'People associate us former royals with the usual things: images of grandeur-of pomp and splendour, of crowns and coronations . . . They conclude, generally, that to be royalty-even former royalty-is an enviable thing. Well.' Peeling back the layers of myth and innuendo surrounding...

Private detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is invited to address the Maiden Astbury literary society. The picturesque Dorset town is home to Bunnett's Brewery, run by the much disliked, and feared, Eustace Bunnett and shortly before Nigel's visit, Bunnett's dog Truffles, was found dead...

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds...

Rage. That's the feeling engulfing the car as Ellen's mother swerves over to the hard-shoulder and orders her daughter out onto the roadside. Ignoring the protests of her other children, she accelerates away, leaving Ellen standing on the gravel verge in her school pinafore...

Read the spicy romance that became a TikTok and Netflix sensationRaquel Álvarez has one goal - to become a psychologist. Well, that and to get Ares Hildago to notice her.For as long as Raquel can remember, she has been obsessed with Ares - her...

Read this masterful, generation-spanning love story, set in Austria as it recovers from one war and awaits the coming of another.'Wistful, yearning and wise' Elizabeth Day1914:and Aspiring journalist Anton arrives in Vienna where he meets Delphine, a woman of deep secrets. Anton is entranced...

Renowned and loved for her refreshing candour on everyday issues, social, domestic and intimate, Stacey Solomon reminds us how important it is to embrace ourselves; the good, bad and the ugly.Stacey's authenticity and her courage to say what others daren't opens discussions on sensitive...

Reports announcing the death of the book are now rife, but the continued relevance of the ten master writers discussed in this volume is proof to the contrary. Here we come across the dissident Czech writer Vaclav Havel, who later became the nation's president,...

Return to Sunnydale in a brand-new series byand New York Timesand best-selling author Kendare Blake, set in the world ofand Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Frankie Rosenberg wasn't yet alive when her mom, Willow, her aunt Buffy, and the original Scooby Gang destroyed the Hellmouth and...

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Three decades into Emperor Shah Jahan's reign, while the monarch indulges in the pleasures of the flesh to divert himself from the travails of his ageing body, the country is bracing itself for the brutal-and inevitable-war of succession to the Peacock Throne. At this...

Russian billionaire Dmitri Tupolev and a mystery Englishman agree to fix an important match in Russia's favour by intimidating the England goalie, Alex Finn. But Alex goes against their wishes. His punishment: an 'accidental' car crash and he's out of the return game in...

Sagittarius Tarot Forecasts 2018 unravels your future with the help of tarot cards. Know what's in store for you through the medium of Tarot, which foretells your destiny in love, health, wealth and career. Resolve the uncertainties of life by using the book as...

Scorpio Tarot Forecasts 2018 unravels your future with the help of tarot cards. Know what's in store for you through the medium of Tarot, which foretells your destiny in love, health, wealth and career. Resolve the uncertainties of life by using the book as...

Self-portraiture shows no sign of losing its ability to capture the public imagination. Given our current proclivity to snap and share selfies' in seconds, it is unsurprising to find a renewed interest in the genre among general audiences and students. Self-portraits have the power...

Set in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James's novel is a gripping, witty and romantic call to arms.Gabrielle is a climate-change activist who shoots to fame when she becomes the first teenager to display a supernatural ability to grow...

Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this coolly mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost generation who have experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age, in a world shaped by casual nihilism, passivity, and too much...

Set in turn-of-the-century New York, E.L. Doctorow'sand Ragtimeand seamlessly blends fictional characters and realistic depictions of historical figures to bring to life the events that defined American history in the years before the First World War. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction...

Sex. Murder. Shoes. A shockingly original and darkly decadent thriller.By day Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a London auction house. By night she's a hostess in one of the capital's unsavoury bars. Desperate to make something of herself, Judith knows she has...

SHE CAN SOLVE ANY MYSTERY BUT HER OWN!Trine Hampstead, The Mystery Girl, knows everything... except what gave her this uncanny ability!Trine Hampstead knows everything. Just knows it. Ask her a question like, 'Where are my keys?' or, 'Is my husband cheating on me?' or,...

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Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction She Has Her Mother's Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he...

Smart, sophisticated and suspenseful.'and HARLAN COBEN'Sleek, cunning and breakneck.'and MEGAN ABBOTT'Thriller writing at its absolute best.'and JEFFREY DEAVER'Top-tier.'and New York TimesFrom the top ten bestselling author ofand The Expats:and Kate Moore is back in a pulse-pounding thriller which takes place over the course of...

Something strange is in the air on this dark, cold night.The members of Fright Club are always ready to scare, but tonight Fran K. Stein has something else on his mind. He's busy making something, and the other monsters want to know what it...

