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Adams, Douglas (born 1952; Cambridge, England)

Aldiss, Brian W. (born 1925; East Dereham, England)

  • Dracula Unbound, c1991, SCI FI ALD [191 p.] --- Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912; Dracula, 1431-1476; Vampires; End of the world; Science fiction -- English; Time Travel.

  • Somewhere East of Life, c1994, SCI FI ALD [391 p.] -- Architectural histories -- England; Amnesia; Former Soviet republics; Futurism; Black humor (Literature); Science fiction.

Amis, Martin (born 1949; Oxford, England)

  • The Information, c1995, FIC AMI [374 p.] --- Middle aged men -- England; Envy in Men; Psychological fiction, English.

  • Money: A Suicide Note, c1984, FIC AMI [363 p.] --- Suicide -- London, England; Film directors and producers, English; New York City; London , England .

  • Night Train, c1997, MYS AMI [175 p.] --- Mystery stories, English; Women detectives -- New York City; Police women -- New York City; Murder -- New York City; Murder investigation -- New York City .

  • Times Arrow or The Nature of the Offense, c1991, FIC AMI [168 p.] --- Nazi physicians; Auschwitz (Concentration Camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1933-1945); Guilt in men; Conscience; Physicians; Nazi fugitives -- United States.

  • Yellow Dog, c2003, FIC AMI [340 p.] --- Rulers; Princesses; Teenage girls; Men -- sexuality; Head injury survivors; Sexuality; Pornography; Incest; Tabloid newspapers; Comets; Monarchy, British; Patriarchy; London, England; Satirical fiction.

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Bainbridge, Beryl (born 1934; Liverpool, England)

  • The Birthday Boys, c1994, FIC BAI [198 p.] --- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912; South Pole expeditions; Explorers -- Antarctic regions; Explorers, British -- Antarctic regions.

  • Every Man for Himself, c1996, FIC BAI [224 p.] --- Titanic (Steamship); Shipwrecks; Rich people; The Teens (20th century).

  • Master Georgie, c1998, FIC BAI [190 p.] --- Crimean War, 1853-1856; Photographers -- Liverpool, England; Surgeons -- Liverpool, England; Bisexual men.

Ballard, J. G. (born 1930; Shanghai, China)

  • The Kindness of Women, c1991, FIC BAL [343 p.] --- World War II -- China; World War II -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese; Teenage prisoners -- Shanghai, China; Men/women relations; Prisoners of war, British; Men -- Shepperton, London, England; Prisoners of war, British -- China; Teenage boys -- Shanghai, China; Shanghai, China -- History -- 1927-1949.

Banks, Iain (born 1954; Fife, Scotland)

  • A Song of Stone, c1998, FIC BAN [280 p.] --- Imaginary wars and battles; War stories; Prisoners of war; Scottish fiction -- 20 th century; Nobility; Soldiers.

Barker, Pat (born 1943; Thornaby-on-Tees, England)

  • Another World, c1999, FIC BAR [277 p.] --- World War I veterans; Senior men -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; Blended families -- England; War neuroses; Psychological fiction, English; Haunted places -- England.

  • Double Vision, c2003, FIC BAR [258 p.] --- Jesus Christ -- Art; Divorced men; Men -- Relationships with younger women; Journalists, British; Foreign correspondents, British; War correspondence, British; Widows; Women automobile accident victims; Women sculptors; Loners; Teenage girls; Children of clergy -- England; War photographers; Families; Violence; Men/women relations; Self-evaluation in men; Loss (Psychology); Post-traumatic stress disorder; War -- influence; September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks -- Influence; Psychological fiction, English.

Barnes, Julian (born 1946; Leicester, England)

  • England , England, c1999, FIC BAR [275 p.] --- Satirical fiction, English -- 20 th century; National characteristics, English; Venture capitalist -- England; Theme parks -- Isle of Wight; England -- Civilization.

Baxter, Stephen (born 1956; Liverpool, England)

  • Coalescent, c2003, SCI FI BAX [485 p.] --- Middle-aged men; Twin brothers and sisters; Ancestors; Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.; Secret societies -- Rome, Italy; Family secrets; Fathers -- Death; Science fiction, English.

