A girl fights to keep her dream alive . . . Nine-year-old Leena arrives in Mauritius ready for her holiday adventure: a search for the island's rare pink pigeons. However, the grown-ups are focused on a family wedding and her pleas are ignored. Dejected, she considers running away to the birds' forest home. Finally, her uncle agrees to take her. But nothing goes according to plan. She ends up in trouble for continuing the search in the rain. With the holiday about to end, they make one last try but see no sign of the beautiful birds. Leena is dismayed: she has failed in her quest. Then...

Kyle, a London bookseller, has women problems. There's Mallika, his flirtatious, married Asian flatmate; and Janice his ex - now a bitter, emotional wreck. Kyle's Hemingway obsession leads him to Cuba. There he discovers a shocking truth about his own family, and enjoys a fling with a troubled tourist. After her partner falls to his death, Kyle is stunned to find himself suspected of murder. Shaken, he arrives home where Mallika now treats him as a low-caste pariah. Is she serious or playing another of her teasing games? Following a business meeting with an American entrepreneur, Kyle's...

Klipspringer Hill is an exciting tale about a small creature on an epic journey in search of a lost loved one. The setting is the vast Kalahari region of Southern Africa, and the main character is a small snake. There are black and white illustrations. His dad is missing . . . Little Squirt is determined to find him. The young egg-eater snake must cross the wild Kalahari to reach the Chicken Farm. Danger lurks everywhere. Along the way he forges new friendships and avoids foes. But there's no avoiding Rooster at the farm. Injured in the big bully's sneak attack, Little Squirt is captured by...