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In 1998 Nathaniel was just another history student on a comfortable career trajectory of high school to college to white collar job. Then he went to a lecture by a...

Captain Alatriste is a swordsman for hire in Spain in the 1620s - a time when Court intrigue is high and the decadent young king has dragged the country into...

Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill were two totally opposite leaders- both in what they stood for and in the way in which they seemed to lead. Award-winning historian Andrew Roberts...

SOUL OF THE FIRE saw the political machinations that have dogged the midlands reach new heights as the Chimes ran free and threatened magic everywhere. As the novel ended, Kahlan...

Children's voices ring out from the school playground; in the distance there is the gentle hum of a lawnmower; and all around the village birdsong can be heard. But despite...

Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prostitutes, Detective Dave Robicheaux has no mind to be sidetracked into persuading ex-schoolmate mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni to leave town. And it...

'Just like Armstrong's Otherworld series, Cainsville comes to a tense, satisfying head in Rituals .' - Inverse 'Impossible-to-put-down. . . . Bring on the next Cainsville volume, please.' - Sarah...

A few years have passed since Catherine's time in the The Juliette Society, but things haven't been going the way she planned. Her life with her fiance Jack has become...

IT'S TIME TO GIVE THOSE SKINNY B!TCHES A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY 'You'll be up and running in no time at all' - Grazia Is there a large arse-shaped dent...

The fingerprints say the murderer is the man who's just been executed ... At 11.05 one December evening in Richmond, Virginia, convicted murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell is pronounced dead in...

Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient...

The sole survivor of a brutal crime, Reece Gilmore has been on the run, desperately fighting the nightmares and panic attacks that haunt her. She doesn't intend to stay in...

'Take the incisive brilliance of Curtis Sittenfeld and add to it exquisite prose in the vein of Maggie O'Farrell and you have the novel Jackie . A truly astonishing achievement:...

Teachers are all around us -- it's time to give them a gold star! The new bestseller from the creators of IF I WAS PRIME MINISTER. School teachers teach us...

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads,Fall of Civilizationsbrilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse....

Welcome to motherhood! The battle between sanity and sleepless nights, the juggling act of guilt and joy, the mystifying maze of decisions... And along this whirlwind adventure sometimes all we...

This sensory bath book magically changes colour when dipped in water! Spark your baby's imagination and make bath time awash with giggles with this fun version of peekaboo involving a...

Uncover the secrets of the past with the latest archaeological knowhow in Dig!, a scientific journey through millions of years of human history. Do you have a favourite history fact?...

So you think you know your golf?With over 500 questions to test every level of golfer, The Golf Quizbook is the ultimate examination of your golfing knowledge. We all know...

Discover your new favourite treat with 50 delicious recipes inspired by your adorable Squishmallows. Squishmallows: The Official Baking Bookis the only place you will find delights such as:Cam's three-colourdough cookies...

Travel to Planet Drag and explore the styles, influences, artists and events that have made the art of drag so outrageously popular in 15 countries around the world. Exquisitely styled...

From the author of the bestselling Oi Frog! comes an absurdly funny and heart-warming lift-the-flap picture book about two best friends, who just happen to be giraffes. Meet Torla, the...

An intriguing investigation into over 50 elusive artworks that were stolen and never recovered. Mona Lisa, Starry Night, Birth of Venus. People travel for hundreds of miles to observe these...

Confront your biases to change the world! Do The Work is a sharp workbook by educator Professor Roxane Gay and writer Megan Pillow, who discuss those with power and those...

Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of...

Jean le Flambeur is out of prison, but still not free. To pay his debts he has to break into the mind of a living god. But when the stakes...

A passionate retelling of a haunting myth, a tragic romance that echoes through the ages. The moment I saw her face. The moment I heard her siren song . ....

THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY MURDER. WHICH ONE WILL MAKE THE CUT? You saw her die Thirty years ago, one of Ben Knott's schoolfriends was murdered. Another went to...

The day they moved in was a memorable one for me. Not because of them, for I couldn't know what they were to bring into my life, but because of...

The day they moved in was a memorable one for me. Not because of them, for I couldn't know what they were to bring into my life, but because of...

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Songlight is an extraordinary debut from a renowned screenwriter. A cinematic masterpiece in storytelling, the explosive first book in the Torch trilogy is the hottest...

Richard Ayoade edits and introduces this defining work of the great midcentury visionary of stage and screen -- rediscovered and republished by Faber & Faber. Comprising Hughes's monumental works for...

Three's a crowd. Emmett and Joel are half-brothers, but they couldn't be more different: Emmett is single and working in a vast Cargo Distribution Centre in Kentucky, while Joel is...

From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Demon Copperhead : a true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 - now available for the first...

'This thrilling adventure has it all! A huge heart, a fantastic plot and an irresistible superhero. I was swept away into Jed Greenleaf's world of magical oak forests, dastardly villains...

From a master of contemporary Indian fiction, an expertly crafted and taut family drama, set over the course of four days. 'Extraordinary.' Geetanjali Shree 'A writer of rare and wonderful...

The iconic classic in a luxurious anniversary edition, with a foreword by Stephen King. 'There aren't any grown-ups anywhere.' A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are...

Packed full of atmosphere and deliciously gothic detail, the first in a brand-new adventure series: when three cousins discover they're descendants of Dracula, they combine their powers to form the...

This illustrated young adult edition of a bold novel is one of defiance and bravery. As beautifully crafted as it is heartwrenching, this love story transcends time and generations. People...

Kinga is a woman who is just trying to make it through the week. There's a Kinga for every day: on Mondays, you can catch Kinga A deleting food delivery...

"Everything is always topsy-turvy here," he said. A small town in the Ural mountains is the backdrop to the heartbreak and joys of a Russian-Jewish family, witnessing romance and illness,...

The second of the three greatest novels by the era-defining Nobel laureate , reissued for a new generation. Nothing is more real than nothing. Malone, a decrepit old man, lies...

Introducing the explosive first book in the Torch Trilogy - the hottest release of the decade! *LONGLISTED BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2025* *NOMINATED CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025* 'Hard-hitting, imaginative, wide-ranging.' GUARDIAN 'A...

**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'There is a warmth and a humanity in Aciman's prose that enraptures with its slow, easy embrace.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Aciman's evocation...

From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name 'Aciman writes with an aching sensitivity.' JOHN BOYNE 'You don't so much read Andre Aciman's novels as tumble...

'There's a horse', he whispered. 'An old horse that's standing in front of my house. He's blind and he won't eat and I don't know what to do.' Sixty-five-year-old Al...

Danny McGee goes to the seaside with his sister and makes a bet that he can drink the sea all up! And he does. He drinks it all through a...

'Remarkable . . . grippingly and humanely recounted.' PHILIPPE SANDS, author of The Last Colony WINNER OF THE 2023 RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD The story of leprosy is the...