Safari not displaying active window

Safari has stopped displaying any active windows. Safari is open and the menu says windows are open but I cannot see them. When I open a new window it seem to flick off to the right of the screen like there is a second monitor. All I see is the normal desktop. I cannot see any safari window.
Please help with possible causes and fixes

Thank you to all that responded. I seem to have fixed the problem by merging screens in the displays utility. I do appear to have two screens/displays set up, the other is Sony tv monitor. This was a leftover from when I experimented with Twonky, not a huge success.
I am using osx 10.8 latest update and will be looking for a way to delete this other monitor set up when I get home later today.

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