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This memoir takes in three generations of Margaret Forster's family, beginning with her grandmother, who took to her grave the secrets of the first 23 years of her life. The...

Sometimes it's possible to want something too much. That's when you risk losing what you have. Sam and Lucy seem like the perfect couple. Successful, happy and in love. But...

The stunning new novel from Owen Sheers - as heard on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. Shortlisted for the Prix Femina Etranger 2015The event that changed all of their...

The state of the nation has changed. With much of the country now underwater, assets and weapons seized by the government - itself run by the sinister Authority - and...

The second son of a minor Essex landowner, John Hawkwood chose to head south in 1360 after serving as a captain in the Black Prince's wars against France. He and...

Yearning, anticipation, excitement, passion fulfilled...'The Nation's Favourite Poems of Desire' brings together 100 poems exploring the nature of love and longing. Poets throughout history have sought to express the nature...

The new killer read from the author of Popcorn and Inconceivable One house. Ten contestants. Thirty cameras. Forty microphones. Yet again the public gorges its voyeuristic appetite as another group...

The Palmer sisters are close. They see each other often, for shopping trips and casual suppers. They care for one another's children and houses and pets through holidays and emergencies....

Becky Bloomwood goes to Hollywood! A fabulous Shopaholic novel by bestselling author Sophie Kinsella Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is in Hollywood! She's hanging out with celebs . . . or...

A biting social satire of one of the world's most popular cultural phenomena from the bestselling author of The First Casualty. Chart Throb.The ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls....

An explosive Liam Scott thriller from the bestselling author of BRAVO TWO ZERO, produced with assistance from soldiers in active service. Now available in paperback. KNOW YOUR ENEMY Liam Scott...

There are six puppies in the pet shop window; five posh pedigree puppies, and a scruffy little mongrel with a grand ambition - to be a guard dog. The other...

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the...

The bestselling novel. When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful...

The sensational new novel from the world's favourite author. Annie Ferguson was one of Manhattan's brightest young architects. But overnight she became mother to her sister's three orphaned children. It...

Five friends on life's journey of challenges, survival and love Five children meet on their first day of school, one bright September morning. Drawn by that magical spark of connection...

The electrifying new novel from the world's favourite author Assistant D.A. Alexa Hamilton has just been handed the kind of case that makes careers- the trial of accused serial killer...

Part of the Everyman series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times...

Best-selling author Urvashi Pitre is back with Air Fryer Revolution , the follow-up to her hit cookbook, Every Day Easy Air Fryer . In this all-new collection of 100 delicious...

Surrounded by the sweeping cliffs and beauty of Big Sur, California, Kate Powell treasures her life at Templeton Houseand the family who raised her like one of their own. Although...

For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, and Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden...

A woman wakes to find herself in a graveyard, hurt and bleeding, her memory wiped clean. She doesn't know what she's doing there - or even who she is. She...

For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, and Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden...

Those in Peril is the first in the gripping Hector Cross Novels, from Wilbur Smith, the author of When the Lion Feeds. "The thriller of the year" Daily Express Hazel...

A client, who was adopted, asks Precious Ramotswe to trace her biological family. But will her searches bring happiness or something rather different, something rather frightening?

An evocative and richly illustrated exploration of flowers and how, over the centuries, they have given us so much sustenance, meaning, and pleasure "From the meaning of carnations in Sex...

Make your summer special with Nora Roberts! RULES OF THE GAME Brooke Gordon's temperature is rising and it's not because of the steaming Los Angeles sun. Her latest job is...

'Compelling, clever and dark . . . you'll gobble it up in one go' Heat Magazine She knew everything about him - but the truth. Alice and Oliver Ryan seem...

Fancy minimising your meat intake this New Years but don't know where to begin? Modern Flexitarian has got you covered! Ethical meals and sustainable living have become hot topics in...

A practical guide full of sleep strategies to improve your overall wellness and specific health issues Make excellent sleep a life-changing reality for you - now. New science has revealed...

Practical guidance to explore the psychological function and meaning of dreams, and learn to unlock their power for self-improvement Explore the psychological function and meaning of dreams, and unlock their...

Thomson and Martinet's grammar reference book has become a classic, and one of the most widely-used books of its time. It is a useful source of reference for intermediate to...

This edition of one of Dickens's earlier novels is based on the accurate Clarendon edition of the text and includes the prefaces to the 1850 and 1867 editions and Dickens's...

In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write `a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club was born: its supposed `papers' soom outgrew...

Teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has a new mission - and this time, it's personal. Artemis's mother is dangerously ill, and the only way to find a cure is for...

*The film tie-in edition of John Green's witty yet heart-breaking tour de force. This edition of the multi-million #1 bestseller contains images from the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley...

Get ready, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is coming! Greg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney's ninth installment of the phenomenal bestselling...

Are you a trick-playing Twit? Or a heroic Roly-Poly Bird?There's a part to suit everyone and lots of useful ideas about costumes, props and sound effects. Make Mr twit eat...

Since her divorce a year ago, Kit Hargrove feels she has finally got her life back on track. Jane Green, author of the best-sellers Second Chance and Straight Talking, examines...

The agent Jojo, a high-flying literary agent on the up, has just made a very bad career move: she's jumped into bed with her married boss Mark... The bestseller Jojo's...

Charles Dickens' great depiction of Victorian London, revolving around the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce and laced with secrets, horrific crimes and love affairs, comes to the BBC this Autumn...

A seminal comic masterpiece of our time, now published for the first time in Penguin. The Monarchy Has Been Dismantled; When a Republican party wins the General Election, their first...

Reissued with a beautiful new jacket 'Could you tell me how to spell \"sex\" please?' Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school...

Appearing in the new Classics livery in for the the BBC adaptation of Cranford in 2004 Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on...