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Your life is dominated by your unconscious mind: by thoughts you're unaware of and movements you don't realise you are making. Words, colours, mannerisms and other cues you don't realise...

'I was self-invented, adapting myself minute by minute, a girl on the run. And yes, built for speed.' At seventeen, Susanna Moore left her home in Hawai'i, with no money,...

The diaries of 'Tommy' Lascelles - as featured in the Netflix hit THE CROWN 'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' Spectator 'Fascinating ... as much a contribution to royal legend as...

Derek Pringle is finally ready to tell his story of cricket in the 80s. First chosen by England whilst still at university in 1982, Derek featured in the national side...

AD 60. Macro and Cato - two battle-scarred heroes of the Roman army - face tribal uprisings and battles to the death with unmatched courage in barbaric Britannia. The hard-won...

The feel-good romantic comedy hit! Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Lindsey Kelk and Sophie Ranald . Readers can't stop raving about The Prenup ! 'Sweet, sassy, sparkling!' 'My absolute...

By the author of Mr Rosenblum's List , this is a captivating tale of passion and music, ancient songs and nostalgia, of the ties that bind and the ones we...

When Luke Manchett's estranged father dies suddenly, he leaves his son a dark inheritance. Luke has been left in charge of his father's ghost collection: eight restless spirits. They want...

Join our brave young knight Sir Charlie Stinky Socks in his bestselling super duper picture book adventure series - oh my! Once upon a time, there was a deep, dark...

Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-out of breathing; to watch him trade is to watch an artist at...

Since Carol Drinkwater moved to an olive farm in France, she has developed a passion for the olive tree and the culture that has grown up around it. This fruit...

England in the closing days of the reign of King John is brought vividly to life by one of our finest historical novelists. Despite having signed the Magna Carta and...

The climate movement has gathered some pace but what about the other, inextricably linked crisis in biodiversity? A radically hopeful manifesto, The Case for Nature sets out with clarity how...

In his classic autobiography A. A. Milne, with his characteristic self-deprecating humour, recalls a blissfully happy childhood in the company of his brothers, and writes with touching affection about the...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023 This extraordinarily affecting debut novel captures life inside the Siege of Sarajevo. Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse...

In Yalda's universe, light has mass, no universal speed and its creation generates energy; on Yalda's world, plants make food by emitting light into the dark night sky. And time...

The violence of an age-old war casts a long shadow. It falls on a world where mercy is weakness and conflict is a way of life. Young Malian is being...

'Quick's ambitious novel, set during the golden age of Hollywood, sparkles with wit and clever plotting' Publishers Weekly Escape into a glittering bygone world, where beauty and glamour meet deception...

In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a weeklong coma. It was almost certainly a death sentence,...

Sunday Times Book of the Year This is a book about what it feels like to be exceptional - and what it takes to get there. Why can some people...

A major US debut novel in 2019 Shortlisted for the Centre for Fiction First Novel Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In Chia-Chia Lin's piercing debut novel,...

In this enchanted sibling to the cult classic Modern Tarot , literary and tarot icon Michelle Tea returns to her magical roots, offering stories, little-known history, traditions, rituals, and spells...

Meet Gossie in this My First I Can Read book about friendship and sharing, from the world of Olivier Dunrea's Gossie & Friends. Gossie is a small yellow gosling who...

Eva Moskowitz, founder of the highly lauded Success Academy Charter Schools, shares her advice for raising smart, successful, and intellectually engaged children. Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as...

Young readers will be swept up in Pinkalicious's pinkatastic Parisian adventure in this Level One I Can Read! Pinkalicious gets distracted and loses track of Mommy, Daddy, and Peter on...

"Chita Rivera blazed a trail where none existed so the rest of us could see a path forward."-Lin-Manuel Miranda "This deserves a standing ovation."- Publishers Weekly The wildly entertaining memoir...

From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star French pianist, navigating his way into high society as he explores...

In this queer retelling of the classic novel and third book in Tirzah Price's Jane Austen Murder Mystery series, Mansfield Park is the center of a deadly accident (or is...

This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of...

The course of true love never did sail smooth... Things on this yacht are about to get rocky... When feisty chef Sofia and strait-laced first officer Jack are thrown together...

The gripping new thriller with a difference for 2024 from internationally bestselling author Lisa Stone What do you do when your home becomes a living nightmare? Your house should be...

A TOP 10 CHILDREN'S FICTION BESTSELLER Enter an extraordinary magical adventure about family, fate and finding the courage to be truly yourself - perfect for fans of Nevermoor , Lemony...

A brand new 25th anniversary edition of the international bestselling phenomenon! Darren is just your average schoolboy - or was, at least - until he and his friend Steve buy...

A heart-wrenching and beautiful First World War novel where, in the face of fear and division, love, courage and kindness allow life to go on after unthinkable tragedy Shortlisted for...

2 best friends. 1 perfect match. Could you solve the equation for love if you've never had it yourself? Twenty-six-year-old Penny Webber has never had a boyfriend, but she's about...

An array of original stories from around the world bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction: witches. Witches! Whether you know them...

Missed out on Glastonbury this year? Solstice Festival promises to be a KILLER weekend... 'Simmering with tensions and twists. A summer must-read!' B E Jones 'Vivid writing, a twisty plot,...

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Author: Gyles Brandreth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other curiosities of the English language.

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Author: NA Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Losing weight has never been so simple, effective and healthy - without counting calories, without starving, without the yo-yo effect. Get started with...

Author: J.T. Brannan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: For millennia it has lain there undiscovered. Now the time has come... Research scientist Evelyn Edwards always knew the Antarctic held deep...

Author: James Patterson & Howard Roughan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 403

Author: Anthony Middleton et al Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Leadership secrets of the special forces

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a quintessential American novel set in the Roaring Twenties. It tells the story...

Author: Edgar Allan Poe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: "The Raven and Other Tales of Horror" by Edgar Allan Poe is a collection of his most chilling and influential works....

Author: Oscar Wilde Format: Paperback Number of Pages: "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde is a classic novel that tells the story of a young man, Dorian Gray,...

Author: Ernest Hemingway Format: Paperback Number of Pages: "The Sun Also Rises," by Ernest Hemingway, is a seminal work of modernist literature that captures the disillusionment and aimlessness of the...