Support for those embarking on an authentic spiritual search.Throughout his decades as a social activist and self-transformation teacher, as well as through his spiritual work with death row inmates, Pierre Pradervand noticed more and more people moving away from organized religion. He also realized...

Tarana Burke and Dr. Brene Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne...

Ten years out of Yale, with an extra degree from Oxford, and all Greg Marnier has to show for it is a rambling academic career that has landed him in Aberystwyth. At his college reunion, jetlagged and drunk, he runs into an old friend...

THE #1 FASTEST SELLING NON-FICTION BOOK IN THE UKSlimming-friendly food has never tasted so good; the must-have first cookbook from the UK's most visited food blog.Sharing delicious home-style recipes with a hugely engaged online community, Pinch of Nom has helped millions of people to...

The #1 Gallery calendar, with over 1.1 million copies sold. In detailed colour and black-and-white photographs, CAT captures the inherent elegance, inquisitiveness, and grace of its subject. Here are stunning portraits of cat breeds, exotic and familiar. A Bengal enchants with calm, copper-hued eyes....

The 2018 Verso Radical Diary and Weekly Planner is a beautifully designed week-to-view diary and planner where you can keep track of your coming year. Alongside illustrations, it features significant dates in radical history, drawn from events such as the English Civil War and...

The 26 projects inand Little Learning Labs: Art for Kidsand will get children excited about creating fine art and help them discover their personal voice and style.Art for Kidsand is a well of inspiration for young artists interested in making their own fine art....

The 71st edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2018. As Joe Root leads England towards his country's 1000th Test this summer, there are comprehensive Test match records and career records,...

The acclaimed singer-songwriter unleashes her debut poetry collection, charged with her trademark lyricism and intelligence. Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I'm not sure what gave me the courage to open...

THE CELEBRATED SHORT STORY COLLECTION FROM THE AMERICAN POET AND WRITER OFTEN CALLED THE 'POET LAUREATE OF HARLEM'A black maid forms a close bond with the daughter of the cruel white couple for whom she works. Two rich, white artists hire a black model...

The confirmation of Dr. Irene Kennedy as the CIA's new director explodes into chaos when it becomes clear there is a deadly inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end her term. Meanwhile, as a dangerous world leader gains power in the nuclear arms...

'The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels.'So says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of...

The first time Veer set his eyes on Maia, he felt such an intense attraction that he was swept away by the magic. Strangely, Maia felt it too. Soon it became their lives. It was as if the only reality was this inexplicable force...

The Greek myths are so much part of our culture that we tend to forget how they entered it in the first place. Visual sources - vase paintings, engraved gems and sculpture in bronze and stone - often pre-date references to the myths in...

The highly acclaimed Graphic Canon series is back, bringing the same highly varied, unpredictable approach to classic works involving murderers, thieves, victims, private detectives, police, judges and jailors, not to mention con artists, spies and kings. In The Graphic Canon of Crime and Mystery...

The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Chinese. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to China and Chinese language and culture.Everyday words are arranged...

The incredible new book in Louise Penny's #1 bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache series.When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the Universite de l'Estrie in Quebec, he is dubious. Why ask the head of homicide...

The monk who taught the world mindfulness' TimeIn this masterful work, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today shares his wisdom on how to be the change we want to see in the world.In these troubling times we all yearn...

The most visually dynamic book of facts and figures around, Top 10 of Everything continues to amaze and inform. This new edition takes a fresh look at the universe, revealing jaw-dropping facts about machines, animals, sports, music, space, epic structures and more. A range...

The new bestseller from India's biggest selling novelist A bittersweet love story for the Nineties It seems like the perfect match. Maya is pretty, young, eager to escape her dull, middle-class home in Calcutta and plunge into the whirl of Bombay, where she moves...

The new novel from Salley Vickers, Sunday Times bestselling author ofand The Librarianand andand GrandmothersArtist, Hassie Days, and her sister, Margot, buy a run down Jacobean house in Hope Wenlock on the Welsh Marches. While Margot continues her London life in high finance, Hassie...

THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the Test of English as a Foreign Language with a full-length simulated TOEFL iBT test, audio sections available as streaming files, thorough reviews of core topics, and proven strategies for tackling...

The Sails Literacy Series is the perfect resource for Guided Reading and Writing, Reciprocal Reading and Independent Reading. The engaging visuals and subjects will motivate your students to read for pleasure and for information.The Sails Literacy Series develops: analytical thinking skills decoding and comprehension...

The story of a life. The story of the year.'Lessonsand shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers. He has written his masterpiece'and Daily TelegraphWhen the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended,...

The stunning conclusion to the instantand New York Timesand bestselling quartet that began withand The Beautiful.The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady truce between them has been broken, lines must be drawn. In an effort to protect...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings.Operation Chastise was one of the most extraordinary episodes of the Second World War, yet it has also become one of the most misunderstood.Max Hastings tells the gripping...