The first novel in the worldwide bestselling series by Suzanne Collins! Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send o…
In a village deep in woodlands of dorset, the lives of the inhabitants,who gain their living from the trees around them, are affected by the lives of outsiders. Giles winterboume loves and is engaged to grace melbury, the daughter of a rich timber merchat. But when giles loses his money, grace’s father insists that his daughter marries a handsome and attractive young doctor,eddred fitz…