Frida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she'd left in the office. She would go get it. Harriet would be ...
'His first novel is a revelation ... the writing is vivid, serious and extraordinary ... wonderful' The TimesThe Sea is My Brother is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly afte...
The Second Great Dune Trilogy contains God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapter House Dune, and concludes the Dune Chronicles, one of the most influential SF series ever written.
A major book in the history of feminism, which, when it was first published in the 1950s, was considered a radical thesis. But its claim that the subordination of women is not a fact of nature but ...
A BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick and Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month, for fans of PANDORA, THE ESSEX SERPENT and THE NIGHT CIRCUS.'I just fell in love with it w...
Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed.They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from...
Then the vision of an enormous town presented itself, of a monstrous town...a cruel devourer of the world's light. There was room enough there to place any story, depth enough for any passion, vari...
Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.'What we did ...
A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan'Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all st...
‘Can old buildings, documents and objects, music and art take us back in time? Or, maybe, can the past and the present exist at the same time?’ If you are a reader aged 10 to ...
From the bestselling, award-winning author of Fun Home comes this Christmas's must-gift graphic novel.All her life, Alison Bechdel has searched for an elusive secret...The s...
I loved this fresh take on the gothic genre. Vivid, haunting, surprising' STACEY HALLS'A full-blooded gothic mystery with bite, great characterisation and heaps of atmosphere' EMMA STONEX
Now a major film starring Academy Award nominees Jim Broadbent (Iris) and Charlotte Rampling (45 Years). Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. Tony Webster and his clique first met Ad...
Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always — always — guard your heart.The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire ki...
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Lucinda Riley’s iconic bestselling series, with this dazzling paperback edition of The Seven Sisters – with a new foreword from Lucinda's son, Harry Wh...
The Seven Sisters is a sweeping epic tale of love and loss by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley.Maia D’Aplièse and her five sisters gather together at t...
Reveal the secret symbol that haunts Henry and Linette when you take off the book jacket. Available on first printing of THE SHADOW KEY only. There's something mysterious about the vill...
THE GREATEST SAGAS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD.A century has passed since the gods fought and drove themselves to extinction. Now only their bones remain, promising great power to those brave ...
Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as Cathy ...
The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone' Michael Hoffman.Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated Americ...