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Around 100 finely-detailed photographs of Lancashire feature in this collection from the world-famous Frith archive, with extended captions to pictures and a full introduction.

'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite...

The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of...

That was quite a victory. Lance Armstrong, winner of the 1999 Tour de France. In 1992, at age 21, he was a brash neo-professional from Texas. In October 1996, at...

A tense and passionate novel about choices, obsession, destiny and power The sea rose. Civilisation was wiped out, countries drowned. Out of the ashes of a desperate refugee camp, a...

"It is not the land that is dangerous, Callen. The danger lies in your heart. Others have lost their lives searching for the bridge. Are you certain you are prepared...

When she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish to explore the mysterious forests and mountains...

This is it: the final battle. On one side is the evil Victor Grindall and his horrific leader, the imprisoned Abaddon. On the other side is a girl named Alexa,...

A gripping action thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of Ultimate Weapon. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this gripping, no-holds-barred, all-action thriller...

Take up the quest in the hilariously epic second installment of the How to be a Hero series, from Cat Weldon, illustrated by Katie Kear. Welcome to the Land of...

'One of my favourite books by one of my favourite Argentinian authors' Samanta Schweblin, author of Little Eyes Dazzling and hallucinatory, the stories collected here recall the masters of magical...

A thrilling and dangerous adventure though the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh-a mountainous area in to the far north-eastern corner of India-one of the world's least explored regions. Arunachal Pradesh-meaning...

The quarter-century since 1990 has witnessed an unprecedented economic performance by Australia. It stands as an extraordinary world achievement.A prospering economy in an era in which the rest of the...

An elegant new action manga for fans of Sailor Moon and the litany of comics and animation that it inspired, Land of the Lustrous is set in a far future...

The Whanganui River at the turn of the twentieth century is a busy thoroughfare, taking sightseers through the spectacular landscape by paddle steamer and acting as highway for the sparse...

The captivating, quirky and heartwarming new novel from the bestselling author of ELEANOR & PARK. Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it's been in trouble for a...

Million-copy bestselling author Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain Raynor knows that her husband Moth's health is declining,...

NOTABLE BOOK: 2025 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers SHORTLISTED: 2024 Best Children's Fiction, Aurealis Awards SHORTLISTED: 2025 Children's Book of the Year, BookPeople Awards A hero fights against...

' A culture of food and friendship flows through my veins. This is the culture of the subcontinent, where a curry leaf tree grows in the garden of just about...

A wide-ranging history of the intellectual developments that produced the modern idea of the algorithm. Bringing together the histories of mathematics, computer science, and linguistic thought, Language and the Rise...

This work is a contribution to the philosophy and psychology of language. The first part develops the author's theory of congruence of meaning which is a generalization of the standard...

From the A of The Scarlet Letter to the Z of Zorro, this is a fascinating work that unlocks the mystery behind each letter in the alphabet. Illustrations.

As computers become more widely used in schools, it is clear that they have the potential to redefine the scope of the language curriculum. But for this potential to be...

'The Languages of Light: A Creative Approach to Residential Lighting' is both a beautiful and informative introduction to understanding light and its qualities, as these inform residential buildings, garden lighting...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2019 Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived...

TO FLEE FROM ONE LIFE TO FIND ANOTHER CAN BE EXCITING... BUT WILL IT BE MORE THAN SHE IMAGINED...? Struggling with the death of her boyfriend, Summer leaves a life...

Losing your religion is harder than it looks ... From devout ten-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming, undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her...

No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the "AP Stylebook". However, this not-so-easy-to-use reference of journalistic style is often not up-to-date and leaves reporters...

Brace yourself for Lapvona- a rollercoaster ride of depravation and perversion in the singular new novel from Ottessa Moshfegh, author My Year of Rest and Relaxation Welcome to Lapvona. In...

In a quiet Wiltshire village, Larch Tree Lane winds slowly up a gentle hill.Among the residents is Maggie Hatherall, full of life despite her advancingyears, who worries what she is...

'Mysterious, wondrous, captivating' Louis de Bernieres 'We need the courage to choose ourselves' W. H. Auden It's early summer when a young poet, Dora Fielding, moves to Helensburgh on the...

A chunky puzzle book packed with challenging brain-training puzzles!

A chunky puzzle book packed with Sudoku puzzles!

FRENCH-ENGLISH ENGLISH-FRENCH Entirely revised and updated, this is the most affordable and complete French-English English-French dictionary of its kind. Now easier to read and access, with more than 50,000 definitions,...

Larrimah: hot, barren, a speck of dust in the centre of the nothingness of outback Australia. Where you might find a death adder in the bar and a spider or...

What happens in Vegas doesn't necessarily stay in Vegas and the proof is in this lively and entertaining compilation of stories chronicling decades of decadence, celebrity shenanigans and political corruption,...

From Las Vegas to Melbourne, from Europe to a doomed airplane in mid-flight, from a seedy motel to the local bookstore, the true setting of these stories is the human...