Although China's great empire lasted for longer than any other, no country has suffered so great an imbalance between the fame of its art and obscurity of its history. The names of the great dynast...
Every detail is accurate -because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton. The drama and action never stop -because the other author is James Patterson. Mat...
The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly...
‘A remarkable story beautifully told… Among such classics as Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist‘ Chicago TribuneCarrying lit...
Press the big button to hear the sound of magical jingle bells! It's the most magical time of the year, so Peppa and her friends are having a special Christmas concert at playgroup.
In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?All around...
Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat; he has seen how individuals and organizations, too often and to great cost, fail to mitigate r...
Deputy Stuart Kofer is a protected man. Though he’s turned his drunken rages on his girlfriend, Josie, and her children many times before, the police code of silence has always shielded him.<...
Keynote:The much-anticipated final journey in the story of Felix, hero of Morris Gleitzman's multi-award-winning Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now.It's fifteen years since re...
There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the ...
Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari!All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Train...
This gorgeous little gift book from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the perfect way to say, 'I Love You, Dad!'Dad . . . you're easy to talk to . . . even when I am feeling prickly . . . ...
The Sonnets explore many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy. They ache with unfulfilled longing, and, for many, they are the most complete and moving meditations on...
In the wake of Yrica Quell's shocking decision-and one of the fiercest battles of their lives-the remnants of Alphabet Squadron seek answers and closure across a galaxy whose old war scars are thre...
'Horst is brilliant on the day-to-day details of investigation, while keeping tension to the end' SUNDAY TIMESIf you loved Wallander, meet Wisting - your next Scandi crime obsession . ....
Cnut, or Canute, was King of England for nearly 20 years, dying in Dorset in 1035. A formidable figure, Cnut is one of the great 'what ifs' in English history. The culmination of a long period of V...
The epic sequel to the bestselling TikTok sensation We Hunt the Flame!This is YA fantasy at it's best. Lush, hopeful and devestating, We Free the Stars is Hafsah Faizal's spellbinding c...
One day, Moomin sees something in the water. It is small and white. It is a beautiful star! Moomin can make a wish. What does he ask for?Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of t...
Brideshead Revisited is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War.The most ...
Henry Chinaski is a lowlife loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post ...