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How much heavier was Thackeray's brain than Walt Whitman's? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes…

Updated with new material, The C Word is the incredibly moving, darkly humorous account of one woman's fight against breast…

On 3 September 1939, the Prime Minister declared that Britain was at war with Nazi Germany. Thousands of young women, many…

Describes various events in the life of an obsessive fan and wannabe writer. From Player's Navy Cut to Gitanes, boating…

The author sets in context the changes that have overtaken Britain in a forty-year period. He debates the issues he believes…

Candid, emotional, optimistic, and inspiring, this autobiography of the man all fans of the game know simply as Roy Race aka…

When ten-year-old Rainey Teague disappears on his way home from school in idyllic Niceville, Detective Nick Kavanaugh traces…

Jake's hasty departure from her life proved that a) godmothers are cleverer than they look and b) the only thing reliable…

The second book in a trilogy that will bridge the events of the hugely popular New Jedi Order series, which has sold four…

The years 1953-54 marked the conquests of 2 unattainable peaks - Mt Everest and the Four Minute Mile. This is the story of…

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Thea's investigation hits a dead end until one day, her father, the founder of a cutting edge medical centre, opens his eyes…

Half the world's languages are threatened with extinction over the next century, as English and the rest of the world's top…

Owen Archer, ex-soldier and spy, is preparing to depart Wales, his work for John of Gaunt completed. Increasingly desperate,…

• Rok vydání 1984

In 1984, Jolene Iolas, a student in upstate New York, encounters Martin Sloane's work while visiting a Toronto gallery.…

On a narrow cobbled street in a northern mill town young Harry Bernstein and his family face a daily struggle to make ends…

For the crew of the Keiko, their stay at the Grand House casino on New Samara was supposed to be a well-deserved rest. It…

When Elena Gorokhova arrives in America, the only link back to her Russian past is a suitcase filled with twenty kilograms…

One is the odyssey of Jedi Grand-Master-in-Exile Luke Skywalker and his son Ben, as they travel from one world of non-Jedi…

COPPER KINGDOM is set at the turn of the century in the South Wales town of Sweyn's Eye - the old name for Swansea, where…

When Lisa Gee's six-year-old daughter, Dora, goes to an open audition for the West End production of The Sound of Music,…

As Jacen struggles with the loss of many supporters and almost all his friends and loved ones in his bid to rule the galaxy,…

Paul Sculthorpe is the man who was born to be a superstar. Touted as a future Great Britain skipper before he even played…

One night a young couple sneak onto the estate of wealthy Lydia Blessing and leave a box in the driveway. In the box is a…

• Rok vydání 2013

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013An unsettling exploration of manipulation and power between a middle-aged…

The third of three related novels starring Jedi Jax Pavan, droid I-5YQ, and journalist Den Dhur during the time directly…

Gorgeous, sharp, and anything but shy, Chelsea loves men... Lots of them. This work chronicles Chelsea's romps through the…

Daniel Metcalfe journeys through the five 'stans, as well as Pakistan and Afghanistan, and brings to life the brilliant…

Luke Skywalker's judgement is clouded by grief, even as he faces his most momentous decision since becoming Grand Master of…

Many of our favourite brands now openly espouse 'ethical' credentials, so how is it that they can import billions of pounds'…

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Spring 1913, and seventeen-year-old Evie Murphy is leaving her native Ireland for the city of Liverpool with her baby…

In this enthralling historical detective story, the authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail trace the flight after 1309…

Follows the fortunes of five men at the centre of the ultra-fashionable Clermont Set: the Clermont Club's eccentric founder…

Edward the Second's first act on coming to the throne is to recall Piers Gaveston from exile, and the new king's devotion to…

At forty-five, successful businessman Peter Robinson gave up his comfortable life in London to ordain as a Buddhist monk in…

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When a man is found in the middle of Alfreton Road in the early hours one Sunday morning, stark naked and bleeding heavily…

SACRIFICE is the fifth book in the 9-book Legacy of the Force series, a bold new Star Wars story arc for fans of the New…

• Rok vydání 1938

The new Christmas bestseller from Katie Flynn; the UK's bestselling saga authorLiverpool 1938It's Christmas in the Courts,…

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As a heatwave blazes in Stockholm, a series of women are found brutally murdered and the Criminal Investigation Department…

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But his latest mission - to free a prisoner codenamed Maras and bring her back onto US soil within forty-eight hours - is…

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The compelling new thriller in the high-octane series featuring British CIA agent Ryan Drake. Perfect for fans of David…

Starting in Roman times and continuing right up to the present day, this book explains how Spitalfields' streets evolved,…

Snow and Steel will be a huge reassessment of Hitler's last great throw of the dice: 'The Battle of the Bulge', the battle…

Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest…

Benjamin Britten was the greatest English composer of the twentieth century and one of the outstanding musicians of his age.…

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The quaint little seaside town of Granitehead seemed like a perfect place for John and Jane Trenton to start their life…

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Three classic Ruth Rendell stories in one bumper trade paperback volume. They are: }Means Of Evil, The Fallen Curtain{ and…

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When Professor Allan Grant is found stabbed to death, all the evidence points to an obsessed student, 21-year-old Laurie…

The House on the Hill was once their happy family home, regularly featured in the newspaper lifestyle sections and in Pen's…