  • Icebones, c2001, SCI FI BAX [272 p.] --- Science fiction, English; Mars (Planet).

  • Manifold: Origin, c2002, SCI FI BAX [441 p.] --- United States National Aeronautic and Space Administration; Astronauts; Neanderthals; Science fiction, English; Husband and wife; Women scientists -- Japan; Moon; Satellites; Time travel; Parallel universes; Human evolution; Prehistoric human; Aliens (Humanoid); Space flight; Space exploration.

  • Manifold: Space, c2001, SCI FI BAX [452 p.] --- Science fiction, English; Aliens (Non-humanoid); Space flight; Space exploration; Interstellar communication; Moon -- colonization; Supernovae; Human genetics; Neanderthals; Prehistoric humans; Human evolution.

  • Manifold: Time, c2000, SCI FI BAX [440 p.] --- Science fiction, English; Space exploration; Space flight; End of the world.

Bennett, Alan (born 1934; Leeds, England)

  • The Clothes They Stood Up In, c2001?, FIC BEN [161 p.] --- Humorous stories, English -- 20 th century; Middle-aged persons; Husband and wife; Burglary; London, England.

Boyd, William (born 1952; Accra, Ghana)

  • The Blue Afternoon, c1995, FIC BOY [367 p.] --- Father and daughter -- Manila, Philippines; Physicians -- Manila, Philippines; Men/women relations -- Manila, Philippines.

  • Brazzaville Beach, c1990, FIC BOY [316 p.] --- British in Africa; Aggressive behavior in animals; Egoism; Alienation in women; Alienation (Social psychology); Academic rivalry; Chimpanzees -- Behavior; Primates -- Research.

Burgess, Anthony (born 1917; Manchester, England)

  • Any Old Iron, c1989, FIC BUR [360 p.] --- World War II.

  • Byrne, c1997, FIC BUR [149 p.] --- Novels in verse; Epic poetry; Father and son; Totalitarianism; Religion.

  • A Dead Man in Deptford, c1995, FIC BUR [272 p.] --- Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593; Spies, British; Sixteenth century; London , England -- History -- 16 th century.

  • Man of Nazareth, c1979, FIC BUR [357 p.] --- Jesus Christ; Bible novels.

Byatt, A. S. (born 1936; Sheffield, England)

  • Babel Tower, c1996, FIC BYA [625 p.] --- Divorced women -- England; The Sixties (20 th century); Single mothers -- England; Divorce -- England; Trials (Obscenity) -- England; Women literature teachers -- England; Censorship -- England -- History -- 20 th century; Trials (Child custody) -- England.

  • The Biographer’s Tale, c2001, FIC BYA [305 p.] --- Biography; Biographers; Young men; Psychological fiction; Coming-of-age stories.

  • The Matisse Stories, c1995, FIC BYA [134 p.] --- Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954; Short stories, English; Women.

  • Possession: A Romance, c1990, FIC BYA [555 p.] --- Universities and colleges -- England ; Literary research; Poets, English -- 19 th century; College teachers -- England .

  • A Whistling Woman, c2002, FIC BYA [429 p.] --- The Sixties (20 th century); Women -- England; Cults; Biological research; Women in the television industry; England -- Social life and customs -- 20 th century; Psychological fiction.

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Chatwin, Bruce (born 1940; Sheffield, England)

Clarke, Arthur C. (born 1917; Minehead, England)

  • The Light of the Other Days, Arthur C. Clark and Stephen Baxter, c2000, SCI FI CLA [316 p.] --- Science fiction, English; Privacy; Technology; Electronic surveillance; Quantum theory; Twenty-fourth Century.

  • Times Eye, Arthur C. Clark and Stephen Baxter, c2004, SCI FI CLA [337 p.] --- Alexander the Great, 356-323 B.C.; Genghis Kahn, 1162-1227; Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936; United Nations -- Officials and employees; Astronauts; Prehistoric humans; Mongols; Aliens; Time travel; Power (Social sciences); Twenty-first Century; Nineteenth Century; Thirteenth Century; Earth; Babylon; Ancient Greece; Science fiction, English.

