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Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be...

The knowledge, resources and computing power of billions of people are self-organizing into a massive, new collective force. Interconnected and orchestrated via blogs, wikis, chat rooms, peer-to-peer networks, and personal...

Saskia and Jenny - twins - are alike in appearance only. Saskia is a grad student with a single-minded focus on her studies, while Jenny is glamorous, thrill-seeking, and capricious....

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: NATURE AND TRAVEL When Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage...

A wonderful interactive insight into castle life. Visit a stunning stone castle and be transported back in time in this carefully curated flap book. With highly detailed illustrations, entertaining, informative...

A swashbuckling sticker book filled with exciting scenes of life on the high seas. Join a motley pirate crew on their adventures in this buccaneering activity book. Fill the pages...

All you need is scissors and glue to create all kinds of exciting vehicle pictures in this cutting and sticking book. Children are invited to cut out shapes from the...

'Brilliantly written, probing and necessary' PANDORA SYKES 'Skinner goes in search of a different way of life . . . a sensitive and colourful account' New Statesman Includes a brand...

'An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world.' -Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems? 'A smart and insightful read that will...

"The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the air. The Fighters...

Meet Sofie. The history of her sexuality begins when she loses her virginity to Walter the recruitment consultant. So, naturally, she thought that things could only improve from there. But...

In the swinging 1960s, after nearly a century of colonisation, Cambodia had gained its independence and was ready to rock. Young musicians from the countryside flocked to the vibrant cosmopolitan...

The book takes an in-depth look at the East Coast Main Line-King's Cross to Edinburgh-between 1939 and 1959. This is carried out in a series of chapters. In the first...

Max Jackson, a New Zealander living and lecturing in Paris, has a complicated arrangement with his estranged French wife, Louise. In love with his younger Sorbonne colleague Sylvie, he finds...

Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut college boy who entered outlaw culture on a university trip to Mexico, he saw his search for a joint morph into...

In this seventh installment of the Pup Detectives graphic novel series, the sleuths must foil an art heist! In the world of priceless paintings, one name threatens to huff and...

It may be difficult to imagine today, but Arturo Toscanini-recognized widely as the most celebrated conductor of the twentieth century-was once one of the most famous people in the world....

Turner Raines is Mr Heartbreak. Everybody leaves him. They walk out, they run away. they die. When his oldest friend Mel Kissing dies with an ice pick through his skull,...

A magnificent look at the science of plants from the internationally bestselling and multi award-winning team behind Tiny , Lots and Grow . This tree doesn't look like it's doing...

'This gripping book is destined to become THE book about Andrew Tate' Jon Ronson 'This is the behind the scenes investigation of the world's most famous misogynist (and one of...

Radio 4's Book of the Week A Financial Times Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the Year Longlisted for the National...

Immerse yourself in the second book the Castles in their Bones series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Ash Princess series. 'A page-turner that brilliantly blends magic,...

The reality of war, in any period, is its totality. Warfare affects everyone in a society. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive analysis of eleventh century warfare as...

History abounds with unresolved puzzles and unanswered questions, none more so than that of the loss of the British Army's military chest during the retreat to Corunna in 1809. Sir...

Follow a party of adventurers and color in their journey as they visit taverns, fight off monsters, and save the day in this coloring book-meets-RPG adventure made just for tabletop...

'A rising star of Australian crime fiction ' S UNDAY TIMES 'S. R. White is the real deal.' CHRIS HAMMER, author of SCRUBLANDS One outback town. Two puzzling murders. Fifty...

Detective Kessler is a Washington, D.C. cop, sidelined to routine investigations. So it's a surprise when he's targeted by a 'lifter,' a person who 'lifts' information from people by whatever...

A boy. A girl. A bump. Trouble. A smart, touching and funny contemporary young adult book from an extraordinary new talent Hannah's smart and funny ... she's also fifteen and...

Be prepared for the dangerous and largely unknown risks that threaten your business and learn how to survive and thrive when uncertainty hits. Leaders today must navigate their teams and...

Dominating Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian policy for centuries - now, we are witnessing a genocide. The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought large-scale warfare to Europe, reshaped relations...

THE JUNE 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK! Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world. She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding...

Hector is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken all the passengers' money for a mechanic and have not returned....

'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES 'ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLER WRITERS OF OUR AGE' DAILY EXPRESS Paris, a misty night a few days before Christmas: a young woman...

He's my dark Romeo... but this isn't a love story. It was supposed to be a harmless kiss at a lavish debutante ball. A clandestine moment with a handsome stranger....

'A tangle of friends and family, secrets and longing set in the glorious Italian countryside. Escapism at its finest' - Veronica Henry 'A gripping, intriguing tale of family and love,...

This is the first essay collection on A Mirror for Magistrates, the most popular work of English literature in the age of Shakespeare. The Mirror is here analysed by major...

Brooding Vet For The Wallflower - Sue MacKay One stolen moment... to a lifetime? Beautiful vet Kate has feared rejection since a tragic incident left her scarred. Only when she...

'Michael Ledwidge is the real deal' JAMES PATTERSON 'Ledwidge knows how to keep readers' adrenaline pumping.' THE TIMES Hiding out off the grid on a trout stream in the middle...

When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Olso police headquarters it sends a shockwave through the city's in-crowd. Ziegler had lots of...

The Indianapolis Clowns were a black touring baseball team that featured an entertaining mix of comedy, showmanship, and skill. Sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball - though...

As a literary mode "lyric" is difficult to define precisely. While the term has conventionally been applied to brief, songlike poems expressing the speaker's interior thoughts critics have questioned many...

Widely regarded as the most important narrative of 17th-century New England, William Bradford's "Of Plimmoth Plantation" is one of the founding documents of American literature and history. In this study,...

Immerse yourself in the black seas of infinity that is Lovecraft's World like never before with these diverse cuisines inspired by its places, characters and a pantheon of alien deities....

Rome may be the Eternal City but it is constantly changing. So a new edition of the Eyewitness Travel Guide is especially welcome. While DK is best known for its...

Charlie loves the sea. He loves the seashells and the seahorses, the sharks and the stingrays, the crabs and the crayfish. He loves the gentle waves that creep up onto...

Modern and practical business lessons from Natasha Oakley, co-founder of Monday Swimwear and The Pilates Class. Do you have an idea for a business, but no clue where to start?...

'A spine-tingling, evocative crime thriller' The Australian Women's Weekly 'An absorbing and chilling tale' New Idea 'An atmospheric and beautifully written crime thriller that switches between 1949 and 2013, both...

'A truly delightful debut novel. Funny, moving, tender and wise, I ate up every delicious word' LIANE MORIARTY 'Warm and profound. I can't wait for everyone to read it' SALLY...