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Part thriller, part detective story, Vengeance is an utterly compelling novel about the nature of revenge. Through the dark, icy streets of London flits a man on a mission: he's...

The ancient art of feng shui has long been used to maximise the energy of homes and living spaces. Now expert author Simon Brown shows you how to use the...

A superb edition from Oxford University Press that combines the the functions of an elementary encyclopedia and a dictionary. With over 40,000 entries, and line drawings throughout, it is an...

Additional topic pages include words associated with special subjects and aim to reinforce the skill of using a dictionary.

A is for Apple that grows on the tree, B is for Busy and Big Bumble Bee. K is for Kissing a cool Kangaroo, L is for Loving, like Daddy...

It is 1914 and Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson are back in Egypt for another season of archaeological excavation. But this year a new menance threatens the dig. The...

Major developments in English Roses have increased the number of varieties to more than 80. Forty best-loved and forty recently developed varieties, exquisitely photographed by Andrew Lawson, are at the...

This is a stylish collection of timeless photographs from the Hulton Getty Picture Collection, perfectly complemented with classic quotations about friends and friendship from everyone from Lord Byron to Bette...

Until he ate a bluebottle, William Buckland had always maintained that the taste of mole was the most repulsive he knew. But that was before he ate the embalmed heart...

The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Romeo and...

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a huge cyclone transports the orphan Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of Oz, and she fears that she...

Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the...

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to Kent to write a play, he encounters Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist who has invented a material that counteracts gravity. This discovery enables...

These comic novels will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance. Their central characters, Artie Kipps and Alfred Polly, are prisoners of their modest social class, limited...

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the 'Wealth of Nations' was his most important...

From the rain forests of Almayer's Folly to the Mediterranean coast of The Rover, Conrad's first and final completed novels are played out against contrasting backgrounds. Almayer, in Borneo, is...

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies 'I saw him take a different shape before my eyes. His loose draperies fell about him...and there issued out of them a monstrous...

"Everyone who cares much for the largest-brained Englishwoman who has written will read this biography with interest. For popular purposes, the book is indeed all that can be desired" -...

This work starts with an introduction by J.H. Stape, St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill. Written in 1930, "Bernard Shaw: An Unauthorised Biography" (1930) appeared shortly after Frank Harris' death....

With an Introduction by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury Originally published as a biography of Thomas Hardy by Florence, his widow, this 'Life' is...

Vampires, those dark children of the night, who rise from their coffins to suck the blood of the living, continue to hold a strange fascination and dread. In this unique...

COUNT LEO TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, commonly regarded as amongst the greatest novels ever written. He also, however, wrote many masterly short...

'The Merchant of Venice' is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial. The text may seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting...

'Henry V' is the most famous and influential of Shakespeare's history plays. Its powerful patriotic rhetoric has resounded down the ages, gaining eloquent expression in Laurence Olivier's renowned film. Henry...

'Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure', better known as 'Fanny Hill', is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the...

With an Introduction by Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading. 'The Wings of the Dove' is a tale of desire and possession, of love and death. It is in essence a...

Introduction by Kathryn White "I thought I saw a human face, about the most terrible my fancy could have called up, looking fixedly into the room. The face gazed towards...

Greyfrair's Cemetery in Edinburgh has a centuries old reputation for being haunted. Its gruesome history includes use as a mass prison, headstone removal, witchcraft, bodysnatching, desecration, corpse dumping and live...

These 29 books all feature the works of a legendary artist, each a master of the period in which they painted. From old masters Rubens and Rembrandt, to impressionists Monet...

These 29 books all feature the works of a legendary artist, each a master of the period in which they painted. From old masters Rubens and Rembrandt, to impressionists Monet...

The highlights of this book are: - Important works of Cezanne - Illustrations with an index for each work - Details on each illustration with its size and where it...

This guide, which is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced collectors, examines what you need to know about collecting British and American books from the late 19th century...

'It's a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it'll be the hardest thing that's been done in the Himalayas.' So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and...

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets...

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets...

Part of a new, exciting series of ethical, sustainable and earth-friendly jigsaw puzzles. This high-quality, 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle from Flame Tree is locally sourced with renewable board, sturdy pieces and...

Henry doesn't think anyone appreciates his unusual art, but one night everything changes... Henry is an artist, a master sculptor and . . . a dog. Unfortunately, his self-made pieces,...

Discover the power of a mother's love in this heartwarming and thrilling prehistoric adventure! Mummy has always been there for her cub as a role model, a teacher and a...

When a mystery device comes between two best friends, will they learn to share, or decide they're better off without it at all . . . ? Panda and Penguin...

In the latest story in the Waterstones Prize shortlisted series, Fergal learns how to deal with his anxiety about his friend coming to stay with one very simple tip ....

Discover that skunks don't always stink, with Roald-Dahl Funny Prize-winning Peter Bently! Nobody wants to be friends with a smelly skunk, but Sally is desperate to show the townspeople that...

When Mr Benn visits the little fancy dress shop, he enters a fantastical world of adventure as if by magic... In this story, Mr Benn tries a black and white...

When Mr Benn visits the little fancy dress shop, he enters a fantastical world of adventure as if by magic... Today, Mr Benn swaps his trademark black bowler hat and...

Winner at the 2018 Parliamentary Book Awards Shortlisted for the 2018 Waterstones Book of the Year Longlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 ____________ Daily Telegraph 's Best Books of the...

When a curious little mouse discovers a boat by his front door, he climbs aboard and accidentally sets out to sea. But it's not easy being a little mouse in...

This brand-new board book series, based on Ella Bailey's bestselling series One Day On Our Blue Planet, is perfect for babies and toddlers. Each title in the series has five...

This brand-new board book series, based on Ella Bailey's bestselling series One Day On Our Blue Planet, is perfect for babies and toddlers. Each title in the series has five...