Clarke, Susanna (born 1959; Nottingham, England)

  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, c2004, FIC CLA [782 p.] --- Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction; Magicians -- Fiction; Fairies -- Fiction; London , England -- Fiction; Historical fiction; Fantasy fiction.

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Drabble, Margaret (born 1939; Sheffield, England)

  • The Gates of Ivory, c1992, FIC DRA [463 p.] --- British in Thailand; Middle-aged women -- London, England; Woman psychiatrists.

  • The Peppered Mouth, c2001, FIC DRA [369 p.] --- Family -- England; Small town life -- Yorkshire, England; Family chronicles, English; Mother and daughter; Independence in women; Grandmothers; Psychological fiction.

  • The Red Queen, c2004, FIC DRA [334 p.] --- British -- Korea -- Fiction; Princesses -- Homes and haunts -- Fiction; Women -- Books and reading -- Fiction; Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction; Women scholars -- Fiction.

  • The Seven Sisters, c2002, FIC DRA [306 p.] --- Inheritance and succession; Mother and daughter; Women -- Friendship; Middle-aged women; Divorced women; Journeys; Psychological fiction.

  • A Summer Bird-Cage, c1962, LP DRA [271 p.] --- Sisters; Interpersonal relations.

  • The Witch of Exmoor, c1997, FIC DRA [281 p.] --- Family -- England; Grandmothers -- England; Eccentric women -- England.

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Fforde, Jasper (born 1961; London, England)

  • The Eyre Affair, c2002, FIC FFO [374 p.] --- Characters and characteristics in literature; Crimean War -- 1853-1856; Father and daughter -- Wales; Time travel; Women detectives -- Wales; Alternative histories; Fantasy fiction.

  • Thursday Next in Lost in a Good Book, c2002, FIC FFO [399 p.] --- Women detectives; Lovers; Multinational corporations; Time travel; Characters and characteristics in literature; Husband and wife; Fantasy fiction.

  • Thursday Next in Something Rotten, c2004, FIC FFO [385 p.] --- Women detectives; Mothers; Renegades; Multinational corporations; Power (Social sciences); Time travel; Prophecies; Fantasy fiction.

  • Thursday Next in The Well of Lost Plots, c2004, FIC FFO [375 p.] --- Women detectives; Pregnant women; Murderers; Characters and characteristics in literature; Books and reading; Time travel; Fantasy fiction.

Fitzgerald, Penelope (born 1916; Lincoln, England)

  • The Gate of Angels, c1990, FIC FIT [167 p.] --- University of Cambridge; Men/women relations; Humorous stories, English.

  • Human Voices, c1999, FIC FIT [143 p.] --- British Broadcasting Corporation; World War II -- Great Britain.

  • The Means of Escape, c2000, FIC FIT [117 p.] --- England -- Social life and customs -- 20 th century.

Fleming, Ian (born 1908; London, England)

  • The Man with the Golden Gun, c1965, MYS FLE [183 p.] --- Spy fiction, England; Bond, James; Intelligence service -- Great Britain.

  • Thunderball, c1961, MYS FLE [248 p.] --- Spy fiction, English; Bond, James; Intelligence service -- Great Britain.

Forsyth, Frederick (born 1938; Ashford, England)

  • Avenger, c2003, FIC FOR [370 p.] --- Lawyers; Vietnam veterans; Government investigators; Loss (Psychology); Revenge; Suspense stories, English; Spy fiction, English.

  • The Day of the Jackal, c1971, FIC FOR [380 p.] --- De Gaulle, Charles, 1890-1970 -- Attempted assassination; Suspense stories, English; France -- History -- 1945.

  • The Devil’s Alternative, c1980, FIC FOR [432 p.] --- International intrigue.

  • The Fist of God, c1994, FIC FOR [544 p.] --- Spy fiction, English; Double agents; Gulf War, 1991; Adventure stories.

