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Using the testimonies of the daughter, the villagers, detailed town hall records and most movingly - the soldiers' last letters - Ben MacIntyre reconstructs an extraordinarily story of love, duplicity...

Talented, well trained and confident in his own abilities and worth, Australia's first government architect was also hot-headed and tactless. Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minute reprieve,...

Observer's Best Art Book of the Year, 2018 In 2007, Bolton Crown Court sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic...

A Fortune Thanksgiving - Michelle Lindo-Rice This Fortune's Thanksgiving table is about to get a little bigger... Rancher Nash Fortune can't believe his eyes during his unexpected reunion with the...

From the Foreword: This book is for all of us, because we all hunger to be more, to have more and to impact more. Paul J. Meyer has made it...

When a fleeting moment leads to an unforgettable journey. Secret Fling - Michelle Douglas The thrill of falling... After a humiliatingly public breakup, actress Cleo dives onto a boat to...

When Eddy the goldfish takes a leap of faith to be closer to his new friends, his perspective of the world widens in unexpected ways. A funny story about building...

This is the inspiring account of a family s struggle to break into their son's autistic world - and how a dog made the real difference. Dale was still a...

It's the final day of school holidays and the only thing Simon Sidebottom wants to do is enjoy his last hours of freedom. But Simon's mum has other plans, and...

Before Downton Abbey , there was Abingdon Pryory... The third installment in Phillip Rock's trilogy that came alive with The Passing Bells and continued with Circles of Time, begins with...

What is it about Australia that makes it so prone to fires? Have humans made things worse, or better? Is it possible to live in the Australian bush but be...

Want to be an astronaut or a rocket scientist? - 50 brilliant stories of women who have blazed the way for space travel. From small steps to giant leaps, A...

The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness...

John Perkins' controversial expose', Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, became an international word-of-mouth sensation, a long-running New York Times bestseller, sold over 20000 copies in Australia and NZ. But...

A group of children use an abandoned shed in the fields near their apartment block as a summer hang-out. Three boys and two ten-year-old girls. Lazily, in the stifling heat,...

In this delightful garden memoir, Paul Gervais recounts the challenges, elations, setbacks and revelations that accompanied the process of making an acclaimed garden out of the sprawling, overgrown grounds of...

An incredible and brilliant coming-of -age drama set at the turn-of-the-century in the USA and based on a real murder. When Mattie is given the letters by a guest at...

The large house gecko, called tokek, is regarded as a lucky talisman by the Indonesians. When its 'Toke' resounds in the night, they count how many times it calls, both...

Created specifically for fans of Japanese 'cool culture,' A Geek in Japan is one of the most iconic, hip, and concise cultural guides available. Reinvented for the internet age, it...

It is Richmond, 1806. Miss Dido Kent has developed rather a taste for mysteries. Having solved the riddle of her niece's missing fiance and the body in the bushes at...

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries seances and spiritualist meetings grew in popularity. One 'ghost' appeared more than any other, the Katie King spirit. A Ghost's Story presents the mysterious...

When we look at a painting hanging on an art gallery wall, we see only what the artist has chosen to disclose--the finished work of art. What remains mysterious is...

Horrid Henry's evil plans so often go awry - and every child in the country loves hearing about them! The three books in this collection include twelve of the classic...

Cosy up at the Comfort Food Cafe for a romance that isn't just for Christmas... 'You'll devour this book in one go' Woman's Weekly 'As cosy as a buttered crumpet'...

100 budget-busting, easy and delicious recipes from an internet sensation Jack Monroe is a cash-strapped single parent living in Southend. When they found themselves with a shopping budget of just...

Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, is back for her fourth spine-tingling adventure! For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton. It's 1939 and war has broken out. Everything has...

"A Girl Called Karen" is one woman's shocking yet inspirational story of sexual abuse at the hands of her father, and later, her foster father. Despite the trauma and anguish...

'A captivating tale of love and loss and finding connection in the most unexpected places' Nikki Marmery, author of On Wilder Seas A lyrical and atmospheric homage to the strange...

The companion novel to Last One Home , International bestselling author brings us another thoughtful and emotional read. How do you move on after your life has fallen apart? When...

" A Girl's Guide to Personal Hygiene is everything I never knew I wanted: a disgusting, hilarious, and honest book that pays tribute to the female body and all of...

Joy Randall is a girl with big expectations and an even bigger love for vampire romance novels. Unsuccessful so far in her quest to find her soulmate, Joy can't say...

In a not quite mid-life crisis, Jacquie and Sarah - fancying themselves a bit rugged - head off to Africa in search of the deepest, darkest bits they'd seen on...

In A Girl's Story , her latest book, Annie Ernaux revisits the summer of 1958, spent working as a holiday camp instructor in Normandy, and recounts the first night she...

SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 'I loved this book . . . incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles 'A treasure of a book' Fern Britton 'Full of beauty,...

As President of the World Bank for a decade, James Wolfensohn tackled global poverty and its consequences with a passion and energy that made him a uniquely important figure in...

Summer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands of miles away a...

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD AND BESTSELLING LITERARY PAPERBACK OF 2016- NOW INCLUDING AN EXCLUSIVE SAMPLE FROM KATE ATKINSON'S NEW NOVEL TRANSCRIPTION. WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL...

An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210 . Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died...

The hardest lies to spot are the ones we tell ourselves. Dr Ruth Hartland rises to difficult tasks. She is the director of a highly respected trauma therapy unit. She...

A rich, ambitious first novel of a Midwestern family buffeted by change, A Good Family is perfect for book group discussions. Hard-charging Chicago sales executive Henry Brunson has long been...

A brilliantly warm-hearted NEW series from Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward, full of high school longing, friendship, footy matches, and dreams to change the world! It's funny how your life...