet: Shopping and Eating Out Pocket Guide fits neatly into your bag and your life.

The Gi Diet Pocket Guide

Health, Fitness & Dieting

GALLOP, RICK

Diets & Weight Loss

Max Clifford is the media guru everyone calls when they want to know about a celebrity story or a celebrity's relationship with the media. From a junior member of the press department at EMI, he has become one of the most influential figures in today's society and a household name. What is less known is the other side to Max: the stories he keeps out of the papers; his stand against corruption; his mischievous sense of humour; his dedication to helping people from all walks of life; his love for his wife of nearly forty years who tragically died of cancer; and his devotion to his daughter Louise who, at six, was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and is permanently disabled. This is an essential memoir for those interested in both PR and celebrity.

Max Clifford

Clifford, Max

Professionals & Academics

In this sensational new book, bestselling author Charles Higham draws from previously overlooked sources in America and Britain to tell the fascinating story of Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill — feminist, advocate of Irish independence, and notoriously promiscuous society belle. It charts her luxurious New York upbringing, eyebrow-raising entry into the British aristocracy through marriage to Lord Randolph Churchill, her endless line of liaisons with much younger men and a very different sort of affair in the highest of places — with the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII (one of many kings and princes to win her affection). Long before women had the vote, Jennie broke the rules by campaigning in elections for her husband, Lord Randolph Churchill. A staunch freethinker, she edited her own magazine, fought for Protestant interests in Ireland and sailed a hospital ship to South Africa, where she risked her life in the Boer War. Passionately in love with life, expressive of her sexuality when women were supposed to hide it, beautiful and independent minded, Jennie Churchill was decades ahead of her time.

Dark Lady: Winston Churchill's Mother and Her World. Charles Higham

HIGHAM, Charles

Community & Culture

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