  • The Fourth Protocol, c1984, FIC FOR [389 p.] --- Assassination -- Great Britain; Spy fiction.

  • Icon, c1996, FIC FOR [464 p.] --- CIA agents -- Russia; KGB agents -- Russia; Politicians -- Russia; Spy fiction, English; Russia -- Politics and government.

  • The Negotiator, c1989, FIC FOR [392 p.] --- Presidents -- United States; Suspense stories, English.

  • No Comebacks: Collected Short Stories, c1982, FIC FOR [255 p.] --- Suspense stories, English; Ireland ; Short stories, English.

  • The Phantom of Manhattan, c1999, FIC FOR [177 p.] --- Phantom of the Opera (Fictional character); Operas -- New York City ; Romantic suspense stories.

  • The Veteran: Five Heart Stopping Stories, c2001, FIC FOR [367 p.] --- Suspense stories, English; Short stories, English.

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Gaiman, Neil (born 1960; Portchester, England)

  • American Gods, c2001, FIC GAI [465 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; National characteristics, American; Spiritual warfare.

  • Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet, c1990, FIC GAI [354 p.] --- Satirical fiction, English; End of the world; Demons; Angels; Humorous stories, English.

  • Neverwhere, c1997, FIC GAI [337 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Young women; Underground areas; Subcultures; Parallel universes; London , England -- History.

  • Stardust, c1999, FIC GAI [238 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; English; Fairy tales, English; Walls; Quests; Fairies; Precious stones; Magic rocks; Transformations (Magic); Witches.

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Hamilton, Peter F. (born 1960; Oakham, England)

  • Fallen Dragon, c2002, SCI FI HAM [630 p.] --- Science fiction, English; Life on other planets; Space colonies; Corporations; Privacy; Twenty-fifth century; Dragons; Aliens (Non-humanoid).

  • Pandora’s Star, 2004, SCI FI HAM [758 p.] --- Humans; Space explorations; Space flight; Wormholes (Astrophysics); Twenty-fourth century; Science fiction, English

Harris, Robert (born 1957; Nottingham; England)

  • Enigma, c1995, FIC HAR [320 p.] --- War stories, English; Spy fiction, English; Enigma machine; World War II -- Cryptography; World War II -- Secret Service -- Great Britain; Cryptographers, English.

  • Fatherland, c1992, FIC HAR [338 p.] --- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Nazism; Police -- Berlin, Germany; Conspiracies -- Germany; Holocaust, Jewish (1933-1945); Government cover-ups -- Germany; Totalitarianism -- Germany; Mystery stories, English; Alternative histories.

Hornby, Nick (born 1957; London, England)

  • About a Boy, c1998, FIC HOR [307 p.] --- Men -- London, England; Intergenerational friendship -- London, England; Single parent family -- London, England; Single mothers -- London, England; Men/women relations -- London, England; Women -- Suicidal behavior.

  • How to Be Good, c2001, FIC HOR [305 p.] --- Women physicians -- London, England; Authors’ wives -- London, England; Generosity in men; Life changing events.

Huxley, Aldous (born 1894; Godalming, England)

  • Brave New World, c1932 (c1998), FIC HUX [268 p.] --- Dystopias; Futurism; Culture -- Fiction; Propaganda -- Fiction; Brainwashing -- Fiction; Control (Psychology) -- Fiction; Science and state -- Fiction; Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction.

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le Carré, John (born 1931; Poole, England)

  • Absolute Friends, c2003. FIC LEC [455 p.] --- Tour guides; College teachers; Expatriates; Translators; Radicals; Double agents; Men -- Friendship; Philanthropists; British in Germany; Terrorism; World politics; Power (Social sciences); War on terrorism; Psychological fiction; Spy fiction, English.

  • The Constant Gardener, c2001, FIC LEC [492 p.] --- Spies, British; Intelligence service -- Great Britain; Spy fiction, English.

  • The Incongruous Spy: Two Novels of Suspense, c1964, MYS LEC [189 p.], Includes: "Call for the Dead" and "A Murder of Quality" --- Spies, British; Intelligence service -- Great Britain; Spy fiction, English.

