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'I just devoured this spectacular story in one sitting... a future classic if I've ever read one' - Laura Noakes, author of Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star No one wanted...

When magic is outlawed, can one shapeshifter find the strength to fight for both her lives? The shifting of shape grew upon her as she grew. As slow and stealthy...

'Lets us see how power really worked, in public and private ... Stothard tells this story superbly' Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES 14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A...

'As lovely as a burst of bright bluebells' Sunday Express 'Technicolor' Daily Mail 'A moving exploration of the complex relationship between mothers and daughters' Observer ' A poignant tale of...

'I am a mess of tears on the train. Can't remember the last time a book broke my heart so much...' ( Lucy Dillon on Away from You ) Perfect...

*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023* 'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY 'A radical vision for how we might do things better '...

'The definitive chronicle of changing times for so many who love the sport' Ian Herbert, Daily Mail 'The Yearbook stands for authority and integrity' Martin Tyler 'The first reference book...

'Warm, romantic and funny' Katie Fforde Jo Thomas's new novel invites you to a special cherry orchard in Spain, where sunshine, romance and family secrets are the order of the...

JACK LARK: SOLDIER, LEADER, IMPOSTER. The third book in the gripping military adventure series for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Matthew Harffy and Simon Scarrow. 'Paul Collard has become one of...

Fact: most people would rather die than present in public. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 75% of people rank fear of speaking in public as their number-one...

Many of the academic refugees Esther Simpson helped rescue are well remembered. But who was she and why has history forgotten her? This is the story of Esther Simpson, a...

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS OVERCOMING YOUR CHILD'S FEARS AND WORRIES Does your child suffer from fears and worries that affect their behaviour or keep them awake at night? Fears and worries...

'An epic tale' SIMON SCARROW 'Exciting, immersive, well researched and great fun.' GILES KRISTIAN 'Harrowing and totally gripping' LEONORA NATTRASS 'Historical fiction has never been more visceral' JAMES ROLLINS NAPOLEON:...

'Wonderfully warm and funny' Cathy Woodman, bestselling author of Trust Me I'm A Vet Will is a Yorkshire lad, through and through. He's in his element when he's outside in...

'Terrific entertainment' -- STEPHEN KING on Thomas Mullen's Darktown A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in World...

From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in 2012 and on to Brexit, an insightful exploration of...

Jenny and her friends - the Spellcasters - are excited about helping Aunt Connie in the Spellcroft community garden. But everything's going wrong ... plants are dying, and the lake...

A collection of all ten Ghosts of the Shadow Market stories about characters from Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Shadowhunters series. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves,...

The enchanting international bestseller is the perfect gift for a loved one. Guess How Much I Love You has sold over 60 million copies worldwide! This gorgeous picture book has...

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution-leading to the violent attack on the Capitol...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Finlay Donovan is irresistible!' JANET EVANOVICH 'I adore everything about it . . . the perfect blend of mystery and romcom' ALI HAZELWOOD Finlay...

'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever ) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid. Early in the Covid-19...

Vito Ciancimino - Don Vito da Corleone - spent forty years in the grip of death, mafia, politics, business deals and the secret service. Don Vito recounts years of previously...

How Many Cats Have You Killed? by Mick Herron and Strangers in a Pub by Martin Edwards from Ten Year Stretch are longlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger Twenty...

Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage, both seeking solace after the recent, traumatic events in Gidleigh. Together they travel across Europe...

DISCOVER THE GORGEOUS NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING BOOK CLUB CHAMPION Tucked away on the Cornish coastline and brimming with history, Roseland seemed to belong to another century...

In a choose your own adventure story, the reader must decide what to do when an alien demands a mysterious blue box in return for not killing the reader's character's...

The Island with No-Name, a four-day eastward sail from Chennai, and 170 miles west of the Ten Degree Channel, has been bypassed by the Age of Discovery. Unlike her equally...

Two lonely, lived-in, thirty-somethings. One boring wedding. One heated encounter in a quiet cloakroom. It s not exactly the recipe for love. And John and Jane s time in a...

Beautiful Trinity Yeager's mission- join Nathan August's star-hopping team of mercenary soldiers. With one condition- Trinity must prove her resilience as a lover for him and his first officer, Sebastian...

In War at the Top of the World, veteran foreign correspondent Eric Margolis presents a revelatory history of the complicated and volatile conflicts that entangle one of the most beautiful...

This text is a history of the information revolution. Paul Levinson historian and philosopher of media and communications, gives us more than just a history of information technologies. This is...

Philosophy of Mathematics is an excellent introductory text. This student friendly book discusses the great philosophers and the importance of mathematics to their thought. It includes the following topics: *...

The experience of colonization and the challenges of the post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a...

A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation 'The play has been flooded with light, like a room with the curtains drawn back' John Peter,...

Hedda is an intelligent and ambitious woman, trapped in the stifling environment of a bourgeois 19th-century marriage. When writer Eilert Loevborg, an old flame returns to Hedda's life with a...

The extraordinary new adventure from the #1 "New York Times"- bestselling author. Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the...

The thrilling new adeventure from the #1 "New York Times"- bestselling author. Clive Cussler's tales of the Oregon and its crew-"the clever, indefatigable Juan Cabrillo and his merry band of...

Lean, speedy and packing a wallop of a plot twist was Publishers Weekly's verdict of Steve Martini's The Jury, Now Martini crafts yet another legal nail-biter featuring perennial favorite attorney...

It is the early days of World War II, and two brothers find themselves on opposite sides. Max and Harry Kelso were born in the United States of a German...

The stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way children-and adults-learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, H...

Nominated for the National Book Award, this book is set in colonial Massachusetts where, in 1704, a French and Indian war party descended on the village of Deerfield, abducting a...

A self-described "desert rat" who rocketed to fame at the age of twenty-two, Bill Mauldin used flashing black brush lines and sardonic captions to capture the world of the American...

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman's exploration of the extraordinary creative genius of the mind's eye "has many virtues, of which sheer intellectual excitement is the foremost" ( Nature ). Hoffman explains...