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The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures: a world of spycraft, betrayals and surprising fates

The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures: a world of spycraft, betrayals and surprising fates

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Author: Jennifer Hofmann Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Darkly comic and hauntingly surreal The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures examines obsession, paranoia and the dwindling career of a Stasi operative....
Fly Away Peter

Fly Away Peter

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Author: David Malouf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 A cast of wildly different characters, united by a love of birds, come together on the coast of Australia in 1914....
Love in the Days of Rebellion

Love in the Days of Rebellion

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Author: Ahmet Altan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 The second instalment in the Ottoman Quartet-the masterful saga of Turkish history by Ahmet Altan-follows the vast and vivid cast of...
A Woman of Courage: A gripping, uplifting new Victorian era novel about passion, love, loss and self-discovery from the bestselling author of The Girl from Munich and Suitcase of Dreams

A Woman of Courage: A gripping, uplifting new Victorian era novel about passion, love, loss and self-discovery from the bestselling author of The Girl from Munich and Suitcase of Dreams

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Author: Tania Blanchard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A gripping, moving story of love, tenacity and the right to be heard by bestseller Tania Blanchard, inspired by a true...
The Beach at Summerly: A Novel

The Beach at Summerly: A Novel

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Author: Beatriz Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 "There are few more skilled practitioners of the craft of summer fiction than Beatriz Williams." - The New York Times Book...
Tales of the Celestial Kingdom

Tales of the Celestial Kingdom

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Author: Sue Lynn Tan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 A TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! Return to the realm of gods and legends, magic and romance. Praise for the...
Dr. B.

Dr. B.

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Author: Daniel Birnbaum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm makes his literary debut with this dramatic and riveting novel...
The Common Reader: First Series (Collins Classics)

The Common Reader: First Series (Collins Classics)

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Author: H. G. Wells Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'A good essay must have this permanent quality...
Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here: A Novel

Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here: A Novel

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Author: Elissa R Sloan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 From the author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes comes yet another sharp, page-turning novel about a forgotten child star...
The Boleyn Inheritance

The Boleyn Inheritance

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Author: Philippa Gregory Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 From the bestselling author of 'The Other Boleyn Girl', Philippa Gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry...
Heart of the River

Heart of the River

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Author: Cheryl Adnams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 As floodwaters rise, can their love bring a fractured community together? Mildura, Northern Victoria - 1956 Isabel Hayward has ambitions of...
The Last Gift of the Master Artists

The Last Gift of the Master Artists

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Author: Ben Okri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'A magical take on Africa before the arrival of the Atlantic slave ships - a world of art and artists, lovers,...
A Christmas Carol (HarperCollins Children's Classics)

A Christmas Carol (HarperCollins Children's Classics)

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Author: Charles Dickens Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. It's Christmastime...
Snapshots from Home

Snapshots from Home

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Author: Sasha Wasley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Please send snaps of my dear mother and father, my sisters Sarah and Evelyn, and my bonzer little poddy calf, Zeus.'...
Cuddy: Winner of the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize

Cuddy: Winner of the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize

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Author: Benjamin Myers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 **Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023** **Shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize** **Chosen as a book of the year 2023...
Shield Maiden

Shield Maiden

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Author: Sharon Emmerichs Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'A heroine with a generous spirit, an unshakable will and a dragon's fury.' H. M....
Hungry Ghosts: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

Hungry Ghosts: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

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Author: Kevin Jared Hosein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 _____________________________ * A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 * * LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT...
Let Us Descend: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

Let Us Descend: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

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Author: Jesmyn Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 * AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * 'A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR 'Extravagantly beautiful' DAILY MAIL 'One of the greatest writers...
One Woman's War: A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny

One Woman's War: A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny

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Author: Christine Wells Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 ONE OF BOOKBUB'S BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF THE FALL From the author of Sisters of the Resistance comes the story...
The Dressmaker's Secret

The Dressmaker's Secret

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Author: Lorna Cook Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Extraordinary... Brought history alive on the page... Tense and emotional... Sensitive yet brutal...With the most unexpected end that left me breathless....
The Queen's Fool

The Queen's Fool

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Author: Philippa Gregory Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory. I would have...
The Phoenix Crown

The Phoenix Crown

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Author: Kate Quinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 An unforgettable story about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to...
The Tenderness of Wolves

The Tenderness of Wolves

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Author: Stef Penney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 1867, Canada: as winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a...
China: An Epic Novel

China: An Epic Novel

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Author: Edward Rutherfurd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 784 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Bravo; this is a big, complex and utterly involving portrait of 19th-century China' THE TIMES The internationally bestselling...
Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology, Book 1)

Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology, Book 1)

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Author: Ehigbor Okosun Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The first book in an action-packed, poignant duology inspired by Nigerian mythology Demi just wants to survive: to avoid the suspicion...
Blueprint

Blueprint

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Author: Theresia Enzensberger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'This powerful novel tells a story of a time past that feels eerily reflective of the present' Sunday Times 'Bring[s] to...
The Turn of Midnight: A deadly plague is spreading across the land...

The Turn of Midnight: A deadly plague is spreading across the land...