  • The Night Manager, c1993, FIC LEC [429 p.] --- Spy fiction, English; Hotel managers; Undercover operations; Drug smuggling; Spies, British; Arms dealers.

  • Our Game, c1995, FIC LEC [301 p.] --- Spy fiction, English; Spies, British; Intelligence service -- Great Britain.

  • The Russia House, c1989, FIC LEC [353 p.] --- Glasnost; Perestroika; Spies, British; Spy fiction, English; Intelligence service -- Great Britain; Physicists -- Soviet Union.

  • The Secret Pilgrim, c1990, FIC LEC [335 p.] --- Spies, British; Intelligence service -- Great Britain; Spy fiction, English.

  • Single & Single, c1999, FIC LEC [345 p.] --- Father and son -- England; Brothers -- Georgia (Transcaucasia); British in Russia; Criminals -- Georgia (Transcaucasia); Magicians -- England; Capitalists and financiers -- England; Secret service -- Great Britain.

  • A Small Town in Germany, c1968, FIC LEC [366 p.] --- Missing persons; Riots; Violence; Cold war; West Germany; Bonn, Germany; Spy fiction, English.

  • The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, c1963, MYS LEC [256 p.] --- Spies, British; Intelligence service -- Great Britain; International intrigue; Berlin, Germany; Spy fiction; English.

  • The Tailor of Panama, c1996, FIC LEC [331 p.] --- Spy fiction, English; British in Panama; Tailors -- Panama; Spies, British -- Panama.

Lessing, Doris (born 1919; Kermanshah, Persia)

Lodge, David (born 1935; London, England)

  • Paradise News, c1992, FIC LOD [293 p.] --- Family -- Hawaii ; Middle aged men; Humorous stories, English; British in Hawaii.

  • Souls and Bodies, c1980, FIC LOD [243 p.] --- Catholics -- Great Britain; Catholic church and sexuality; College friends -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20 th century.

  • Therapy, c1995, FIC LOD [320 p.] --- Discontent in men -- Great Britain; Television writers -- Great Britain; Men -- Psychotherapy; Obsession in men.

  • Thinks--, c2001, FIC LOD [341 p.] --- Men college teachers -- England; Widows; Authors; Extramarital relations; Campus life.

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McEwan, Ian (born 1948; Aldershot, England)

  • Amsterdam, c1999, FIC MCE [193 p.] --- Political satire; Newspaper editors -- London, England; Composers -- London, England; Politicians -- England -- 20 th century; Suicide pacts; Sex scandals; Men -- Friendship; Ex-lovers -- Death; Fame -- England; Ambition in men -- London, England.

  • Atonement, c2002, FIC MCE [351 p.] --- Sisters -- England; Guilt in women -- England; Rich families -- England; Shame -- England; Thirteen-year-old girls -- England; Ex-convicts; Country life; Social classes; Psychological fiction.

  • Black Dogs, c1992, FIC MCE [149 p.] --- Psychological novels, English; Husband and wife -- England; Parents-in-law -- England; Berlin Wall -- Dismantling, 1989.

  • Enduring Love, c1998, FIC MCE [262 p.] --- Delusions; Gay men – England; Obsessions in men -- England; Stalkers -- England; Atheists; Science writers, Rationalists; Gay men -- Relations with heterosexual men.

Mortimer, John Clifford (born 1923; London, England)

  • Dunster, c1993, FIC MOR [ 296 p.] --- Trials (Libel) -- Fiction; Legal Stories; England -- Fiction; Men -- Friendship; Amateur plays; Betrayal -- England.

  • Felix in the Underworld, c1997, FIC MOR [246 p.] --- Authors -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Malicious accusation; Murder investigation -- London (England).

  • Rumpole and the Angel of Death, c1995, M MOR [261 p.] --- Detective and mystery stories, English; Legal stories, English.

  • Rumpole on Trial, c1992, M MOR [243 p.] --- Lawyers -- England -- Fiction; Legal stories, English; Detective and mystery stories, English.

