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A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the bestselling author How can you know someone you've never met? Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows...

Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free...

Darren Shan's Demonata series continues with more shocks, demons and thrilling twists in the chilling, Bec. As a baby, Bec fought for her life. As a trainee priestess, she fights...

The powerful bestseller from the nation's favourite storyteller and author of The Loner and The Journey Harry always knew he would go back one day ... Eighteen years ago, he...

The powerful new bestseller from the nation's favourite storyteller Harry always knew he would go back one day ! Eighteen years ago when he was a boy, he had made...

A brilliant and moving debut novel about one woman's struggle to preserve an artistic heritage from the horrors and destruction of World War II, and the ensuing lifelong memories from...

With more than 30 million copies sold, The Alchemist is one of the best loved and bestselling books in the world. The Zahir, Paulo Coelho's new novel, is a perfect...

The dramatic new Ravenscar novel from the international bestselling author of Woman of Substance. As the First World War draws to a close, all seems golden for young Edward Deravenel,...

Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the...

The highly anticipated new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Tokyo Cancelled. Solo recounts the life and daydreams of a reclusive one hundred year-old man from Bulgaria. Before the...

A welcome return to the international bestseller Sidney Sheldon, with his first novel for four yearsIn New York, Denver, Paris and Berlin, four people have died separately in apparent accidents....

He must decide whether to rebuild the Saxons' strength from his watery base and help them to take on the Vikings once more. THE PALE HORSEMAN is a splendid story...

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond, this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest series. In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war...

A guide to perfecting your flirting skills, from Flirt Coach Peta Heskell. Use your communication skills to find the right relationship for you. Peta Heskell has refined flirting to a...

From the author of the internationally acclaimed Orcs series comes a powerful new epic fantasy to rival illed with spectacular magic, action, adventure and political intrigue. In the land of...

From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, a new novel featuring the all-female ass-kicking wise-cracking Philadelphia law firm Rosato and Associates How many people get to solve their own...

The astonishing life of Julius Caesar is recreated in a magnificent new novel that brilliantly interweaves history and adventure. Emperor: The Gates of Rome is an epic tale of ambition...

In The Vendetta Defence, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a wonderfully rich, vivid story of past sins, love and justice. Philadelphia lawyer Judy Carrier couldn't be less...

Dave Pelzer willed himself to overcome the worst life had to offer (his case of child abuse was one of the worst recorded cases in US history) and became the...

In August 1942, the Allies launched a raid against the German-held port of Dieppe on the French channel coast. It was largely a disaster, with the Canadian forces bearing the...

Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out... Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80...

Jacob Epstein ranks among the finest and most influential sculptors of this century. Stephen Gardiner knew the Epstein family intimately and draws on personal research and a mass of unpublished...

The great-grandaughters of Emma Harte, the heroine of A Woman of Substance and Emma's Secret, follow in her legendary footsteps... Evan Hughes, Emma's American great-grandaughter, is trying to integrate into...

Thomas of Hookton is one of those archers. When his village is sacked by French raiders, he makes a promise to God: to retrieve the relic stolen from Hookton's church....

A glittering adventure set in India at the height of the British Raj. The New York Times compared Patrick O'Brian's early novel to Kipling's Kim and called it "a gorgeous...

State-of-the-art action in the air, on land and at sea as the USA is drawn into conflict with China in this compelling and authentic new tale from an acclaimed master...

Book nine of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years. A new chapter of the...

The time: 1994. The place: Washington DC. President Bush has just been replaced. In London, Margaret Thatcher has been ousted by her own party. In Russia, Gorbachev has been toppled...

The book the fans have been waiting for: the much-anticipated sequel to the phenomenally successful A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE. The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns...At...

We first meet Katie Byrne at seventeen. A tall beauty with reddish-gold hair, she has always wanted to be an actress. Her two best friends share her passion for the...

This major new novel will follow the adventures of Richard Sharpe in India, begun so excitingly in Sharpe's Tiger and culminating in the Battle of Assaye, which Wellington considered his...

The prequel to the series, describing Sharpe's experiences in India. When a senior British officer is captured by the Tippoo of Mysore's forces, Sharpe is offered a chance to attempt...

The second instalment of The Riftwar Legacy, The Assassins reveals Feist at his storytelling best. There is intrigue, humour and breakneck action aplenty here from the undisputed master of epic...

A testimony to the world's best-known charity worker. During her lifetime, Mother Teresa resisted having her biography written in full. Kathryn Spink, who had been involved in her mission for...