New Releases by Susan Hill

The author of The Woman in Black returns to the realm of supernatural hauntings in a tale that “chills the blood gently like fine wine” (The Guardian, UK). When Oliver returns to Cambridge, he makes sure to pay a visit to his former professor, now retired and living in a small college apartment. Oliver can’t help but notice a peculiar painting on the wall; a mysterious depiction of masked revelers at the Venice carnival. Yet in the foreground, there is an anachronistically modern figure. On this cold winter’s night, the old professor has decided to reveal the painting’s eerie secret. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty.

Ruby Racoon asks her friends for advice on making a cake.

Though it doesn'' t seem likely for twins to have the same middle name, it'' s clear that Castor and Pollux Stone both have " Trouble" in that spot on their birth certificates. But anyone who'' s met their grandmother Hazel will know they came by it honestly.Join the Stone twins for a laugh-filled ride as they connive, cajole, and bamboozle their way across the Solar System in the company of the most high-spirited and hilarious family in all of science fiction. This light-hearted tale has some of Heinlein'' s sassiest dialogue. Oddly enough, it'' s also a true example of family values-- for when you'' re a Stone, your family is your highest priority.

Let''s have fun! Stuart Little and his brother, George, can''t wait to go to the amusement park. But if you''re Stuart''s size, how do you keep up with your big brother? By visiting the fun house, of course!

At first Stuart is afraid of Bookworm the library cat, but they become friends when Stuart says he will help Bookworm learn to read.

Princess Diana as we have never seen her before.

Women throughout American history have repeatedly been accused of "stepping out of their places" as many have fought for more rewarding roles in the church and society. In this book, Susan Hill Lindley demonstrates that just as religion in the traditional sense has influenced the lives of American women through its institutions, values, and sanctions, so women themselves have had significant effect on the shape of American religion through the years.

Times are hard for Tilly and her mother, trying to get by on her mother''s meager earnings as a dressmaker.

And at a house party in the 1920s, Harvey meets Francis, a disturbed genius and the greatest poet of his time, and they start an unlikely friendship that is to devastate Harvey''s life as he watches and protects Francis until his suicide. Winner of the Whitebread Literary Award.

Collection of short stories takes the reader into the minds of the very young and old with subtlety and simplicity.

The sequel to Daphne DuMaurier''s Rebecca.

The night on which Sir James Monmouth returns to England from Penang is not auspicious. The Cross Keys Inn provides shelter from the chill wind and rain, but it offers few comforts. The pale boy, the old woman and the mist in the mirror - do they have any reality beyond Monmouth''s imagination?

"When Ben starts nursery school, there seem to be lots of reasons for "not wantingto go there again". However, when he has to stay home one day, he realises that perhaps school is not as bad after all..."--Back cover.

The first novel for 16 years by the author of "In the Springtime of the Year", winner of the 1974 Whitbread Award. A 15-year-old girl comes from India to Cambridge, where a middle-aged don - celibate, irreproachable and distinguished - falls obsessively and tragically in love with her.

Suzy likes doing lots of things but most of all she likes taking her shoes off. Then one day Suzy gets some beautiful new shoes to go and meet the queen - and she proves just how right she is.

As an old woman, Fanny looks back to the country Christmas she had in England when she was nine and realizes the moment when she left her childhood behind her.

Tom''s mother helps him get rid of his bad dreams one night at a time.

A young boy and his mother work very hard at helping him overcome his bad dreams--one night at a time.

A portrait of country life details the sights and sounds, simple joys and sorrows of life in a small village in rural England

In her introduction, Susan Hill tells how she became interested in radio drama, and discusses some of the problems of writing for this medium. The five plays in the collection fall into two catergories: the closed-circle kind with small cast and minimal sound effects, and the multi-stranded, many-layered pieces where events can be juxtaposed in time and space through the medium of radio.