  • Rumpole Rests His Case, c2002, M MOR [210 p.] --- Detective and mystery stories, English; Legal stories, English; London (England) -- Fiction.

Murdoch, Iris (born 1919; Dublin, Ireland)

  • The Green Knight, c1994, FIC MUR [472 p.] --- Self-defense (Law) -- London, England; Brothers -- London, England.

  • Jackson’s Dilemma, c1996, FIC MUR [249 p.] --- Fiancés -- England; Upper class -- England; Life changing events; Black humor; England -- Social life and customs -- 20 th century.

  • The Sea, the Sea, c1978, FIC MUR [502 p.] --- Love stories, English; Senior men -- England; Obsession in men; Single men -- England; Ghost stories; Recluses.

  • Something Special, c2000 , FIC MUR [55 p.] --- Young women -- Fiction; Dublin, Ireland -- Fiction.

  • The Unicorn, c1963, FIC MUR [311 p.] --- Gothic fiction.

  • A Word Child, c1975, FIC MUR [390 p.].

Myerson, Julie (born 1960; Nottingham, England)

  • Sleepwalking, c1994, FIC MYE [207 p.] --- Extramarital relations; Pregnant women; Adultery -- Fiction; Domestic fiction.

  • The Touch, c1996, FIC MYE [308 p.] --- Faith healing -- England; Faith healers -- England; Psychological fiction, English; Evangelists, English; Dysfunctional families -- London, England; Family relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Sick persons; Eccentric men.

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Naipaul, V. S. (born 1932; Chaguanas, Trinidad)

  • Half a Life, c2001, FIC NAI [211 p.] --- East Indians in London, England; Men/women relations -- London, England; Interracial romance; Colonies -- Africa; Psychological fiction.

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Orwell, George (born 1903; Motihari, Bengal)

  • 1984, c1948 (c1981), FIC ORW [267 p.] --- Science fiction, English; Dystopias; Totalitarianism; Cautionary tales and verse.

  • Animal Farm, c1945 (c1993), FIC ORW [113 p.] --- Dystopias; Metaphorical tales; Farm animals; Totalitarianism.

  • Keep the Aspidistra Flying, c1956, FIC ORW [248 p.] --- Booksellers; Bookselling; Young men; Coming-of-age stories; Love stories; Satirical fiction.

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Pratchett, Terry (born 1948; Beaconsfield, England)

  • The Colour of Magic, c1983, SCI FI PRA [205 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Humorous stories, English; Discworld (Planet); Magic; Wizards.

  • Feet of Clay: A Novel of Discworld, c1996, SCI FI PRA, [249 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Humorous stories, English; Discworld (Planet); Murders; Dwarves; Good and evil.

  • The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld, c2000, SCI FI PRA --- Fantasy fiction, English; Humorous stories, English; Discworld (Planet); Dwarves; Werewolves; Vampires; Royal houses; Inheritance and succession; Public officials.

  • Hogfather, c1998, SCI FI PRA [292 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Humorous stories, English; Discworld (Planet); Impostors.

  • Interesting Times, c1997, SCI FI PRA [295 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Humorous stories, English; Discworld (Planet); Rulers -- Succession; Outlaws; Wizards.

  • Jingo: A Discworld Novel, c1997, SCI FI PRA [323 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); War stories; Weapons; Land claims; Inventors; Boarder disputes.

  • The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable, c2001, SCI FI PRA [158 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Magic; Heroes and heroine, Senior; Good and evil; Wizards; End of the world.

  • Lords and Ladies: A Novel of Discworld, c1994, SCI FI PRA [314 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Dwarves; Elves; Good and evil.

  • Men At Arms: A Novel of Discworld, c1996, SCI FI PRA [341 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Dwarves; Good and evil; Assassins.

  • Monstrous Regiment: A Novel of Discworld, c2003, SCI FI PRA [353 p.] --- Dukes and duchesses; Women soldiers; Nobility; Prisoners or war; Secret identity; Patriotism; Propaganda; Magic; Fantasy fiction, English; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet).