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Author: Minette Walters Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 A deadly plague is spreading across the land... __________________ As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course...
The Vanished Days: 'An engrossing and deeply romantic novel' RACHEL HORE

The Vanished Days: 'An engrossing and deeply romantic novel' RACHEL HORE

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Author: Susanna Kearsley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 A sweeping love story set against the Jacobite revolution from much-loved author Susanna Kearsley There are many who believe they know...
The Purple Shroud

The Purple Shroud

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Author: Stella Duffy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Once, Theodora was little more than a slave, the daughter of a bear-keeper, running barefoot through the streets of Constantinople. Now...
Triangle Trade

Triangle Trade

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Author: Geoff Woodland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In 1804, Liverpool was the largest slave trading port in Great Britain, yet her influential traders felt threatened by the success,...
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams

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Author: Anita Heiss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'There are books you encounter as an adult that you wish you could press into the hands of your younger self....
Moth: The powerful story of a family attempting to hold themselves together through the heartbreak of Partition

Moth: The powerful story of a family attempting to hold themselves together through the heartbreak of Partition

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Author: Melody Razak Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021 'Powerful and heartbreaking' OBSERVER 'Gripping... Razak painstakingly paints a portrait of a...
Golden Age

Golden Age

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Author: Jane Smiley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 720 The final instalment in the dazzling Last Hundred Years trilogy from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 1987. A visit from...
The Broken Places: The compassionate and moving debut novel inspired by the Hemingway family

The Broken Places: The compassionate and moving debut novel inspired by the Hemingway family

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Author: Russell Franklin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'Sunlit and dark, painful and joyous' David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas In 1931, Gregory Hemingway's life begins in Kansas City,...
Flags on the Bayou

Flags on the Bayou

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Author: James Lee Burke (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 In the fall of 1863, the Union Army controls the Mississippi River and much of Louisiana, as the Civil...
The Red Bird Sings: A chilling and gripping historical gothic fiction debut, winner of the Kate O'Brien Award 2024*

The Red Bird Sings: A chilling and gripping historical gothic fiction debut, winner of the Kate O'Brien Award 2024*

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Author: Aoife Fitzpatrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A prize-winning, spine-tingling gothic suspense novel based on a real-life murder trial in 1897 West Virginia A SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL...
First Comes Scandal: A Bridgertons Prequel

First Comes Scandal: A Bridgertons Prequel

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Author: Julia Quinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents the fourth novel of the delightful Bridgerton Prequel series in a stunning...
The Manhattan Girls

The Manhattan Girls

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Author: Gill Paul Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 NEW YORK CITY, 1921 An impossible dream. The war is over, the twenties are roaring, but in the depths of the...
The Other Guinness Girl: A Question of Honor

The Other Guinness Girl: A Question of Honor

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Author: Emily Hourican Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 Honor Guinness is rich, aristocratic, shy and awkward -- nothing like her glamorous cousins Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh. But when she...
Small Island: Winner of the 'best of the best' Orange Prize

Small Island: Winner of the 'best of the best' Orange Prize

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Author: Andrea Levy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just...
Bridgerton: The Duke and I (Bridgertons Book 1): The Sunday Times bestselling inspiration for the Netflix Original Series Bridgerton

Bridgerton: The Duke and I (Bridgertons Book 1): The Sunday Times bestselling inspiration for the Netflix Original Series Bridgerton

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Author: Julia Quinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A veritable treat' Daily Mail The first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a...
Mortal Follies: A devilishly funny Regency romantasy from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material

Mortal Follies: A devilishly funny Regency romantasy from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material

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Author: Alexis Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 "You have one chance," said the voice of the goddess... 'Pitch-perfect... Part historical, part fantasy, all top-notch queer romance' KIRKUS REVIEWS...
Perilous Times: The Sunday Times bestseller compared to 'Good Omens with Arthurian knights'

Perilous Times: The Sunday Times bestseller compared to 'Good Omens with Arthurian knights'

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Author: Thomas D. Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 IN PERILOUS TIMES LIKE THESE, THE REALM DOESN'T JUST NEED A HERO. IT NEEDS A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR. Sir...
A Corruption of Blood

A Corruption of Blood

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Author: Ambrose Parry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 3 Edinburgh, 1850. This city will bleed you dry. Sarah Fisher is keeping a safe...
Mine Boy: 'One of my all-time favourite novels' (Tsitsi Dangarembga)

Mine Boy: 'One of my all-time favourite novels' (Tsitsi Dangarembga)

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Author: Peter Abrahams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'One of my all-time favourite novels.' Tsitsi Dangarembga 'The first African novel in English to draw international attention.' New York Times'The...
The Bookseller of Inverness: The Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2023

The Bookseller of Inverness: The Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2023

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Author: S.G. MacLean Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A GRIPPING HISTORICAL THRILLER SET IN INVERNESS IN THE WAKE OF THE 1746 BATTLE OF CULLODEN. 'This slice of historical fiction...
King: A rip-roaring epic historical adventure novel that will have you hooked

King: A rip-roaring epic historical adventure novel that will have you hooked

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Author: Ben Kane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The thrilling next instalment in the epic LIONHEART series from Sunday Times Bestselling author, Ben Kane. Warleader Autumn 1192. With Jerusalem...
BOOTH: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022

BOOTH: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022

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Author: Karen Joy Fowler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 'Accomplished, immersive and profoundly satisfying' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin'...