In the disreputable dance-halls and houses of accommodation of 1870's London, a boastful killer selects his prey. His crimes…

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In a cold, windswept field on the outskirts of Edinburgh, lies the brutally mutilated body of a young woman.…

In a small Kent town in the 1950s, a bewildered little girl is growing up. Ostracised because of her colour, she tries her…

Richard Littlejohn's cast of characters ­ including Two Jags, the Wicked Witch, Captain Hook and the Mad Mullah of the…

Date, eat, work, speak, dress, talk on your mobile, tip, text, take your children to eat out in any way you like as long as…

Los Angeles - Fritz Brown, ex-alcoholic private eye with a stained past, makes do with car repossessions and classical…

Will a shocking secret cause a rising star to fall?Valentine Fleming dreams of making it as an actress but after years of…

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and Michael Connelly's colourful and ironic 'Cielo Azul' shows how a nameless woman left dead on a Los Angeles hillside can…

When Mona Gray is ten, her father contracts a mysterious illness. When she becomes a maths teacher, Mona delights her pupils…

Bad Banks is a gripping account of the problems and scandals that continue to bedevil the world's banking system some eight…

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Detective Inspector Delaney is looking forward to spending Christmas with Kate Walker and his young daughter Siobhan, but…

And some - Rymer, Brocklebank, Stolbof - offer a hint of something just a little more exotic or esoteric. All are grist to…

Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania.'A tour de force not to be missed.' Willy Wo-Lap,…

The third novel in Cathy Woodman's hugely popular Talyton St George series. Each book in the Talyton St George series can be…

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When members of a secret American interrogation squad that was running a black site in Poland in 2007 and 2008 and had since…

William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, is bringing home the remains of Sir Ranulf Pagnell, patriarch of a powerful local…

At the beginning of Europe's turbulent seventeenth century, no one knew how the brain worked. By the century's close, the…

Jonathan Quinn, freelance operative and professional 'cleaner', is on a mission in Ireland - purely as an observer. But…

He has witnessed some of the greatest names in the sport producing some of their most dazzling performances - from…

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When the Japanese invaded Java during World War II, four-year-old Clara Kelly was sent to a women's camp with her mother and…

The STAR WARS epic continues its dazzling space odyssey in The New Jedi Order - as Luke and Mara, Leia and Han and others…

Luke Skywalker's daring mission to halt the Yuuzhan Vong's nefarious plot to overthrow the New Republic is struggling on all…

Beyond a Joke is a celebration of comedy - one of the modern world's most dominant and compelling art forms - but it is also…

• Rok vydání 1664

In 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris,…

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Spring 1792. Captain James Rennie is anxious to be active again after a year on the beach. Aboard the ship lies a secret…

The messages were coming in thick and fast. Coded messages that John Creevey should never have seen. But the messages were a…

Relationships are acutely observed - the delights and tensions of living together, cheating on one another and trying to…

Fay Parker is beautiful, successful - and worried she'll never find her perfect match. So when she meets a caring,…

'James Ellroy is a genius: the finest American crime writer since Raymond Chandler, and one of the most readable…

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His investigation leads him through the slums of Victorian London to the Holborn Refuge, a home for 'fallen women', and to…

Here is Aled Jones' selection of his favourite hymns, ranked from number one through to forty. Aled brings the hymns vividly…

SURVEILLANCE: discover the extent of Britain's network of databases spying on ordinary citizens, EXPENSES: read, for the…

'An enchanting debut' Woman's OwnNovember 1942Dear Elizabeth, I've got myself a new project, to cheer myself up a bit.…

Carmen Miller's ex husband's girlfriend is pregnant, her career as a comedy agent is going down the pan, she's made a fool…

The story continues, as Jacen solidifies his power in his bid to bring peace to the galaxy, and the Skywalker and Solo…

National Anthems have been sung for hundreds of years, inspired patriots and rebels, armies and athletes. Each one has its…

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…