  • Night Watch, c2002, SCI FI PRA [338 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Magic; Time travel; Dukes and duchesses; Criminals.

  • Soul Music: A Novel of Discworld, c1995, SCI FI PRA [389 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Death.

  • Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld, c2001, SCI FI PRA [324 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Time; Thieves; Clock and watch makers; Magic; Good and evil; Wizards; End of the world.

  • The Truth: A Novel of Discworld, c2000, SCI FI PRA [324 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Investigative journalism; Newspaper publishing.

  • Wyrd Sisters: A Novel of Discworld, c1988, SCI FI PRA [256 p.] --- Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Discworld (Planet); Witches; Spells (Magic).

Pym, Barbara (born 1913; Oswestry, England)

  • Excellent Women, c1952 (c1978), FIC PYM [256 p.] --- Single women; England -- Social life and customs -- 20 th century.

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Robinson, Derek (born 1932; Bristol, England)

  • War Story, c1998, FIC ROB [295 p.] --- World War I -- France; Eighteen-year-old men -- France; Military pilots -- France.

Rowling, J. K. (born 1965~1966; Bristol, England)

Rushdie, Salman (born 1947; Bombay, India)

  • East, West: Stories, c1995, FIC RUS [214 p.] --- Short stories -- 20 th century; Opinions, alternatives, choices; Fantasy fiction; Violence; East-West relations.

  • Fury, c2001, FIC RUS [259 p.] --- Historians -- New York City; College teachers -- New York City; Doll makers; British in New York City; Middle-aged men -- New York City.

  • The Ground Beneath Her Feet, c1999, FIC RUS [575 p.] --- Celebrities; Women singers; Photographers -- India; Rock and roll music.

  • The Moor’s Last Sigh, c1996, FIC RUS [434 p.] --- Family -- India ; Satirical fiction, English -- 20 th century; Family chronicles, Indic; India -- Interfaith relations.

  • The Satanic Verses, 1988, FIC RUS [546 p.] --- Good and evil; Islam; Magic realist fiction.

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Shaw, Bob (born 1931; Belfast, Northern Ireland)

Smith, Michael Marshall (born 1965; Knutsford, England)

  • One of Us, c1998, FIC SMI [302 p.] --- Suspense stories; Dreams; Memories; Murder; Twenty-first century; Cyberculture.

Smith, Zadie (born 1976; Hampstead, England)

  • The Autograph Man, c2002, FIC SMI [347 p.] --- Autographs -- Collectors and collecting; Picaresque fiction.

Spark, Muriel (born 1918; Edinburgh, Scotland)

  • Aiding and Abetting, c2001, FIC SPA [166 p.] --- Satirical fiction; Fugitives; Missing persons; Murders; Psychotherapist and patient; Stigmatization; Upper-class; Women embezzlers; Extortion.

  • The Ballad of Peckham Rye, c1999, FIC SPA [142 p.] --- Blue collar workers -- London, England; Scots in London, England; Troublemakers; Textile workers -- London, England.

  • A Far Cry from Kensington, c1988, FIC SPA [189 p.] --- The Fifties (20 th century); Boarding houses -- London, England; Widows -- London, England.

  • Reality and Dreams, c1996, FIC SPA [160 p.] --- Film directors and producers.

  • Symposium, c1990, FIC SPA [192 p.] --- Humorous stories, English; Dinners and dining -- London, England; Satirical fiction, English.

Stewart, Mary (born 1916; Sunderland, England)

  • The Last Enchantment, c1979, FIC STE [538 p.] --- Arthurian romances; Fantasy fiction, English; Enchantment; Wizards; Witches; Merlin; Arthur, King; Fifth century.

  • Madam, Will You Talk, c1955, LP STE [231 p.] --- Kidnapping -- France; Father and son -- France ; Mystery stories, English; British in France ; Romantic suspense stories, English.

  • Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy, c1980, FIC STE [919 p.] --- Merlin (Legendary character); Arthurian romances -- Adaptations; Arthur, King; Magic; Enchantment; Wizards; Historical fiction, English; Knights and knighthood; Fifth century; Fantasy fiction, America.

