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One of Galileo's fingers is in a museum in Florence, Napoleon's severed penis is in the hands, as it were, of an American urologist. And the brain of the greatest...

This authoritative and beautiful bookprovides essential information on preparing storing and cooking potatoes, opening with an alphabetical index of varieties available world-wide and a selection of delicious techniques both traditional...

When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their mother have to move from their comfortable London home...

These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes...

Introduction and Notes by James Fowler, Senior Lecturer in French, University of Kent. The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of...

This text profiles all the principle heritage railways of Britain and Ireland. It is divided into seven regional chapters. Each entry provides a history of the railway, a description of...

'A tale of love and abuse that is as powerful as it is elegant - and it grips like a vice, too' - IAN RANKIN When danger lies in the...

The fifth book in a series of books that provide purpose-driven outcomes in support of some of the most talked about subjects in life today, Purposeful Discussions demonstrates the relationship...

BING-BONG! went Dax the dachshund's doorbell. Who could that be so early in the morning? Answer the door with Dax to discover who is there ... and why! Packed with...

A celebration of all that is neat about tequila. Following hot on the heels of whisky, vodka and gin, tequila has become the latest spirit to be revolutionised, gentrified, and...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The inspirational memoir from the founder of the You, Me and the Big C podcast, Rachael Bland. Courageous and life-affirming, this is a mother's final gift...

Was mathematics invented or discovered? Why do we have negative numbers? How much math does a pineapple know? Think Like a Mathematician will answer all your burning questions about mathematics,...

This sumptuous and luxuriously produced volume gathers portraits, album covers, photographs of performances and rehearsals, rarely seen private moments, and candid snapshots of Prince, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of...

The brilliant debut novel from the New York Times -bestselling author of Pachinko . 'Ambitious, accomplished, engrossing... As easy to devour as a nineteenth-century romance' NEW YORK TIMES . Casey...

WHAT IF IT WAS SOMEONE YOU KNEW? 'Utterly engrossing . . . I lived inside this book for two days - and I'm still thinking about it. Superb !' Shari...

Inventive, electrifying and daring, True Story is a novel like nothing you've ever read before. After a college party, two boys drive a girl home: drunk and passed out in...

A stunning literary thriller from a talented debut author, Tanen Jones. If you loved GONE GIRL or THE GIRLS, you will love THE BETTER LIAR 'THE BETTER LIAR is the...

Beneath the water the body sank rapidly. Above her on dry land, the nightmare was just beginning. When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major...

Why read Sustaining Seas? It is as simple as this: the seas sustain all life. This edited book emerges from conversations across several disciplines, and including practitioners of different specialities...

People are naturally social, and social relationships have sustained the ways we interrelate to start and then finish our greatest achievements. Today, the ways we use technology have created a...

Do you want to improve your social-media profile? Learn how to express yourself through beautiful, artistic self-portraits with Take Your Selfie Seriously: The Advanced Selfie and Self-Portrait Handbook . Existing...

Time to read! Little ones will love the bright illustrations on every page of this beautiful picture book. The story of The Little Mermaid has been simply retold in a...

Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters . Available now....

There has never been anyone quite like Doddie Weir. His story is unique, inspirational and charged with his passion for living life to the full. As a player, Doddie had...

BEAUTY, BALANCE, LOVE. ARTIST LIBRA, FRIEND FOR LIFE. HIGH ROMANCE, FAIR PLAY. Who are you going to fall in love with next? What job should you really be in? When...

Houseplants offer the perfect solution to the urban dweller, lacking in space - indoor and outdoor. They are an easy and stylish way to transform the look and feel of...

The fast-paced and thrilling sequel to Don Winslow's epic drug novel, The Power of the Dog. __________________________ From the bestselling author of the acclaimed The Power of the Dog comes...

Gun Love is a hypnotic story of family, community and violence. Told from the perspective of a sharp-eyed teenager, it exposes America's love affair with firearms and its painful consequences...

The Sunday Times bestselling author is back, this time on a quest to find the world's rarest bees... 'Warmly entertaining...an endearing account of the search for rare bees' Guardian A...

'Wondering if Into the Water could be as good as The Girl on the Train ? It's better. A triumph.' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I Let You Go The...

What does a diplomat actually do? Ashton takes us behind the scenes of major crises in Libya, Iran and more to reveal how modern-day diplomacy really works. So much of...

The Perigord of sixteenth-century France is a wild region on the edge of the reaches of royal authority-its steep, forested valleys roamed by bands of brigands and gypsies, its communities...

Classic Treasury Bedtime Stories is brimming with timeless short stories that children will love by well-known authors such as Rudyard Kipling and L Frank Baum. Each tale has been specially...

DISAPPEARED introduces Celcius Daly, a Belfast Police Inspector laden with flawed judgment and misplaced loyalties. A retired detective vanishes... The wanderings of a man succumbing to dementia, or something more...

Are you ready to turn your ideas into reality and build a wildly successful business? There has never been a better time to say yes! With a computer and an...

Motivational speaker and consultant JB Glossinger thought he had found what he was looking for once he achieved a golden level of corporate success and financial freedom. But even as...

Building a business can be treacherous There is no safety net. Many start-ups fail within the first five years. One in three small businesses will cease to exist in the...

The Olympic Games is the world's biggest sporting extravaganza with athletes from more than 200 countries either attempting to qualify or actually competing in more than two dozen sports over...

Russell Brand wants YOU to join the revolution. /b> e all know the system isn't working. Our governments are corrupt and the opposing parties pointlessly similar. Our culture is filled...

The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons , bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James,...

12-year-old twins Matt and Emily Calder are Animare: they can bring art to life and enter paintings at will. They must do everything in their power to prevent a breach...

An Atonement for children-one of New Zealand's bestloved children's writers tells a morally complex story with a powerful ending. Bert wants nothing more than to be old enough to fight...

From AskMen senior editor and non-binary writer Alex Manley comes The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood , a guide for escaping the shackles of toxic...

"Maude Barlow is one of our planet's greatest water defenders." - Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine "This book is a blueprint for communities...