  • My Brother Michael, c1960, FIC STE [255 p.] --- Romantic suspense stories, English; Greece.

  • The Prince and the Pilgrim, c1996, FIC STE [292 p.] --- Arthur, King -- Fiction; Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction; Arthurian romances; Historical fiction.

  • Rose Cottage, c1997, FIC STE [234 p.] --- Romantic suspense stories, English; Widows -- England; Villages -- England; Grandmothers; The Fifties (20 th century); Psychics.

  • The Stormy Petrel, c1991, FIC STE [189 p.] --- Romantic suspense stories, English; Brothers and sisters -- Scotland; Suspicion; Land development -- Scotland; Land stewardship.

  • This Rough Magic, c1964, FIC STE [336 p.] --- Romantic Suspense stories, English; Sisters.

  • Thornyhold, c1989, LP STE [333 p.] --- Inheritance and succession -- England; Gothic fiction; Romantic suspense stories, English.

  • Thunder on the Right, c1957, FIC STE [284 p.] --- Gothic fiction; Romantic suspense stories, English.

  • The Wicked Day, c1983, FIC STE [453 p.] --- Arthurian romances; Fantasy fiction, English; Mordred (Arthurian knight); Arthur, King; Camelot; Fifth century.

  • Wildfire at Midnight, c1956, FIC STE [214 p.] --- Romantic suspense stories, English; Skye, Hebrides .

Swift, Graham (born 1949; London, England)

  • Last Orders, c1996, FIC SWI [295 p.] --- Senior men -- Friendship -- England.

  • The Light of Day, c2003, FIC SWI [323 p.] --- Love; Marriage; Husband and wife; Grief; Redemption; Extramarital relations; Scandals; Obsession; Murder; Suspense stories, English; Psychological fiction, English.

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (born 1892; Bloemfontein, South Africa)

  • The Fellowship of the Ring, c1965, FIC TOL [423 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Epic fiction, English; Dwarves; Elves; Wizards; Friendship; Good and evil; Heroes and heroines; Magic; Quests.

  • The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again, c1966, FIC TOL [271 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Epic fiction, English; Dragons; Dwarfs; Wizards; Friendship; Good and evil; Heroes and heroines; Magic; Quests.

  • The Return of the King, c1965, FIC TOL [440 p.] --- Epic fiction, English; Fantasy fiction, English; Dwarves; Elves; Friendship; Good and evil; Heroes and heroines; Magic; Quests.

  • The Two Towers, c1965, FIC TOL [403~725 p.] --- Epic fiction, English; Fantasy fiction, English; Dwarves; Elves; Friendship; Good and evil; Heroes and heroines; Magic; Quests.

  • Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth, c1980, FIC TOL [472 p.] --- Fantasy fiction, English; Epic fiction, English.

Townsend, Sue (born 1946; Leichester, England)

  • Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, c2000, FIC TOW [390 p.] --- Single fathers; Young men -- Great Britain -- Diaries; Humorous stories, English; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20 th century.

  • The Queen and I, c1992, FIC TOW [239 p.] --- Satirical fiction, British -- 20 th century; Women rulers -- Great Britain; Royal houses -- Great Britain; Monarchy, British.

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Weldon, Fay (born 1931; Alvechurch, England)

  • Moon Over Minneapolis, c1992, FIC WEL [180 p.] --- Short stories, English -- 20 th century; Women.

  • Rhode Island Blues, c2000, FIC WEL [325 p.] --- Women film editors -- Soho , London, England; Women nursing home patients -- Rhode Island; Grandmothers and granddaughter; Psychological fiction, English.

  • Splitting, c1995, FIC WEL [246 p.] --- Divorce; Divorced women -- Psychology.

  • Trouble, c1993, FIC WEL [228 p.] --- Marriage -- London , England ; Men/women relations; Psychiatrists; Women novelists; New agers.

  • Wicked Women Stories, c1997, FIC WEL [311 p.] --- Short stories, English -- 20 th century; Family; Men/women relations.
 
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